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WeatherCat => WeatherCat Integration => Topic started by: ColdnFrosty on September 25, 2014, 02:54:13 PM
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I noticed that the current released version of WeatherCat crashes every 24 hours while running on Yosemite on my Mac. It does automatically restart, but I do see the WeatherCat crash window every morning.
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Is 2.0 Yosemite Beta complaint? This info seems to be not very clear. With the release of the Yosemite in the next week or to some info this would be enlightening.
I too have experience crashes at least one a day - then there is a restart ( this is on two Vantage Pro2 machines and 2 houses), but I wasn't sure if the was because on an automator I set up years ago (which file I cannot locate on my hard drive) or because of the 2.0 program. I also thought this might be related to my USB driver and I reinstalled it to be sure - to no avail. [snow]
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Hi WeatherCat Friends
Stu does not like to try to make the Cat compatiable during all the new beta testing of a new OS because there is so much code that does not work right with the code after they get ready to release the new OS they send all developers the release notes that tells what needs to be done to make their software ready to use with it or something like that
cheers
[cheers1]
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Dear Bob and WeatherCat leading edgers, . . .
Is 2.0 Yosemite Beta complaint?
Stu isn't around to give an answer, but I can offer a rumor that there are issues with software drivers and Yosemite. So even if WeatherCat is Yosemite Beta complaint, not every weather station will be able to run until third party software is updated for Yosemite. At the risk of ruining your whole day, yes Davis stations are explicitly mentioned in the rumor.
Sorry . . . .
Edouard
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We've had WeatherCat 2.0 running here for a couple of weeks (on a clean install of 10.10) with no issues seen. However, we have to run over WeatherLink IP because the SiliconLabs driver does not work on a clean install (no comms port available). I'm guessing they'll update the driver for 10.10.
We have one crash on support, which we're looking into (sadly it's an OS routine that's crashing), so we're sending the reports to Apple and asking for more information to see if we can reproduce it here.
However, until the final OS ships, we won't know for sure what's changed and how it affects WeatherCat.
The best advice is to hold off until more is known and any drivers you are reliant on are at least known to be fully working on 10.10.
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Thank you.
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Quick update on this one, 10.10 GM3 (14A388a) seems to fix the problem with the Silicon Labs driver.
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Howdy Stu and WeatherCat USB Davis users,
Quick update on this one, 10.10 GM3 (14A388a) seems to fix the problem with the Silicon Labs driver.
Hmm, that's interesting. That suggests that Apple broke the Silicon Labs driver and somehow was aware of it. Oh well, doesn't make any difference for us users of that driver, as long as it works. Still, it is a curious change of affairs.
Thanks for the update Stu!!
Cheers, Edouard [cheers1]
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I haven't had any luck getting the Yosemite update yet, the App Store is still claiming no updates available despite being 2? hours after the live Apple event.
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assume you have Yosemite by now - but you can directly download the app from the store - bypass the "Update" if you installed the Beta as it does not show up. the full app d/l was there from the get go and i just did a total reinstall.
Aside from my problem listed below Yosemite is rock solid.
RE: the Crash fix - I am still having the problem w/ intermittent WeatherCat crashes with 2.0 on 2 machines (one at home and at a 2nd home - both use Davis Vantage Pro 2's) - I have installed LingOn X to restart the app when it crashes with varying degrees of success (unless someone has a simpler and more elegant solution - I gave up on trying to decypher setting up an Automator workflow).
Very frustrating, as at one site is for our homeowner association and may use the data especially in the winter as it is w we are atop a WV mountain.http://athena.trixology.com/Smileys/default/rainy_luck_emoticon.png
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Hi bob2k2,
First remove LingOn X so that it won't try to restart WeatherCat and reboot the machine. Next, if you are running a USB logger, check you have the latest SiliconLabs drivers installed (V3.1 currently) - you can get them at http://www.silabs.com/products/mcu/pages/usbtouartbridgevcpdrivers.aspx.
If it's a serial logger, check with the manufacturer of your USB to serial adaptor for the latest drivers,
Once you've done this, launch WeatherCat and switch on 'Monitor And Restart WeatherCat' in the 'Units/Misc 1' pane of its preferences. This will restart it if it detects any problem it can't fix or if it unexpectedly quits.
If it's still crashing after doing this, email us the following information (http://trixology.com/contact-us/):
a). A description of your set-up. We need to know your Mac model, what peripherals are attached, what weather station hardware and what data logger you are using (USB, serial, IP)
b). The latest crash report. To find the crash report, please see http://wiki.trixology.com/index.php/Console_application.
c). When the problem started happening - is it related to any particular event, new hardware, software addition etc.
d). Any other information you think may help.
Thanks [tup]
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Weathercat 2.0 running perfectly on Yosemite....no issues.
I do have issues with weathercat 2.0 and Lion os (10.7.5)
My custom gauges would not load to my custom web pages ....if I run the very same thing on Yosemite no problem ! Anyone experiencing the same problem ?
I use my old macbook with Lion os as a server for my weather station and cannot update the software any further.
Any suggestions ?
