Spoke too soon!  Although the 11:30 am reports worked, the following 
interval at 11:45 am did not:

Oct 28 11:31:12 raspberrypi weewx[1015] DEBUG weewx.reportengine: Report 
'RSYNC' not enabled. Skipping.
Oct 28 11:36:57 raspberrypi weewx[1015] DEBUG weewx.drivers.vantage: 
Successfully woke up Vantage console
Oct 28 11:43:01 raspberrypi CRON[1070]: (pi) CMD (./nwsInfo1.sh)
Oct 28 11:43:35 raspberrypi weewx[1015] DEBUG weewx.drivers.vantage: 
Successfully woke up Vantage console
Oct 28 11:45:14 raspberrypi weewx[1015] DEBUG weewx.drivers.vantage: 
Getting archive packets since 2022-10-28 11:30:00 CDT (1666974600)
Oct 28 11:45:16 raspberrypi weewx[1015] DEBUG weewx.drivers.vantage: Bad 
wake-up response from Vantage console: b'LO'
Oct 28 11:45:16 raspberrypi weewx[1015] DEBUG weewx.drivers.vantage: Retry 
#1 unable to wake up console... sleeping
Oct 28 11:45:18 raspberrypi weewx[1015] DEBUG weewx.drivers.vantage: Bad 
wake-up response from Vantage console: b'O\x00'
Oct 28 11:45:18 raspberrypi weewx[1015] DEBUG weewx.drivers.vantage: Retry 
#2 unable to wake up console... sleeping
Oct 28 11:45:20 raspberrypi weewx[1015] DEBUG weewx.drivers.vantage: Bad 
wake-up response from Vantage console: b'\x00\xad'
Oct 28 11:45:20 raspberrypi weewx[1015] DEBUG weewx.drivers.vantage: Retry 
#3 unable to wake up console... sleeping
Oct 28 11:45:21 raspberrypi weewx[1015] DEBUG weewx.drivers.vantage: Bad 
wake-up response from Vantage console: b'\x02\x19'
Oct 28 11:45:21 raspberrypi weewx[1015] DEBUG weewx.drivers.vantage: Retry 
#4 unable to wake up console... sleeping
Oct 28 11:45:23 raspberrypi weewx[1015] ERROR weewx.drivers.vantage: Unable 
to wake up Vantage console
Oct 28 11:45:23 raspberrypi weewx[1015] ERROR weewx.drivers.vantage: DMPAFT 
try #1; error: Unable to wake up Vantage console
Oct 28 11:45:23 raspberrypi weewx[1015] DEBUG weewx.drivers.vantage: 
Getting archive packets since 2022-10-28 11:30:00 CDT (1666974600)
Oct 28 11:45:23 raspberrypi weewx[1015] DEBUG weewx.drivers.vantage: Bad 
wake-up response from Vantage console: b'v\xc5'
Oct 28 11:45:23 raspberrypi weewx[1015] DEBUG weewx.drivers.vantage: Retry 
#1 unable to wake up console... sleeping
Oct 28 11:45:25 raspberrypi weewx[1015] DEBUG weewx.drivers.vantage: Bad 
wake-up response from Vantage console: b'\x02)'
Oct 28 11:45:25 raspberrypi weewx[1015] DEBUG weewx.drivers.vantage: Retry 
#2 unable to wake up console... sleeping
Oct 28 11:45:26 raspberrypi weewx[1015] DEBUG weewx.drivers.vantage: Bad 
wake-up response from Vantage console: b'N\x02'
Oct 28 11:45:26 raspberrypi weewx[1015] DEBUG weewx.drivers.vantage: Retry 
#3 unable to wake up console... sleeping
Oct 28 11:45:28 raspberrypi weewx[1015] DEBUG weewx.drivers.vantage: Bad 
wake-up response from Vantage console: b'\x00\x01'
Oct 28 11:45:28 raspberrypi weewx[1015] DEBUG weewx.drivers.vantage: Retry 
#4 unable to wake up console... sleeping
Oct 28 11:45:29 raspberrypi weewx[1015] ERROR weewx.drivers.vantage: Unable 
to wake up Vantage console
Oct 28 11:45:29 raspberrypi weewx[1015] ERROR weewx.drivers.vantage: DMPAFT 
try #2; error: Unable to wake up Vantage console
Oct 28 11:45:29 raspberrypi weewx[1015] DEBUG weewx.drivers.vantage: 
Getting archive packets since 2022-10-28 11:30:00 CDT (1666974600)
Oct 28 11:45:30 raspberrypi weewx[1015] DEBUG weewx.drivers.vantage: Bad 
wake-up response from Vantage console: b'\x08\x00'
Oct 28 11:45:30 raspberrypi weewx[1015] DEBUG weewx.drivers.vantage: Retry 
#1 unable to wake up console... sleeping
Oct 28 11:45:32 raspberrypi weewx[1015] DEBUG weewx.drivers.vantage: Bad 
wake-up response from Vantage console: b'\xff\xff'
Oct 28 11:45:32 raspberrypi weewx[1015] DEBUG weewx.drivers.vantage: Retry 
#2 unable to wake up console... sleeping
Oct 28 11:45:33 raspberrypi weewx[1015] DEBUG weewx.drivers.vantage: Bad 
wake-up response from Vantage console: b'\xff\xff'
Oct 28 11:45:33 raspberrypi weewx[1015] DEBUG weewx.drivers.vantage: Retry 
#3 unable to wake up console... sleeping
Oct 28 11:45:35 raspberrypi weewx[1015] DEBUG weewx.drivers.vantage: Bad 
wake-up response from Vantage console: b'\xff\xff'
Oct 28 11:45:35 raspberrypi weewx[1015] DEBUG weewx.drivers.vantage: Retry 
#4 unable to wake up console... sleeping
Oct 28 11:45:36 raspberrypi weewx[1015] ERROR weewx.drivers.vantage: Unable 
to wake up Vantage console
Oct 28 11:45:36 raspberrypi weewx[1015] ERROR weewx.drivers.vantage: DMPAFT 
try #3; error: Unable to wake up Vantage console
Oct 28 11:45:36 raspberrypi weewx[1015] DEBUG weewx.drivers.vantage: 
Getting archive packets since 2022-10-28 11:30:00 CDT (1666974600)
Oct 28 11:45:37 raspberrypi weewx[1015] DEBUG weewx.drivers.vantage: Bad 
wake-up response from Vantage console: b'\xff\xff'
Oct 28 11:45:37 raspberrypi weewx[1015] DEBUG weewx.drivers.vantage: Retry 
#1 unable to wake up console... sleeping
Oct 28 11:45:38 raspberrypi weewx[1015] DEBUG weewx.drivers.vantage: Bad 
wake-up response from Vantage console: b'\xff\xff'
Oct 28 11:45:38 raspberrypi weewx[1015] DEBUG weewx.drivers.vantage: Retry 
#2 unable to wake up console... sleeping
Oct 28 11:45:40 raspberrypi weewx[1015] DEBUG weewx.drivers.vantage: Bad 
wake-up response from Vantage console: b'\xff\xff'
Oct 28 11:45:40 raspberrypi weewx[1015] DEBUG weewx.drivers.vantage: Retry 
#3 unable to wake up console... sleeping
Oct 28 11:45:42 raspberrypi weewx[1015] DEBUG weewx.drivers.vantage: Bad 
wake-up response from Vantage console: b'\xff\xff'
Oct 28 11:45:42 raspberrypi weewx[1015] DEBUG weewx.drivers.vantage: Retry 
#4 unable to wake up console... sleeping
Oct 28 11:45:43 raspberrypi weewx[1015] ERROR weewx.drivers.vantage: Unable 
to wake up Vantage console
Oct 28 11:45:43 raspberrypi weewx[1015] ERROR weewx.drivers.vantage: DMPAFT 
try #4; error: Unable to wake up Vantage console
Oct 28 11:45:43 raspberrypi weewx[1015] ERROR weewx.drivers.vantage: DMPAFT 
max tries (4) exceeded.
Oct 28 11:45:43 raspberrypi weewx[1015] INFO weewx.engine: Main loop 
exiting. Shutting engine down.
Oct 28 11:45:43 raspberrypi weewx[1015] INFO weewx.engine: Shutting down 
StdReport thread
Oct 28 11:45:43 raspberrypi weewx[1015] DEBUG weewx.engine: StdReport 
thread has been terminated
Oct 28 11:45:43 raspberrypi weewx[1015] DEBUG weewx.restx: Shut down 
StationRegistry thread.
