Software for VP2 failure to install

[Gordon-Loomberah]

I finally bought a Davis VP2 after 18 months of suffering with the LaCrosse WS2350 (its name shall never be mentioned in this house again!), and then found I needed to spend more money to be able to connect it to my computer, so I bought the USB data logger. However I cant install the software from the CDROM, I keep running into this error:

Component .NET Framework 2.0 (x86) has failed to install with the following error message:
"Fatal error during installation. "

The following components were not installed:
- Visual C++ Runtime Libraries (x86)

The following components failed to install:
- .NET Framework 2.0 (x86)

See the setup log file located at 'C:\DOCUME~1\Gordon\LOCALS~1\Temp\VSD70.tmp\install.log' for more information.
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I cant find that path on my HD, and a search does not turn up that particular install.log file, so I at a loss as to what the problem might be.

I'm running XP Pro SP3 on a Fujitsu lifebook with 1GB RAM and a 1.2GHz CPU, and 36GB of free HD space.

any suggestions on how to get around this so I can start using the VP2+ with Cumulus?

thanks, Gordon

[Gordon-Loomberah]

I'm not too fussed about installing the Davis software, but assume I need to, because Cumulus wont recognise the Wx station- I get this error:

Error -32701 while trying to initialise the station. Please check your connections and settings.

Gordon

[steve]

Yes, you'll need to install Weatherlink, there's a small amount of configuring that you can't do with the console or with Cumulus (e.g. data logger interval). You will also need the Davis 'Virtual Serial port' driver installing so that you can use Cumulus. The USB support in the Davis DLL which Cumulus uses doesn't appear to work, so you need the driver to make your station appear to Cumulus as if it is connected to a serial port.

You could try installing .Net 2.0 seperately using Microsoft Update before running the Weatherlink installer.

[gemini06720]

... I finally bought a Davis VP2 after 18 months of suffering with the LaCrosse WS2350 ... and then found I needed to spend more money to be able to connect it to my computer, so I bought the USB data logger ... However I cant install the software from the CDROM, I keep running into this error...

Gordon, you have made the right choice for the weather station - the Davis Vantoage Pro2 is a good and reliable unit...

However, getting the WeatherLink USB datalogger might not have been the best choice - I would have recommended either the WeatherLink Serial datalogger (first choice, the most reliable) or the WeatherLinkIP datalogger (good but not as flexible thant the serial unit).

any suggestions on how to get around this so I can start using the VP2+ with Cumulus?

Since you cannot install from the CD (as it appears from you message - and that is OK as the CD software is a bit outdated) here is another solution...

First, you need to have Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 installed on your computer - if not, download the full package directly from the Microsoft site and do not forget to also download and install .NET Framework 2.0 Service Pack 1.

Once that is done, you will need to install the Davis WeatherLink datalogger drivers and software.

Here is what you need:
- CP210x USB to UART Bridge VCP Drivers v5.40.24 for Windows XP-2000-Server 2003-Vista (2009-08-10)
- WeatherLink v5.9.0 Update (2009-09-08)

I have listed them in the order each driver/software needs to be installed.

Both driver/software can be found on the Davis Instruments Web site ... although the 'CP210x USB to Serial Converter' they have on the Davis site is quite old (1/25/2008) ...

Here are some links:

-- Davis Instruments WeatherLink for Windows Update, 5.9.0:

http://www.davisnet.com/support/weather ... _sftwr.asp

-- The updated CP210xdriver can be found on the Silicon Labs site:

https://www.silabs.com/products/mcu/Pag ... ivers.aspx

Although I have indicated the 'WeatherLink v5.9.0' to be an update, I think it can be used directly for the installation - I do not think you need to install the CD version (ie: 5.8.0) beforehand...

This should do it...

Should you need further assistance, you know now where to reach the 'helping peoples' ...

[Gordon-Loomberah]

Thanks for the info

However, getting the WeatherLink USB datalogger might not have been the best choice - I would have recommended either the WeatherLink Serial datalogger (first choice, the most reliable) or the WeatherLinkIP datalogger (good but not as flexible thant the serial unit).

Serial ports are a thing of the past, not used on new computers, and lots of people seem to have problems with Serial to USB converters (although mine has worked fine so far with the Wx station I had previously), so I went for the WeatherlinkUSB, assuming it would be best to go with the current technology.

First, you need to have Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 installed on your computer - if not, download the full package directly from the Microsoft site ...

