Started weewx.service - WeeWX.
INFO __main__: Initializing weewxd version 5.2.0
INFO __main__: Command line: /usr/share/weewx/weewxd.py
/etc/weewx/weewx.conf
INFO __main__: Using Python: 3.13.5 (main, Jun 25 2025, 18:55:22) [GCC
14.2.0]
INFO __main__: Located at: /usr/bin/python3
INFO __main__: Platform: Linux-6.12.47+rpt-rpi-v8-aarch64-with-glibc2.41
INFO __main__: Locale: 'en_US'
INFO __main__: Entry path: /usr/share/weewx/weewxd.py
INFO __main__: WEEWX_ROOT: /etc/weewx
INFO __main__: Config file: /etc/weewx/weewx.conf
INFO __main__: User module: /etc/weewx/bin/user
INFO __main__: Debug: 1
INFO __main__: User: weewx
INFO __main__: Group: weewx
INFO __main__: Groups: weewx
DEBUG __main__: loop_on_init: False
DEBUG __main__: Initializing engine
INFO weewx.engine: Loading station type FileParse (user.fileparse)
INFO user.fileparse: Data file is /var/tmp/weewx/data.csv
INFO user.fileparse: Polling interval is 10.0
INFO user.fileparse: Label map is {'pressure': 'pressure', 'outTemp':
'outTemp', 'inTemp': 'inTemp', 'outHumidity': 'outHumidity', 'inHumidity':
'inHumidity', 'windSpeed': 'windSpeed', 'windDir': 'windDir', 'windGust':
'windGust', 'windGustDir': 'windGustDir', 'supplyVoltage': 'supplyVoltage',
'lightLevel': 'radiation', 'rain': 'rain'}
DEBUG weewx.engine: Loading service weewx.engine.StdTimeSynch
DEBUG weewx.engine: Finished loading service weewx.engine.StdTimeSynch
DEBUG weewx.engine: Loading service weewx.engine.StdConvert
INFO weewx.engine: StdConvert target unit is 0x1
DEBUG weewx.engine: Finished loading service weewx.engine.StdConvert
DEBUG weewx.engine: Loading service weewx.engine.StdCalibrate
DEBUG weewx.engine: Finished loading service weewx.engine.StdCalibrate
DEBUG weewx.engine: Loading service weewx.engine.StdQC
DEBUG weewx.engine: Finished loading service weewx.engine.StdQC
DEBUG weewx.engine: Loading service weewx.wxservices.StdWXCalculate
INFO weewx.wxservices: StdWXCalculate will use data binding wx_binding
DEBUG weewx.manager: Daily summary version is 4.0
DEBUG weewx.engine: Finished loading service weewx.wxservices.StdWXCalculate
DEBUG weewx.engine: Loading service weewx.wxxtypes.StdWXXTypes
DEBUG weewx.engine: Finished loading service weewx.wxxtypes.StdWXXTypes
DEBUG weewx.engine: Loading service weewx.wxxtypes.StdPressureCooker
DEBUG weewx.engine: Finished loading service
weewx.wxxtypes.StdPressureCooker
DEBUG weewx.engine: Loading service weewx.wxxtypes.StdRainRater
DEBUG weewx.engine: Finished loading service weewx.wxxtypes.StdRainRater
DEBUG weewx.engine: Loading service weewx.wxxtypes.StdDelta
DEBUG weewx.engine: Finished loading service weewx.wxxtypes.StdDelta
DEBUG weewx.engine: Loading service weewx.engine.StdArchive
INFO weewx.engine: Archive will use data binding wx_binding
INFO weewx.engine: Record generation will be attempted in 'hardware'
INFO weewx.engine: Using archive interval of 300 seconds (specified in
weewx configuration)
DEBUG weewx.engine: Use LOOP data in hi/low calculations: 1
DEBUG weewx.engine: Finished loading service weewx.engine.StdArchive
DEBUG weewx.engine: Loading service weewx.restx.StdStationRegistry
INFO weewx.restx: StationRegistry: Registration not requested.
DEBUG weewx.engine: Finished loading service weewx.restx.StdStationRegistry
DEBUG weewx.engine: Loading service weewx.restx.StdWunderground
INFO weewx.restx: Wunderground: Posting not enabled.
DEBUG weewx.engine: Finished loading service weewx.restx.StdWunderground
DEBUG weewx.engine: Loading service weewx.restx.StdPWSweather
INFO weewx.restx: PWSweather: Posting not enabled.
