You need to replace the weewxd.py file with the newer one for the loop_on_init switch to work. There's a bug in the previous versions.
On Sunday, May 19, 2024 at 5:33:50 AM UTC-7 Ben W. wrote: > Thanks! I have loop_on_init = 1 right now per the documentation. I will > change it to "True" to give that a shot. I"m a bit lost with the rest of > your response, but I'll look into that more. Thank you! > > On Saturday, May 18, 2024 at 4:32:36 PM UTC-5 vince wrote: > >> At the top of weewx.conf add "loop_on_init = True" to have it try >> basically continually. Until 5.1 comes out you'll need to grab an updated >> weewxd.py and overwrite your existing 5.x copy of that file so the option >> works. The latest version is at >> https://raw.githubusercontent.com/weewx/weewx/master/src/weewxd.py if >> you want to grab it sooner rather than later. >> >> Worked for me here vs. the ecowitt driver under similar circumstances >> when I needed to take my network offline for a bit to update firmware on >> the network gear.... >> >> On Saturday, May 18, 2024 at 12:56:58 PM UTC-7 p q wrote: >> >>> Here's a dumb suggestion. I'm sure there will be smarter answers. >>> Restart weewx every day at 2am with a cron job whether it needs it or not. >>> >>> On Sat, May 18, 2024 at 12:45 PM Ben W. <proofof...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Hello! >>>> >>>> Every so often, my home network (through eero) will upgrade causing >>>> devices to go offline/lose connection for a few minutes. >>>> >>>> The last two times my eero/network was updated in the early morning, >>>> WeeWx stopped when the connection was lost (expected). I cannot find how >>>> to >>>> set WeeWx to restart once the network is available again. >>>> >>>> The log from the most recent upgrade around 02:41 on the 15th: >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> May 15 02:40:24 rpi5 weewxd[101529]: INFO weewx.restx: PWSWeather: >>>> Published record 2024-05-15 02:40:00 CDT (1715758800) >>>> May 15 02:40:24 rpi5 weewxd[101529]: INFO weewx.cheetahgenerator: >>>> Generated 8 files for report SeasonsReport in 0.38 seconds >>>> May 15 02:40:24 rpi5 weewxd[101529]: INFO weewx.imagegenerator: >>>> Generated 17 images for report SeasonsReport in 0.21 seconds >>>> May 15 02:40:24 rpi5 weewxd[101529]: INFO weewx.reportengine: Copied 0 >>>> files to /var/www/html/weewx >>>> May 15 02:40:24 rpi5 weewxd[101529]: INFO weewx.cheetahgenerator: >>>> Generated 6 files for report SmartphoneReport in 0.02 seconds >>>> May 15 02:40:24 rpi5 weewxd[101529]: INFO weewx.imagegenerator: >>>> Generated 6 images for report SmartphoneReport in 0.05 seconds >>>> May 15 02:40:24 rpi5 weewxd[101529]: INFO weewx.reportengine: Copied 0 >>>> files to /var/www/html/weewx/smartphone >>>> May 15 02:40:24 rpi5 weewxd[101529]: INFO weewx.cheetahgenerator: >>>> Generated 1 files for report MobileReport in 0.01 seconds >>>> May 15 02:40:24 rpi5 weewxd[101529]: INFO weewx.imagegenerator: >>>> Generated 4 images for report MobileReport in 0.03 seconds >>>> May 15 02:40:24 rpi5 weewxd[101529]: INFO weewx.reportengine: Copied 0 >>>> files to /var/www/html/weewx/mobile >>>> May 15 02:40:24 rpi5 weewxd[101529]: INFO weewx.cheetahgenerator: >>>> Generated 13 files for report StandardReport in 0.22 seconds >>>> May 15 02:40:25 rpi5 weewxd[101529]: INFO weewx.imagegenerator: >>>> Generated 12 images for report StandardReport in 0.11 seconds >>>> May 15 