Not what I want to hear, but I sort of wonder about that console anyway. 
When the batteries need to be replaced, I have to let it sit there 
unpowered for maybe 15-20 minutes before inserting the new batteries. 
Otherwise I just get garbled text on the screen. Do the new Davis consoles 
play nice with weewx?

On Tuesday, July 29, 2025 at 9:51:50 AM UTC-4 Tom Keffer wrote:

> Probably not what you want to hear, but I have no explanation for the 
> difference. It's not something I've ever observed on any of my 3 VPro2 
> stations.
>
> The only thing I can think of is to reset your console. Take out the 
> batteries, unplug, wait a minute, then reassemble.
>
> I should add that I'm assuming you have a standard setup. No SDR or 
> anything like that.
>
> -tk
>
>
> On Tue, Jul 29, 2025 at 6:31 AM James MacDonald <[email protected]> 
> wrote:
>
>> The console says 75.1°F outside 90% humidity, 72°F dewpoint
>>
>> I had to wait a bit to get both REC and LOOP output. It was all LOOP for 
>> a bit, but here's the first where I have both, and concurrent syslog.
>>
>> Weewx output is
>>
>> REC:    2025-07-29 09:25:00 EDT (1753795500) 'altimeter': 
>> '30.0533130882', 'appTemp': '85.6146811544 <(614)%20681-1544>', 
>> 'barometer': '30.009', 'cloudbase': '1047.74679121', 'consBatteryVoltage': 
>> '2.58', 'dateTime': '1753795500', 'dayET': '0.0', 'dayRain': '0.0', 
>> 'dewpoint': '74.5859141187', 'ET': '0.0', 'extraAlarm1': '0.0', 
>> 'extraAlarm2': '0.0', 'extraAlarm3': '0.0', 'extraAlarm4': '0.0', 
>> 'extraAlarm5': '0.0', 'extraAlarm6': '0.0', 'extraAlarm7': '0.0', 
>> 'extraAlarm8': '0.0', 'forecastIcon': '8.0', 'forecastRule': '1', 
>> 'heatindex': '77.309', 'highOutTemp': '75.8', 'humidex': '95.1702369353', 
>> 'inDewpoint': '55.0743729011', 'inHumidity': '61.0', 'insideAlarm': '0.0', 
>> 'inTemp': '69.1', 'interval': '5', 'lowOutTemp': '75.1', 'maxSolarRad': 
>> 'None', 'monthET': '0.04', 'monthRain': '3.19', 'outHumidity': '97.0', 
>> 'outsideAlarm1': '0.0', 'outsideAlarm2': '0.0', 'outTemp': '75.5', 
>> 'pressure': '29.1502954865', 'rain': '0.0', 'rainAlarm': '0.0', 'rainRate': 
>> '0.0', 'rxCheckPercent': '94.8125', 'soilLeafAlarm1': '0.0', 
>> 'soilLeafAlarm2': '0.0', 'soilLeafAlarm3': '0.0', 'soilLeafAlarm4': '0.0', 
>> 'stormRain': '1.13', 'stormStart': '1753675200.0', 'sunrise': 
>> '1753767000.0', 'sunset': '1753811340.0', 'txBatteryStatus': '0.0', 
>> 'usUnits': '1', 'wind_samples': '111.0', 'windchill': '75.5', 'windDir': 
>> 'None', 'windGust': '0.0', 'windGustDir': 'None', 'windrun': '0.0', 
>> 'windSpeed': '0.0', 'windSpeed10': '0.0', 'yearET': '0.23', 'yearRain': 
>> '22.0'
>> LOOP:   2025-07-29 09:25:17 EDT (1753795517) 'altimeter': 
>> '30.0560014032', 'appTemp': '86.0881873367', 'barometer': '30.01', 
>> 'cloudbase': '1048.0110621', 'consBatteryVoltage': '3.48', 'dateTime': 
>> '1753795517', 'dayET': '0.0', 'dayRain': '0.0', 'dewpoint': 
>> '74.8847513268', 'ET': 'None', 'extraAlarm1': '0', 'extraAlarm2': '0', 
>> 'extraAlarm3': '0', 'extraAlarm4': '0', 'extraAlarm5': '0', 'extraAlarm6': 
>> '0', 'extraAlarm7': '0', 'extraAlarm8': '0', 'forecastIcon': '8', 
>> 'forecastRule': '1', 'heatindex': '77.639', 'humidex': '95.7745418378', 
>> 'inDewpoint': '55.544647383', 'inHumidity': '61.0', 'insideAlarm': '0', 
>> 'inTemp': '69.6', 'maxSolarRad': 'None', 'monthET': '0.04', 'monthRain': 
>> '3.19', 'outHumidity': '97.0', 'outsideAlarm1': '0', 'outsideAlarm2': '0', 
>> 'outTemp': '75.8', 'pressure': '29.1529180938', 'rain': '0.0', 'rainAlarm': 
>> '0', 'rainRate': '0.0', 'soilLeafAlarm1': '0', 'soilLeafAlarm2': '0', 
>> 'soilLeafAlarm3': '0', 'soilLeafAlarm4': '0', 'stormRain': '1.13', 
