What in particular are you struggling with? On Tuesday, May 27, 2025 at 2:17:50 AM UTC-7 GordonT wrote:
> Just a note to say the system has been performing perfectly since adding > the rtc to the Pi. > > I have struggled to get any logs working > > On Sunday, 25 May 2025 at 12:49:56 UTC+1 Tom Keffer wrote: > >> Totally forgot that package installs include a udev rule. >> >> For how to read the log, see section *Log messages >> <https://www.weewx.com/docs/5.1/usersguide/monitoring/#log-messages>* in >> the documentation. >> >> On Sun, May 25, 2025 at 2:25 AM GordonT <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Thanks for the help. >>> >>> 1) l found a udev rule, 60-weewx.rules. l didn't write it so assume the >>> installation did. I don't know why it didn't show up as /dev/vantage >>> earlier but working now. >>> >>> 2) The Pi having incorrect time and date at boot seems to be the issue, >>> l have seen no issues so far after installing an rtc. >>> It appears to corrupt the vantage pro2 logger which l can only solve by >>> clearing the memory, which results in lost data. >>> >>> Where do l find the log ? I found a reference to /var/log/syslog but >>> can't find any relevant log. I have set debug=1 in the conf. >>> >>> Overall l find weewx very good and hopefully can get rid of my old PC >>> with weatherlink. >>> >>> Thanks >>> On Saturday, 24 May 2025 at 19:33:45 UTC+1 Tom Keffer wrote: >>> >>>> 1. If the Vantage is showing up as /dev/vantage, you added a udev rule. >>>> Perhaps you forgot about it? See *Installing a udev script >>>> <https://github.com/weewx/weewx/wiki/Troubleshooting-the-Davis-Vantage-station#installing-a-udev-script>* >>>> >>>> 2. If you did not have an RTC, then the Pi uses the last recorded time, >>>> which as you noted, could be the previous day. See the *Time >>>> <https://github.com/weewx/weewx/wiki/Raspberry-Pi#time>* section in >>>> the article about RPis. >>>> >>>> If you have any additional problems, be sure to include a log. >>>> >>>> -tk >>>> >>>> On Sat, May 24, 2025 at 11:15 AM GordonT <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Firstly when l installed it the vantage showed up as /dev/ttyUSB0 but >>>>> now its /dev/vantage, has something changed ? >>>>> >>>>> I also had an issue where after a period it would stop downloading any >>>>> data from the vantage, normally after a boot of the pi. I noticed when >>>>> the >>>>> pi was booted, connected to the Internet but no rtc, the pi time would be >>>>> the same as when it was shutdown until it got the current time from the >>>>> Internet. In this period the vantage would show the time from the pi, >>>>> which >>>>> could be from the previous day. Could this be the issue ? >>>>> >>>>> I have now fitted an rtc to the Pi and so far so good, but will see >>>>> how it goes. >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> 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 visit >>>>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/7e203cc8-6e23-4f48-b793-112d785a3a02n%40googlegroups.com >>>>> >>>>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/7e203cc8-6e23-4f48-b793-112d785a3a02n%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]. >>> >> To view this discussion visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/0da64b7f-85f8-4c05-bb36-a933fdbe468en%40googlegroups.com >>> >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/0da64b7f-85f8-4c05-bb36-a933fdbe468en%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]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/8c8cb5a2-8e51-4866-b350-723d2d4e2d03n%40googlegroups.com.
