Great, thanks, it seems to be working ok now.....and I will just stick with the 600 sec.
On Tuesday, 8 January 2019 19:18:12 UTC+13, gjr80 wrote: > > > On Tuesday, 8 January 2019 08:14:28 UTC+10, monmul wrote: >> >> I notice an error in the archival interval - see below. Is this important? >> >> Jan 8 11:07:08 Weatherpi weewx[750]: engine: The archive interval in the >> configuration file (300) does not match the station hardware interval (600). >> Jan 8 11:07:08 Weatherpi weewx[750]: engine: Using archive interval of >> 600 seconds (specified by hardware) >> > > I presume you mean the 600/300 log entries above and not the LOOP errors > below. The two entries above mean that the archive interval set in your > console (600 seconds) does not match the archive interval under > [StdArchive] in weewx.conf. When such a disagreement occurs weeWX > defaults to using the console value, so in your case it uses 600 seconds > and you will find that you have archive records being saved to database > (and reports being generated) every 600 seconds (10 minutes). If you want > to change this to 300 seconds (5 minutes) you will need to change the > archive interval in your console. As with the wind direction offset this > can be done through the console buttons or using the wee_device utility. > For wee_device it's the same process as setting the wind direction > offset, but this time you would use the --set-interval action > <http://weewx.com/docs/hardware.htm#vantage_archive_interval46>. > > >> Jan 8 11:07:14 Weatherpi weewx[750]: vantage: LOOP try #1; error: >> Expected to read 99 chars; got 0 instead >> Jan 8 11:07:19 Weatherpi weewx[750]: vantage: LOOP try #2; error: >> Expected to read 99 chars; got 0 instead >> Jan 8 11:07:28 Weatherpi weewx[750]: vantage: LOOP try #3; error: >> Expected to read 99 chars; got 0 instead >> Jan 8 11:07:33 Weatherpi weewx[750]: vantage: LOOP try #4; error: >> Expected to read 99 chars; got 0 instead >> Jan 8 11:07:33 Weatherpi weewx[750]: vantage: LOOP max tries (4) >> exceeded. >> Jan 8 11:07:33 Weatherpi weewx[750]: engine: Caught WeeWxIOError: Max >> tries exceeded while getting LOOP data. >> Jan 8 11:07:33 Weatherpi weewx[750]: **** Waiting 60 seconds then >> retrying... >> > > As for the LOOP errors, that indicates that your RPi is not able to > communicate with your console. You have had it working and the vantage > stations tend to just work so go through some basic checking (is it plugged > in is something else interfering, unplug/plug in the station again, stop > then start weeWX). Remember monitor the log, it will tell you what is going > on. A useful approach can be to have two terminals open; one for issuing > commands and one for monitoring the log with the command: > > $ tail -f -n 20 /var/log/syslog > > This shows you the last 20 lines of syslog then automatically displays any > additional log entries as they occur. Makes it easy to see what happens > when you issue commands. > > Gary > -- 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+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