>> 'stormStart': '1753675200', 'sunrise': '1753767000', 'sunset': 
>> '1753811340', 'txBatteryStatus': '0', 'usUnits': '1', 'windchill': '75.8', 
>> 'windDir': 'None', 'windGust': '0.0', 'windGustDir': 'None', 'windrun': 
>> 'None', 'windSpeed': '0.0', 'windSpeed10': '0.0', 'yearET': '0.23', 
>> 'yearRain': '22.0'
>>
>>
>> syslog is
>>
>> Jul 29 09:25:13 raspberrypi weewx[14838] ERROR weewx.restx: 
>> Wunderground-RF: Failed to publish record 2025-07-29 09:25:03 EDT 
>> (1753795503): Failed upload after 1 tries
>> Jul 29 09:25:13 raspberrypi weewx[14838] INFO weewx.restx: 
>> Wunderground-RF: Published record 2025-07-29 09:25:13 EDT (1753795513)
>> Jul 29 09:25:14 raspberrypi weewx[14838] DEBUG weewx.drivers.vantage: 
>> Getting archive packets since 2025-07-29 09:20:00 EDT (1753795200)
>> Jul 29 09:25:15 raspberrypi weewx[14838] INFO weewx.restx: 
>> Wunderground-RF: Published record 2025-07-29 09:25:15 EDT (1753795515)
>> Jul 29 09:25:15 raspberrypi weewx[14838] DEBUG weewx.drivers.vantage: 
>> Successfully woke up Vantage console
>> Jul 29 09:25:15 raspberrypi weewx[14838] DEBUG weewx.drivers.vantage: 
>> Retrieving 1 page(s); starting index= 2
>> Jul 29 09:25:15 raspberrypi weewx[14838] INFO weewx.manager: Added record 
>> 2025-07-29 09:25:00 EDT (1753795500) to database 'weewx.sdb'
>> Jul 29 09:25:15 raspberrypi weewx[14838] INFO weewx.manager: Added record 
>> 2025-07-29 09:25:00 EDT (1753795500) to daily summary in 'weewx.sdb'
>> Jul 29 09:25:15 raspberrypi weewx[14838] DEBUG weewx.drivers.vantage: 
>> DMPAFT complete: page timestamp 2025-07-20 12:10:00 EDT (1753027800) less 
>> than final timestamp 2025-07-29 09:25:00 EDT (1753795500)
>> Jul 29 09:25:15 raspberrypi weewx[14838] DEBUG weewx.drivers.vantage: 
>> Catch up complete.
>> Jul 29 09:25:15 raspberrypi weewx[14838] DEBUG weewx.reportengine: 
>> Running reports for latest time in the database.
>> Jul 29 09:25:15 raspberrypi weewx[14838] DEBUG weewx.drivers.vantage: 
>> Requesting 200 LOOP packets.
>> Jul 29 09:25:15 raspberrypi weewx[14838] DEBUG weewx.reportengine: 
>> Running report 'SeasonsReport'
>> Jul 29 09:25:16 raspberrypi weewx[14838] DEBUG weewx.reportengine: Found 
>> configuration file /etc/weewx/skins/Seasons/skin.conf for report 
>> 'SeasonsReport'
>> Jul 29 09:25:16 raspberrypi weewx[14838] DEBUG weewx.cheetahgenerator: 
>> Using search list ['weewx.cheetahgenerator.Almanac', 
>> 'weewx.cheetahgenerator.Current', 'weewx.cheetahgenerator.DisplayOptions', 
>> 'weewx.cheetahgenerator.Extras', 'weewx.cheetahgenerator.Gettext', 
>> 'weewx.cheetahgenerator.JSONHelpers', 'weewx.cheetahgenerator.PlotInfo', 
>> 'weewx.cheetahgenerator.SkinInfo', 'weewx.cheetahgenerator.Station', 
>> 'weewx.cheetahgenerator.Stats', 'weewx.cheetahgenerator.UnitInfo']
>> Jul 29 09:25:16 raspberrypi weewx[14838] DEBUG weewx.manager: Daily 
>> summary version is 4.0
>> Jul 29 09:25:16 raspberrypi weewx[14838] DEBUG weewx.drivers.vantage: 
>> Successfully woke up Vantage console
>> Jul 29 09:25:16 raspberrypi weewx[14838] INFO weewx.restx: 
>> Wunderground-RF: Published record 2025-07-29 09:25:17 EDT (1753795517)
>> Jul 29 09:25:17 raspberrypi weewx[14838] INFO weewx.restx: 
>> Wunderground-RF: Published record 2025-07-29 09:25:17 EDT (1753795517)
>> Jul 29 09:25:19 raspberrypi weewx[14838] INFO weewx.restx: 
>> Wunderground-RF: Published record 2025-07-29 09:25:19 EDT (1753795519)
>> Jul 29 09:25:21 raspberrypi weewx[14838] INFO weewx.restx: 
>> Wunderground-RF: Published record 2025-07-29 09:25:21 EDT (1753795521)
>> Jul 29 09:25:22 raspberrypi weewx[14838] INFO weewx.cheetahgenerator: 
>> Generated 8 files for report SeasonsReport in 5.83 seconds