DEBUG weewx.engine: Finished loading service weewx.restx.StdPWSweather
DEBUG weewx.engine: Loading service weewx.restx.StdCWOP
INFO weewx.restx: CWOP: Posting not enabled.
DEBUG weewx.engine: Finished loading service weewx.restx.StdCWOP
DEBUG weewx.engine: Loading service weewx.restx.StdWOW
INFO weewx.restx: WOW: Posting not enabled.
DEBUG weewx.engine: Finished loading service weewx.restx.StdWOW
DEBUG weewx.engine: Loading service weewx.restx.StdWOWBE
INFO weewx.restx: WOW-BE: Posting not enabled.
DEBUG weewx.engine: Finished loading service weewx.restx.StdWOWBE
DEBUG weewx.engine: Loading service weewx.restx.StdAWEKAS
INFO weewx.restx: AWEKAS: Posting not enabled.
DEBUG weewx.engine: Finished loading service weewx.restx.StdAWEKAS
DEBUG weewx.engine: Loading service weewx.engine.StdPrint
DEBUG weewx.engine: Finished loading service weewx.engine.StdPrint
DEBUG weewx.engine: Loading service weewx.engine.StdReport
INFO weewx.engine: 'pyephem' detected, extended almanac data is available
DEBUG weewx.engine: Finished loading service weewx.engine.StdReport
DEBUG weewx.engine: Loading service user.rtgd.RealtimeGaugeData
INFO user.rtgd: version is 0.5.5
DEBUG weewx.manager: Daily summary version is 4.0
INFO user.rtgd: Unknown block specified for scroller_text
INFO user.rtgd: gauge-data.txt will not be exported.
INFO user.rtgd: '/var/www/html/weewx/steelseries/gauge-data.txt' will be
generated. min_interval is 2 seconds
DEBUG weewx.engine: Finished loading service user.rtgd.RealtimeGaugeData
INFO __main__: Starting up weewx version 5.2.0
DEBUG weewx.engine: Station does not support reading the time
INFO weewx.engine: Using binding 'wx_binding' to database 'weewx.sdb'
INFO weewx.manager: Starting backfill of daily summaries
INFO weewx.manager: Daily summaries up to date
INFO weewx.engine: Starting main packet loop.
DEBUG weewx.manager: Daily summary version is 4.0
DEBUG weewx.manager: Daily summary version is 4.0
INFO user.rtgd: ts: 1763588923 (1763588923), self.cache[obs]['ts']:
1763588923 (1763588923), max_age: 600 (600)
CRITICAL user.rtgd: Unexpected exception of type <class 'TypeError'>
DEBUG user.rtgd: rtgdthread: **** Traceback (most recent call last):
DEBUG user.rtgd: rtgdthread: **** File "/etc/weewx/bin/user/rtgd.py",
line 1825, in run
DEBUG user.rtgd: rtgdthread: ****
self.process_packet(_package['payload'])
DEBUG user.rtgd: rtgdthread: ****
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
DEBUG user.rtgd: rtgdthread: **** File "/etc/weewx/bin/user/rtgd.py",
line 1880, in process_packet
DEBUG user.rtgd: rtgdthread: **** cached_packet =
self.packet_cache.get_packet(_conv_packet['dateTime'],
DEBUG user.rtgd: rtgdthread: ****
self.max_cache_age)
DEBUG user.rtgd: rtgdthread: **** File "/etc/weewx/bin/user/rtgd.py",
line 2908, in get_packet
DEBUG user.rtgd: rtgdthread: **** packet[obs] = self.get_value(obs, ts,
max_age)
DEBUG user.rtgd: rtgdthread: ****
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
DEBUG user.rtgd: rtgdthread: **** File "/etc/weewx/bin/user/rtgd.py",
line 2894, in get_value
DEBUG user.rtgd: rtgdthread: **** if obs in self.cache and ts -
self.cache[obs]['ts'] <= max_age:
DEBUG user.rtgd: rtgdthread: ****
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
DEBUG user.rtgd: rtgdthread: **** TypeError: '<=' not supported between
instances of 'int' and 'str'
CRITICAL user.rtgd: Thread exiting. Reason: '<=' not supported between
instances of 'int' and 'str'
INFO weewx.manager: Added record 2025-11-19 16:50:00 EST (1763589000) to
database 'weewx.sdb'
INFO weewx.manager: Added record 2025-11-19 16:50:00 EST (1763589000) to
daily summary in 'weewx.sdb'
First paste didn't show complete log.
