Fantastic! Thank you, Tom. I am sure glad I posted to the group. I will try the wmII driver and report back the outcome. Give me a day or two to jump off that cliff...
On Wed, Jan 25, 2023, at 3:19 PM, Tom Keffer wrote: > I'm not sure what Matthew had in mind when he wrote that hardware > guide. The WMII is not "supported", although there is a 3rd party > driver for it: https://github.com/jardiamj/wmII > > I have no idea how well it works. Just browsing the code it seems > reasonably well written. Worth a try. > > On Wed, Jan 25, 2023 at 2:04 PM Wayne <[email protected]> wrote: >> Great comments all, thank you. >> >> I think there has been an "ahh haa" moment for me here. I was mainly >> relying on the information provided in the Supported Hardware list located >> here: >> >> https://weewx.com/hardware.html >> >> ...which lists my Davis Weather Monitor as a weewx compatible model. There >> is another page in the Weewx Hardware Guide located here: >> >> https://weewx.com/docs/hardware.htm >> >> ...which lists the Davis Vantage models but not the >> Monitor/Wizard/Perception models. Upon further research I discovered that >> the data logger for the Vantage models is Davis PN 6510. The data logger >> for the older Monitor, Wizard and Perception models is Davis PN 7862. >> According to the Davis data sheets the Vantage logger generates a 52-byte >> archive record whereas the Monitor logger generates a 21-byte archive >> record. >> >> So the big question is, does the weewx Vantage driver support the model 6510 >> logger as well as the model 7862 logger? Based on the information in the >> one weewx hardware documentation page I was assuming the answer is 'yes". >> Now I am not so sure. If I'm not mistaken, there is only one weewx driver >> for Davis hardware. >> >> Are there any weewx users out there using Davis Weather Monitor II hardware >> with a model 7862 logger? >> >> >> On Wed, Jan 25, 2023, at 11:17 AM, vince wrote: >> > Set debug=1, make sure you have quality system time (hint - run ntpd) >> > and just figure it all out experimentally >> > * which driver does your ancient station need ? >> > * does weewx wake up your console ok via your RS232 HAT ? >> > * does it try to download historical records from the logger ? >> > * if so you're set. Your syslog will tell you what it's doing (or not >> > doing) >> > The 'Vantage' driver will backfill whatever the logger has in its >> > storage. No idea if any other variants for your old hardware do the >> > same. A quick search of the group archives seems to say that somebody >> > was trying to write a driver for your station a couple years ago, but >> > the thread is a bit skeletal. >> > >> > >> > -- >> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> > Groups "weewx-user" group. >> > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >> > an email to [email protected] >> > <mailto:weewx-user%[email protected]>. >> > To view this discussion on the web visit >> > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/ac12c4c0-77df-4ecd-9f5a-353a698b09bcn%40googlegroups.com >> > >> > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/ac12c4c0-77df-4ecd-9f5a-353a698b09bcn%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "weewx-user" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected] >> <mailto:weewx-user%[email protected]>. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/4b074225-148d-4a1f-88d1-33b8937c8b8d%40app.fastmail.com. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "weewx-user" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send > an email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/CAPq0zEARtW88bp5bxV0Qo2tFzK_9q36_FYC6DcUzOVO-t1EbQg%40mail.gmail.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/CAPq0zEARtW88bp5bxV0Qo2tFzK_9q36_FYC6DcUzOVO-t1EbQg%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "weewx-user" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/5d2188f5-d137-4c9d-a3a7-bca22f73103b%40app.fastmail.com.
