Good to know that it's a Davis firmware problem. I guess one option would be to modify the driver so it takes it out of LOOP mode every 20 seconds or so to give the VP a chance to do whatever it needs to do.
Let me see if that's an easy patch. -tk On Wed, Apr 5, 2017 at 11:31 AM, RedShoeRider <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hey Tom: >> > > Having a day off makes this sort of stuff go a lot faster. > > I just got off the phone with Davis tech support. Their answer: Yes, the > original VantagePro does support continuous LOOP queries. > They have heard of this particular problem, though not with Weewx, but > with their software. It's, apparently, a problem with the I/O in the > VantagePro itself when the logger is reporting data, and they used to > repair that problem. But, because it's an original Vantage, they don't > service them anymore, so I'm stuck. > Looks like an eBay unit is the path forward, though there's no guarantee > that it will work any better than the one that I have. > > My sincere thanks for your help! > -Chris > > -- > 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 [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- 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 [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