02:40:25 rpi5 weewxd[101529]: INFO weewx.reportengine: Copied 0 >>>> files to /var/www/html/weewx >>>> May 15 02:40:25 rpi5 weewxd[101529]: INFO weewx.cheetahgenerator: >>>> Generated 12 files for report Belchertown in 0.38 seconds >>>> May 15 02:40:25 rpi5 weewxd[101529]: INFO weewx.reportengine: Copied 3 >>>> files to /var/www/html/weewx/belchertown >>>> May 15 02:41:06 rpi5 weewxd[101529]: ERROR user.gw1000: Failed to >>>> obtain response to command 'CMD_GW1000_LIVEDATA' after 3 attempts >>>> May 15 02:41:06 rpi5 weewxd[101529]: ERROR user.gw1000: Unable to >>>> obtain live sensor data >>>> May 15 02:41:06 rpi5 weewxd[101529]: INFO weewx.engine: Main loop >>>> exiting. Shutting engine down. >>>> May 15 02:41:06 rpi5 weewxd[101529]: INFO weewx.engine: Shutting down >>>> StdReport thread >>>> May 15 02:41:06 rpi5 weewxd[101529]: ERROR user.gw1000: Failed to >>>> obtain response to command 'CMD_GW1000_LIVEDATA' after 3 attempts >>>> May 15 02:41:06 rpi5 weewxd[101529]: ERROR user.gw1000: Unable to >>>> obtain live sensor data >>>> May 15 02:41:07 rpi5 weewxd[101529]: INFO user.gw1000: >>>> GatewayCollector thread has been terminated >>>> May 15 02:41:17 rpi5 weewxd[101529]: ERROR user.gw1000: Unable to shut >>>> down GatewayCollector thread >>>> May 15 02:41:17 rpi5 weewxd[101529]: CRITICAL __main__: Caught >>>> WeeWxIOError: Failed to obtain response to command 'CMD_GW1000_LIVEDATA' >>>> after 3 attempts >>>> May 15 02:41:17 rpi5 weewxd[101529]: CRITICAL __main__: **** >>>> Waiting 60.0 seconds then retrying... >>>> May 15 02:41:27 rpi5 weewxd[101529]: ERROR user.gw1000: Failed to >>>> obtain response to command 'CMD_GW1000_LIVEDATA' after 3 attempts >>>> May 15 02:41:27 rpi5 weewxd[101529]: ERROR user.gw1000: Unable to >>>> obtain live sensor data >>>> May 15 02:42:17 rpi5 weewxd[101529]: INFO __main__: retrying... >>>> May 15 02:42:17 rpi5 weewxd[101529]: INFO weewx.engine: Loading >>>> station type GW1000 (user.gw1000) >>>> May 15 02:42:17 rpi5 weewxd[101529]: INFO user.gw1000: GatewayDriver: >>>> version is 0.6.1 >>>> May 15 02:42:17 rpi5 weewxd[101529]: INFO user.gw1000: device >>>> address is 192.168.7.206:45000 >>>> May 15 02:42:17 rpi5 weewxd[101529]: INFO user.gw1000: poll >>>> interval is 20 seconds >>>> May 15 02:42:39 rpi5 weewxd[101529]: ERROR user.gw1000: Failed to >>>> obtain response to command 'CMD_READ_STATION_MAC' after 3 attempts >>>> May 15 02:42:39 rpi5 weewxd[101529]: ERROR weewx.engine: Import of >>>> driver failed: Failed to obtain response to command 'CMD_READ_STATION_MAC' >>>> after 3 attempts (<class 'user.gw1000.GWIOError'>) >>>> May 15 02:42:39 rpi5 weewxd[101529]: CRITICAL weewx.engine: **** >>>> Traceback (most recent call last): >>>> May 15 02:42:39 rpi5 weewxd[101529]: CRITICAL weewx.engine: **** >>>> File "/usr/share/weewx/weewx/engine.py", line 115, in setupStation >>>> May 15 02:42:39 rpi5 weewxd[101529]: CRITICAL weewx.engine: **** >>>> self.console = loader_function(config_dict, self) >>>> May 15 02:42:39 rpi5 weewxd[101529]: CRITICAL weewx.engine: **** >>>> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >>>> May 15 02:42:39 rpi5 weewxd[101529]: CRITICAL weewx.engine: **** >>>> File "/etc/weewx/bin/user/gw1000.py", line 1907, in loader >>>> May 15 02:42:39 rpi5 weewxd[101529]: CRITICAL weewx.engine: **** >>>> return GatewayDriver(**config_dict[DRIVER_NAME]) >>>> May 15 02:42:39 rpi5 weewxd[101529]: CRITICAL weewx.engine: **** >>>> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >>>> May 15 02:42:39 rpi5 weewxd[101529]: CRITICAL weewx.engine: **** >>>> File "/etc/weewx/bin/user/gw1000.py", line 2523, in __init__ >>>> May 15 02:42:39 rpi5 weewxd[101529]: CRITICAL weewx.engine: **** >>>> super(GatewayDriver, self).