Gary, That is very interesting and possibly important information. Is what you mention dependent on the type of logger used? Meaning is the data switching (LOOP1 / LOOP2) still an issue with the WLL?
On Tuesday, January 12, 2021 at 4:14:00 PM UTC-5 gjr80 wrote: > Assuming can be a dangerous business! If you have not specified anything > for loop_request then you will be using LOOP1 only (the default), whether > that is the ‘best available format’ depends on your circumstances I guess. > Should you happen to specify loop_request = 3 in order to get the best of > both worlds (by alternating between LOOP1 and LOOP2 packets) be aware that > this can cause WeeWX loop packets to alternate between hardware provided > and software calculated values for station pressure and altimeter (and > archive records will then have a blend of both). If you do use loop_request > I suggest you carefully read the loop_request stanza > <http://weewx.com/docs/usersguide.htm#%5BVantage%5D> in the User’s Guide. > > Gary > > > On Wednesday, 13 January 2021 at 06:12:20 UTC+10 [email protected] wrote: > >> >> > If you don't have the latest firmware then you may not have Loop2 data. >> Not >> > having Loop2 data will inhibit greater Altimeter calculation by WeeWX >> > because station pressure will be missing and it will have to work >> backwards >> > and that is less accurate. Better to send the software station pressure >> > which is done by having Loop2 data. >> >> According to the Davis site the latest firmward for the Vantage Pro2 is >> 3.15 and wee_device reports my console is at 3.15. I have not specified >> which LOOP data WeeWX is to use as I assume it is coded to use the best >> available format. >> > -- 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]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/dd78c8bc-d539-4f8f-91f8-a4cfce889f1cn%40googlegroups.com.
