WD troubles Davis vantagepro 2

Strange things happens overhere. after a update W10 a few days ago weather-display is nog working anymore with my davis weather station. one of the two leds is green the other red en next to the green led de 0 keeps standing and is not counting anymore…

1 got the latest update of WD even i updated the CP210x driver. but still nothing…

HELP

what shows in WD under view, debug info?
and under view, program event log?
and what shows across the top of the WD program?

When i did the update a while back, i ended up deleting the driver and rebooting then reinstalled the driver, rebooted and it worked, remember to pull the usb 1st before youre ready to start wd after reinstall, it was all a bit of trial and error.

it just looks WD is not getting any data out of the Davis

day month year hour minute, Solar radation , UV, Daily ET, soil moist, soil temp
1 8 2019 13 52 0.00 0.0 0.0 255.0 4.400
1 8 2019 13 58 0.00 0.0 0.0 255.0 4.400
1 8 2019 13 59 0.00 0.0 0.0 255.0 4.400

the daily log

day month year hour minute temperature humidity dewpoint barometer windspeed gustspeed direction rainlastmin dailyrain monthlyrain yearlyrain heatindex

27 7 2019 11 57 19.9 75 15.3 1006.4 0.0 0.0 93 0.0 0.0 35.6 363.4 19.3
27 7 2019 11 58 19.9 75 15.3 1006.4 19.0 20.0 0 0.0 0.0 35.6 363.4 19.3
29 7 2019 11 16 19.9 75 15.3 1006.4 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 35.6 363.4 19.3
29 7 2019 11 17 19.9 75 15.3 1006.4 19.0 20.0 0 0.0 0.0 35.6 363.4 19.3
31 7 2019 17 31 19.9 75 15.3 1006.4 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 35.6 363.4 19.3
31 7 2019 18 43 19.9 75 15.3 1006.4 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 35.6 363.4 19.3
31 7 2019 18 45 19.9 75 15.3 1006.4 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 35.6 363.4 19.3
31 7 2019 18 47 19.9 75 15.3 1006.4 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 35.6 363.4 19.3
31 7 2019 18 52 19.9 75 15.3 1006.4 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 35.6 363.4 19.3
31 7 2019 18 58 19.9 75 15.3 1006.4 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 35.6 363.4 19.3
31 7 2019 19 0 19.9 75 15.3 1006.4 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 35.6 363.4 19.3
31 7 2019 19 1 19.9 75 15.3 1006.4 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 35.6 363.4 19.3
31 7 2019 19 2 19.9 75 15.3 1006.4 19.0 20.0 0 0.0 0.0 35.6 363.4 19.3
1 8 2019 13 52 19.9 75 15.3 1006.4 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 35.6 363.4 19.3
1 8 2019 13 58 19.9 75 15.3 1006.4 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 35.6 363.4 19.3
1 8 2019 13 59 19.9 75 15.3 1006.4 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 35.6 363.4 19.3

console is working normaly


what shows in WD under view, debug info

Doing checking of time zone calculation
Daylight saving in use
Loaded all time records
Connected OK to com port 1
restarting timer
Connected OK to com port 1
*sending DMPAFT
Asking for archived data download
Davis VP Retrieving data from: day 2 month 8 year 2019
Retrieving data from: hour 7 minute 35
ask for time/date of record…
1 6 1
1 30 2
1 0 3
1 1 4
1 0 5
1 138 6
1 204 7
VP data Date:= 2/8/2019
VP data Time:= 9:32
VP data Date:= 2/8/2019
VP data Time:= 9:33
VP data Date:= 2/8/2019
VP data Time:= 9:34
VP data Date:= 2/8/2019
VP data Time:= 9:35
VP data Date:= 2/8/2019
VP data Time:= 9:36
VP data Date:= 2/8/2019
VP data Time:= 9:37
VP data Date:= 2/8/2019
VP data Time:= 9:38
VP data Date:= 2/8/2019
VP data Time:= 9:39
VP data Date:= 2/8/2019
VP data Time:= 9:40
VP data Date:= 2/8/2019
VP data Time:= 9:41
VP data Date:= 2/8/2019
VP data Time:= 9:42
VP data Date:= 2/8/2019
VP data Time:= 9:43
VP data Date:= 2/8/2019
VP data Time:= 9:44
VP data Date:= 2/8/2019
VP data Time:= 9:45
VP data Date:= 2/8/2019
VP data Time:= 9:46
VP data Date:= 2/8/2019
VP data Time:= 9:47
VP data Date:= 2/8/2019
VP data Time:= 9:48
VP data Date:= 2/8/2019
VP data Time:= 9:49
VP data Date:= 2/8/2019
VP data Time:= 9:50
VP data Date:= 2/8/2019
VP data Time:= 9:51
VP data Date:= 2/8/2019
VP data Time:= 9:52
VP data Date:= 2/8/2019
VP data Time:= 9:53
VP data Date:= 2/8/2019
VP data Time:= 9:54
VP data Date:= 2/8/2019
VP data Time:= 9:55
VP data Date:= 2/8/2019
VP data Time:= 9:56
VP data Date:= 2/8/2019
VP data Time:= 9:57
VP data Date:= 2/8/2019
VP data Time:= 9:58
VP data Date:= 2/8/2019
VP data Time:= 9:59
Weather station type number 31
Doing checking of time zone calculation
Daylight saving in use
Connected OK to com port 1