__init__(**stn_dict) >>>> May 15 02:42:39 rpi5 weewxd[101529]: CRITICAL weewx.engine: **** >>>> File "/etc/weewx/bin/user/gw1000.py", line 1156, in __init__ >>>> May 15 02:42:39 rpi5 weewxd[101529]: CRITICAL weewx.engine: **** >>>> self.collector = GatewayCollector(ip_address=self.ip_address, >>>> May 15 02:42:39 rpi5 weewxd[101529]: CRITICAL weewx.engine: **** >>>> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >>>> May 15 02:42:39 rpi5 weewxd[101529]: CRITICAL weewx.engine: **** >>>> File "/etc/weewx/bin/user/gw1000.py", line 2818, in __init__ >>>> May 15 02:42:39 rpi5 weewxd[101529]: CRITICAL weewx.engine: **** >>>> self.device = GatewayDevice(ip_address=ip_address, port=port, >>>> May 15 02:42:39 rpi5 weewxd[101529]: CRITICAL weewx.engine: **** >>>> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >>>> May 15 02:42:39 rpi5 weewxd[101529]: CRITICAL weewx.engine: **** >>>> File "/etc/weewx/bin/user/gw1000.py", line 6240, in __init__ >>>> May 15 02:42:39 rpi5 weewxd[101529]: CRITICAL weewx.engine: **** >>>> self.api = GatewayApi(ip_address=ip_address, >>>> May 15 02:42:39 rpi5 weewxd[101529]: CRITICAL weewx.engine: **** >>>> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >>>> May 15 02:42:39 rpi5 weewxd[101529]: CRITICAL weewx.engine: **** >>>> File "/etc/weewx/bin/user/gw1000.py", line 4981, in __init__ >>>> May 15 02:42:39 rpi5 weewxd[101529]: CRITICAL weewx.engine: **** >>>> self.mac = self.get_mac_address() >>>> May 15 02:42:39 rpi5 weewxd[101529]: CRITICAL weewx.engine: **** >>>> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >>>> May 15 02:42:39 rpi5 weewxd[101529]: CRITICAL weewx.engine: **** >>>> File "/etc/weewx/bin/user/gw1000.py", line 5416, in get_mac_address >>>> May 15 02:42:39 rpi5 weewxd[101529]: CRITICAL weewx.engine: **** >>>> response = self.send_cmd_with_retries('CMD_READ_STATION_MAC') >>>> May 15 02:42:39 rpi5 weewxd[101529]: CRITICAL weewx.engine: **** >>>> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >>>> May 15 02:42:39 rpi5 weewxd[101529]: CRITICAL weewx.engine: **** >>>> File "/etc/weewx/bin/user/gw1000.py", line 5670, in send_cmd_with_retries >>>> May 15 02:42:39 rpi5 weewxd[101529]: CRITICAL weewx.engine: **** >>>> raise GWIOError(_msg) >>>> May 15 02:42:39 rpi5 weewxd[101529]: CRITICAL weewx.engine: **** >>>> user.gw1000.GWIOError: Failed to obtain response to command >>>> 'CMD_READ_STATION_MAC' after 3 attempts >>>> May 15 02:42:39 rpi5 weewxd[101529]: CRITICAL __main__: Unable to load >>>> driver: Failed to obtain response to command 'CMD_READ_STATION_MAC' after >>>> 3 >>>> attempts >>>> May 15 02:42:39 rpi5 weewxd[101529]: CRITICAL __main__: **** >>>> Exiting... >>>> May 15 02:42:40 rpi5 systemd[1]: weewx.service: Main process exited, >>>> code=exited, status=4/NOPERMISSION >>>> May 15 02:42:40 rpi5 systemd[1]: weewx.service: Failed with result >>>> 'exit-code'. >>>> May 15 02:42:40 rpi5 systemd[1]: weewx.service: Consumed 2h 32min >>>> 7.226s CPU time. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> It took me three days to realize it wasn't running. 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