Re: [weewx-user] Vanage Pro 2 crashes WeeWx daily

2022-02-05 Thread Timothy Bryan
Update: PROBLEM IDENTIFIED AND SOLVED! After following the above routine for several days and re-reading the Davis Vantqge Pro 2 Console manual I noted it recommends the console not be located outside. Though my mine is located in my upstairs bedroom, away from the elements, it does get a bit

Re: [weewx-user] Vanage Pro 2 crashes WeeWx daily

2022-01-29 Thread Timothy Bryan
Update: Since my last post, I tried making a wireless connection to my WeatherLinkLive unit but could not get it to work. I have recently started running weewx again via the console and the (faulty?) data logger. All works well for a while (about 12 hrs) then it stops and I get a message sayin

Re: [weewx-user] Vanage Pro 2 crashes WeeWx daily

2022-01-15 Thread Timothy Bryan
At this point after installing weewx on different Rpis on several occasions with the same results, like Vince I am fairly convinced the problem is with the logger and for now I'm going wait till I can swap it out and see if it makes a difference. If I'm lucky my friend will loan me an extra log

Re: [weewx-user] Vanage Pro 2 crashes WeeWx daily

2022-01-15 Thread Greg Troxel
Timothy Bryan writes: > Addendum to last message. This just happened when I Stopped weewx then > started it again. I see a lot of starting and stopping and it's really hard to separate what happened before you did that, or if systemd did that by itself. I am suggesting that you change things

Re: [weewx-user] Vanage Pro 2 crashes WeeWx daily

2022-01-15 Thread vince
If you changed out the pi, sd card, and pi power supply then you've probably proven your logger is ill. -- 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 weewx-user

Re: [weewx-user] Vanage Pro 2 crashes WeeWx daily

2022-01-15 Thread Timothy Bryan
Addendum to last message. This just happened when I Stopped weewx then started it again. On Sat, Jan 15, 2022 at 10:13 AM Timothy Bryan wrote: > Hi Greg(and all), just read up on systemd though don't really understand > it. I will study more and try to figure out how to run without it. In > th

Re: [weewx-user] Vanage Pro 2 crashes WeeWx daily

2022-01-14 Thread Greg Troxel
Timothy Bryan writes: > I installed ntp. I also disabled timesyncd. > > I also switched out the computer to a pi4, using the same sd card. > > The system came back and worked fine until 12 midnite, then, wait for > it...it crashed. > > Next I plan to change the card and reinstall weewx. More a

Re: [weewx-user] Vanage Pro 2 crashes WeeWx daily

2022-01-14 Thread Timothy Bryan
I installed ntp. I also disabled timesyncd. I also switched out the computer to a pi4, using the same sd card. The system came back and worked fine until 12 midnite, then, wait for it...it crashed. Next I plan to change the card and reinstall weewx. More and more I am suspecting the logger as

Re: [weewx-user] Vanage Pro 2 crashes WeeWx daily

2022-01-13 Thread vince
On Thursday, January 13, 2022 at 3:57:17 PM UTC-8 jo...@johnkline.com wrote: > It’s not the greatest for stable time, but it’s good enough for most. > I’ve ripped this out on my machines. > Me too. Just install ntp on all your systems which just plain works. You don't even need to disable t

Re: [weewx-user] Vanage Pro 2 crashes WeeWx daily

2022-01-13 Thread Tom Keffer
I should have known you'd have the answer, John! On Thu, Jan 13, 2022 at 3:57 PM 'John Kline' via weewx-user < weewx-user@googlegroups.com> wrote: > I don’t the time syncs are an issue. I believe the time syncs after DHCP > adverts are because of the following file: > > /etc/dhcp/dhclient-exit-h

Re: [weewx-user] Vanage Pro 2 crashes WeeWx daily

2022-01-13 Thread 'John Kline' via weewx-user
I don’t the time syncs are an issue. I believe the time syncs after DHCP adverts are because of the following file: /etc/dhcp/dhclient-exit-hooks.d/timesyncd On each DHCP renewal, this script is called which causes a restart with the NTP servers passed by DHCP (which probably haven’t changed).