Oct 28 11:45:43 raspberrypi weewx[1015] CRITICAL __main__: Caught 
WeeWxIOError: Max tries exceeded while getting archive data.
Oct 28 11:45:43 raspberrypi weewx[1015] CRITICAL __main__:     **** 
 Waiting 60 seconds then retrying...

On Friday, October 28, 2022 at 11:45:08 AM UTC-5 wfs...@gmail.com wrote:

> Hi Tom,
>
> Yeah it looks like I am running just one instance of Weewx and using that 
> replacement vantage.py gets me past the error.
>
> Walt
>
> <tail -f /var/log/syslog with V4.9.1 vantage.py>
>
> Oct 28 10:59:18 raspberrypi weewx[787] DEBUG weewx.drivers.vantage: Gentle 
> wake up of console successful
> Oct 28 11:00:14 raspberrypi weewx[787] DEBUG weewx.drivers.vantage: 
> Getting archive packets since 2022-10-28 10:45:00 CDT (1666971900)
> Oct 28 11:00:16 raspberrypi weewx[787] ERROR weewx.drivers.vantage: Unable 
> to wake up Vantage console
> Oct 28 11:00:16 raspberrypi weewx[787] ERROR weewx.drivers.vantage: DMPAFT 
> try #1; error: Unable to wake up Vantage console
> Oct 28 11:00:16 raspberrypi weewx[787] DEBUG weewx.drivers.vantage: 
> Getting archive packets since 2022-10-28 10:45:00 CDT (1666971900)
> Oct 28 11:00:16 raspberrypi weewx[787] ERROR weewx.drivers.vantage: Unable 
> to wake up Vantage console
> Oct 28 11:00:16 raspberrypi weewx[787] ERROR weewx.drivers.vantage: DMPAFT 
> try #2; error: Unable to wake up Vantage console
> Oct 28 11:00:16 raspberrypi weewx[787] DEBUG weewx.drivers.vantage: 
> Getting archive packets since 2022-10-28 10:45:00 CDT (1666971900)
> Oct 28 11:00:16 raspberrypi weewx[787] ERROR weewx.drivers.vantage: Unable 
> to wake up Vantage console
> Oct 28 11:00:16 raspberrypi weewx[787] ERROR weewx.drivers.vantage: DMPAFT 
> try #3; error: Unable to wake up Vantage console
> Oct 28 11:00:16 raspberrypi weewx[787] DEBUG weewx.drivers.vantage: 
> Getting archive packets since 2022-10-28 10:45:00 CDT (1666971900)
> Oct 28 11:00:16 raspberrypi weewx[787] ERROR weewx.drivers.vantage: Unable 
> to wake up Vantage console
> Oct 28 11:00:16 raspberrypi weewx[787] ERROR weewx.drivers.vantage: DMPAFT 
> try #4; error: Unable to wake up Vantage console
> Oct 28 11:00:16 raspberrypi weewx[787] ERROR weewx.drivers.vantage: DMPAFT 
> max tries (4) exceeded.
> Oct 28 11:00:16 raspberrypi weewx[787] INFO weewx.engine: Main loop 
> exiting. Shutting engine down.
> Oct 28 11:00:16 raspberrypi weewx[787] DEBUG weewx.restx: Shut down 
> StationRegistry thread.
> Oct 28 11:00:16 raspberrypi weewx[787] CRITICAL __main__: Caught 
> WeeWxIOError: Max tries exceeded while getting archive data.
> Oct 28 11:00:16 raspberrypi weewx[787] CRITICAL __main__:     **** 
>  Waiting 60 seconds then retrying...
> ^C
> pi@raspberrypi:~ $ ps aux|grep weewxd
> root       787  0.9  1.6  34084 15424 ?        S    10:52   0:04 python3 
> /usr/share/weewx/weewxd --daemon --pidfile=/var/run/weewx.pid 
> /etc/weewx/weewx.conf
> pi         858  0.0  0.0   7456   572 pts/0    S+   11:00   0:00 grep 
> --color=auto weewxd
> pi@raspberrypi:~ $
>
>
> <tail -f /var/log/syslog with replacement vantage.py>
>
>
>
> Oct 28 11:16:46 raspberrypi systemd[1]: Starting LSB: weewx weather 
> system...
> Oct 28 11:16:46 raspberrypi weewx[1012] INFO __main__: Initializing weewx 
> version 4.9.1
> Oct 28 11:16:46 raspberrypi weewx[1012] INFO __main__: Using Python 3.9.2 
> (default, Mar 12 2021, 04:06:34) #012[GCC 10.2.1 20210110]
> Oct 28 11:16:46 raspberrypi weewx[1012] INFO __main__: Located at 
> /bin/python3
> Oct 28 11:16:46 raspberrypi weewx[1012] INFO __main__: Platform 
> Linux-5.15.61-v7+-armv7l-with-glibc2.31
> Oct 28 11:16:46 raspberrypi weewx[1012] INFO __main__: Locale is 
> 'en_US.UTF-8'
> Oct 28 11:16:46 raspberrypi weewx[1012] INFO __main__: Using configuration 
> file /etc/weewx/weewx.conf
> Oct 28 11:16:46 raspberrypi weewx[1012] INFO __main__: Debug is 1
> Oct 28 11:16:46 raspberrypi weewx[1012] INFO __main__: PID file is 
> /var/run/weewx.pid
> Oct 28 11:16:46 raspberrypi weewx[1015] DEBUG __main__: Initializing engine
> Oct 28 11:16:46 raspberrypi weewx[1015] INFO weewx.engine: Loading station 
> type Vantage (weewx.drivers.vantage)
> Oct 28 11:16:47 raspberrypi weewx[1002]: Starting weewx weather system: 
> weewx.
> Oct 28 11:16:47 raspberrypi systemd[1]: Started LSB: weewx weather system.
