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Cumulus MX build 3048 LOOP2
Posted: Sun 14 Apr 2019 3:00 pm
by jlmr731
Upgraded to build 3048 from 3047 and now get a message at startup
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LOOP2 is enabled in Cumulus.ini but this firmare version does not support it. Consider disabling it in Cumulus.ini
looking back at build 3047 and even 3043 I dont see that message, But I do see LOOP2 enabled with both of them from the diag files.
Looking at Cumulus.ini there is no refrence to LOOP2, or even the word loop in that file. Also i have no other copy of Cumulus.ini at least not in 3047 or 3048 zip file I downloaded, so not sure if this is a feature thats there and not implemented or maybe used for other weather stations (im using VP2).
There have been no other errors or problems with this build and has been doing it's thing for over a month now, and there is a big plus to the new build as when i shut down no errors are produced, nice clean quiet exit.
Thanks to all that continue provide service
Re: Cumulus MX build 3048 LOOP2
Posted: Sun 14 Apr 2019 4:32 pm
by mcrossley
I added some extra tests and logging for loop2 support in the last build.
If you are one an old version of firmware that does not implement it then you should disable loop2. MX defaults to enabling it.
You need to add an entry to your cumulus.ini file in the [Station] section...
See the wiki:
https://cumuluswiki.wxforum.net/a/Cumul ... n:_Station
Re: Cumulus MX build 3048 LOOP2
Posted: Mon 15 Apr 2019 12:06 am
by jlmr731
Thanks for the info Mark.
I just updated the firmware to 3.80 and was on 3.15, I saw in the wiki "The LOOP2 packet is supported on the VP2 with firmware version 1.90 or later, and on the Vue."
When I updated it reported 3.15 and bootloader 1.9 -- I did a quick search and didnt find much on bootloader versions, and this was the first time I even looked for a firmware upgrade.
After the update Cumulus started up normally with no LOOP2 messages so I know 3.15 doesnt support LOOP2 and atleast 3.8 does
Thanks Mark
Re: Cumulus MX build 3048 LOOP2
Posted: Mon 15 Apr 2019 8:24 am
by mcrossley
Any firmware of 1.9 or later supports loop2 - however sometimes the station takes a little while to start responding when you first connect - and getting the firmware version is the first command MX sends and when this happens it assumes a blank firmware string which is what really old firmware returns. That bit of code needs improving - it's on the todo list!
Re: Cumulus MX build 3048 LOOP2
Posted: Fri 02 Aug 2019 12:37 pm
by aussiewmr
Hi All,
I decided to debug the source on this LOOP2 detection issue and I believe the code needs to be modified to cast the constant 1.90 to a float.
I ended up making this modification (DavisStation.cs Build 3050 starting line 99):
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01 if (connectedOK)
02 {
03 // get time of last db entry (also sets raincounter and prevraincounter)
04 //lastArchiveTimeUTC = getLastArchiveTime();
05
06 DavisFirmwareVersion = GetFirmwareVersion();
07 float FwVer = float.Parse(DavisFirmwareVersion, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture.NumberFormat); // New assignment to make debugging easier
08
09 cumulus.LogMessage("FW version = " + DavisFirmwareVersion);
10 if ((DavisFirmwareVersion == "???" || FwVer < (float)1.90) && cumulus.UseDavisLoop2) // Cast 1.90 to a float, without this the comparison < 1.90 does not work
11 {
12 cumulus.LogMessage("LOOP2 is enabled in Cumulus.ini but this firmare version does not support it. Consider disabling it in Cumulus.ini");
13 Console.WriteLine("Your console firmware version does not support LOOP2. Consider disabling it in Cumulus.ini");
14 }
As the comments allude to, I added a new variable to facilitate debugging (7th line), but essentially without the cast to float on the "1.90" (10th line) the original check for "DavisFirmwareVersion, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture.NumberFormat < 1.90" does not work.
At the end of the day, its only tidying up the logging, because for station with 1.90 firmware, LOOP2 packets do work and the error logged does not actually affect this. By adding to the cumulus.ini file
UseDavisLoop2=0 actually is a backward step for firmware's 1.90.
Caveat: I am not a professional .net programmer, so I may be up the wrong creek
Cheers
Phil
Re: Cumulus MX build 3048 LOOP2
Posted: Mon 05 Aug 2019 8:21 am
by mcrossley
Thanks, I'll fix this in the next release.