Run 2 different StartWatch setups simaltaniously

Can this be done?

VVP stops talking to WeatherLink EVERY MIDNIGHT. I think my only solution is to automattically kill WL then VVP at 12:01, then restart each one. WD flatlines at this time but doesn’t appear to need shutting down,it recovers as soon as VVP is restarted.

I can create a scheduled task to run the command KILLTASK to end WL & VVP. And run StartWatch to restart each of them & start WL’s bulletin. But I’m already running StartWatch at boot-up time configured to start ALL my weather software.

I could include WL & VVP to start in my scheduled task batch program but that would not start WL’s bulletin.

Has anybody tried to run two different StartWatch setups?

Dennis

A temporary disconnect between VirtualVP and the data logger at midnight is fairly common. The data logger briefly becomes unresponsive while it performs its end of day calculations. But VVP should reconnect as soon as the data logger starts talking again.

When you say VVP stops talking to WeatherLink, do you mean WeatherLink the software program, or WeatherLink the data logger hardware device? Can you open the Activity Log window in VVP in the morning, and copy and paste the contents here? Or if you tell me which version of Windows you’re running, I can tell you where to find the log.txt file, and you could email that to me.

The way StartWatch works, I don’t think it would work to have two instances running in the same user’s account. But for starting WL’s bulletin mode, there are other options besides StartWatch.

Steve
SoftWx

Steve,

It is not a temporary disconnect, it’s solid until WL & VVP are restarted, WD is flatlined until then also.

Here is an excerpt from the WL log for the morning of 03/31. I restarted WL & VVP about 12:04 (descending order)…

 03/31/10 12:04a (Vantage Pro Plus) Upload of Data Upload Profile(s) 1  completed OK.
 03/31/10 12:04a (Vantage Pro Plus) Successfully uploaded APRS.
 03/31/10 12:04a (Vantage Pro Plus) APRS string: "CW4869>APRS,TCPIP*:@310404z4354.62N/08323.05W_158/007g008t041r000p000P000h73b10130L000.DsVP" Sea Level Bar: 1013.7  Raw Bar: 991.3  R: 1.02257
 03/31/10 12:01a (Vantage Pro Plus) Bulletin failed to start -8.
 03/31/10 12:01a (Vantage Pro Plus) GetAcknowledge () response: 0x4C (should be 0x06 <ACK>)
 03/31/10 12:01a (Vantage Pro Plus) Bulletin failed to start -8.
 03/31/10 12:01a (Vantage Pro Plus) GetAcknowledge () response: 0x4C (should be 0x06 <ACK>)
 03/31/10 12:01a (Vantage Pro Plus) Unable to upload Data Upload Profile(s) 4 5 6  because of errors. See error messages below.
 03/31/10 12:01a (Vantage Pro Plus) Error reading data from the Station.
 03/31/10 12:01a (Vantage Pro Plus) Station communication error.  Please retry.
 03/31/10 12:00a (Vantage Pro Plus) Bulletin failed to start -8.
 03/31/10 12:00a (Vantage Pro Plus) GetAcknowledge () response: 0x4C (should be 0x06 <ACK>)
 03/31/10 12:00a (Vantage Pro Plus) Bulletin failed to start -8.
 03/31/10 12:00a (Vantage Pro Plus) GetAcknowledge () response: 0x4C (should be 0x06 <ACK>)
 03/31/10 12:00a (Vantage Pro Plus) CRC error detected in loop packet.  Data ignored.
 03/31/10 12:00a (Vantage Pro Plus) GetAcknowledge () response: 0x4C (should be 0x06 <ACK>)
 03/31/10 12:00a (Vantage Pro Plus) CRC error detected in loop packet.  Data ignored.
 03/31/10 12:00a (Vantage Pro Plus) GetAcknowledge () response: 0x4C (should be 0x06 <ACK>)
 03/30/10 11:59p (Vantage Pro Plus) Upload of Data Upload Profile(s) 1  completed OK.
 03/30/10 11:59p (Vantage Pro Plus) Successfully uploaded APRS.
 