> Oct 28 11:16:47 raspberrypi weewx[1015] DEBUG weewx.drivers.vantage: 
> Driver version is 3.5.0
> Oct 28 11:16:47 raspberrypi weewx[1015] DEBUG weewx.drivers.vantage: 
> Option loop_request=1
> Oct 28 11:16:47 raspberrypi weewx[1015] DEBUG weewx.drivers.vantage: 
> Opened up serial port /dev/ttyUSB0; baud 19200; timeout 4.00
> Oct 28 11:16:51 raspberrypi weewx[1015] DEBUG weewx.drivers.vantage: Retry 
> #1 unable to wake up console... sleeping
> Oct 28 11:16:53 raspberrypi weewx[1015] DEBUG weewx.drivers.vantage: 
> Successfully woke up Vantage console
> Oct 28 11:16:53 raspberrypi weewx[1015] DEBUG weewx.drivers.vantage: 
> Hardware type is 16
> Oct 28 11:16:53 raspberrypi weewx[1015] DEBUG weewx.drivers.vantage: ISS 
> ID is 1
> Oct 28 11:16:53 raspberrypi weewx[1015] DEBUG weewx.drivers.vantage: 
> Hardware name: Vantage Pro
> Oct 28 11:16:53 raspberrypi weewx[1015] DEBUG weewx.engine: Loading 
> service weewx.engine.StdTimeSynch
> Oct 28 11:16:53 raspberrypi weewx[1015] DEBUG weewx.engine: Finished 
> loading service weewx.engine.StdTimeSynch
> Oct 28 11:16:53 raspberrypi weewx[1015] DEBUG weewx.engine: Loading 
> service weewx.engine.StdConvert
> Oct 28 11:16:53 raspberrypi weewx[1015] INFO weewx.engine: StdConvert 
> target unit is 0x1
> Oct 28 11:16:53 raspberrypi weewx[1015] DEBUG weewx.engine: Finished 
> loading service weewx.engine.StdConvert
> Oct 28 11:16:53 raspberrypi weewx[1015] DEBUG weewx.engine: Loading 
> service weewx.engine.StdCalibrate
> Oct 28 11:16:53 raspberrypi weewx[1015] DEBUG weewx.engine: Finished 
> loading service weewx.engine.StdCalibrate
> Oct 28 11:16:53 raspberrypi weewx[1015] DEBUG weewx.engine: Loading 
> service weewx.engine.StdQC
> Oct 28 11:16:53 raspberrypi weewx[1015] DEBUG weewx.engine: Finished 
> loading service weewx.engine.StdQC
> Oct 28 11:16:53 raspberrypi weewx[1015] DEBUG weewx.engine: Loading 
> service weewx.wxservices.StdWXCalculate
> Oct 28 11:16:53 raspberrypi weewx[1015] INFO weewx.wxservices: 
> StdWXCalculate will use data binding wx_binding
> Oct 28 11:16:53 raspberrypi weewx[1015] DEBUG weewx.manager: Daily summary 
> version is 4.0
> Oct 28 11:16:53 raspberrypi weewx[1015] DEBUG weewx.engine: Finished 
> loading service weewx.wxservices.StdWXCalculate
> Oct 28 11:16:53 raspberrypi weewx[1015] DEBUG weewx.engine: Loading 
> service weewx.wxxtypes.StdWXXTypes
> Oct 28 11:16:53 raspberrypi weewx[1015] DEBUG weewx.engine: Finished 
> loading service weewx.wxxtypes.StdWXXTypes
> Oct 28 11:16:53 raspberrypi weewx[1015] DEBUG weewx.engine: Loading 
> service weewx.wxxtypes.StdPressureCooker
> Oct 28 11:16:53 raspberrypi weewx[1015] DEBUG weewx.engine: Finished 
> loading service weewx.wxxtypes.StdPressureCooker
> Oct 28 11:16:53 raspberrypi weewx[1015] DEBUG weewx.engine: Loading 
> service weewx.wxxtypes.StdRainRater
> Oct 28 11:16:53 raspberrypi weewx[1015] DEBUG weewx.engine: Finished 
> loading service weewx.wxxtypes.StdRainRater
> Oct 28 11:16:53 raspberrypi weewx[1015] DEBUG weewx.engine: Loading 
> service weewx.wxxtypes.StdDelta
> Oct 28 11:16:53 raspberrypi weewx[1015] DEBUG weewx.engine: Finished 
> loading service weewx.wxxtypes.StdDelta
> Oct 28 11:16:53 raspberrypi weewx[1015] DEBUG weewx.engine: Loading 
> service weewx.engine.StdArchive
> Oct 28 11:16:53 raspberrypi weewx[1015] INFO weewx.engine: Archive will 
> use data binding wx_binding
> Oct 28 11:16:53 raspberrypi weewx[1015] INFO weewx.engine: Record 
> generation will be attempted in 'hardware'
> Oct 28 11:16:53 raspberrypi weewx[1015] INFO weewx.engine: Using archive 
> interval of 900 seconds (specified by hardware)
> Oct 28 11:16:53 raspberrypi weewx[1015] DEBUG weewx.engine: Use LOOP data 
> in hi/low calculations: 1
> Oct 28 11:16:53 raspberrypi weewx[1015] DEBUG weewx.engine: Finished 
> loading service weewx.engine.StdArchive
> Oct 28 11:16:53 raspberrypi weewx[1015] DEBUG weewx.engine: Loading 
> service weewx.restx.StdStationRegistry
> Oct 28 11:16:53 raspberrypi weewx[1015] INFO weewx.restx: StationRegistry: 
> Station will be registered.
> Oct 28 11:16:53 raspberrypi weewx[1015] DEBUG weewx.engine: Finished 
> loading service weewx.restx.StdStationRegistry
> Oct 28 11:16:53 raspberrypi weewx[1015] DEBUG weewx.engine: Loading 
> service weewx.restx.StdWunderground
> Oct 28 11:16:53 raspberrypi weewx[1015] INFO weewx.restx: Wunderground: 
> Posting not enabled.
> Oct 28 11:16:53 raspberrypi weewx[1015] DEBUG weewx.engine: Finished 
> loading service weewx.restx.StdWunderground
> Oct 28 11:16:53 raspberrypi weewx[1015] DEBUG weewx.engine: Loading 
> service weewx.restx.StdPWSweather
> Oct 28 11:16:53 raspberrypi weewx[1015] INFO weewx.restx: PWSweather: 
> Posting not enabled.
> Oct 28 11:16:53 raspberrypi weewx[1015] DEBUG weewx.engine: Finished 
> loading service weewx.restx.StdPWSweather
> Oct 28 11:16:53 raspberrypi weewx[1015] DEBUG weewx.engine: Loading 
> service weewx.restx.StdCWOP
> Oct 28 11:16:53 raspberrypi weewx[1015] INFO weewx.restx: CWOP: Posting 
> not enabled.
> Oct 28 11:16:53 raspberrypi weewx[1015] DEBUG weewx.engine: Finished 
> loading service weewx.restx.StdCWOP
> Oct 28 11:16:53 raspberrypi weewx[1015] DEBUG weewx.engine: Loading 
> service weewx.restx.StdWOW
> Oct 28 11:16:53 raspberrypi weewx[1015] INFO weewx.restx: WOW: Posting not 
> enabled.
> Oct 28 11:16:53 raspberrypi weewx[1015] DEBUG weewx.engine: Finished 
> loading service weewx.restx.StdWOW
> Oct 28 11:16:53 raspberrypi weewx[1015] DEBUG weewx.engine: Loading 
> service weewx.restx.StdAWEKAS
> Oct 28 11:16:53 raspberrypi weewx[1015] INFO weewx.restx: AWEKAS: Posting 
> not enabled.
> Oct 28 11:16:53 raspberrypi weewx[1015] DEBUG weewx.engine: Finished 
> loading service weewx.restx.StdAWEKAS
> Oct 28 11:16:53 raspberrypi weewx[1015] DEBUG weewx.engine: Loading 
> service weewx.engine.StdPrint
> Oct 28 11:16:53 raspberrypi weewx[1015] DEBUG weewx.engine: Finished 
> loading service weewx.engine.StdPrint
> Oct 28 11:16:53 raspberrypi weewx[1015] DEBUG weewx.engine: Loading 
> service weewx.engine.StdReport
> Oct 28 11:16:53 raspberrypi weewx[1015] INFO weewx.engine: 'pyephem' not 
> detected, extended almanac data is not available
> Oct 28 11:16:53 raspberrypi weewx[1015] DEBUG weewx.engine: Finished 
> loading service weewx.engine.StdReport
> Oct 28 11:16:53 raspberrypi weewx[1015] INFO __main__: Starting up weewx 
> version 4.9.1
> Oct 28 11:16:54 raspberrypi weewx[1015] DEBUG weewx.drivers.vantage: 
> Successfully woke up Vantage console
> Oct 28 11:16:54 raspberrypi weewx[1015] INFO weewx.engine: Clock error is 
> -0.15 seconds (positive is fast)
> Oct 28 11:16:54 raspberrypi weewx[1015] INFO weewx.engine: Using binding 
> 'wx_binding' to database 'weewx.sdb'
> Oct 28 11:16:54 raspberrypi weewx[1015] INFO weewx.manager: Starting 
> backfill of daily summaries
> Oct 28 11:16:54 raspberrypi weewx[1015] INFO weewx.manager: Daily 
> summaries up to date
> Oct 28 11:16:54 raspberrypi weewx[1015] DEBUG weewx.drivers.vantage: 
> Getting archive packets since 2022-10-28 11:00:00 CDT (1666972800)
> Oct 28 11:16:54 raspberrypi weewx[1015] DEBUG weewx.drivers.vantage: 
> Successfully woke up Vantage console
> Oct 28 11:16:54 raspberrypi weewx[1015] DEBUG weewx.drivers.vantage: 
> Retrieving 1 page(s); starting index= 2
> Oct 28 11:16:54 raspberrypi weewx[1015] INFO weewx.manager: Added record 
> 2022-10-28 11:15:00 CDT (1666973700) to database 'weewx.sdb'
> Oct 28 11:16:54 raspberrypi weewx[1015] INFO weewx.manager: Added record 
> 2022-10-28 11:15:00 CDT (1666973700) to daily summary in 'weewx.sdb'
> Oct 28 11:16:55 raspberrypi weewx[1015] DEBUG weewx.drivers.vantage: 
> DMPAFT complete: page timestamp 2022-10-01 19:30:00 CDT (1664670600) less 
> than final timestamp 2022-10-28 11:15:00 CDT (1666973700)
> Oct 28 11:16:55 raspberrypi weewx[1015] DEBUG weewx.drivers.vantage: Catch 
> up complete.
> Oct 28 11:16:55 raspberrypi weewx[1015] INFO weewx.engine: Starting main 
> packet loop.