Re: [weewx-user] Vanage Pro 2 crashes WeeWx daily

2022-01-13 Thread vince
Change one thing at a time please. On Thursday, January 13, 2022 at 1:37:21 PM UTC-8 timot...@gmail.com wrote: > > Sorry Tom, didn't see your question. The logger is a USB logger not a > serial with a USB adaptor. > > I'll try the pi4 and see if we can maybe eliminate the pi(s) as being the >

Re: [weewx-user] Vanage Pro 2 crashes WeeWx daily

2022-01-13 Thread Timothy Bryan
Sorry Tom, didn't see your question. The logger is a USB logger not a serial with a USB adaptor. I'll try the pi4 and see if we can maybe eliminate the pi(s) as being the culprits. I am also trying to locate another logger. Don't know what to say about the network time synchronizations. Tha

Re: [weewx-user] Vanage Pro 2 crashes WeeWx daily

2022-01-13 Thread vince
All I can suggest is that if you can swap in a different pi/SD/power-supply and it goes away, that would point to the pi3 being the problem. If the problem continues with a different computer, that would point to your datalogger probably. Your logger will save a week of readings, so there's li

Re: [weewx-user] Vanage Pro 2 crashes WeeWx daily

2022-01-13 Thread Timothy Bryan
The only things I have plugged in besides the logger is the keyboard. The mouse is Bluetooth. I have on occasion shared the keyboard with another computer, but not very often. I thought about the power supply and it was a 2.4 amp cube but to be safe I changed it to a 3 amp cube and that is wha

Re: [weewx-user] Vanage Pro 2 crashes WeeWx daily

2022-01-13 Thread Tom Keffer
In addition to Vince's questions, here's one more: are you using a serial-to-usb converter? If so, do you have another one you can try? They are notoriously flaky. You also have a *lot* of network time synchronizations, which always follow a DHCP router advertisement. I have no idea what that mean

Re: [weewx-user] Vanage Pro 2 crashes WeeWx daily

2022-01-13 Thread vince
Are you plugging stuff in and unplugging it a lot ? Do you have 'just' the usb keyboard plugged in ? Is there anything else plugged into the USB slots ? How are you powering your pi ? Most issues on a pi are from a slow SD card, or an overburdened USB subsystem or the pi is being powered with a w

Re: [weewx-user] Vanage Pro 2 crashes WeeWx daily

2022-01-13 Thread Timothy Bryan
This is the output from "dmesg --ctime" On Thursday, January 13, 2022 at 8:16:16 AM UTC-10 vince wrote: > Please run: > dmesg --ctime > > I see it went whacko at 00:44 or so but I sure don't see anything saying > why. > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the G

Re: [weewx-user] Vanage Pro 2 crashes WeeWx daily

2022-01-13 Thread vince
Please run: dmesg --ctime I see it went whacko at 00:44 or so but I sure don't see anything saying why. -- 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 wee

Re: [weewx-user] Vanage Pro 2 crashes WeeWx daily

2022-01-13 Thread Tom Keffer
It looks like an instance of weewx was running, but, for some reason, systemd stopped it. Can we see earlier in the log? It may give us a clue as to why. On Thu, Jan 13, 2022 at 7:00 AM Timothy Bryan wrote: > It happening again at at around 1am. I woke and noticed it at 4am. > Though I am creat

Re: [weewx-user] Vanage Pro 2 crashes WeeWx daily

2022-01-13 Thread Timothy Bryan
It happening again at at around 1am. I woke and noticed it at 4am. Though I am creating a log as described in "Help! Posting To Weewx Users," I don't know how to attach "/var/log/messages" log. Sorry for the ignorance but I am learning, all-be it slowly, Tim On Wednesday, January 12, 2022 a

Re: [weewx-user] Vanage Pro 2 crashes WeeWx daily

2022-01-12 Thread vince
On Wednesday, January 12, 2022 at 5:26:22 PM UTC-8 timot...@gmail.com wrote: > It seems the crashes only occur roughly between 10pm and 2am either side > of midnight. > > Well when it happens again, we need to see /var/log/messages and /var/log/syslog for the period before+after it fails, and a

Re: [weewx-user] Vanage Pro 2 crashes WeeWx daily

2022-01-12 Thread Tom Keffer
I guess I'm not following. The log excerpt you posted had a crash around 0830. Was this atypical? If so, you should post the log for your "late night" crashes. On Wed, Jan 12, 2022 at 5:26 PM Timothy Bryan wrote: > No. Nothing else is running on the pi except weewx. It seems the crashes > only

Re: [weewx-user] Vanage Pro 2 crashes WeeWx daily

2022-01-12 Thread Timothy Bryan
No. Nothing else is running on the pi except weewx. It seems the crashes only occur roughly between 10pm and 2am either side of midnight. > On Jan 12, 2022, at 2:53 PM, vince wrote: > > "right on time" What time ? > > Do you have some cron job running at a particular time of day that