This also updates the DB and WU every minute:
[StdArchive]
  archive_interval = 1
  archive_delay = 10

I tried archive_interval = 0 but got a divide by zero exception.  I assume 
that is because the software tried to calculate an average for the archive 
record by dividing the # of loop records received in that interval by the 
archive interval in seconds.
Craig


On Monday, October 2, 2023 at 4:31:18 AM UTC+13 Craig Young wrote:

> The "429" error is fixed.  Thanks Karen and Tom.
> The 2 minute update problem, I changed the driver to poll the hardware 
> (serial port) every 15 seconds, but the database still updated every 2 
> minutes.  After playing with several parameters in the driver and 
> weewx.conf I finally got the database to update every 1 minute and WU to 
> also update every minute.  To do this I had to make this change:
> [StdArchive]
>   archive_interval = 15
>
> This resulted in an error message when I started weewx (from SYSLOG):
> WARNING weewx.engine: Archive delay (15) is unusually long
>
> I thought reducing it from 60 sec to 15 sec would get an error of it being 
> too short.
>
> In the Database the records show an interval of 0.25 but they are now 
> being updated every 1 minute which I assume is because the driver is 
> sending a loop packet every 1 minute.  So the problem appears to be related 
> to the archive record interval.  Here is what I think may be happening.  
> Weewx gets a loop packet and processes it, control is then returned to the 
> driver.  The driver, 1 minute later, sends another loop packet.  Weewx THEN 
> begins a 1 minute archive interval and then processes the archive record, 
> so two minutes later.  I did notice the error message says archive 
> "delay".  In theory, if I set the delay to 0 then when a loop packet 
> arrives, once every minute from the driver, then weewx would immediately 
> write it to the DB and update WU.  Is that correct?
>
> Craig
>
> On Monday, October 2, 2023 at 1:31:06 AM UTC+13 Tom Keffer wrote:
>
>> First, a note on how weewxd works: the driver blocks, waiting for data to 
>> come in. The program cannot do anything while it is blocked. Once data 
>> comes in, then it can proceed, emit a LOOP packet, then the rest of the 
>> program can process it.
>>
>> Your fileparse polling interval is 60 seconds. This means that it will 
>> sleep for 60 seconds before reading new data from the file. Nothing will 
>> happen until it wakes up. 
>>
>> Meanwhile, your archive interval is 60 seconds. This means weewxd will 
>> take whatever data has accumulated over the previous 60 seconds and use it 
>> to create an archive record.
>>
>> With such a short archive interval and long LOOP polling interval, you 
>> can see how it's easy for the program to be sleeping, or have nothing 
>> available at the one minute mark.
>>
>> Solution: if you can, have data available more frequently than once every 
>> 60 seconds. This would allow you to shorten the fileparse polling interval. 
>> If that's not possible, lengthen the archive interval to at least 5 minutes.
>>
>> Best yet, do both.
>>
>> As for the "429" error, this is happening because your system is trying 
>> to register too frequently. Almost all weewx stations do this because the 
>> default registration interval does not work well with the station 
>> registration. You can ignore it, or tell weewx to do the station 
>> registration less frequently. In weewx.conf:
>>
>> [StdRESTful]
>>     [[StationRegistry]]
>>         register_this_station = false
>>         post_interval = 86400
>>
>>
>>
>> Station registration is working fine. 
>>
>> -tk
>>
>> On Sat, Sep 30, 2023 at 8:57 PM Craig Young <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> After writing a new driver for my station and configuring weewx to 
>>> support its  data stream I was able to run weewx live for a few minutes, 
>>> then shut it down to check SYSLOG (debug=2).
>>> There appears to be two problems (see attached syslog excerpt):
>>>
>>> a) The database and reports are updating on two minutes intervals.  The 
>>> config file has this set for 1 minute intervals:
>>> "INFO weewx.engine: Using archive interval of 60 seconds (software 
>>> record generation)"
>>>
>>>  Maybe there is some other setting required?
>>>
>>> b) There are several HTTP ERROR 429: TOO MANY REQUESTS messages.  Not 
>>> sure why this is happening.
>>>
>>> I think I am close to a fully operational system, just need to clean up 
>>> a few things.
>>>
>>> Craig
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