> Oct 28 11:16:55 raspberrypi weewx[1015] INFO weewx.restx: StationRegistry: 
> Published record 2022-10-28 11:15:00 CDT (1666973700)
> Oct 28 11:16:59 raspberrypi weewx[1015] DEBUG weewx.drivers.vantage: Retry 
> #1 unable to wake up console... sleeping
> Oct 28 11:17:01 raspberrypi weewx[1015] DEBUG weewx.drivers.vantage: 
> Successfully woke up Vantage console
> Oct 28 11:17:01 raspberrypi weewx[1015] DEBUG weewx.drivers.vantage: 
> Requesting 200 LOOP packets.
> Oct 28 11:17:01 raspberrypi CRON[1025]: (root) CMD (   cd / && run-parts 
> --report /etc/cron.hourly)
> Oct 28 11:17:01 raspberrypi weewx[1015] DEBUG weewx.drivers.vantage: 
> Successfully woke up Vantage console
> Oct 28 11:23:37 raspberrypi weewx[1015] DEBUG weewx.drivers.vantage: 
> Successfully woke up Vantage console
> Oct 28 11:28:01 raspberrypi CRON[1043]: (pi) CMD (./nwsInfo1.sh)
> Oct 28 11:30:14 raspberrypi weewx[1015] DEBUG weewx.drivers.vantage: 
> Getting archive packets since 2022-10-28 11:15:00 CDT (1666973700)
> Oct 28 11:30:15 raspberrypi weewx[1015] DEBUG weewx.drivers.vantage: 
> Successfully woke up Vantage console
> Oct 28 11:30:15 raspberrypi weewx[1015] DEBUG weewx.drivers.vantage: 
> Retrieving 1 page(s); starting index= 3
> Oct 28 11:30:15 raspberrypi weewx[1015] INFO weewx.manager: Added record 
> 2022-10-28 11:30:00 CDT (1666974600) to database 'weewx.sdb'
> Oct 28 11:30:15 raspberrypi weewx[1015] INFO weewx.manager: Added record 
> 2022-10-28 11:30:00 CDT (1666974600) to daily summary in 'weewx.sdb'
> Oct 28 11:30:15 raspberrypi weewx[1015] DEBUG weewx.drivers.vantage: 
> DMPAFT complete: page timestamp 2022-10-01 19:45:00 CDT (1664671500) less 
> than final timestamp 2022-10-28 11:30:00 CDT (1666974600)
> Oct 28 11:30:15 raspberrypi weewx[1015] DEBUG weewx.restx: 
> StationRegistry: wait interval (900 < 86400) has not passed for record 
> 2022-10-28 11:30:00 CDT (1666974600)
> Oct 28 11:30:15 raspberrypi weewx[1015] DEBUG weewx.drivers.vantage: Catch 
> up complete.
> Oct 28 11:30:15 raspberrypi weewx[1015] DEBUG weewx.reportengine: Running 
> reports for latest time in the database.
> Oct 28 11:30:15 raspberrypi weewx[1015] DEBUG weewx.drivers.vantage: 
> Requesting 200 LOOP packets.
> Oct 28 11:30:15 raspberrypi weewx[1015] DEBUG weewx.reportengine: Running 
> report 'CustomReport'
> Oct 28 11:30:15 raspberrypi weewx[1015] DEBUG weewx.reportengine: Found 
> configuration file /etc/weewx/skins/Custom/skin.conf for report 
> 'CustomReport'
> Oct 28 11:30:15 raspberrypi weewx[1015] DEBUG weewx.reportengine: Cannot 
> read localization file /etc/weewx/skins/Custom/lang/en.conf for report 
> 'CustomReport': Config file not found: 
> "/etc/weewx/skins/Custom/lang/en.conf".
> Oct 28 11:30:15 raspberrypi weewx[1015] DEBUG weewx.reportengine: **** 
> Using defaults instead.
> Oct 28 11:30:16 raspberrypi weewx[1015] DEBUG weewx.cheetahgenerator: 
> Using search list ['weewx.cheetahgenerator.Almanac', 
> 'weewx.cheetahgenerator.Current', 'weewx.cheetahgenerator.DisplayOptions', 
> 'weewx.cheetahgenerator.Extras', 'weewx.cheetahgenerator.Gettext', 
> 'weewx.cheetahgenerator.JSONHelpers', 'weewx.cheetahgenerator.PlotInfo', 
> 'weewx.cheetahgenerator.SkinInfo', 'weewx.cheetahgenerator.Station', 
> 'weewx.cheetahgenerator.Stats', 'weewx.cheetahgenerator.UnitInfo']
> Oct 28 11:30:16 raspberrypi weewx[1015] DEBUG weewx.manager: Daily summary 
> version is 4.0
> Oct 28 11:30:17 raspberrypi weewx[1015] INFO weewx.cheetahgenerator: 
> Generated 1 files for report CustomReport in 1.49 seconds
> Oct 28 11:30:17 raspberrypi weewx[1015] DEBUG weewx.manager: Daily summary 
> version is 4.0
> Oct 28 11:30:17 raspberrypi weewx[1015] DEBUG PIL.PngImagePlugin: STREAM 
> b'IHDR' 16 13
> Oct 28 11:30:17 raspberrypi weewx[1015] DEBUG PIL.PngImagePlugin: STREAM 
> b'IDAT' 41 1216
> Oct 28 11:30:17 raspberrypi weewx[1015] DEBUG PIL.PngImagePlugin: STREAM 
> b'IHDR' 16 13
> Oct 28 11:30:17 raspberrypi weewx[1015] DEBUG PIL.PngImagePlugin: STREAM 
> b'IDAT' 41 1216
> Oct 28 11:30:17 raspberrypi weewx[1015] DEBUG PIL.PngImagePlugin: STREAM 
> b'IHDR' 16 13
> Oct 28 11:30:17 raspberrypi weewx[1015] DEBUG PIL.PngImagePlugin: STREAM 
> b'IDAT' 41 1216
> Oct 28 11:30:17 raspberrypi weewx[1015] DEBUG PIL.PngImagePlugin: STREAM 
> b'IHDR' 16 13
> Oct 28 11:30:17 raspberrypi weewx[1015] DEBUG PIL.PngImagePlugin: STREAM 
> b'IDAT' 41 1216
> Oct 28 11:30:18 raspberrypi weewx[1015] INFO weewx.imagegenerator: 
> Generated 2 images for report CustomReport in 0.28 seconds
> Oct 28 11:30:18 raspberrypi weewx[1015] INFO weewx.reportengine: Copied 1 
> files to /var/weewx/reports
> Oct 28 11:30:18 raspberrypi weewx[1015] DEBUG weewx.reportengine: Running 
> report 'SeasonsReport'
> Oct 28 11:30:18 raspberrypi weewx[1015] DEBUG weewx.reportengine: Found 
> configuration file /etc/weewx/skins/Seasons/skin.conf for report 
> 'SeasonsReport'
> Oct 28 11:30:18 raspberrypi weewx[1015] DEBUG weewx.cheetahgenerator: 
> Using search list ['weewx.cheetahgenerator.Almanac', 
> 'weewx.cheetahgenerator.Current', 'weewx.cheetahgenerator.DisplayOptions', 
> 'weewx.cheetahgenerator.Extras', 'weewx.cheetahgenerator.Gettext', 
> 'weewx.cheetahgenerator.JSONHelpers', 'weewx.cheetahgenerator.PlotInfo', 
> 'weewx.cheetahgenerator.SkinInfo', 'weewx.cheetahgenerator.Station', 
> 'weewx.cheetahgenerator.Stats', 'weewx.cheetahgenerator.UnitInfo']
> Oct 28 11:30:18 raspberrypi weewx[1015] DEBUG weewx.manager: Daily summary 
> version is 4.0
> Oct 28 11:30:20 raspberrypi weewx[1015] DEBUG weewx.drivers.vantage: Retry 
> #1 unable to wake up console... sleeping
> Oct 28 11:30:22 raspberrypi weewx[1015] DEBUG weewx.drivers.vantage: 
> Successfully woke up Vantage console
> Oct 28 11:30:59 raspberrypi weewx[1015] INFO weewx.cheetahgenerator: 
> Generated 61 files for report SeasonsReport in 41.76 seconds
> Oct 28 11:30:59 raspberrypi weewx[1015] DEBUG weewx.manager: Daily summary 
> version is 4.0
> Oct 28 11:31:07 raspberrypi weewx[1015] INFO weewx.imagegenerator: 
> Generated 60 images for report SeasonsReport in 8.02 seconds
> Oct 28 11:31:07 raspberrypi weewx[1015] INFO weewx.reportengine: Copied 5 
> files to /var/weewx/reports
> Oct 28 11:31:07 raspberrypi weewx[1015] DEBUG weewx.reportengine: Report 
> 'SmartphoneReport' not enabled. Skipping.