On Wednesday, November 19, 2025 at 5:34:05 PM UTC-5 Ron Walker wrote:
> The entire log for the restart of weewx to the error follows. Yes, I
> restarted weewx. The rtgd.py file is located in /etc/weewx/bin/user
>
> Started weewx.service - WeeWX.
> INFO __main__: Initializing weewxd version 5.2.0
> INFO __main__: Command line: /usr/share/weewx/weewxd.py
> /etc/weewx/weewx.conf
> INFO __main__: Using Python: 3.13.5 (main, Jun 25 2025, 18:55:22) [GCC
> 14.2.0]
> INFO __main__: Located at: /usr/bin/python3
> INFO __main__: Platform:
> Linux-6.12.47+rpt-rpi-v8-aarch64-with-glibc2.41
> INFO __main__: Locale: 'en_US'
> INFO __main__: Entry path: /usr/share/weewx/weewxd.py
> INFO __main__: WEEWX_ROOT: /etc/weewx
> INFO __main__: Config file: /etc/weewx/weewx.conf
> INFO __main__: User module: /etc/weewx/bin/user
> INFO __main__: Debug: 1
> INFO __main__: User: weewx
> INFO __main__: Group: weewx
> INFO __main__: Groups: weewx
> DEBUG __main__: loop_on_init: False
> DEBUG __main__: Initializing engine
> INFO weewx.engine: Loading station type FileParse (user.fileparse)
> INFO user.fileparse: Data file is /var/tmp/weewx/data.csv
> INFO user.fileparse: Polling interval is 10.0
> INFO user.fileparse: Label map is {'pressure': 'pressure', 'outTemp':
> 'outTemp', 'inTemp': 'inTemp', 'outHumidity': 'outHumidity', 'inHumidity':
> 'inHumidity', 'windSpeed': 'windSpeed', 'windDir': 'windDir', 'windGust':
> 'windGust', 'windGustDir': 'windGustDir', 'supplyVoltage': 'supplyVoltage',
> 'lightLevel': 'radiation', 'rain': 'rain'}
> DEBUG weewx.engine: Loading service weewx.engine.StdTimeSynch
> DEBUG weewx.engine: Finished loading service weewx.engine.StdTimeSynch
> DEBUG weewx.engine: Loading service weewx.engine.StdConvert
> INFO weewx.engine: StdConvert target unit is 0x1
> DEBUG weewx.engine: Finished loading service weewx.engine.StdConvert
> DEBUG weewx.engine: Loading service weewx.engine.StdCalibrate
> DEBUG weewx.engine: Finished loading service weewx.engine.StdCalibrate
> DEBUG weewx.engine: Loading service weewx.engine.StdQC
> DEBUG weewx.engine: Finished loading service weewx.engine.StdQC
> DEBUG weewx.engine: Loading service weewx.wxservices.StdWXCalculate
> INFO weewx.wxservices: StdWXCalculate will use data binding wx_binding
> DEBUG weewx.manager: Daily summary version is 4.0
> DEBUG weewx.engine: Finished loading service
> weewx.wxservices.StdWXCalculate
> DEBUG weewx.engine: Loading service weewx.wxxtypes.StdWXXTypes
> DEBUG weewx.engine: Finished loading service weewx.wxxtypes.StdWXXTypes
> DEBUG weewx.engine: Loading service weewx.wxxtypes.StdPressureCooker
> DEBUG weewx.engine: Finished loading service
> weewx.wxxtypes.StdPressureCooker
> DEBUG weewx.engine: Loading service weewx.wxxtypes.StdRainRater
> DEBUG weewx.engine: Finished loading service weewx.wxxtypes.StdRainRater
> DEBUG weewx.engine: Loading service weewx.wxxtypes.StdDelta
> DEBUG weewx.engine: Finished loading service weewx.wxxtypes.StdDelta
> DEBUG weewx.engine: Loading service weewx.engine.StdArchive
> INFO weewx.engine: Archive will use data binding wx_binding
> INFO weewx.engine: Record generation will be attempted in 'hardware'
> INFO weewx.engine: Using archive interval of 300 seconds (specified in
> weewx configuration)
> DEBUG weewx.engine: Use LOOP data in hi/low calculations: 1
> DEBUG weewx.engine: Finished loading service weewx.engine.StdArchive
> DEBUG weewx.engine: Loading service weewx.restx.StdStationRegistry
> INFO weewx.restx: StationRegistry: Registration not requested.
