I wish mine would settle down. I do the stop/start jobs because mine
eventually exits the engine.
Dave
May 9 12:56:30 HP-Iron weewx[3016530] INFO weewx.restx: Wunderground-PWS:
Published record 2022-05-09 12:55:00 CDT (1652118900)
May 9 12:56:55 HP-Iron weewx[3016530] ERROR weewx.drivers.vantage: LOOP
try #1; error: Expected to read 99 chars; got 0 instead
May 9 12:56:59 HP-Iron weewx[3016530] ERROR weewx.drivers.vantage: LOOP
try #2; error: Expected to read 99 chars; got 10 instead
May 9 12:57:03 HP-Iron weewx[3016530] ERROR weewx.drivers.vantage: LOOP
try #3; error: Expected to read 99 chars; got 20 instead
May 9 12:57:07 HP-Iron weewx[3016530] ERROR weewx.drivers.vantage: LOOP
try #4; error: Expected to read 99 chars; got 20 instead
May 9 12:57:07 HP-Iron weewx[3016530] ERROR weewx.drivers.vantage: LOOP
max tries (4) exceeded.
May 9 12:57:07 HP-Iron weewx[3016530] INFO weewx.engine: Main loop
exiting. Shutting engine down.
May 9 12:57:07 HP-Iron weewx[3016530] CRITICAL __main__: Caught
WeeWxIOError: Max tries exceeded while getting LOOP data.
May 9 12:57:07 HP-Iron weewx[3016530] CRITICAL __main__: **** Waiting
60 seconds then retrying...
May 9 12:58:07 HP-Iron weewx[3016530] INFO __main__: retrying...
May 9 12:58:07 HP-Iron weewx[3016530] INFO weewx.engine: Loading station
type Vantage (weewx.drivers.vantage)
May 9 12:58:07 HP-Iron weewx[3016530] ERROR weewx.drivers.vantage:
SerialException on read.
May 9 12:58:07 HP-Iron weewx[3016530] ERROR weewx.drivers.vantage: ****
read failed: device reports readiness to read but returned no data (device
disconnected or multiple access on port?)
May 9 12:58:07 HP-Iron weewx[3016530] ERROR weewx.drivers.vantage: ****
Is there a competing process running??
May 9 12:58:08 HP-Iron weewx[3016530] ERROR weewx.drivers.vantage: No
<ACK> received from console
May 9 12:58:08 HP-Iron weewx[3016530] ERROR weewx.drivers.vantage:
_determine_hardware; retry #0: 'No <ACK> received from Vantage console'
May 9 12:58:08 HP-Iron weewx[3016530] ERROR weewx.drivers.vantage: No
<ACK> received from console
May 9 12:58:08 HP-Iron weewx[3016530] ERROR weewx.drivers.vantage:
_determine_hardware; retry #1: 'No <ACK> received from Vantage console'
May 9 12:58:08 HP-Iron weewx[3016530] ERROR weewx.drivers.vantage: No
<ACK> received from console
May 9 12:58:08 HP-Iron weewx[3016530] ERROR weewx.drivers.vantage:
_determine_hardware; retry #2: 'No <ACK> received from Vantage console'
May 9 12:58:08 HP-Iron weewx[3016530] ERROR weewx.drivers.vantage: No
<ACK> received from console
May 9 12:58:08 HP-Iron weewx[3016530] ERROR weewx.drivers.vantage:
_determine_hardware; retry #3: 'No <ACK> received from Vantage console'
May 9 12:58:08 HP-Iron weewx[3016530] ERROR weewx.drivers.vantage: Unable
to read hardware type; raise WeeWxIOError
May 9 12:58:08 HP-Iron weewx[3016530] ERROR weewx.engine: Import of driver
failed: Unable to read hardware type (<class 'weewx.WeeWxIOError'>)
May 9 12:58:08 HP-Iron weewx[3016530] CRITICAL weewx.engine: ****
Traceback (most recent call last):
May 9 12:58:08 HP-Iron weewx[3016530] CRITICAL weewx.engine: ****
File "/usr/share/weewx/weewx/engine.py", line 119, in setupStation
May 9 12:58:08 HP-Iron weewx[3016530] CRITICAL weewx.engine: ****
self.console = loader_function(config_dict, self)
May 9 12:58:08 HP-Iron weewx[3016530] CRITICAL weewx.engine: ****
File "/usr/share/weewx/weewx/drivers/vantage.py", line 40, in loader
May 9 12:58:08 HP-Iron weewx[3016530] CRITICAL weewx.engine: ****
return VantageService(engine, config_dict)
May 9 12:58:08 HP-Iron weewx[3016530] CRITICAL weewx.engine: ****