> Oct 28 11:31:08 raspberrypi weewx[1015] DEBUG weewx.reportengine: Report 
> 'MobileReport' not enabled. Skipping.
> Oct 28 11:31:08 raspberrypi weewx[1015] DEBUG weewx.reportengine: Report 
> 'StandardReport' not enabled. Skipping.
> Oct 28 11:31:08 raspberrypi weewx[1015] DEBUG weewx.reportengine: Running 
> report 'StackedWindRose'
> Oct 28 11:31:08 raspberrypi weewx[1015] DEBUG weewx.reportengine: Found 
> configuration file /etc/weewx/skins/StackedWindRose/skin.conf for report 
> 'StackedWindRose'
> Oct 28 11:31:08 raspberrypi weewx[1015] DEBUG weewx.reportengine: Cannot 
> read localization file /etc/weewx/skins/StackedWindRose/lang/en.conf for 
> report 'StackedWindRose': Config file not found: 
> "/etc/weewx/skins/StackedWindRose/lang/en.conf".
> Oct 28 11:31:08 raspberrypi weewx[1015] DEBUG weewx.reportengine: **** 
> Using defaults instead.
> Oct 28 11:31:08 raspberrypi weewx[1015] DEBUG weewx.manager: Daily summary 
> version is 4.0
> Oct 28 11:31:08 raspberrypi weewx[1015] INFO user.stackedwindrose: 
> Generated 2 images for StackedWindRose in 0.28 seconds
> Oct 28 11:31:08 raspberrypi weewx[1015] DEBUG weewx.reportengine: Running 
> report 'NWSReport'
> Oct 28 11:31:08 raspberrypi weewx[1015] DEBUG weewx.reportengine: Found 
> configuration file /etc/weewx/skins/nws/skin.conf for report 'NWSReport'
> Oct 28 11:31:08 raspberrypi weewx[1015] DEBUG weewx.reportengine: Cannot 
> read localization file /etc/weewx/skins/nws/lang/en.conf for report 
> 'NWSReport': Config file not found: "/etc/weewx/skins/nws/lang/en.conf".
> Oct 28 11:31:08 raspberrypi weewx[1015] DEBUG weewx.reportengine: **** 
> Using defaults instead.
> Oct 28 11:31:08 raspberrypi weewx[1015] DEBUG weewx.cheetahgenerator: 
> Using search list ['user.nws.NWSForecastVariables', 
> 'weewx.cheetahgenerator.Almanac', 'weewx.cheetahgenerator.Current', 
> 'weewx.cheetahgenerator.DisplayOptions', 'weewx.cheetahgenerator.Extras', 
> 'weewx.cheetahgenerator.Gettext', 'weewx.cheetahgenerator.JSONHelpers', 
> 'weewx.cheetahgenerator.PlotInfo', 'weewx.cheetahgenerator.SkinInfo', 
> 'weewx.cheetahgenerator.Station', 'weewx.cheetahgenerator.Stats', 
> 'weewx.cheetahgenerator.UnitInfo']
> Oct 28 11:31:08 raspberrypi weewx[1015] DEBUG weewx.manager: Daily summary 
> version is 4.0
> Oct 28 11:31:12 raspberrypi weewx[1015] INFO weewx.cheetahgenerator: 
> Generated 1 files for report NWSReport in 4.40 seconds
> Oct 28 11:31:12 raspberrypi weewx[1015] DEBUG weewx.reportengine: Report 
> 'FTP' not enabled. Skipping.
> Oct 28 11:31:12 raspberrypi weewx[1015] DEBUG weewx.reportengine: Report 
> 'RSYNC' not enabled. Skipping.
>
> On Friday, October 28, 2022 at 11:21:00 AM UTC-5 hathaw...@gmail.com 
> wrote:
>
>> I've had a version of this issue since upgrading to 4.8.0.  In addition 
>> to the "Caught WeeWxIOError: Max tries exceeded while getting LOOP data" 
>> error, I have "Expected X chars, got Y " errors too.
>>
>> Oct 28 11:10:15 HP-Iron weewx[3203645] ERROR weewx.drivers.vantage: LOOP 
>> try #1; error: Expected to read 99 chars; got 0 instead
>> Oct 28 11:10:19 HP-Iron weewx[3203645] ERROR weewx.drivers.vantage: LOOP 
>> try #2; error: Expected to read 99 chars; got 11 instead
>> Oct 28 11:10:23 HP-Iron weewx[3203645] ERROR weewx.drivers.vantage: LOOP 
>> try #3; error: Expected to read 99 chars; got 20 instead
>>
>> It will run for a little bit, then eventually fail.  I have cron jobs 
>> that kill WeeWX and starts it again 15 minutes later.  It will catch up and 
>> then will start having errors and either die, or it is killed because it 
>> will fail anyways.
>>
>> I'm on 4.8.0.  I'll see if 4.9.1 improves things.
>>
>> Dave
>>
>> On Friday, October 28, 2022 at 10:23:31 AM UTC-5 tke...@gmail.com wrote:
>>
>>> Marius, that is a much older problem with several solutions. See the 
>>> *Troubleshooting 
>>> Davis stations guide 
>>> <https://github.com/weewx/weewx/wiki/Troubleshooting-the-Davis-Vantage-station#davis-cp2101-converter-problems>*
>>>  
>>> in the wiki.
>>>
>>> On Fri, Oct 28, 2022 at 8:18 AM Marius Schamschula <mscham...@gmail.com> 
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I ran into the same issue yesterday when upgrading my RaspberryPI.
>>>>
>>>> The device had changed from /dev/ttyUSB0 to /dev/ttyUSB1
>>>>
>>>> I updated the weewx.conf file and all is well.
>>>>
>>>> On Oct 28, 2022, at 9:12 AM, wfs...@gmail.com <wfs...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I just updated to 4.9.1 and am having similar problems..."unable to 
>>>> wake up Vantage console".  I have a VP1 and I've rebooted the Pi and 
>>>> unplugged and replugged the serial-to-USB interface.
>>>>
>>>> At reboot when Weewx first tries to start, it gets the unable to wakeup 
>>>> error.  If I do a sudo /etc/init.d/weewx stop and then sudo 
>>>> /etc/init.d/weewx start, it starts OK.  But I have yet to see it process 
>>>> an 
>>>> archive interval correctly.  It's getting an unable to wakeup error every 
>>>> time. 
>>>>
>>>> FWIW, I was watching the syslog with tail -f and the try errors all 
>>>> spilled out at once, like it wasn't pausing between retries. 
>>>>
>>>> My setup up until now has been very stable.  I'll go for months without 
>>>> any errors.
>>>>
>>>> At update, I chose to keep my current weewx.conf, and I haven't made 
>>>> any changes.  The only somewhat unexpected difference between my 
>>>> weewx.conf 
>>>> and 
>>>> weewx.conf-4.9.1 is that the socket timeout parameter is not in 4.9.1.  
>>>> But that seems unrelated, and it's still in my weewx.conf anyway.
>>>>
>>>> Walt
>>>>
>>>> At initial startup:
>>>>
>>>> Oct 28 08:20:56 raspberrypi weewx[907] INFO weewx.engine: Loading 
>>>> station type Vantage (weewx.drivers.vantage)
>>>> Oct 28 08:20:56 raspberrypi weewx[894]: Starting weewx weather system: 
>>>> weewx.
>>>> Oct 28 08:20:56 raspberrypi systemd[1]: Started LSB: weewx weather 
>>>> system.
