Meteobridge starts then immediately stops **solved**

[smarley]

Hi all,

I have a Davis Pro 2 Wireless talking to Weather Underground via a Meteobridge. Lately, the data transfer process seems to get hung up and the quick fix is to either re-boot the Meteobridge (via my PC and the software page), reboot the PC altogether, or unplug/reboot the Meteobridge hardware.

Just recently, none of these fixes seem to help. I can re-boot the Meteobridge from my PC, causing data transfer to start and sites like Weather Underground to see the station, but then it immediately stops, and data transfer no longer occurs. I can see on Weather Underground that the site is registering, as the location appears, but since the transfer stops, no actual data appears on the WU map/location.

Does anybody know the reason that the data transfer would start and then immediately stop?

All of the station settings have remained the same and I'm still receiving the latest software upgrades from Meteobridge.

There's just some little thing that keeps the data transfer from continuing.

Any thoughts or ideas would be much appreciated!

Steffan

[smarley]

This is the data from the Messages section when I try to start the Meteobridge. Any thoughts?

Thanks again all,

Steffan

system (18.02.2020 03:56:18): start of logging process initiated.
wnetd (18.02.2020 03:56:18): process started.
wnetd (18.02.2020 03:56:18): send data thread started (pid:2445 tid:2450)
logger (18.02.2020 03:56:18): historical data loaded (20 records).
logger (18.02.2020 03:56:18): data logger (version 5.1c, build 13368) started.
logger (18.02.2020 03:56:19): can't open device /dev/ttyMH: No such file or directory
logger (18.02.2020 03:56:22): waiting for sensors (wind0, rain0, th0, thb0) to provide data.
logger (18.02.2020 03:56:22): services paused.
logger (18.02.2020 03:56:49): can't open device /dev/ttyMH: No such file or directory
logger (18.02.2020 03:57:49): message above repeats 2 times.
logger (18.02.2020 03:58:19): give up waiting for sensors after 120 secs.
logger (18.02.2020 03:58:19): services activated.
logger (18.02.2020 03:58:19): can't open device /dev/ttyMH: No such file or directory

This is the data from the Messages section when I try to start the Meteobridge. Any thoughts?

Thanks again all,

Steffan

[admin]

This tells that the Davis USB logger cannot be reached:
logger (18.02.2020 03:56:19): can't open device /dev/ttyMH: No such file or directory

What Meteobridge HW are you using?

[smarley]

Thank you for the reply!

I'm using an older TL-MR3020 and I just recently re-subscribed to software upgrades.

System
Platform: TL-MR3020 (no USB hub)
RAM: 29364 kB total, 3404 kB free (88% used)
SW Version: Meteobridge 4.3 (Feb 10 2020, build 13368), FW 1.4
Uptime: 7 days, 13 hours, 37 minutes Buffer:

[smarley]

I checked and I found that the logger output had become disconnected. Thank you!

Now I get this far....

logger (29.02.2020 08:06:20): services paused.
logger (29.02.2020 08:06:47): can't open device /dev/ttyMH: No such file or directory
logger (29.02.2020 08:07:47): message above repeats 2 times.
logger (29.02.2020 08:08:17): give up waiting for sensors after 120 secs.
logger (29.02.2020 08:08:17): services activated.
logger (29.02.2020 08:08:17): can't open device /dev/ttyMH: No such file or directory
logger (29.02.2020 08:09:47): message above repeats 3 times.
system (29.02.2020 08:09:58): stop of logging process initiated.
system (29.02.2020 08:10:04): start of logging process initiated.
logger (29.02.2020 08:10:04): historical data loaded (20 records).
logger (29.02.2020 08:10:04): data logger (version 5.1c, build 13368) started.
logger (29.02.2020 08:10:05): can't open device /dev/ttyMH: No such file or directory
logger (29.02.2020 08:10:09): waiting for sensors (wind0, rain0, th0, thb0) to provide data.
logger (29.02.2020 08:10:09): services paused.

Any further direction would be super helpful!

Thanks again,

Steffan

[BigAlT]

Just a wild guess, but have you tried removing and reinserting the usb cable connections between your Data Logger and your Weatherbridge and rebooting your VP2 Console ?.

[smarley]

I have spent months/years pulling cables, resetting and rebooting all parts of this weather station setup!!

Let me reboot the console itself. That's something that I have never tried.

I also don't get any Davis Weatherlink information when I bring up that website. I re-installed that software (Weatherlink 6.0.5), hoping for some change, but nothing.

The latest from my Meteobridge messages:

logger (29.02.2020 09:39:41): data logger stopped.
logger (29.02.2020 09:39:41): historical data loaded (20 records).
logger (29.02.2020 09:39:41): data logger (version 5.1c, build 13417) started.
logger (29.02.2020 09:39:42): connect station 0 (Vantage via USB serial).
logger (29.02.2020 09:39:42): wakeup sent.
logger (29.02.2020 09:39:45): waiting for sensors (wind0, rain0, th0, thb0) to provide data.
logger (29.02.2020 09:39:45): services paused.
logger (29.02.2020 09:39:54): execution of setup script failed (console is not responding).
logger (29.02.2020 09:39:54): internal logger activated.
logger (29.02.2020 09:39:54): syncing.
logger (29.02.2020 09:39:54): gettime request sent.
logger (29.02.2020 09:40:14): message above repeats 2 times.
logger (29.02.2020 09:40:24): disconnect station 0 (Vantage): timeout

Thanks again all!

Steffan

[admin]

As you use a MR3020 v1 you need a USB hub to connect your station via USB.
Your error "/dev/ttyMH" missing is a clear indicator that the USB driver drops out.
A passive USB 2.0 hub will fix this.

BTW: The wiki tells you, the web interface should as well... so no surprise at all.

[smarley]

I'm using a passive USB hub and have been doing so for several years with this setup. This problem has been a recent one, with no change to my hardware.

Are you saying that the USB hub has failed and I need a new one? I guess their cheap enough to replace, but that seems odd.

Please let me know and thanks!

Steffan

[admin]

The information you posted says that you are not using a USB hub.

System
Platform: TL-MR3020 (no USB hub)

When it tells "no USB hub" but you have one connected I would assume it is defective.

[BigAlT]

I believe the No USB hub response that was posted was received before before the poster discovered that his data logger had become disconnected.