>> Jul 29 09:25:22 raspberrypi weewx[14838] DEBUG weewx.manager: Daily 
>> summary version is 4.0
>> Jul 29 09:25:23 raspberrypi weewx[14838] INFO weewx.restx: 
>> Wunderground-RF: Published record 2025-07-29 09:25:23 EDT (1753795523)
>> Jul 29 09:25:23 raspberrypi weewx[14838] INFO weewx.imagegenerator: 
>> Generated 14 images for report SeasonsReport in 1.67 seconds
>> Jul 29 09:25:23 raspberrypi weewx[14838] INFO weewx.reportengine: Copied 
>> 5 files to /var/www/html/weewx
>> Jul 29 09:25:23 raspberrypi weewx[14838] DEBUG weewx.reportengine: Report 
>> 'SmartphoneReport' not enabled. Skipping.
>> Jul 29 09:25:23 raspberrypi weewx[14838] DEBUG weewx.reportengine: Report 
>> 'MobileReport' not enabled. Skipping.
>> Jul 29 09:25:23 raspberrypi weewx[14838] DEBUG weewx.reportengine: Report 
>> 'StandardReport' not enabled. Skipping.
>> Jul 29 09:25:23 raspberrypi weewx[14838] DEBUG weewx.reportengine: Report 
>> 'FTP' not enabled. Skipping.
>> Jul 29 09:25:23 raspberrypi weewx[14838] DEBUG weewx.reportengine: Report 
>> 'RSYNC' not enabled. Skipping.
>> Jul 29 09:25:25 raspberrypi weewx[14838] INFO weewx.restx: 
>> Wunderground-RF: Published record 2025-07-29 09:25:25 EDT (1753795525)
>> Jul 29 09:25:27 raspberrypi weewx[14838] INFO weewx.restx: 
>> Wunderground-RF: Published record 2025-07-29 09:25:27 EDT (1753795527)
>> Jul 29 09:25:29 raspberrypi weewx[14838] INFO weewx.restx: 
>> Wunderground-RF: Published record 2025-07-29 09:25:29 EDT (1753795529)
>> Jul 29 09:25:31 raspberrypi weewx[14838] INFO weewx.restx: 
>> Wunderground-RF: Published record 2025-07-29 09:25:31 EDT (1753795531)
>> Jul 29 09:25:33 raspberrypi weewx[14838] INFO weewx.restx: 
>> Wunderground-RF: Published record 2025-07-29 09:25:33 EDT (1753795533)
>> Jul 29 09:25:35 raspberrypi weewx[14838] INFO weewx.restx: 
>> Wunderground-RF: Published record 2025-07-29 09:25:35 EDT (1753795535)
>> On Monday, July 28, 2025 at 4:47:33 PM UTC-4 Tom Keffer wrote:
>>
>>> Please do the following:
>>>
>>> 1. Set debug=1 in weewx.conf.
>>> 2. Run weewxd directly from the command line 
>>> <https://www.weewx.com/docs/5.1/usersguide/running/#running-directly>, 
>>> and post the output from startup through the first archive record. Make 
>>> sure you post both LOOP and REC outputs. This will show us what values 
>>> weewxd is processing. We will compare these values to the console.
>>> 3. For the same period of time, post the system log from the startup 
>>> through the first archive record. This will show us internally what weewxd 
>>> is doing.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, Jul 28, 2025 at 11:07 AM James MacDonald <[email protected]> 
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I have a Davis Vantage Pro2, with the old console, and the values I see 
>>>> on the console do not agree with weewx. As an example, I currently have an 
>>>> outside temperature of 84.4°F, a relative humidity of 78% and a dewpoint 
>>>> of 
>>>> 76°F. But my weewx claims 85.2°F, 85% humidity, and a 80.2°F dewpoint.
>>>>
>>>> My configuration file has nothing in the StdCalibrate section:
>>>>
>>>> [StdCalibrate]
>>>>
>>>>     [[Corrections]]
>>>>         # For each type, an arbitrary calibration expression can be 
>>>> given.
>>>>         # It should be in the units defined in the StdConvert section.
>>>>         # Example:
>>>>         foo = foo + 0.2
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ##############################################################################
>>>>
>>>> Any suggestions?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>>
>>>> Jim
>>>>
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