>>>> Oct 28 08:20:56 raspberrypi weewx[907] ERROR weewx.drivers.vantage: 
>>>> Unable to wake up Vantage console
>>>> Oct 28 08:20:56 raspberrypi weewx[907] ERROR weewx.engine: Import of 
>>>> driver failed: Unable to wake up Vantage console (<class 
>>>> 'weewx.WakeupError'>)
>>>> Oct 28 08:20:56 raspberrypi weewx[907] CRITICAL weewx.engine:     **** 
>>>>  Traceback (most recent call last):
>>>> Oct 28 08:20:56 raspberrypi weewx[907] CRITICAL weewx.engine:     **** 
>>>>    File "/usr/share/weewx/weewx/engine.py", line 119, in setupStation
>>>> Oct 28 08:20:56 raspberrypi weewx[907] CRITICAL weewx.engine:     **** 
>>>>      self.console = loader_function(config_dict, self)
>>>> Oct 28 08:20:56 raspberrypi weewx[907] CRITICAL weewx.engine:     **** 
>>>>    File "/usr/share/weewx/weewx/drivers/vantage.py", line 40, in loader
>>>> Oct 28 08:20:56 raspberrypi weewx[907] CRITICAL weewx.engine:     **** 
>>>>      return VantageService(engine, config_dict)
>>>> Oct 28 08:20:56 raspberrypi weewx[907] CRITICAL weewx.engine:     **** 
>>>>    File "/usr/share/weewx/weewx/drivers/vantage.py", line 1939, in __init__
>>>> Oct 28 08:20:56 raspberrypi weewx[907] CRITICAL weewx.engine:     **** 
>>>>      Vantage.__init__(self, **config_dict[DRIVER_NAME])
>>>> Oct 28 08:20:56 raspberrypi weewx[907] CRITICAL weewx.engine:     **** 
>>>>    File "/usr/share/weewx/weewx/drivers/vantage.py", line 521, in __init__
>>>> Oct 28 08:20:56 raspberrypi weewx[907] CRITICAL weewx.engine:     **** 
>>>>      self._setup()
>>>> Oct 28 08:20:56 raspberrypi weewx[907] CRITICAL weewx.engine:     **** 
>>>>    File "/usr/share/weewx/weewx/drivers/vantage.py", line 1340, in _setup
>>>> Oct 28 08:20:56 raspberrypi weewx[907] CRITICAL weewx.engine:     **** 
>>>>      self.port.wakeup_console(max_tries=self.max_tries)
>>>> Oct 28 08:20:56 raspberrypi weewx[907] CRITICAL weewx.engine:     **** 
>>>>    File "/usr/share/weewx/weewx/drivers/vantage.py", line 118, in 
>>>> wakeup_console
>>>> Oct 28 08:20:56 raspberrypi weewx[907] CRITICAL weewx.engine:     **** 
>>>>      raise weewx.WakeupError("Unable to wake up Vantage console")
>>>> Oct 28 08:20:56 raspberrypi weewx[907] CRITICAL weewx.engine:     **** 
>>>>  weewx.WakeupError: Unable to wake up Vantage console
>>>> Oct 28 08:20:56 raspberrypi weewx[907] CRITICAL __main__: Unable to 
>>>> load driver: Unable to wake up Vantage console
>>>> Oct 28 08:20:56 raspberrypi weewx[907] CRITICAL __main__:     **** 
>>>>  Exiting...
>>>> Oct 28 08:20:56 raspberrypi kernel: [  151.179492] pl2303 ttyUSB0: 
>>>> pl2303_read_int_callback - usb_submit_urb failed with result -1
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> At archive interval:
>>>>
>>>> Oct 28 08:45:16 raspberrypi weewx[1022] ERROR weewx.drivers.vantage: 
>>>> Unable to wake up Vantage console
>>>> Oct 28 08:45:16 raspberrypi weewx[1022] ERROR weewx.drivers.vantage: 
>>>> DMPAFT try #1; error: Unable to wake up Vantage console
>>>> Oct 28 08:45:16 raspberrypi weewx[1022] ERROR weewx.drivers.vantage: 
>>>> Unable to wake up Vantage console
>>>> Oct 28 08:45:16 raspberrypi weewx[1022] ERROR weewx.drivers.vantage: 
>>>> DMPAFT try #2; error: Unable to wake up Vantage console
>>>> Oct 28 08:45:16 raspberrypi weewx[1022] ERROR weewx.drivers.vantage: 
>>>> Unable to wake up Vantage console
>>>> Oct 28 08:45:16 raspberrypi weewx[1022] ERROR weewx.drivers.vantage: 
>>>> DMPAFT try #3; error: Unable to wake up Vantage console
>>>> Oct 28 08:45:16 raspberrypi weewx[1022] ERROR weewx.drivers.vantage: 
>>>> Unable to wake up Vantage console
>>>> Oct 28 08:45:16 raspberrypi weewx[1022] ERROR weewx.drivers.vantage: 
>>>> DMPAFT try #4; error: Unable to wake up Vantage console
>>>> Oct 28 08:45:16 raspberrypi weewx[1022] ERROR weewx.drivers.vantage: 
>>>> DMPAFT max tries (4) exceeded.
>>>> Oct 28 08:45:16 raspberrypi weewx[1022] INFO weewx.engine: Main loop 
>>>> exiting. Shutting engine down.
>>>> Oct 28 08:45:16 raspberrypi weewx[1022] CRITICAL __main__: Caught 
>>>> WeeWxIOError: Max tries exceeded while getting archive data.
>>>> Oct 28 08:45:16 raspberrypi weewx[1022] CRITICAL __main__:     **** 
>>>>  Waiting 60 seconds then retrying...
>>>> Oct 28 08:46:17 raspberrypi weewx[1022] INFO __main__: retrying...
>>>>
>>>> On Thursday, October 27, 2022 at 2:11:17 PM UTC-5 vince wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Spoke too fast.  Got a couple failures and restarts just a few minutes 
>>>>> ago.
>>>>>
>>>>> I also notice one restart overnight after 1am PDT so the other one 
>>>>> wasn't quite perfect it seems.
>>>>>
>>>>> [...Tom - If you want to take this to email I can post a followup if 
>>>>> we find the cause later on....]
>>>>>
>>>>> Oct 27 11:35:59 pi4 weewx[19695] ERROR weewx.drivers.vantage: LOOP 
>>>>> batch try #1; error: Expected to read 99 chars; got 0 instead
>>>>> Oct 27 11:35:59 pi4 weewx[19695] DEBUG weewx.drivers.vantage: Rude 
>>>>> wake up retry #1 failed. Response: b'O\x00'
>>>>> Oct 27 11:35:59 pi4 weewx[19695] DEBUG weewx.drivers.vantage: Retry #1 
>>>>> unable to wake up console... sleeping
>>>>> Oct 27 11:36:00 pi4 weewx[19695] DEBUG weewx.drivers.vantage: Rude 
>>>>> wake up of console successful
>>>>> Oct 27 11:36:06 pi4 weewx[19695] ERROR weewx.drivers.vantage: LOOP 
>>>>> batch try #2; error: Expected to read 99 chars; got 0 instead
>>>>> Oct 27 11:36:06 pi4 weewx[19695] DEBUG weewx.drivers.vantage: Rude 
>>>>> wake up retry #1 failed. Response: b'\x00\x00'
>>>>> Oct 27 11:36:06 pi4 weewx[19695] DEBUG weewx.drivers.vantage: Retry #1 
>>>>> unable to wake up console... sleeping
>>>>> Oct 27 11:36:07 pi4 weewx[19695] DEBUG weewx.drivers.vantage: Rude 
>>>>> wake up of console successful
>>>>> Oct 27 11:36:19 pi4 weewx[19695] ERROR weewx.drivers.vantage: LOOP 
>>>>> batch try #3; error: Expected to read 99 chars; got 0 instead
>>>>> Oct 27 11:36:19 pi4 weewx[19695] ERROR weewx.drivers.vantage: LOOP max 
>>>>> batch errors (3) exceeded.
>>>>> Oct 27 11:36:19 pi4 weewx[19695] INFO weewx.engine: Main loop exiting. 
>>>>> Shutting engine down.
>>>>> Oct 27 11:36:19 pi4 weewx[19695] INFO weewx.engine: Shutting down 
>>>>> StdReport thread
>>>>> Oct 27 11:36:19 pi4 weewx[19695] DEBUG weewx.engine: StdReport thread 
>>>>> has been terminated
>>>>> Oct 27 11:36:19 pi4 weewx[19695] DEBUG weewx.restx: Shut down MQTT 
>>>>> thread.
>>>>> Oct 27 11:36:19 pi4 weewx[19695] DEBUG weewx.restx: Shut down CWOP 
>>>>> thread.
