Cumulus Support

I helped a friend setup his Vantage Pro2 to work with Cumulus (mistake asking me!). Looking at his site http://courtgarden.com/weatherstation/ (he has a faulty annemometer awaiting replacement) I notice that for some reason the today details for lowest temp and humidity are incorrect which is apparent by the time reported i.e. time in the future!! Not sure why or what I should do to resolve it for him. I asked him to stop and restart Cumulus but that hasn't resolved the problem. Is it the data logger at fault (unfortunately I'm not able to see it for myself).

So, not a lot to go on and it probably makes little sense but someone may have an answer.

Thanks

'Today' time in the future (assuming a midnight rollover) are sure signs of a 'failed rollover'. The daily rain graph confirms this - no entry for the 14th. The diags files may have some clues. A popular method of causing failed rollovers is to allow the PC to hibernate...

... and the temperature graph with several hours missing during the night also suggests hibernation - assuming Cumulus was running overnight. If it was stopped, and then restarted in the morning, it indicates a failure to download the overnight data from the logger.

Thanks Steve. It's not so easy when you're not onsite but you've certainly pointed me in the right direction. I imagine the best way forward would be to restore Cumulus data files and allow it to download/catchup data from the logger - would this make sense?

Again, many thanks for the advice.

nking wrote:Thanks Steve. It's not so easy when you're not onsite but you've certainly pointed me in the right direction. I imagine the best way forward would be to restore Cumulus data files and allow it to download/catchup data from the logger - would this make sense?

Yes - assuming the problem isn't that it couldn't get the data from the logger in the first place.

I have stopped the PC from sleeping/hibernating. It would seem that the data stopped being transmitted, suspected low voltage from the battery (inside temp, humidity and pressure OK). The unit has a solar charger and it looks like it's OK during the day and the night depends on the amount of sunshine it has had during the day. He is going to get a new battery New anemometer and wind vane on there way

Just as an aside, I assume the console will log and keep data (when disconnected from Cumulus) without me having to do anything to the console?

nking wrote:The unit has a solar charger and it looks like it's OK during the day and the night depends on the amount of sunshine it has had during the day. He is going to get a new battery

The solar panel charges up a 'supercapacitor', and the unit runs off that during the night. If the supercap doesn't have enough power, it then starts using the battery. The supercaps have a habit of leaking, causing excessive reliance on the battery, so he should check that while replacing the battery.

Just as an aside, I assume the console will log and keep data (when disconnected from Cumulus) without me having to do anything to the console?

Yes, that's right.

steve wrote:The solar panel charges up a 'supercapacitor', and the unit runs off that during the night. If the supercap doesn't have enough power, it then starts using the battery. The supercaps have a habit of leaking, causing excessive reliance on the battery, so he should check that while replacing the battery.

Thanks Steve, I will pass on the info.