Fyi. Im running a modified Standard skin on a Pi3. I recently upgraded from a 2B with no issues, so I think your hardware is sufficient but something is hogging resources.
On Fri, Feb 5, 2021, 12:23 PM Tim Lambert <timslamb...@comcast.net> wrote: > Tom, > > > > I have consoleWD from Weather Display and Pure FTPd (which is normally > idle) running. > > > > I see a few options: > > > > 1. Move consoleWD to another Pi 4 w/4GB RAM and 32GB SD Card > 2. Not use the SeasonsReport and defer any graph generation on the > Public (Remote) Server – simply generate the clientraw, testtags and ss > files > 3. Implement a Pi 4 w/8 GB RAM and 128GB SD Card > > > > I’m going to work thru the options to see what works. > > > > Thanks for the insight! > > > > Regards, > > > > Tim > > > > *From: *p q <peterquinn...@gmail.com> > *Sent: *Friday, February 5, 2021 11:46 AM > *To: *weewx-user@googlegroups.com > *Subject: *Re: [weewx-user] Re: WEEWX-WD and Weewx 4.2 to 4.4 > > > > A PI 4 is pretty powerful. What else is running? > > > > On Fri, Feb 5, 2021, 11:29 AM Tim <timslamb...@comcast.net> wrote: > > Tom, > > > > Is the issue CPU or RAM? > > > > I’m running a Pi 4 with 4gb of RAM. > > Regards, > > > > Tim > > > > Sent from my Hi-Tech Etch-A-Sketch > > > > > > 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 <tkef...@gmail.com> > *Sent: *Thursday, February 4, 2021 6:20 PM > *To: *weewx-user <weewx-user@googlegroups.com> > *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: > > 1. weewxd is using a different configuration file than you think it > is; or > 2. 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 <https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986> 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 > <https://github.com/gjr80/weewx-weewx-wd> 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 > <https://github.com/mcrossley/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 > <https://github.com/weewx/weewx/wiki/steelseries> 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 > <https://github.com/gjr80/weewx-realtime_gauge-data> 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 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