>>>>> Oct 27 11:36:19 pi4 weewx[19695] DEBUG weewx.restx: Shut down 
>>>>> PWSWeather thread.
>>>>> Oct 27 11:36:19 pi4 weewx[19695] DEBUG weewx.restx: Shut down 
>>>>> Wunderground-PWS thread.
>>>>> Oct 27 11:36:19 pi4 weewx[19695] DEBUG weewx.restx: Shut down 
>>>>> StationRegistry thread.
>>>>> Oct 27 11:36:19 pi4 weewx[19695] INFO user.MQTTSubscribe: (Service) 
>>>>> Disconnected with result code 0
>>>>> Oct 27 11:36:19 pi4 weewx[19695] CRITICAL __main__: Caught 
>>>>> WeeWxIOError: LOOP max batch errors (3) exceeded.
>>>>> Oct 27 11:36:19 pi4 weewx[19695] CRITICAL __main__:     ****  Waiting 
>>>>> 60 seconds then retrying...
>>>>> Oct 27 11:37:19 pi4 weewx[19695] INFO __main__: retrying...
>>>>> Oct 27 11:37:19 pi4 weewx[19695] DEBUG __main__: Initializing engine
>>>>> Oct 27 11:37:19 pi4 weewx[19695] INFO weewx.engine: Loading station 
>>>>> type Vantage (weewx.drivers.vantage)
>>>>> Oct 27 11:37:19 pi4 weewx[19695] DEBUG weewx.drivers.vantage: Driver 
>>>>> version is 3.5.0
>>>>> Oct 27 11:37:19 pi4 weewx[19695] DEBUG weewx.drivers.vantage: Option 
>>>>> loop_request=1
>>>>> Oct 27 11:37:19 pi4 weewx[19695] DEBUG weewx.drivers.vantage: Opened 
>>>>> up serial port /dev/ttyUSB0; baud 19200; timeout 5.00
>>>>> Oct 27 11:37:19 pi4 weewx[19695] DEBUG weewx.drivers.vantage: Gentle 
>>>>> wake up of console successful
>>>>> Oct 27 11:37:19 pi4 weewx[19695] DEBUG weewx.drivers.vantage: Hardware 
>>>>> type is 16
>>>>> Oct 27 11:37:19 pi4 weewx[19695] DEBUG weewx.drivers.vantage: ISS ID 
>>>>> is 1
>>>>> Oct 27 11:37:19 pi4 weewx[19695] DEBUG weewx.drivers.vantage: Hardware 
>>>>> name: Vantage Pro2
>>>>> Oct 27 11:37:19 pi4 weewx[19695] DEBUG weewx.engine: Loading service 
>>>>> weewx.engine.StdTimeSynch
>>>>> Oct 27 11:37:19 pi4 weewx[19695] DEBUG weewx.engine: Finished loading 
>>>>> service weewx.engine.StdTimeSynch
>>>>> On Thursday, October 27, 2022 at 11:33:13 AM UTC-7 vince wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> The instrumented one looks ok.  I can not explain why.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Oct 27 10:05:48 pi4 pi: vantage ==> running 4.9.1 instrumented 
>>>>>> version of driver
>>>>>> Oct 27 10:05:48 pi4 weewx[19695] INFO weewx.engine: Loading station 
>>>>>> type Vantage (weewx.drivers.vantage)
>>>>>> Oct 27 10:05:48 pi4 weewx[19695] DEBUG weewx.drivers.vantage: Driver 
>>>>>> version is 3.5.0
>>>>>> Oct 27 10:05:48 pi4 weewx[19695] DEBUG weewx.drivers.vantage: Option 
>>>>>> loop_request=1
>>>>>> Oct 27 10:05:48 pi4 weewx[19695] DEBUG weewx.drivers.vantage: Opened 
>>>>>> up serial port /dev/ttyUSB0; baud 19200; timeout 5.00
>>>>>> Oct 27 10:05:48 pi4 weewx[19695] DEBUG weewx.drivers.vantage: Gentle 
>>>>>> wake up of console successful
>>>>>> Oct 27 10:05:48 pi4 weewx[19695] DEBUG weewx.drivers.vantage: 
>>>>>> Hardware type is 16
>>>>>> Oct 27 10:05:48 pi4 weewx[19695] DEBUG weewx.drivers.vantage: ISS ID 
>>>>>> is 1
>>>>>> Oct 27 10:05:48 pi4 weewx[19695] DEBUG weewx.drivers.vantage: 
>>>>>> Hardware name: Vantage Pro2
>>>>>> Oct 27 10:05:50 pi4 weewx[19695] DEBUG weewx.drivers.vantage: Gentle 
>>>>>> wake up of console successful
>>>>>> Oct 27 10:05:50 pi4 weewx[19695] DEBUG weewx.drivers.vantage: Getting 
>>>>>> archive packets since 2022-10-27 10:05:00 PDT (1666890300)
>>>>>> Oct 27 10:05:50 pi4 weewx[19695] DEBUG weewx.drivers.vantage: Gentle 
>>>>>> wake up of console successful
>>>>>> Oct 27 10:05:50 pi4 weewx[19695] DEBUG weewx.drivers.vantage: 
>>>>>> Retrieving 0 page(s); starting index= 0
>>>>>> Oct 27 10:05:50 pi4 weewx[19695] DEBUG weewx.drivers.vantage: Gentle 
>>>>>> wake up of console successful
>>>>>> Oct 27 10:05:50 pi4 weewx[19695] DEBUG weewx.drivers.vantage: 
>>>>>> Requesting 200 LOOP packets.
>>>>>> Oct 27 10:05:50 pi4 weewx[19695] DEBUG weewx.drivers.vantage: Gentle 
>>>>>> wake up of console successful
>>>>>> Oct 27 10:10:14 pi4 weewx[19695] DEBUG weewx.drivers.vantage: Getting 
>>>>>> archive packets since 2022-10-27 10:05:00 PDT (1666890300)
>>>>>> Oct 27 10:10:16 pi4 weewx[19695] DEBUG weewx.drivers.vantage: Rude 
>>>>>> wake up retry #1 failed. Response: b'O\xec'
>>>>>> Oct 27 10:10:16 pi4 weewx[19695] DEBUG weewx.drivers.vantage: Retry 
>>>>>> #1 unable to wake up console... sleeping
>>>>>> Oct 27 10:10:17 pi4 weewx[19695] DEBUG weewx.drivers.vantage: Rude 
>>>>>> wake up of console successful
>>>>>> Oct 27 10:10:17 pi4 weewx[19695] DEBUG weewx.drivers.vantage: 
>>>>>> Retrieving 1 page(s); starting index= 0
>>>>>> Oct 27 10:10:18 pi4 weewx[19695] DEBUG weewx.drivers.vantage: DMPAFT 
>>>>>> complete: page timestamp 2022-10-18 12:55:00 PDT (1666122900) less than 
>>>>>> final timestamp 2022-10-27 10:10:00 PDT (1666890600)
>>>>>> Oct 27 10:10:18 pi4 weewx[19695] DEBUG weewx.drivers.vantage: Catch 
>>>>>> up complete.
>>>>>> Oct 27 10:10:18 pi4 weewx[19695] DEBUG weewx.drivers.vantage: 
>>>>>> Requesting 200 LOOP packets.
>>>>>> Oct 27 10:10:18 pi4 weewx[19695] DEBUG weewx.drivers.vantage: Gentle 
>>>>>> wake up of console successful
>>>>>> Oct 27 10:15:14 pi4 weewx[19695] DEBUG weewx.drivers.vantage: Getting 
>>>>>> archive packets since 2022-10-27 10:10:00 PDT (1666890600)
>>>>>> Oct 27 10:15:16 pi4 weewx[19695] DEBUG weewx.drivers.vantage: Rude 
>>>>>> wake up retry #1 failed. Response: b'O\x00'
>>>>>> Oct 27 10:15:16 pi4 weewx[19695] DEBUG weewx.drivers.vantage: Retry 
>>>>>> #1 unable to wake up console... sleeping
>>>>>> Oct 27 10:15:17 pi4 weewx[19695] DEBUG weewx.drivers.vantage: Rude 
>>>>>> wake up of console successful
>>>>>> Oct 27 10:15:17 pi4 weewx[19695] DEBUG weewx.drivers.vantage: 
>>>>>> Retrieving 1 page(s); starting index= 1
>>>>>> Oct 27 10:15:18 pi4 weewx[19695] DEBUG weewx.drivers.vantage: DMPAFT 
>>>>>> complete: page timestamp 2022-10-18 13:00:00 PDT (1666123200) less than 
>>>>>> final timestamp 2022-10-27 10:15:00 PDT (1666890900)
>>>>>> Oct 27 10:15:18 pi4 weewx[19695] DEBUG weewx.drivers.vantage: Catch 
>>>>>> up complete.