And here is part of the VVP log (ascending order)…

3/30/2010 00:02:16:982 Warning      - Virtual Console6: Socket error: Socket descriptor is (1) not a socket, or (2) is of wrong type (10038)
3/31/2010 00:00:00:509 Warning      - Virtual Console5: Socket error: The virtual circuit has been reset by the partner (10054)
3/31/2010 00:00:00:570 Warning      - Virtual Console5: Socket error: The virtual circuit has been reset by the partner (10054)
3/31/2010 00:00:00:633 Warning      - Virtual Console5: Socket error: The virtual circuit has been reset by the partner (10054)
3/31/2010 00:00:00:695 Warning      - Virtual Console5: Socket error: The virtual circuit has been reset by the partner (10054)
3/31/2010 00:00:00:758 Warning      - Virtual Console5: Socket error: The virtual circuit has been reset by the partner (10054)
3/31/2010 00:00:00:820 Warning      - Virtual Console5: Socket error: The virtual circuit has been reset by the partner (10054)
3/31/2010 00:00:00:885 Warning      - Virtual Console5: Socket error: The virtual circuit has been reset by the partner (10054)
3/31/2010 00:00:00:945 Warning      - Virtual Console5: Socket error: The virtual circuit has been reset by the partner (10054)
3/31/2010 00:00:01:008 Warning      - Virtual Console5: Socket error: The virtual circuit has been reset by the partner (10054)
3/31/2010 00:00:01:071 Warning      - Virtual Console5: Socket error: The virtual circuit has been reset by the partner (10054)
3/31/2010 00:00:01:071 Error        - Virtual Console5: Too many consecutive socket errors. Will try to reconnect.
3/31/2010 00:00:02:356 PreCondition - TVirtualVp.ReceiveLoop: PreCondition 1 failed
3/31/2010 00:00:02:425 PreCondition - TVirtualVp.ReceiveLoop: PreCondition 1 failed
3/31/2010 00:00:02:425 Warning      - Virtual Console6: Socket error: Socket descriptor is (1) not a socket, or (2) is of wrong type (10038)
3/31/2010 00:00:16:958 PreCondition - TVirtualVp.ReceiveLoop: PreCondition 1 failed
3/31/2010 00:00:17:008 Warning      - Virtual Console5: Socket error: The virtual circuit has been reset by the partner (10054)
3/31/2010 00:00:17:074 Warning      - Virtual Console5: Socket error: The virtual circuit has been reset by the partner (10054)
3/31/2010 00:00:17:133 Warning      - Virtual Console5: Socket error: The virtual circuit has been reset by the partner (10054)
3/31/2010 00:00:17:196 Warning      - Virtual Console5: Socket error: The virtual circuit has been reset by the partner (10054)
3/31/2010 00:00:17:258 Warning      - Virtual Console5: Socket error: The virtual circuit has been reset by the partner (10054)
3/31/2010 00:00:17:320 Warning      - Virtual Console5: Socket error: The virtual circuit has been reset by the partner (10054)
3/31/2010 00:00:17:385 Warning      - Virtual Console5: Socket error: The virtual circuit has been reset by the partner (10054)
3/31/2010 00:00:17:445 Warning      - Virtual Console5: Socket error: The virtual circuit has been reset by the partner (10054)
3/31/2010 00:00:17:514 Warning      - Virtual Console5: Socket error: The virtual circuit has been reset by the partner (10054)
3/31/2010 00:00:17:571 Warning      - Virtual Console5: Socket error: The virtual circuit has been reset by the partner (10054)
3/31/2010 00:00:17:571 Error        - Virtual Console5: Too many consecutive socket errors. Will try to reconnect.
3/31/2010 00:00:18:954 PreCondition - TVirtualVp.ReceiveLoop: PreCondition 1 failed
