On the Davis stations, the memory can get internally corrupted, particularly after a power failure. It is an algorithmic failure, not an electronic failure. In all cases that I know of (probably a couple hundred over the history of WeeWX) it can be corrected by clearing the memory.
On Wed, Nov 12, 2025 at 9:58 AM Greg Guldenschuh <[email protected]> wrote: > Tom, > > Since I took a can of canned air and blew the dust out of the console, > it now appears to be working again. > > I thought of that after seeing the dust on top of the console when I took > it down from the wall. > > I have seen cases in my career in IT where dust accumulation caused heat > problems and where the dust was conductive enough to cause spurious > currents among the leads of ICs and that was enough to cause problems. > > I try to look for the simpler explanations first. > > Since taking the canned air and blowing the console clean through all > ventilation holes and inside the battery compartment, the console is > functioning perfectly. > > I would recommend this as a first step--and a lot less expensive than > replacing a console--in troubleshooting the issues that I was getting. > > In my experience when memory goes bad, it stays bad, and does not come > back to life after a good dust removal. > > > > On 11/9/2025 8:15 PM, Tom Keffer wrote: > > I don't know why you're getting the LOOP errors, but the memory in your > console is definitely corrupted. See the wiki article *Corrupt station > memory > <https://github.com/weewx/weewx/wiki/Troubleshooting-the-Davis-Vantage-station#corrupt-station-memory>* > . > > On Sun, Nov 9, 2025 at 3:53 PM John Smith <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> I'm only seeing console lines standing out, both succeeding and >> failing... So it's not a networking problem as far as I can see... Corrupt >> memory issue maybe? >> >> ERROR weewx.drivers.vantage: send_data: no <ACK> received from Vantage >> console >> ERROR weewx.drivers.vantage: LOOP batch try #1; error: No <ACK> received >> from Vantage console >> DEBUG weewx.drivers.vantage: Successfully woke up Vantage console >> >> >> On Mon, 10 Nov 2025 at 07:30, Greg Guldenschuh <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> John, >>> >>> Set debug=1 and restarted weewx. >>> >>> I have attached a file where I extracted all the weewx lines from syslog. >>> >>> Hopefully this helps you. >>> >>> BTW, I checked Davis's weatherlink and it is getting data from my site. >>> >>> Thanks, >>> >>> Greg G >>> On 11/9/2025 3:00 AM, John Smith wrote: >>> >>> I don't think that's it or it would have complained about not being able >>> to connect and would have spat out the IP and port.... >>> >>> On Sun, 9 Nov 2025 at 18:19, [email protected] <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> in your log, I see "NOPERMISSION3: >>>> Nov 08 14:29:28 VE1 weewxd[2360]: CRITICAL __main__: **** >>>> Exiting... >>>> Nov 08 14:29:28 VE1 systemd[1]: weewx.service: Main process exited, >>>> code=exited, *status=4/NOPERMISSION* >>>> >>>> You may have to read this weewx wiki article about network permissions >>>> : >>>> https://github.com/weewx/weewx/wiki/Understanding-permissions#how-to-fix-network-permissions >>>> >>>> Le dimanche 9 novembre 2025 à 04:39:37 UTC+1, Greg Guldenschuh a écrit : >>>> >>>>> I will have to look up how to do that. >>>>> >>>>> I have to replace 2 thermostats in my water heater tomorrow, that will >>>>> take most of the day. >>>>> >>>>> I may have to do this on Monday. >>>>> >>>>> Thanks, I will respond after I get the water heater fixed tomorrow. >>>>> >>>>> Greg G. >>>>> On 11/8/2025 10:36 PM, John Smith wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Might need to factory reset it somehow then. >>>>> >>>>> On Sun, 9 Nov 2025 at 14:33, Greg Guldenschuh <[email protected]> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Console has no batteries in it, it is on UPS power all the time. >>>>>> >>>>>> Have powered down waited for over a minute, the powered back up more >>>>>> than 5 times already save exact response, or lack thereof each time. >>>>>> >>>>>> I did already mention that the 5.1 version of weewx was working up to >>>>>> and until the 5.2 version was installed. >>>>>> >>>>>> Greg G. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> On 11/8/2025 10:30 PM, John Smith wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> That would seem to indicate that weeWX connected to the IP since >>>>>> there is no mention of it, but the console wouldn't respond, or not as >>>>>> it's >>>>>> expecting anyway... >>>>>> >>>>>> Tried taking out batteries from the console and disconnecting from >>>>>> power until it goes flat and then putting them back in etc? >>>>>> >>>>>> On Sun, 9 Nov 2025 at 14:13, Greg Guldenschuh <[email protected]> >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> I saw these after I filed the issue, but decided to save them and >>>>>>> would upload them as I got the chance. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> These were shown in the weewx.log file the service them exited with >>>>>>> errors. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Nov 08 14:29:07 VE1 weewxd[2360]: ERROR weewx.drivers.vantage: >>>>>>> ip-read error: timed out >>>>>>> Nov 08 14:29:14 VE1 weewxd[2360]: ERROR weewx.drivers.vantage: >>>>>>> ip-read error: timed out >>>>>>> Nov 08 14:29:20 VE1 weewxd[2360]: ERROR weewx.drivers.vantage: >>>>>>> ip-read error: timed out >>>>>>> Nov 08 14:29:27 VE1 weewxd[2360]: ERROR weewx.drivers.vantage: >>>>>>> ip-read error: timed out >>>>>>> Nov 08 14:29:28 VE1 weewxd[2360]: ERROR weewx.drivers.vantage: >>>>>>> Unable to wake up Vantage console >>>>>>> Nov 08 14:29:28 VE1 weewxd[2360]: ERROR weewx.engine: Import of >>>>>>> driver failed: Unable to wake up Vantage console (<class >>>>>>> 'weewx.WakeupError'>) >>>>>>> Nov 08 14:29:28 VE1 weewxd[2360]: CRITICAL weewx.engine: **** >>>>>>> Traceback (most recent call last): >>>>>>> Nov 08 14:29:28 VE1 weewxd[2360]: CRITICAL weewx.engine: **** >>>>>>> File "/usr/share/weewx/weewx/engine.py", line 115, in setupStation >>>>>>> Nov 08 14:29:28 VE1 weewxd[2360]: CRITICAL weewx.engine: **** >>>>>>> self.console = loader_function(config_dict, self) >>>>>>> Nov 08 14:29:28 VE1 weewxd[2360]: CRITICAL weewx.engine: **** >>>>>>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >>>>>>> Nov 08 14:29:28 VE1 weewxd[2360]: CRITICAL weewx.engine: **** >>>>>>> File "/usr/share/weewx/weewx/drivers/vantage.py", line 32, in loader >>>>>>> Nov 08 14:29:28 VE1 weewxd[2360]: CRITICAL weewx.engine: **** >>>>>>> return VantageService(engine, config_dict) >>>>>>> Nov 08 14:29:28 VE1 weewxd[2360]: CRITICAL weewx.engine: **** >>>>>>> File "/usr/share/weewx/weewx/drivers/vantage.py", line 2046, in __init__ >>>>>>> Nov 08 14:29:28 VE1 weewxd[2360]: CRITICAL weewx.engine: **** >>>>>>> Vantage.__init__(self, **config_dict[DRIVER_NAME]) >>>>>>> Nov 08 14:29:28 VE1 weewxd[2360]: CRITICAL weewx.engine: **** >>>>>>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >>>>>>> Nov 08 14:29:28 VE1 weewxd[2360]: CRITICAL weewx.engine: **** >>>>>>> File "/usr/share/weewx/weewx/drivers/vantage.py", line 539, in __init__ >>>>>>> Nov 08 14:29:28 VE1 weewxd[2360]: CRITICAL weewx.engine: **** >>>>>>> self._setup() >>>>>>> Nov 08 14:29:28 VE1 weewxd[2360]: CRITICAL weewx.engine: **** >>>>>>> ~~~~~~~~~~~^^ >>>>>>> Nov 08 14:29:28 VE1 weewxd[2360]: CRITICAL weewx.engine: **** >>>>>>> File "/usr/share/weewx/weewx/drivers/vantage.py", line 1440, in _setup >>>>>>> Nov 08 14:29:28 VE1 weewxd[2360]: CRITICAL weewx.engine: **** >>>>>>> self.port.wakeup_console(max_tries=self.max_tries) >>>>>>> Nov 08 14:29:28 VE1 weewxd[2360]: CRITICAL weewx.engine: **** >>>>>>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >>>>>>> Nov 08 14:29:28 VE1 weewxd[2360]: CRITICAL weewx.engine: **** >>>>>>> File "/usr/share/weewx/weewx/drivers/vantage.py", line 113, in >>>>>>> wakeup_console >>>>>>> Nov 08 14:29:28 VE1 weewxd[2360]: CRITICAL weewx.engine: **** >>>>>>> raise weewx.WakeupError("Unable to wake up Vantage console") >>>>>>> Nov 08 14:29:28 VE1 weewxd[2360]: CRITICAL weewx.engine: **** >>>>>>> weewx.WakeupError: Unable to wake up Vantage console >>>>>>> Nov 08 14:29:28 VE1 weewxd[2360]: CRITICAL __main__: Unable to load >>>>>>> driver: Unable to wake up Vantage console >>>>>>> Nov 08 14:29:28 VE1 weewxd[2360]: CRITICAL __main__: **** >>>>>>> Exiting... >>>>>>> Nov 08 14:29:28 VE1 systemd[1]: weewx.service: Main process exited, >>>>>>> code=exited, status=4/NOPERMISSION >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I will turn on the debug tomorrow and restart weewx and see what >>>>>>> comes out. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> BTW, everything was working just fine on weewx 5.1 before the update. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Thanks, >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Greg Guldenschuh >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On 11/8/2025 2:04 PM, Greg Guldenschuh wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Folks, >>>>>>> I updated weewx to version 5.2.0-1 on Debian 12.9 earlier in the >>>>>>> week and it appears that weewx is no longer talking to the weatherlink >>>>>>> IP >>>>>>> (WLIP) interface. 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