i can give you the password for teamviewer i’ve you want.

but still nothing. strange very strange.


Screenshot_1.jpg

is the date and time on the weather station the same as on the pc?
it looks like the time is too fast

yes both the same

are you sure, as the time that is coming in from the history data is ahead of the time WD was last running
you could try turning off the switch under control panel, data logger
then restart WD and then see if WD gets live data OK

also there is some more debug info you can make available under view, debug info, if you go to setup, advanced/misc in WD and tick to log the raw data

switch the raw data on and now i see this in debug info


Screenshot_2.jpg

the rawultimeterdata

final_data[0]:=79;
final_data[1]:=20;
final_data[2]:=0;
final_data[3]:=21;
final_data[4]:=0;
final_data[5]:=31;
final_data[6]:=117;
final_data[7]:=242;
final_data[8]:=2;
final_data[9]:=61;
final_data[10]:=134;
final_data[11]:=2;
final_data[12]:=10;
final_data[13]:=9;
final_data[14]:=31;
final_data[15]:=0;
final_data[16]:=151;
final_data[17]:=255;
final_data[18]:=255;
final_data[19]:=255;
final_data[20]:=255;
final_data[21]:=255;
final_data[22]:=255;
final_data[23]:=255;
final_data[24]:=255;
final_data[25]:=255;
final_data[26]:=255;
final_data[27]:=255;
final_data[28]:=255;
final_data[29]:=255;
final_data[30]:=255;
final_data[31]:=84;
final_data[32]:=255;
final_data[33]:=255;
final_data[34]:=255;
final_data[35]:=255;
final_data[36]:=255;
final_data[37]:=255;
final_data[38]:=255;
final_data[39]:=0;
final_data[40]:=0;
final_data[41]:=0;
final_data[42]:=5;
final_data[43]:=0;
final_data[44]:=4;
final_data[45]:=0;
final_data[46]:=147;
final_data[47]:=128;
final_data[48]:=0;
final_data[49]:=0;
final_data[50]:=4;
final_data[51]:=0;
final_data[52]:=37;
final_data[53]:=7;
final_data[54]:=167;
final_data[55]:=0;
final_data[56]:=13;
final_data[57]:=0;
final_data[58]:=180;
final_data[59]:=8;
final_data[60]:=255;
final_data[61]:=255;
final_data[62]:=255;
final_data[63]:=255;
final_data[64]:=255;
final_data[65]:=255;
final_data[66]:=255;
final_data[67]:=0;
final_data[68]:=0;
final_data[69]:=0;
final_data[70]:=0;
final_data[71]:=0;
final_data[72]:=0;
final_data[73]:=0;
final_data[74]:=0;
final_data[75]:=0;
final_data[76]:=0;
final_data[77]:=0;
final_data[78]:=0;
final_data[79]:=0;
final_data[80]:=0;
final_data[81]:=0;
final_data[82]:=0;
final_data[83]:=0;
final_data[84]:=0;
final_data[85]:=43;
final_data[86]:=3;
final_data[87]:=6;
final_data[88]:=45;
final_data[89]:=97;
final_data[90]:=2;
final_data[91]:=82;
final_data[92]:=8;
final_data[93]:=10;
final_data[94]:=13;
final_data[95]:=199;
final_data[96]:=169;
final_data[97]:=76;
final_data[98]:=79;
final_data[99]:=0;

Your baro offset is way too big, it should be the (small) difference between the raw reading and the adjusted reading, not the adjusted value. WD will ignore data if the baro value (>2000) is unreasonable.

and howto fix this?

Try going to Control Panel, Offsets and Initial Rain, Temp/Baro Offsets/Rain Totals, and set the Barometer Offset to 0 (zero).

yes, that will be the problem
is an offset, not what you want the barometer reading to be :wink:

\0/ GREAT JOB GUYS!!!