Thanks again John No reply out of the minicom or screen test Hmmm On Saturday, October 3, 2026 at 2:59:42 PM UTC+2 John Smith wrote:
> Ok, weewxd now owned by user weewx, was root. > > > Has been since version 5.0.0 came out > > Oct 03 14:23:52 Ubuntuserver weewxd[1986]: ERROR weewx.drivers.vantage: >> send_data: no <ACK> received from Vantage cons > > > There is a wiki page for that too > https://github.com/weewx/weewx/wiki/Troubleshooting-the-Davis-Vantage-station > > On Sat, 3 Oct 2026 at 22:50, bushtech <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi John >> Thanks a mil for your response. Ok, weewxd now owned by user weewx, was >> root. And did this: sudo usermod -aG dialout weewx to try and sort out the >> USB. No discernable difference noted >> >> Then ran: sudo journalctl -u weewx -n 50 --no-pager >> >> Oct 03 14:23:52 Ubuntuserver weewxd[1986]: DEBUG weewx.drivers.vantage: >> Successfully woke up Vantage console >> >> Oct 03 14:23:52 Ubuntuserver weewxd[1986]: ERROR weewx.drivers.vantage: >> send_data: no <ACK> received from Vantage cons >> The second line is where the wheels came off. >> Hmmm, lots of head scratching currently >> On Saturday, October 3, 2026 at 1:34:20 PM UTC+2 John Smith wrote: >> >>> status=4/NOPERMISSION >>> >>> >>> That pretty much says it all, weewxd doesn't have permission to access >>> the USB device. >>> >>> Have you looked at this page? >>> https://github.com/weewx/weewx/wiki/Understanding-permissions >>> >>> It has a section on USB permissions >>> >>> On Sat, 3 Oct 2026 at 18:14, bushtech <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi >>>> Conf. file 5.5.2 >>>> Davis Vantage pro using USB to serial cable >>>> During ubuntu update got the usual conf file out of date so kept old >>>> one. But afterwards >>>> decided to use later conf. file. >>>> >>>> What worries me is Ubuntu 26 uses python 3.14. >>>> >>>> The weewx documentation says this: >>>> >>>> *"Python* >>>> Python 2.7, or Python 3.5 or later is required." >>>> >>>> Am I between a rock and a hard place or am I being stupid >>>> >>>> This is what I get when doing sudo systemctl status weewx: >>>> >>>> Oct 02 16:05:12 Ubuntuserver weewxd[19832]: CRITICAL weewx.engine: **** >>>> File "/usr/share/weewx/weewx/drivers/v> Oct 02 16:05:12 Ubuntuserver >>>> weewxd[19832]: CRITICAL weewx.engine: **** self.hardware_type = >>>> self._determine> Oct 02 16:05:12 Ubuntuserver weewxd[19832]: CRITICAL >>>> weewx.engine: **** ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~> Oct 02 16:05:12 Ubuntuserver >>>> weewxd[19832]: CRITICAL weewx.engine: **** File >>>> "/usr/share/weewx/weewx/drivers/v> Oct 02 16:05:12 Ubuntuserver >>>> weewxd[19832]: CRITICAL weewx.engine: **** raise >>>> weewx.WeeWxIOError(msg) Oct 02 16:05:12 Ubuntuserver weewxd[19832]: >>>> CRITICAL weewx.engine: **** weewx.WeeWxIOError: Unable to read hardw> Oct >>>> 02 16:05:12 Ubuntuserver weewxd[19832]: CRITICAL *main*: Unable to >>>> load driver: Unable to read hardware type. C> Oct 02 16:05:12 Ubuntuserver >>>> weewxd[19832]: CRITICAL *main*: **** Exiting... Oct 02 16:05:12 >>>> Ubuntuserver systemd[1]: weewx.service: Main process exited, code=exited, >>>> status=4/NOPERMISSION Oct 02 16:05:12 Ubuntuserver systemd[1]: >>>> weewx.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'. >>>> >>>> Please tell me what is gong on here. Is this a hardware problem now Am >>>> I missing something stupid >>>> >>>> -- >>>> 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/317e81b0-ee8b-43c5-98fb-e4168c00d7ddn%40googlegroups.com >>>> >>>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/317e81b0-ee8b-43c5-98fb-e4168c00d7ddn%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/3c4d4e1a-aaaa-437f-baaf-17f7142e4bc8n%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/3c4d4e1a-aaaa-437f-baaf-17f7142e4bc8n%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/087f9cbc-59f9-42f2-b363-99e8b3d6e51bn%40googlegroups.com.