3/31/2010 00:00:19:016 PreCondition - TVirtualVp.ReceiveLoop: PreCondition 1 failed
3/31/2010 00:00:21:024 PreCondition - TVirtualVp.ReceiveLoop: PreCondition 1 failed
3/31/2010 00:00:21:095 PreCondition - TVirtualVp.ReceiveLoop: PreCondition 1 failed
3/31/2010 00:00:23:106 PreCondition - TVirtualVp.ReceiveLoop: PreCondition 1 failed
3/31/2010 00:00:23:170 PreCondition - TVirtualVp.ReceiveLoop: PreCondition 1 failed
3/31/2010 00:00:25:169 PreCondition - TVirtualVp.ReceiveLoop: PreCondition 1 failed
3/31/2010 00:00:25:317 PreCondition - TVirtualVp.ReceiveLoop: PreCondition 1 failed
3/31/2010 00:00:27:308 PreCondition - TVirtualVp.ReceiveLoop: PreCondition 1 failed
3/31/2010 00:00:27:451 PreCondition - TVirtualVp.ReceiveLoop: PreCondition 1 failed
3/31/2010 00:00:27:452 Warning      - Virtual Console6: Socket error: Socket descriptor is (1) not a socket, or (2) is of wrong type (10038)
3/31/2010 00:00:29:470 PreCondition - TVirtualVp.ReceiveLoop: PreCondition 1 failed
3/31/2010 00:00:29:527 PreCondition - TVirtualVp.ReceiveLoop: PreCondition 1 failed
3/31/2010 00:00:31:531 PreCondition - TVirtualVp.ReceiveLoop: PreCondition 1 failed
3/31/2010 00:00:31:577 PreCondition - TVirtualVp.ReceiveLoop: PreCondition 1 failed
3/31/2010 00:00:33:594 PreCondition - TVirtualVp.ReceiveLoop: PreCondition 1 failed
3/31/2010 00:00:33:665 PreCondition - TVirtualVp.ReceiveLoop: PreCondition 1 failed
3/31/2010 00:00:35:672 PreCondition - TVirtualVp.ReceiveLoop: PreCondition 1 failed
3/31/2010 00:00:35:730 PreCondition - TVirtualVp.ReceiveLoop: PreCondition 1 failed
3/31/2010 00:00:37:734 PreCondition - TVirtualVp.ReceiveLoop: PreCondition 1 failed
3/31/2010 00:00:37:799 PreCondition - TVirtualVp.ReceiveLoop: PreCondition 1 failed
3/31/2010 00:00:37:800 Warning      - Virtual Console6: Socket error: Socket descriptor is (1) not a socket, or (2) is of wrong type (10038)
3/31/2010 00:00:39:813 PreCondition - TVirtualVp.ReceiveLoop: PreCondition 1 failed
3/31/2010 00:00:39:873 PreCondition - TVirtualVp.ReceiveLoop: PreCondition 1 failed
3/31/2010 00:00:41:887 PreCondition - TVirtualVp.ReceiveLoop: PreCondition 1 failed
3/31/2010 00:00:41:955 PreCondition - TVirtualVp.ReceiveLoop: PreCondition 1 failed
3/31/2010 00:00:43:968 PreCondition - TVirtualVp.ReceiveLoop: PreCondition 1 failed
3/31/2010 00:00:44:017 PreCondition - TVirtualVp.ReceiveLoop: PreCondition 1 failed
3/31/2010 00:00:44:074 Warning      - Virtual Console5: Socket error: The virtual circuit has been reset by the partner (10054)
3/31/2010 00:00:44:133 Warning      - Virtual Console5: Socket error: The virtual circuit has been reset by the partner (10054)
3/31/2010 00:00:44:196 Warning      - Virtual Console5: Socket error: The virtual circuit has been reset by the partner (10054)
3/31/2010 00:00:44:259 Warning      - Virtual Console5: Socket error: The virtual circuit has been reset by the partner (10054)
3/31/2010 00:00:44:320 Warning      - Virtual Console5: Socket error: The virtual circuit has been reset by the partner (10054)
3/31/2010 00:00:44:384 Warning      - Virtual Console5: Socket error: The virtual circuit has been reset by the partner (10054)
3/31/2010 00:00:44:448 Warning      - Virtual Console5: Socket error: The virtual circuit has been reset by the partner (10054)
3/31/2010 00:00:44:510 Warning      - Virtual Console5: Socket error: The virtual circuit has been reset by the partner (10054)
