Thank you all. It was found to be the unit which is quite voltage sensitive. The POE splitter was not providing a true 5v to the unit. Replaced the POE splitter with a standard 5v USB wall wart and bingo, everything is good.
A warning for all, not all POE splitters do the correct job... Jon On Tuesday, 5 September 2023 at 07:02:13 UTC+1 Matthias Manhart wrote: > I run a Meteo-Pi Ethernet with my Vantage Pro 2. Can you access directly > the website of the unit ? (in my case http://192.168.10.180/) > > Tom Keffer schrieb am Montag, 4. September 2023 um 19:28:24 UTC+2: > >> I'm not familiar with the Meteo-Pi, but perhaps it's the problem? >> >> It would help to see the full log from startup, not just the end. Also, >> text please, not a screenshot. For tips on getting a good log, see the >> article *Help! Posting to weewx-user >> <https://github.com/weewx/weewx/wiki/Help!-Posting-to-weewx-user>* in >> the wiki. >> >> On Mon, Sep 4, 2023 at 8:57 AM 'Jon Fear' via weewx-user < >> weewx...@googlegroups.com> wrote: >> >>> Hi folks >>> >>> Have a new install 4.2.10 which was connected to a Davis Vue via a >>> Meteopi ethernet. Managed to get the system working although the link have >>> never been wonderful. Yesterday morning the link stopped working completely. >>> On restart Weewx tries to connect and fails. >>> >>> This is the output: >>> jon@weewx-vue:~ $ systemctl status weewx.service >>> ● weewx.service - LSB: weewx weather system >>> Loaded: loaded (/etc/init.d/weewx; generated) >>> Active: active (exited) since Mon 2023-09-04 16:31:02 BST; 14min ago >>> Docs: man:systemd-sysv-generator(8) >>> Process: 71218 ExecStart=/etc/init.d/weewx start (code=exited, >>> status=0/SUCCESS) >>> CPU: 597ms >>> Sep 04 16:31:13 weewx-vue python3[71232]: weewx[71232] CRITICAL >>> weewx.engine: **** Vantage.__init__(self, **config_dict[DRIVER_NAME]) >>> Sep 04 16:31:13 weewx-vue python3[71232]: weewx[71232] CRITICAL >>> weewx.engine: **** File "/usr/share/weewx/weewx/drivers/vantage.py", line >>> 534, in __init__ >>> Sep 04 16:31:13 weewx-vue python3[71232]: weewx[71232] CRITICAL >>> weewx.engine: **** self._setup() >>> Sep 04 16:31:13 weewx-vue python3[71232]: weewx[71232] CRITICAL >>> weewx.engine: **** File "/usr/share/weewx/weewx/drivers/vantage.py", line >>> 1390, in _setup >>> Sep 04 16:31:13 weewx-vue python3[71232]: weewx[71232] CRITICAL >>> weewx.engine: **** self.port.wakeup_console(max_tries=self.max_tries) >>> Sep 04 16:31:13 weewx-vue python3[71232]: weewx[71232] CRITICAL >>> weewx.engine: **** File "/usr/share/weewx/weewx/drivers/vantage.py", line >>> 121, in wakeup_console >>> Sep 04 16:31:13 weewx-vue python3[71232]: weewx[71232] CRITICAL >>> weewx.engine: **** raise weewx.WakeupError("Unable to wake up Vantage >>> console") >>> Sep 04 16:31:13 weewx-vue python3[71232]: weewx[71232] CRITICAL >>> weewx.engine: **** weewx.WakeupError: Unable to wake up Vantage console >>> Sep 04 16:31:13 weewx-vue python3[71232]: weewx[71232] CRITICAL >>> __main__: Unable to load driver: Unable to wake up Vantage console >>> >>> Is this likely to be hardware related or have I just been really stupid? >>> I have restarted not only the weewx server but the Meteopi as well... >>> >>> Suggestions on a postcard to... >>> >>> Jon >>> >>> Sep 04 16:31:13 weewx-vue python3[71232]: weewx[71232] CRITICAL >>> __main__: **** Exiting... >>> >>> -- >>> 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+...@googlegroups.com. >>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/da9633e0-f165-4531-bd72-e6030d8b880cn%40googlegroups.com >>> >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/da9633e0-f165-4531-bd72-e6030d8b880cn%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 weewx-user+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/657b064e-c774-40a9-b672-ce0ebddc9e67n%40googlegroups.com.