>>>>>> Oct 27 10:15:18 pi4 weewx[19695] DEBUG weewx.drivers.vantage: 
>>>>>> Requesting 200 LOOP packets.
>>>>>> Oct 27 10:15:18 pi4 weewx[19695] DEBUG weewx.drivers.vantage: Gentle 
>>>>>> wake up of console successful
>>>>>> Oct 27 10:20:14 pi4 weewx[19695] DEBUG weewx.drivers.vantage: Getting 
>>>>>> archive packets since 2022-10-27 10:15:00 PDT (1666890900)
>>>>>> Oct 27 10:20:16 pi4 weewx[19695] DEBUG weewx.drivers.vantage: Rude 
>>>>>> wake up retry #1 failed. Response: b'O\x00'
>>>>>> Oct 27 10:20:16 pi4 weewx[19695] DEBUG weewx.drivers.vantage: Retry 
>>>>>> #1 unable to wake up console... sleeping
>>>>>> Oct 27 10:20:17 pi4 weewx[19695] DEBUG weewx.drivers.vantage: Rude 
>>>>>> wake up of console successful
>>>>>> Oct 27 10:20:17 pi4 weewx[19695] DEBUG weewx.drivers.vantage: 
>>>>>> Retrieving 1 page(s); starting index= 2
>>>>>> Oct 27 10:20:18 pi4 weewx[19695] DEBUG weewx.drivers.vantage: DMPAFT 
>>>>>> complete: page timestamp 2022-10-18 13:05:00 PDT (1666123500) less than 
>>>>>> final timestamp 2022-10-27 10:20:00 PDT (1666891200)
>>>>>> Oct 27 10:20:18 pi4 weewx[19695] DEBUG weewx.drivers.vantage: Catch 
>>>>>> up complete.
>>>>>> Oct 27 10:20:18 pi4 weewx[19695] DEBUG weewx.drivers.vantage: 
>>>>>> Requesting 200 LOOP packets.
>>>>>> Oct 27 10:20:18 pi4 weewx[19695] DEBUG weewx.drivers.vantage: Gentle 
>>>>>> wake up of console successful
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Thursday, October 27, 2022 at 5:27:05 AM UTC-7 Tom Keffer wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Nice sleuthing, Vince.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Very mysterious. I don't think the firmware version has anything to 
>>>>>>> do with it. Mine is even older than yours (6-Jun-2007) and it's working 
>>>>>>> fine.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Try this version. It still uses the v4.9.1 approach, but logs a bit 
>>>>>>> more information about failure modes.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Wed, Oct 26, 2022 at 8:01 PM vince <vince...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Testing each later version one-by-one to see when it goes belly up 
>>>>>>>> via 'git checkout revnumberhere -- vantage.py'
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>    - 4.8.0 version looks ok when dropped into place over 4.9.1 
>>>>>>>>    weewx
>>>>>>>>    - may-06th version 7024f seems ok as well
>>>>>>>>    - may-18th version b0145 fails repeatedly with the 'max tries 
>>>>>>>>    exceeded' error
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> debug=1 syslog entries from 'grep vantage /var/log/syslog' are in 
>>>>>>>> the attachment.
>>>>>>>> I used 'logger' to write out which version driver I was starting 
>>>>>>>> up....
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Wednesday, October 26, 2022 at 3:46:35 PM UTC-7 Tom Keffer wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> How about trying the old V4.8.0 driver in v4.9.1? You can find it 
>>>>>>>>> here: 
>>>>>>>>> https://raw.githubusercontent.com/weewx/weewx/v4.8.0/bin/weewx/drivers/vantage.py
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On Wed, Oct 26, 2022 at 3:12 PM vince <vince...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Almost every single time.  Not 100% but pretty close.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>    - I put the 4.9.1 driver on my working 4.8.0 system, deleted 
>>>>>>>>>>    the __pycache__ file for it, and started weewx up and it 'did' 
>>>>>>>>>> recreate the 
>>>>>>>>>>    problem.  Failed immediately and kept failing.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>    - I also repeated the test with the extra sensors stuff set 
>>>>>>>>>>    to { } and it didn't fix it. So I'm guessing it's the issue-772 
>>>>>>>>>> mods are at 
>>>>>>>>>>    fault.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> If you can get me a driver with issue-772 backed out or with more 
>>>>>>>>>> diagnostic logging etc added I'd be happy to do more tests to try to 
>>>>>>>>>> figure 
>>>>>>>>>> it out.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Lastly, FWIW, I'm running a VP2 with rather old firmware, if that 
>>>>>>>>>> matters.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Davis Vantage EEPROM settings:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>     CONSOLE TYPE:                   Vantage Pro2
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>     CONSOLE FIRMWARE:
>>>>>>>>>>       Date:                         Jul 14 2008
>>>>>>>>>>       Version:                      1.80
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>     CONSOLE SETTINGS:
>>>>>>>>>>       Archive interval:             300 (seconds)
>>>>>>>>>>       Altitude:                     365 (foot)
>>>>>>>>>>       Wind cup type:                large
>>>>>>>>>>       Rain bucket type:             0.01 inches
>>>>>>>>>>       Rain year start:              10
>>>>>>>>>>       Onboard time:                 2022-10-26 15:10:05
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>     CONSOLE DISPLAY UNITS:
>>>>>>>>>>       Barometer:                    inHg
>>>>>>>>>>       Temperature:                  degree_F
>>>>>>>>>>       Rain:                         inch
>>>>>>>>>>       Wind:                         mile_per_hour
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>     CONSOLE STATION INFO:
>>>>>>>>>>       Latitude (onboard):           +47.3
>>>>>>>>>>       Longitude (onboard):          -122.3
>>>>>>>>>>       Use manual or auto DST?       AUTO
>>>>>>>>>>       DST setting:                  N/A
>>>>>>>>>>       Use GMT offset or zone code?  GMT_OFFSET
>>>>>>>>>>       Time zone code:               N/A
>>>>>>>>>>       GMT offset:                   -8.0 hours
>>>>>>>>>>       Temperature logging:          LAST
>>>>>>>>>>       Retransmit channel:           OFF (0)
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>     TRANSMITTERS:
>>>>>>>>>>       Channel   Receive   Repeater  Type
>>>>>>>>>>          1      active      none    iss
>>>>>>>>>>          2      inactive    none    (N/A)
>>>>>>>>>>          3      inactive    none    (N/A)
>>>>>>>>>>          4      inactive    none    (N/A)
>>>>>>>>>>          5      inactive    none    (N/A)
>>>>>>>>>>          6      inactive    none    (N/A)
>>>>>>>>>>          7      inactive    none    (N/A)
>>>>>>>>>>          8      inactive    none    (N/A)
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>     RECEPTION STATS:
>>>>>>>>>>       Total packets received:       255
>>>>>>>>>>       Total packets missed:         3
>>>>>>>>>>       Number of resynchronizations: 0
>>>>>>>>>>       Longest good stretch:         122
>>>>>>>>>>       Number of CRC errors:         0
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>     BAROMETER CALIBRATION DATA:
>>>>>>>>>>       Current barometer reading:    30.130 inHg
>>>>>>>>>>       Altitude:                     365 feet
>>>>>>>>>>       Dew point:                    44 F
>>>>>>>>>>       Virtual temperature:          46 F
>>>>>>>>>>       Humidity correction factor:   1.9
>>>>>>>>>>       Correction ratio:             1.014
>>>>>>>>>>       Correction constant:          +0.000 inHg
>>>>>>>>>>       Gain:                         0.000
>>>>>>>>>>       Offset:                       35.000
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>     OFFSETS:
>>>>>>>>>>       Wind direction:               +0 deg
>>>>>>>>>>       Inside Temperature:           +0.0 F
>>>>>>>>>>       Inside Humidity:              +0 %
>>>>>>>>>>       Outside Temperature:          +0.0 F
>>>>>>>>>>       Outside Humidity:             +0 %
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