3/31/2010 00:00:44:573 Warning      - Virtual Console5: Socket error: The virtual circuit has been reset by the partner (10054)
3/31/2010 00:00:44:634 Warning      - Virtual Console5: Socket error: The virtual circuit has been reset by the partner (10054)
3/31/2010 00:00:44:634 Error        - Virtual Console5: Too many consecutive socket errors. Will try to reconnect.
3/31/2010 00:00:46:047 PreCondition - TVirtualVp.ReceiveLoop: PreCondition 1 failed
3/31/2010 00:00:46:095 PreCondition - TVirtualVp.ReceiveLoop: PreCondition 1 failed
3/31/2010 00:00:48:102 PreCondition - TVirtualVp.ReceiveLoop: PreCondition 1 failed
3/31/2010 00:00:48:173 PreCondition - TVirtualVp.ReceiveLoop: PreCondition 1 failed
3/31/2010 00:00:50:166 PreCondition - TVirtualVp.ReceiveLoop: PreCondition 1 failed
3/31/2010 00:00:50:316 PreCondition - TVirtualVp.ReceiveLoop: PreCondition 1 failed
3/31/2010 00:00:52:304 PreCondition - TVirtualVp.ReceiveLoop: PreCondition 1 failed
3/31/2010 00:00:52:310 PreCondition - TVirtualVp.ReceiveLoop: PreCondition 1 failed
3/31/2010 00:00:54:341 PreCondition - TVirtualVp.ReceiveLoop: PreCondition 1 failed
3/31/2010 00:00:54:391 PreCondition - TVirtualVp.ReceiveLoop: PreCondition 1 failed
3/31/2010 00:00:56:383 PreCondition - TVirtualVp.ReceiveLoop: PreCondition 1 failed
3/31/2010 00:00:56:454 PreCondition - TVirtualVp.ReceiveLoop: PreCondition 1 failed
3/31/2010 00:00:58:470 PreCondition - TVirtualVp.ReceiveLoop: PreCondition 1 failed
3/31/2010 00:00:58:533 PreCondition - TVirtualVp.ReceiveLoop: PreCondition 1 failed
3/31/2010 00:01:00:543 PreCondition - TVirtualVp.ReceiveLoop: PreCondition 1 failed
3/31/2010 00:01:00:613 PreCondition - TVirtualVp.ReceiveLoop: PreCondition 1 failed
3/31/2010 00:01:02:613 PreCondition - TVirtualVp.ReceiveLoop: PreCondition 1 failed
3/31/2010 00:01:02:815 PreCondition - TVirtualVp.ReceiveLoop: PreCondition 1 failed
3/31/2010 00:01:04:766 PreCondition - TVirtualVp.ReceiveLoop: PreCondition 1 failed
3/31/2010 00:01:06:758 PreCondition - TVirtualVp.ReceiveLoop: PreCondition 1 failed
3/31/2010 00:01:06:884 PreCondition - TVirtualVp.ReceiveLoop: PreCondition 1 failed
3/31/2010 00:01:08:883 PreCondition - TVirtualVp.ReceiveLoop: PreCondition 1 failed
3/31/2010 00:01:08:909 PreCondition - TVirtualVp.ReceiveLoop: PreCondition 1 failed
3/31/2010 00:01:08:909 Warning      - Virtual Console6: Socket error: Socket descriptor is (1) not a socket, or (2) is of wrong type (10038)
3/31/2010 00:01:10:899 PreCondition - TVirtualVp.ReceiveLoop: PreCondition 1 failed
3/31/2010 00:01:10:971 PreCondition - TVirtualVp.ReceiveLoop: PreCondition 1 failed
3/31/2010 00:01:12:963 PreCondition - TVirtualVp.ReceiveLoop: PreCondition 1 failed
3/31/2010 00:01:13:039 PreCondition - TVirtualVp.ReceiveLoop: PreCondition 1 failed
3/31/2010 00:01:15:043 PreCondition - TVirtualVp.ReceiveLoop: PreCondition 1 failed
3/31/2010 00:01:15:110 PreCondition - TVirtualVp.ReceiveLoop: PreCondition 1 failed
3/31/2010 00:01:15:199 Warning      - Virtual Console5: Socket error: The virtual circuit has been reset by the partner (10054)
3/31/2010 00:01:15:258 Warning      - Virtual Console5: Socket error: The virtual circuit has been reset by the partner (10054)
3/31/2010 00:01:15:321 Warning      - Virtual Console5: Socket error: The virtual circuit has been reset by the partner (10054)
3/31/2010 00:01:15:385 Warning      - Virtual Console5: Socket error: The virtual circuit has been reset by the partner (10054)
