Tom,

Is the issue CPU or RAM? 

I’m running a Pi 4 with 4gb of RAM.

Regards,

Tim

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> On Feb 5, 2021, at 11:11, Tom Keffer <tkef...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> The problem is that the machine running weewx doesn't have enough "oomph" to 
> run all the reports you are asking of it in two minutes. For example, here's 
> the results of one reporting cycle:
> 
> Feb  5 09:00:23 murph weewx[15605] INFO weewx.cheetahgenerator: Generated 8 
> files for report SeasonsReport in 95.95 seconds
> Feb  5 09:00:31 murph weewx[15605] INFO weewx.imagegenerator: Generated 15 
> images for report SeasonsReport in 7.99 seconds
> Feb  5 09:00:32 murph weewx[15605] INFO user.stackedwindrose: Generated 1 
> images for wdStackedWindRose in 1.11 seconds
> Feb  5 09:02:05 murph weewx[15605] INFO weewx.cheetahgenerator: Generated 1 
> files for report wdTesttags in 93.15 seconds
> Feb  5 09:02:53 murph weewx[15605] INFO weewx.cheetahgenerator: Generated 2 
> files for report wdClientraw in 47.34 seconds
> Feb  5 09:03:19 murph weewx[15605] INFO weewx.cheetahgenerator: Generated 2 
> files for report SteelSeries in 8.65 seconds
> Feb  5 09:03:25 murph weewx[15605] INFO weewx.imagegenerator: Generated 11 
> images for report SteelSeries in 5.64 seconds
> 
> That adds up to almost 300 seconds --- way more than the 120 seconds you are 
> giving it. You will either have to go to a much longer reporting cycle (5 
> minutes may not even do it), or pare down the number of reports, or simplify 
> the reports, or get a more capable server.
> 
> -tk
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
>> On Fri, Feb 5, 2021 at 10:11 AM Tim Lambert <timslamb...@comcast.net> wrote:
>> Tom,
>> 
>>  
>> 
>> Attached is the logfile for 2 cycles.
>> 
>>  
>> 
>> Per Line 45 @ 08:56:54 – The 120sec Interval for wwewx.engine is loaded
>> 
>> Per Line 137 –  Line 141 @ 08:58:33 – The Remote MySQL DB is being updated
>> 
>> Per Line 143 @ 08:58:47 – The rpt.engine starts
>> 
>> Per Line 218 @ 09:00:40 – Error  weewx.engine unable to shutdown StdReport 
>> thread
>> 
>> Then it appears weew opted to perform a restart by itself
>> 
>> Per Line 333 – Line 337 @ 09:02:32 – The Remote MySQL DB is being updated
>> 
>> Per Line 353 @ 09:02:53 – Start FTP
>> 
>> Per Line 421 @ 09:03:11 – End FTP
>> 
>> Per Line 423 @ 09:03:11 – Run SS
>> 
>> Per Line 471 @ 09:04:22 – Start Reports
>> 
>> Per Line 487 – Line 491 – The Remote MySQL DB is being updated
>> 
>> Per Line 492 @ 09:04:48 – Report Thread is aborted, existing Report Thread 
>> is running
>> 
>> Per Line 552 @ 09:06:40– Error  weewx.engine unable to shutdown StdReport 
>> thread
>> 
>> Then it appears weew opted to perform a restart by itself
>> 
>> Per Line 653 @ 09:08:05 – Start FTP
>> 
>> Per Line 716 @ 09:08:23 – End FTP
>> 
>> Per Line 723 @ 09:08:32 – Run SS
>> 
>>  
>> 
>> Hope the above analysis helps pinpoint the problem.  
>> 
>>  
>> 
>> I’m concerned about the Error related to the shutdown of the StdReport 
>> Thread and the subsequent automatic restart.  My other concern is the 
>> aborting the Report Thread, because the existing Report Thread is still 
>> running.   Both appear to be impacting the 120 second interval to generate 
>> reports and subsequently FTP, as well as the write of the DB every 120 
>> seconds.
>> 
>>  
>> 
>>  
>> 
>> Thanks in Advance for your help.  
>> 
>>  
>> 
>>  
>> 
>> Regards,
>> 
>>  
>> 
>> Tim
>> 
>>  
>> 
>> From: Tom Keffer
>> Sent: Thursday, February 4, 2021 6:20 PM
>> To: weewx-user
>> Subject: Re: [weewx-user] Re: WEEWX-WD and Weewx 4.2 to 4.4
>> 
>>  
>> 
>> That station (using the ip100 driver) does not support hardware record 
>> generation, so WeeWX will fall back on software record generation. If you 
>> are still getting 5 minute updates despite setting archive_interval to 120, 
>> then one of two things is happening:
>> 
>> weewxd is using a different configuration file than you think it is; or
>> You didn't restart weewxd after changing the value.
>> If neither of those are true, then we will need to see the log. Set debug=1, 
>> restart weewx, post the log from startup through the first reporting cycle.
>> 
>>  
>> 
>> tk
>> 
>>  
>> 
>> On Thu, Feb 4, 2021 at 5:41 PM Tim <timslamb...@comcast.net> wrote:
>> 
>> Tom,
>> 
>>  
>> 
>> The station is a RainWise MK-III with an IP-100.
>> 
>> Regards,
>> 
>>  
>> 
>> Tim
>> 
>>  
>> 
>> Sent from my Hi-Tech Etch-A-Sketch
>> 
>>  
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On Feb 4, 2021, at 14:20, Tom Keffer <tkef...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> You didn't say what kind of weather station you are using, but for stations 