> DEBUG weewx.engine: Finished loading service weewx.restx.StdStationRegistry
> DEBUG weewx.engine: Loading service weewx.restx.StdWunderground
> INFO weewx.restx: Wunderground: Posting not enabled.
> DEBUG weewx.engine: Finished loading service weewx.restx.StdWunderground
> DEBUG weewx.engine: Loading service weewx.restx.StdPWSweather
> INFO weewx.restx: PWSweather: Posting not enabled.
> DEBUG weewx.engine: Finished loading service weewx.restx.StdPWSweather
> DEBUG weewx.engine: Loading service weewx.restx.StdCWOP
> INFO weewx.restx: CWOP: Posting not enabled.
> DEBUG weewx.engine: Finished loading service weewx.restx.StdCWOP
> DEBUG weewx.engine: Loading service weewx.restx.StdWOW
> INFO weewx.restx: WOW: Posting not enabled.
> DEBUG weewx.engine: Finished loading service weewx.restx.StdWOW
> DEBUG weewx.engine: Loading service weewx.restx.StdWOWBE
> INFO weewx.restx: WOW-BE: Posting not enabled.
> DEBUG weewx.engine: Finished loading service weewx.restx.StdWOWBE
> DEBUG weewx.engine: Loading service weewx.restx.StdAWEKAS
> INFO weewx.restx: AWEKAS: Posting not enabled.
> DEBUG weewx.engine: Finished loading service weewx.restx.StdAWEKAS
> DEBUG weewx.engine: Loading service weewx.engine.StdPrint
> DEBUG weewx.engine: Finished loading service weewx.engine.StdPrint
> DEBUG weewx.engine: Loading service weewx.engine.StdReport
> INFO weewx.engine: 'pyephem' detected, extended almanac data is available
> DEBUG weewx.engine: Finished loading service weewx.engine.StdReport
>
> DEBUG weewx.engine: Loading service user.rtgd.RealtimeGaugeData
> INFO user.rtgd: version is 0.5.5
> DEBUG weewx.manager: Daily summary version is 4.0
> INFO user.rtgd: Unknown block specified for scroller_text
> INFO user.rtgd: gauge-data.txt will not be exported.
> INFO user.rtgd: '/var/www/html/weewx/steelseries/gauge-data.txt' will be
> generated. min_interval is 2 seconds
> DEBUG weewx.engine: Finished loading service user.rtgd.RealtimeGaugeData
> INFO __main__: Starting up weewx version 5.2.0
> DEBUG weewx.engine: Station does not support reading the time
> INFO weewx.engine: Using binding 'wx_binding' to database 'weewx.sdb'
> INFO weewx.manager: Starting backfill of daily summaries
> INFO weewx.manager: Daily summaries up to date
> INFO weewx.engine: Starting main packet loop.
> DEBUG weewx.manager: Daily summary version is 4.0
> DEBUG weewx.manager: Daily summary version is 4.0
> INFO user.rtgd: ts: 1763588923 (1763588923), self.cache[obs]['ts']:
> 1763588923 (1763588923), max_age: 600 (600)
> CRITICAL user.rtgd: Unexpected exception of type <class 'TypeError'>
> DEBUG user.rtgd: rtgdthread: **** Traceback (most recent call last):
> DEBUG user.rtgd: rtgdthread: **** File "/etc/weewx/bin/user/rtgd.py",
> line 1825, in run
> DEBUG user.rtgd: rtgdthread: ****
> self.process_packet(_package['payload'])
> DEBUG user.rtgd: rtgdthread: ****
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> DEBUG user.rtgd: rtgdthread: **** File "/etc/weewx/bin/user/rtgd.py",
> line 1880, in process_packet
> DEBUG user.rtgd: rtgdthread: **** cached_packet =
> self.packet_cache.get_packet(_conv_packet['dateTime'],
> DEBUG user.rtgd: rtgdthread: ****
> self.max_cache_age)
> DEBUG user.rtgd: rtgdthread: **** File "/etc/weewx/bin/user/rtgd.py",
> line 2908, in get_packet
> DEBUG user.rtgd: rtgdthread: **** packet[obs] = self.get_value(obs,
> ts, max_age)
> DEBUG user.rtgd: rtgdthread: ****
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> DEBUG user.rtgd: rtgdthread: **** File "/etc/weewx/bin/user/rtgd.py",
> line 2894, in get_value
> DEBUG user.rtgd: rtgdthread: **** if obs in self.cache and ts -
> self.cache[obs]['ts'] <= max_age:
> DEBUG user.rtgd: rtgdthread: ****
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> DEBUG user.rtgd: rtgdthread: **** TypeError: '<=' not supported between
> instances of 'int' and 'str'
> CRITICAL user.rtgd: Thread exiting. Reason: '<=' not supported between
> instances of 'int' and 'str'
> INFO weewx.manager: Added record 2025-11-19 16:50:00 EST (1763589000) to
> database 'weewx.sdb'
> INFO weewx.manager: Added record 2025-11-19 16:50:00 EST (17635890
>
>
> On Wednesday, November 19, 2025 at 5:25:19 PM UTC-5 John Kline wrote:
>
>> Is there no log message above the error you sent? Did you restart weewx?