3/31/2010 00:01:15:446 Warning      - Virtual Console5: Socket error: The virtual circuit has been reset by the partner (10054)
3/31/2010 00:01:15:508 Warning      - Virtual Console5: Socket error: The virtual circuit has been reset by the partner (10054)
3/31/2010 00:01:15:574 Warning      - Virtual Console5: Socket error: The virtual circuit has been reset by the partner (10054)
3/31/2010 00:01:15:634 Warning      - Virtual Console5: Socket error: The virtual circuit has been reset by the partner (10054)
3/31/2010 00:01:15:695 Warning      - Virtual Console5: Socket error: The virtual circuit has been reset by the partner (10054)
3/31/2010 00:01:15:759 Warning      - Virtual Console5: Socket error: The virtual circuit has been reset by the partner (10054)
3/31/2010 00:01:15:760 Error        - Virtual Console5: Too many consecutive socket errors. Will try to reconnect.
3/31/2010 00:01:17:119 PreCondition - TVirtualVp.ReceiveLoop: PreCondition 1 failed
3/31/2010 00:01:17:187 PreCondition - TVirtualVp.ReceiveLoop: PreCondition 1 failed
3/31/2010 00:01:19:192 PreCondition - TVirtualVp.ReceiveLoop: PreCondition 1 failed
3/31/2010 00:01:19:249 PreCondition - TVirtualVp.ReceiveLoop: PreCondition 1 failed
3/31/2010 00:01:21:259 PreCondition - TVirtualVp.ReceiveLoop: PreCondition 1 failed
3/31/2010 00:01:21:330 PreCondition - TVirtualVp.ReceiveLoop: PreCondition 1 failed
3/31/2010 00:01:23:345 PreCondition - TVirtualVp.ReceiveLoop: PreCondition 1 failed
3/31/2010 00:01:23:407 PreCondition - TVirtualVp.ReceiveLoop: PreCondition 1 failed
3/31/2010 00:01:25:404 PreCondition - TVirtualVp.ReceiveLoop: PreCondition 1 failed
3/31/2010 00:01:25:465 PreCondition - TVirtualVp.ReceiveLoop: PreCondition 1 failed
3/31/2010 00:01:25:509 Warning      - Virtual Console5: Socket error: The virtual circuit has been reset by the partner (10054)
3/31/2010 00:01:25:570 Warning      - Virtual Console5: Socket error: The virtual circuit has been reset by the partner (10054)
3/31/2010 00:01:25:635 Warning      - Virtual Console5: Socket error: The virtual circuit has been reset by the partner (10054)
3/31/2010 00:01:25:699 Warning      - Virtual Console5: Socket error: The virtual circuit has been reset by the partner (10054)
3/31/2010 00:01:25:758 Warning      - Virtual Console5: Socket error: The virtual circuit has been reset by the partner (10054)
3/31/2010 00:01:25:824 Warning      - Virtual Console5: Socket error: The virtual circuit has been reset by the partner (10054)
3/31/2010 00:01:25:883 Warning      - Virtual Console5: Socket error: The virtual circuit has been reset by the partner (10054)
3/31/2010 00:01:25:945 Warning      - Virtual Console5: Socket error: The virtual circuit has been reset by the partner (10054)
3/31/2010 00:01:26:011 Warning      - Virtual Console5: Socket error: The virtual circuit has been reset by the partner (10054)
3/31/2010 00:01:26:073 Warning      - Virtual Console5: Socket error: The virtual circuit has been reset by the partner (10054)
3/31/2010 00:01:26:073 Error        - Virtual Console5: Too many consecutive socket errors. Will try to reconnect.
4/1/2010 00:00:00:996 Warning      - Virtual Console5: Socket error: The virtual circuit has been aborted due to timeout, etc (10053)

Thanks for providing that. It will help me a lot in finding out what is going on.

Steve

Steve,

Were you able to find out anything with this. The problem is still occuring.

Dennis