>> that support hardware logging and if you specify hardware record generation, 
>>  then weewx will use the interval specified in your hardware.
>> 
>>  
>> 
>> If this is the case, then to change use the wee_device utility with the 
>> --set-interval option. For example, to change to two minutes:
>> 
>>  
>> 
>> wee_device --set-interval=2
>> 
>>  
>> 
>> -tk
>> 
>>  
>> 
>>  
>> 
>>  
>> 
>> On Thu, Feb 4, 2021 at 9:12 AM tim lambert <timslamb...@comcast.net> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi Gary,
>> 
>>  
>> 
>> I'm taking things in baby steps.
>> 
>>  
>> 
>> Earlier this week I successfully upgraded from weewx 4.2 to weewx 4.4 (which 
>> was surprisingly easy with how weewx addresses upgrades).   Everything is 
>> stable, so I'm moving onward to the next steps.
>> 
>>  
>> 
>> I've taken the route to implement WeeWX SteelSeries Weather Gauges extension 
>> (not real-time yet) and WeeWX-WD v2.1.2 -- everything installed and I can 
>> see the SteelGauge info on my remotely hosted website, as well as see the 
>> clientraw.text and other key files for Saratoga Templates on the remotely 
>> hosted server.  
>> 
>>  
>> 
>> However, even though I have the archive_interval in weewx.conf set to 120 
>> (seconds) the FTP of the files generated by weewx is occurring every 300 
>> seconds (5 minutes) -- which I confirmed from reviewing the log files.   How 
>> can I get the FTP to execute every 120 seconds?
>> 
>>  
>> 
>> FYI, weewx.conf for Standard Archive is
>> 
>>  
>> 
>> [StdArchive]
>> 
>>     archive_interval = 120
>>     record_generation = hardware
>>     loop_hilo = True
>>     data_binding = wx_binding
>> 
>>  
>> 
>> Should I change the record_generation to software?   Noting the Rainwise 
>> IP-100 is inserting records into the MySQL database tables every minute -- 
>> which is what I want.
>> 
>>  
>> 
>> Thanks in Advance for your guidance!
>> 
>>  
>> 
>> -- Tim
>> 
>>  
>> 
>> On Saturday, January 30, 2021 at 8:35:31 PM UTC-8 tim lambert wrote:
>> 
>> Thanks Gary for the insight and guidance.
>> 
>>  
>> 
>>  
>> 
>> Sent from Mail for Windows 10
>> 
>>  
>> 
>> From: gjr80
>> Sent: Saturday, January 30, 2021 7:58 PM
>> To: weewx-user
>> Subject: [weewx-user] Re: WEEWX-WD and Weewx 4.2 to 4.4
>> 
>>  
>> 
>> Hi,
>> 
>>  
>> 
>> I wouldn't be using WeeWX-WD from bitbucket, it has not been touched for 
>> some years now. WeeWX-WD on github is more up to date, the current version 
>> is v2.1.2 from November 2020. It should have no problems running on WeeWX 
>> v4.x under python 2 or python3. The SteelSeries Weather Gauges have directly 
>> supported WeeWX of v2.5.0 (of the SteelSeries Weather Gauges) or for about 
>> six years, and there is now a WeeWX SteelSeries Gauges extension that 
>> installs the necessary skin to support the SteelSeries Weather Gauges (this 
>> is the preferred means of providing the SteelSeries Weather Gauges, WeeWX-WD 
>> did support the SteelSeries Weather Gauges via the WD customclientraw.txt 
>> but since the advent of direct WeeWX support and the WeeWX extension the 
>> SteelSeries Weather Gauges support has been deprecated in WeeWX-WD). You 
>> should find the WeeWX extension will work under WeeWX v4.x and python2 or 
>> python3.
>> 
>>  
>> 
>> I would suggest that you upgrade to WeeWX v4.4.0 and get WeeWX running to 
>> your satisfaction before installing either WeeWX-WD v2.1.2 or the WeeWX 
>> SteelSeries Weather Gauges extension (in whatever order suits). Once you 
>> have the SteelSeries Weather Gauges extension running OK you can, if you 
>> want, look at installing the Realtime gauge-data extension which will allow 
>> the gauges to update on every loop packet rather than on each report cycle 
>> (how often they will update will depend on how often your station emits loop 
>> packets, for your Rainwise this should be up to every couple of seconds).
>> 
>>  
>> 
>> Gary
>> 
>>  
>> 
>> On Sunday, 31 January 2021 at 13:15:24 UTC+10 tim lambert wrote:
>> 
>> Gang,
>> 
>>  
>> 
>> Currently running weewx 4.2 (will be upgrading in the next few days to 4.4) 
>> on a Raspberry Pi 4 (32-bit OS) with a Rainwise MK-III and IP-100 providing 
>> station data -- everything has been working properly for several weeks and 
>> is populating a remote MySQL DB.
>> 
>>  
>> 
>> Once I upgrade weewx, I'd like to incorporate using Steel Gauges and 
>> Saratoga Templates, hence my query:  Can I utilize the WEEWX-WD as outlined 
>> BitBucket Weewx-WD?
>> 
>>  
>> 
>> The Steel Gauges and Saratoga Templates will be hosted on a remote, public 
>> accessible server -- so I'll be sending the clientraw and testtag files via 
>> FTP.
>> 
>>  
>> 
>> Thanks in Advance!
>> 
>>  
>> 
>> - Tim
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