I am not allowed to change the archive interval inside the console. It is safer to preserve data this way: weatherlink devices store 7200 packets, so one hour interval gives around 10 months storing memory.
On Wednesday, 5 November 2025 at 11:51:58 UTC-3 Tom Keffer wrote: > I'm not following. Why not just change the archive interval > <https://www.weewx.com/docs/5.2/hardware/vantage/#vantage_archive_interval> > to something smaller? > > > > On Wed, Nov 5, 2025 at 6:11 AM tomas <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hello, I have an instance of weewx attached to a weatherlink device, as >> usual. Archive_interval is set to one hour in the console. >> >> If I choose *record_generation = hardware* >> I get sticked to one hour interval. >> >> And if I choose *record_generation = software,* >> I cannot catch up with the console's database after a powerdown. >> >> >> Is there a way to increase frequency in my weewx database (and restful >> posts) and still catching up console's database when starting weewx? >> >> >> >> -- >> 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/4d9d3ec5-0683-4b45-ab0d-166f00edcaefn%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/4d9d3ec5-0683-4b45-ab0d-166f00edcaefn%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/61bda418-b823-46b1-92d5-2c045412109fn%40googlegroups.com.