>> In what directory did you change rtgd.py?
>>
>> On Nov 19, 2025, at 2:02 PM, 'Ron Walker' via weewx-user <
>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> John,
>>
>>
>> Let me clarify. I did exactly what Glen said and replaced the double
>> quotes in the line. I then restarted weewx and got a similar error
>> message. It looked to me as though it was pointing to the single quotes,
>> which I replaced. I then restarted weewx and got the error in the previous
>> message.
>>
>> Next, I tried just retyping the line entirely and get the following error
>> along with the output from the log.info. It seems to point to the line
>> following the log.info line,which I did not touch!
>>
>> INFO user.rtgd: ts: 1763588923 (1763588923), self.cache[obs]['ts']:
>> 1763588923 (1763588923), max_age: 600 (600)
>> CRITICAL user.rtgd: Unexpected exception of type <class 'TypeError'>
>> DEBUG user.rtgd: rtgdthread: **** Traceback (most recent call last):
>> DEBUG user.rtgd: rtgdthread: **** File "/etc/weewx/bin/user/rtgd.py",
>> line 1825, in run
>> DEBUG user.rtgd: rtgdthread: ****
>> self.process_packet(_package['payload'])
>> DEBUG user.rtgd: rtgdthread: ****
>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>> DEBUG user.rtgd: rtgdthread: **** File "/etc/weewx/bin/user/rtgd.py",
>> line 1880, in process_packet
>> DEBUG user.rtgd: rtgdthread: **** cached_packet =
>> self.packet_cache.get_packet(_conv_packet['dateTime'],
>> DEBUG user.rtgd: rtgdthread: ****
>> self.max_cache_age)
>> DEBUG user.rtgd: rtgdthread: **** File "/etc/weewx/bin/user/rtgd.py",
>> line 2908, in get_packet
>> DEBUG user.rtgd: rtgdthread: **** packet[obs] = self.get_value(obs,
>> ts, max_age)
>> DEBUG user.rtgd: rtgdthread: ****
>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>> DEBUG user.rtgd: rtgdthread: **** File "/etc/weewx/bin/user/rtgd.py",
>> line 2894, in get_value
>> DEBUG user.rtgd: rtgdthread: **** if obs in self.cache and ts -
>> self.cache[obs]['ts'] <= max_age:
>> DEBUG user.rtgd: rtgdthread: ****
>> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>> DEBUG user.rtgd: rtgdthread: **** TypeError: '<=' not supported between
>> instances of 'int' and 'str'
>> CRITICAL user.rtgd: Thread exiting. Reason: '<=' not supported between
>> instances of 'int' and 'str'
>>
>> The line referenced in the error:
>> if obs in self.cache and ts - self.cache[obs]['ts'] <= max_age:
>>
>> On Wednesday, November 19, 2025 at 4:20:43 PM UTC-5 John Kline wrote:
>>
>>> Hey can’t be single quotes because there are single quotes inside the
>>> string. Replace the things that look like double quotes with actual double
>>> quotes.
>>>
>>> On Nov 19, 2025, at 1:18 PM, 'Ron Walker' via weewx-user <
>>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>> Glen, John,
>>>
>>>
>>> I deleted and replaced the double and single quotes in the code. It
>>> turns out that single quotes threw the same error when I restarted weewx.