Tried that, it fails too:
Error 25007. Error occurred while initializing fusion. Setup could not load fusion with LoadLibraryShim(). Error 0x80131702

Geez I love it when I get errors like that- so very helpful in telling you how to fix it...

Should I try .NET 3.5?

- CP210x USB to UART Bridge VCP Drivers v5.40.24 for Windows XP-2000-Server 2003-Vista (2009-08-10)

That installed automatically when I tried plugging in the VP2 initially, but I updated to a new driver from your link.
I see its become COM5. Cumulus still doesnt recognise it though.

thanks, Gordon

[gemini06720]

Gordon, Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 has to be (must be) installed on the latest Windows (ie: XP, Vista and 7) to enable most of the newly designed or redesigned software, and that includes Davis WeatherLink.

WeatherLink needs to be installed in order to modify some of the settings of the Vantage Pro2 console and Cumulus has not been (nor should it be) designed to adjust the settings inside a weather station receiver (that is not the purpose of Cumulus).

The only reason I do not recommend the WeatherLink USB datalogger is that it does not do what it had been designed for which was to take the data from the console and pass that information (through the USB port) to whichever software could accept/read them without the need of additional drivers to convert the USB received data to serial data!

Thus my first recommendation for the WeatherLink Serial datalogger... I know almost all new computers do not come with any external serial port DB9 connector (although many still have a serial connector/header on the motherboard but without the required DB9 cable, which was the situation when I recently purchased a computer). I also purchased an external PCI Serial adaptor with adds two additional serial ports (well worth the investment).

I have all three WeatherLink dataloggers in my home/office... The most reliable one (and easiest to install) has been the serial datalogger which has been connected to the Vantage Envoy for about four years. I used to use the USB datalogger on my Vantage Pro2 console until a few months back when I decided to try the WeatherLinkIP datalogger (someone suggested that Internet access was the way to the future and that his software had been modified to fully used that new IP datalogger). One of the advantage of the WeatherLinkIP is that I have been able to use that datalogger with more than one weather software (although Davis Instruments certainly does not promote that facility) as long as no software tries to write to the datalogger...

Error 25007. Error occurred while initializing fusion. Setup could not load fusion with LoadLibraryShim(). Error 0x80131702

I really love Microsoft mostly (and also a lot of other software) for their cryptic error messages...

Should I try .NET 3.5?

I think .NET Framework 2.0 has to be (must be) installed before... I would recommend that you check the Microsoft pages for any assistance regarding .NET Framework - I know nothing about that stuff except that many of the software I use need that stuff...

That installed automatically when I tried plugging in the VP2 initially, but I updated to a new driver from your link.
I see its become COM5.

You did write your computer was running under Windows XP Pro SP3 - I cannot remember XP installing a driver by itself ... but then, I did not trust XP to decide for me which driver it wanted to installed ... I guess a lack of trust with mother house Microsoft was more to blame...

I have been using Windows 7 for a few months and I have been impressed (to say/write the least) about the behaviour of that new operating software/system.

It might have been better had you unistalled the previous CP210x driver - it would have freed COM3 again. But now you have the old CP210x driver using COM3 and the new CP210x driver using COM5...

Cumulus still doesnt recognise it though.

That might be because there is nothing connected to COM5 ... technically... Until a link has been established (through the WeatherLink USB datalogger via the USB-to-serial driver), then COM5 has nothing connected to it...

Still odd that you cannot install Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 on your Windows XP Pro SP3 - or maybe .NET Framework is already installed ... and I cannot remember how or what to check for ... darn memory...

[Gordon-Loomberah]

Gordon, Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 has to be (must be) installed on the latest Windows (ie: XP, Vista and 7) to enable most of the newly designed or redesigned software, and that includes Davis WeatherLink.

It wont install, and the MS information about the error code is of no use at all. Its clear this problem has been encountered by others, and one suggests deleting a Windows directory called Policies, which I did, but that made no difference, I still get the same error. .NET Framework 1.1 was already installed.

Then I installed .NET 3.5 which installed ok, then SP1, which hung when I tried to do to the compulsory re-start, so I just held the off button until it went off.

Adding PCI cards etc for serial ports isnt an option on this tiny Fujitsu lifebook! Nor is installing W7, due to only having 1GB RAM and a 1.2GB processor, I dont want to be waiting all day for things to work

You did write your computer was running under Windows XP Pro SP3 - I cannot remember XP installing a driver by itself ... but then, I did not trust XP to decide for me which driver it wanted to installed ... I guess a lack of trust with mother house Microsoft was more to blame...

