Just a note to say the system has been performing perfectly since adding the rtc to the Pi.
I have struggled to get any logs working On Sunday, 25 May 2025 at 12:49:56 UTC+1 Tom Keffer wrote: > Totally forgot that package installs include a udev rule. > > For how to read the log, see section *Log messages > <https://www.weewx.com/docs/5.1/usersguide/monitoring/#log-messages>* in > the documentation. > > On Sun, May 25, 2025 at 2:25 AM GordonT <trai...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Thanks for the help. >> >> 1) l found a udev rule, 60-weewx.rules. l didn't write it so assume the >> installation did. I don't know why it didn't show up as /dev/vantage >> earlier but working now. >> >> 2) The Pi having incorrect time and date at boot seems to be the issue, l >> have seen no issues so far after installing an rtc. >> It appears to corrupt the vantage pro2 logger which l can only solve by >> clearing the memory, which results in lost data. >> >> Where do l find the log ? I found a reference to /var/log/syslog but >> can't find any relevant log. I have set debug=1 in the conf. >> >> Overall l find weewx very good and hopefully can get rid of my old PC >> with weatherlink. >> >> Thanks >> On Saturday, 24 May 2025 at 19:33:45 UTC+1 Tom Keffer wrote: >> >>> 1. If the Vantage is showing up as /dev/vantage, you added a udev rule. >>> Perhaps you forgot about it? See *Installing a udev script >>> <https://github.com/weewx/weewx/wiki/Troubleshooting-the-Davis-Vantage-station#installing-a-udev-script>* >>> >>> 2. If you did not have an RTC, then the Pi uses the last recorded time, >>> which as you noted, could be the previous day. See the *Time >>> <https://github.com/weewx/weewx/wiki/Raspberry-Pi#time>* section in the >>> article about RPis. >>> >>> If you have any additional problems, be sure to include a log. >>> >>> -tk >>> >>> On Sat, May 24, 2025 at 11:15 AM GordonT <trai...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Firstly when l installed it the vantage showed up as /dev/ttyUSB0 but >>>> now its /dev/vantage, has something changed ? >>>> >>>> I also had an issue where after a period it would stop downloading any >>>> data from the vantage, normally after a boot of the pi. I noticed when the >>>> pi was booted, connected to the Internet but no rtc, the pi time would be >>>> the same as when it was shutdown until it got the current time from the >>>> Internet. In this period the vantage would show the time from the pi, >>>> which >>>> could be from the previous day. Could this be the issue ? >>>> >>>> I have now fitted an rtc to the Pi and so far so good, but will see how >>>> it goes. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> 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 weewx-user+...@googlegroups.com. >>>> To view this discussion visit >>>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/7e203cc8-6e23-4f48-b793-112d785a3a02n%40googlegroups.com >>>> >>>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/7e203cc8-6e23-4f48-b793-112d785a3a02n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>>> . >>>> >>> -- >> 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 weewx-user+...@googlegroups.com. >> > To view this discussion visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/0da64b7f-85f8-4c05-bb36-a933fdbe468en%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/0da64b7f-85f8-4c05-bb36-a933fdbe468en%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- 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 weewx-user+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/838950c6-58c2-45b0-91a1-580026177798n%40googlegroups.com.