>>> Here the log output from the restart:
>>>
>>> DEBUG weewx.engine: Loading service user.rtgd.RealtimeGaugeData
>>> INFO user.rtgd: version is 0.5.5
>>> DEBUG weewx.manager: Daily summary version is 4.0
>>> INFO user.rtgd: Unknown block specified for scroller_text
>>> INFO user.rtgd: gauge-data.txt will not be exported.
>>> INFO user.rtgd: '/var/www/html/weewx/steelseries/gauge-data.txt' will be
>>> generated. min_interval is 2 seconds
>>> DEBUG weewx.engine: Finished loading service user.rtgd.RealtimeGaugeData
>>> INFO __main__: Starting up weewx version 5.2.0
>>> DEBUG weewx.engine: Station does not support reading the time
>>> INFO weewx.engine: Using binding 'wx_binding' to database 'weewx.sdb'
>>> INFO weewx.manager: Starting backfill of daily summaries
>>> INFO weewx.manager: Empty database
>>> INFO weewx.engine: Starting main packet loop.
>>> DEBUG weewx.manager: Daily summary version is 4.0
>>> DEBUG weewx.manager: Daily summary version is 4.0
>>> CRITICAL user.rtgd: Unexpected exception of type <class 'KeyError'>
>>> DEBUG user.rtgd: rtgdthread: **** Traceback (most recent call last):
>>> DEBUG user.rtgd: rtgdthread: **** File "/etc/weewx/bin/user/rtgd.py",
>>> line 1825, in run
>>> DEBUG user.rtgd: rtgdthread: ****
>>> self.process_packet(_package['payload'])
>>> DEBUG user.rtgd: rtgdthread: ****
>>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>>> DEBUG user.rtgd: rtgdthread: **** File "/etc/weewx/bin/user/rtgd.py",
>>> line 1870, in process_packet
>>> DEBUG user.rtgd: rtgdthread: **** _conv_packet =
>>> weewx.units.to_std_system(packet,
>>> DEBUG user.rtgd: rtgdthread: ****
>>> self.stats_unit_system)
>>> DEBUG user.rtgd: rtgdthread: **** File
>>> "/usr/share/weewx/weewx/units.py", line 1613, in to_std_system
>>> DEBUG user.rtgd: rtgdthread: **** _datadict_target =
>>> StdUnitConverters[unit_system].convertDict(datadict)
>>> DEBUG user.rtgd: rtgdthread: ****
>>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>>> DEBUG user.rtgd: rtgdthread: **** KeyError: None
>>> CRITICAL user.rtgd: Thread exiting. Reason: None
>>>
>>> Thanks for staying with me on this!
>>>
>>> On Wednesday, November 19, 2025 at 2:25:37 PM UTC-5 Glenn McKechnie
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Thu, 20 Nov 2025 at 05:34, 'Ron Walker' via weewx-user <
>>>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> John,
>>>>>
>>>>> I deleted the max_cache_age line and retyped it, in case there was any
>>>>> text I couldn't see.
>>>>>
>>>>> Here is the line you requested:
>>>>> File "/etc/weewx/bin/user/rtgd.py", line 2893
>>>>> log.info(\u201cts: %s (%s), self.cache[obs][\u2018ts\u2019]: %s
>>>>> (%s), max_age: %s (%s)\u201d % (ts, ts, self.cache[obs][\u2018ts\u2019],
>>>>> self.cache[obs][\u2018ts\u2019], max_age, max_age))
>>>>> ^
>>>>> SyntaxError: invalid character '\u201c' (U+201C)
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> That syntax error is the result of non-ascii characters in your
>>>> log.info string. Specifically - smart quotes. They are showing up as
>>>> \u201c and \201d instead.
>>>>
>>>> Where you see *" or **”* ie :- 'double quotes' delete them and
>>>> replace them with the plain* " *character from your keyboard. Use a
>>>> plain text editor to do it and it will have no choice but to insert the
>>>> correct character. Use nano, vim or whatever is your favourite editor
>>>>
>>>> There is a subtle difference in their appearance and while they appear
>>>> the same, they are most definitely not.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Cheers
>>>> Glenn (VK3GLN)
>>>>
>>>> Various WeeWx addons at
>>>> https://github.com/glennmckechnie
>>>>
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