File "/usr/share/weewx/weewx/drivers/vantage.py", line 1916, in __init__
May 9 12:58:08 HP-Iron weewx[3016530] CRITICAL weewx.engine: ****
Vantage.__init__(self, **config_dict[DRIVER_NAME])
May 9 12:58:08 HP-Iron weewx[3016530] CRITICAL weewx.engine: ****
File "/usr/share/weewx/weewx/drivers/vantage.py", line 517, in __init__
May 9 12:58:08 HP-Iron weewx[3016530] CRITICAL weewx.engine: ****
self._setup()
May 9 12:58:08 HP-Iron weewx[3016530] CRITICAL weewx.engine: ****
File "/usr/share/weewx/weewx/drivers/vantage.py", line 1339, in _setup
May 9 12:58:08 HP-Iron weewx[3016530] CRITICAL weewx.engine: ****
self.hardware_type = self._determine_hardware()
May 9 12:58:08 HP-Iron weewx[3016530] CRITICAL weewx.engine: ****
File "/usr/share/weewx/weewx/drivers/vantage.py", line 1330, in
_determine_hardware
May 9 12:58:08 HP-Iron weewx[3016530] CRITICAL weewx.engine: ****
raise weewx.WeeWxIOError("Unable to read hardware type")
May 9 12:58:08 HP-Iron weewx[3016530] CRITICAL weewx.engine: ****
weewx.WeeWxIOError: Unable to read hardware type
May 9 12:58:08 HP-Iron weewx[3016530] CRITICAL __main__: Unable to load
driver: Unable to read hardware type
May 9 12:58:08 HP-Iron weewx[3016530] CRITICAL __main__: ****
Exiting...
On Monday, May 9, 2022 at 9:08:28 AM UTC-5 WindnFog wrote:
> Here's my 2-cents worth. I have been fighting this error for 1-2 years
> with a Vantage VUE and a roughly 6-year-old USB logger. It's always on
> startup (or after a reboot.) It happens a few times and then stops. So
> here are the things I've done to "fix" it.
>
> (1) Cleared the logger and reset the console (batteries out, etc.)
>
> (2) Replaced the Raspberry Pi hardware entirely (went from a 4GB to an 8GB
> Pi 4)
>
> (3) Tried using a powered USB hub in case everything is drawing too much
> current. It didn't help, so I removed it.
>
> (3) Changed USB cables and then added ferrite chokes to the most recent
> one.
>
> (4) Rebuilt the operating system from scratch, going from 32-bit Raspberry
> O/S to the Arm64 port of Debian GNU/Linux 11.
>
> (5) Re-installed weewx from scratch, including all the extensions I use.
>
> (5) Faithfully upgraded to every release of weewx (currently v4.8.0)
>
> (6) Replaced the data logger with a new one.
>
> I still get 3 to 5 of those "expected 99, got 0" errors one each boot, and
> then it settles down and hums along without any more until the next reboot.
>
>
> My conclusion is that this is an annoying bug/defect in the Davis hardware
> or firmware that I am unwilling to chase any further. The system works
> fine, and if I don't look at the logs for the first 5-10 minutes after a
> restart, it doesn't bother me. If someone finds a permanent fix, I'll
> apply it, but I've decided to live with it for now.
>
> Paul VE1DX
>
> https://ve1dx.net/
>
> On Sunday, May 8, 2022 at 4:20:45 PM UTC-3 dave.m...@gmail.com wrote:
>
>> Just noticed a couple of errors thrown up by WeeWX:
>>
>> ERROR weewx.drivers.vantage: LOOP try #1; error: Expected to read 99
>> chars; got 0 instead.
>>
>> Having then read through this forum I then reset the data logger in the
>> Vantage console (removed all power, pulled the data logger out for 20
>> seconds, replaced and then powered back up) and all appears to be back up
>> and running OK.
>>
>> My first data logger lasted about 5 years before giving up on me, this
>> one is about 3 years old, is this a sign that it's on its way out as well?
>>
>> They're not cheap!
>>
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>>
>> Dave
>>
>>
>>
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