It always asks if you want it to install a driver when it finds new hardware.

It might have been better had you unistalled the previous CP210x driver - it would have freed COM3 again. But now you have the old CP210x driver using COM3 and the new CP210x driver using COM5...

It was on COM5 to start when the older driver installed, and didnt change with the update.

The Weatherlink software ugrade (the link you posted) wont work, I need to install the full version before that will work.

thanks, Gordon

[Gordon-Loomberah]

Well now I have Weatherlink software installed and running, BTW the update failed due to it not being able to find setup.msi file in a temp directory- the directory was empty... so I just went with 5.9 from the CD.
During the installation it also said I had to remove the newer driver for the Virtual Serial port...

However, Cumulus still wouldn't talk to the VP2, same error -32701... then I realised I should set it to Serial rather than USB! and now it is all working... well except for the years rainfall, which seems to have more than doubled.
I'm just going to forget about all the dud data from the old uselss Wx srtation, and start afresh.

Gordon

[gemini06720]

Gordon, I wish I could have a solution about that Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 'crap'...

...Adding PCI cards etc for serial ports isnt an option on this tiny Fujitsu lifebook! Nor is installing W7, due to only having 1GB RAM and a 1.2GB processor, I dont want to be waiting all day for things to work...

That information/suggestion was not really meant for you ... as I do not know of a way to install a PCI card into a computer that most likely has not PCI connector ... unless there is such a thing as a USB connected external PCI connector...

...The Weatherlink software ugrade (the link you posted) wont work, I need to install the full version before that will work...

Thank you for confirming ... I will make myself a note for the next Windows 7 re-installation...

...Well now I have Weatherlink software installed and running, BTW the update failed due to it not being able to find setup.msi file in a temp directory- the directory was empty... so I just went with 5.9 from the CD...

Well, yo are full of good news, are you not...

I guess your Davis WeatherLink CD did contain a later release (version 5.9) than the CD I received with my recent purchase of WeatherLinkIP (version 5.8).

...However, Cumulus still wouldn't talk to the VP2, same error -32701... then I realised I should set it to Serial rather than USB! and now it is all working...

And then the 'light' came on...

Who said/wrote that too often 'the lights are on but nobody is home' (or something in that sense)...

...well except for the years rainfall, which seems to have more than doubled...

Well, did your area not get an incredible deluge/downpour just recently ... or am I mistaking Loomberah, Australia with an other city...

By the way, have you entered an amount of rain into the Vantage Pro2 console (with the WeatherLink software) and then entered that same amount into the Cumulus setup?

[steve]

If you've carried on with the same data with your new station, then you are bound to get a rainfall discrepancy as the rainfall calculations depend on the increasing 'total rainfall counter' from the station. Your old station and your new station will have completely different unrelated values, so the calculation Cumulus will have done comparing the two will have resulted in nonsense.

[Gordon-Loomberah]

Yes Steve, I figured it must have been something like that. Doesn't matter now anyway, as I have removed all the old data and started afresh with the Davis.

thanks, Gordon

[tomcatuk]

Hi Gordon only just spotted this thread.... just gone through a similar problem with the vue, never had the net frame error but certainly the problem with the USB pulling my hair out with what little I have left....

I've also just built a new computer and eventually want to swap over everything onto that then found out the serial/USB driver does not work with Windoze 7 64bit!!!
So that has been shelved for the time being so the computer shall just be used for gaming...

[gemini06720]

tomcatuk...

...then found out the serial/USB driver does not work with Windoze 7 64bit!!!

You did not look long enough or well enough...

The driver that is included into the Davis WeatherLink package might not be usable in Windows 7...

But, if you go to the Silicon Labs site (as I suggested to Gordon ) you would have found that they also offer a driver specific for both types of Windows 7 (ie: x86 and x64).

Here is again the link to Silicon Labs site: https://www.silabs.com/products/mcu/Pag ... ivers.aspx

[tomcatuk]

Hi Ray, ok I'll bear that in mind, I did read another post (on here or somewhere else) that they had yet to do a 64bit version so was in no rush as it works fine on my current machine, but thanks for the info...

[gemini06720]

...I did read another post (on here or somewhere else) that they had yet to do a 64bit version so was in no rush as it works fine on my current machine...

But ... but, Seve, did you get the drive so when you need it you already have it...