Regards,
Leon Rossouw, South Africa.
www.elandsbergweather.com
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This morning, updated to Yosemite on the Mac mini that runs my weather-related software and can add to the positive reports...WeatherCat 2.0.0 is running just fine.
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Here's my post from the WC 2.0 release thread from a couple of days ago.
Running on a fresh upgrade to Yosemite! (Not a clean install.) Everything is running just fine.
Computer: Late 2011 27" iMac 2.7 GHz i5, 16 GB RAM
OS: Mac OS X 10.10 Yosemite
Hardware: Davis wireless Vantage Pro2 Plus w/24 hour FARS, wireless anemometer transmitter, Leaf & Soil Temp/Moisture Station, Weatherlink USB data logger
WeatherCat version: 2.0.0 (build 4475), USB driver: CP2102 USB to UART Bridge Controller.
I have not had a single problem with any of my normally used software since, and running all the same applications I normally have running, I'm seeing more free RAM. The constantly growing mdflagwriter that would often grow to several GB is now jut 1.2 MB
For those of us still using the (better) old version of EvoCam (v.3.7.6) note that it still works as it did under Mavericks. (In my case, that means it stops on its own twice a day, which is why I have an AppleScript to check and relaunch it.) Even the temperamental
BOINC/Quake-Catcher Network software works fine after a reinstall.
Steve
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Another happy Yosemite upgrader here ;) One little hiccup with server port not found, but reboot seemed to fix.
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Here is something I found helpful, including the comments at the end of the article.
http://lifehacker.com/how-to-fix-os-x-yosemites-biggest-annoyances-1646746016/+jcondliffe
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Dear Blick and WeatherCat "annoyance avoiders" . . . .
Here is something I found helpful, including the comments at the end of the article.
http://lifehacker.com/how-to-fix-os-x-yosemites-biggest-annoyances-1646746016/+jcondliffe
Thanks for the link! :) Definitely looks like some useful tricks that I'll be needing eventually.
Cheers, Edouard [cheers1]
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Weathercat 2.0 running perfectly on Yosemite....no issues.
I do have issues with weathercat 2.0 and Lion os (10.7.5)
My custom gauges would not load to my custom web pages ....if I run the very same thing on Yosemite no problem ! Anyone experiencing the same problem ?
I use my old macbook with Lion os as a server for my weather station and cannot update the software any further.
Any suggestions ?
Regards,
Leon Rossouw, South Africa.
www.elandsbergweather.com
Interesting - I'll look into it, thanks for the post [tup]
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Up on Yosemite since yesterday evening - no problems so far! :)
Cheers,
Reinhard
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Upgraded to Yosemite this morning.
I am astounded at how gorgeous this operating system is. Everything looks sharper and crisper, with more vibrant colours. I have all of my WeatherCat tools, gauges, graphs, etc. on a secondary monitor, an old Dell HDTV monitor I picked up several years ago for US$130. Even the Cat on that old monitor looks a little better! I know that looks are only on the surface and I haven't delved into it the innards yet, but I like what I see.
WeatherCat is purring along nicely.
Computer: Late 2013 27" iMac 3.5 GHz i7, 24 GB RAM
OS: Mac OS X 10.10 Yosemite
Hardware: Davis wireless Vantage Pro2 Plus, WeatherLinkIP data logger
WeatherCat version: 2.0.0 (build 4475)
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Also, Safari is noticeably faster in OSX 10.10.
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Stu:
I've had a couple of WeatherCat crashes. I sent the Apple Crash Report by email. I've also attached a screenshot of something I don't understand but it has been part of both reboots.
Thanks.
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Thanks Blick - just had a look, it's crashing in the OS whilst trying to process a timer firing. Unfortunately no WeatherCat code involved. I've sent your report on to Apple for them to have a look at.
There isn't much I can do at this end at the moment but we can get some information which may highlight where the problem lies. First reboot your machine, then if still crashing try closing WeatherCat windows one at a time - hopefully one of them will be the cause and the crashing will stop. As it was a timer crash, I'd suggest starting with the windows that are the heaviest users of timers - these are the basic gauges window and the video preview window. If either of these are open, close them one by one.
After that move onto other things such as satellite imagery viewer, custom gauges and so on.
Let me know how you get on.
(Don't worry about the log message - it's just telling me I need to update the method of getting the OS version I'm using).
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Stu:
I haven't had a crash since the one I reported, but I am noticing that now I get a Comms Error about every three or four hours. The Live Data tool says they are all timeout errors. I am using the Davis WeatherLinkIP? data logger and it hasn't ever given me any issues. Is there anything I can look at or try to see if I can eliminate these errors?
Thanks.
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Just crashed again. Log attached. This happened just after rebooting from the crash log I emailed you.
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Got it thanks - it's different to the last one and it's interesting because I've seen that one on support as well.
Can you keep an eye on WeatherCat's memory usage (Applications->Utilities->Activity Monitor - go to the memory tab and watch WeatherCat's memory). If it's going up and up and up (into the gigabytes range), it probably means a leak and eventually it's running out of memory.
Not seeing it here, but it may be something to do with the configuration.
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Just crashed again, log attached. Memory was only in the neighbourhood of 380 MB. It had started out around 290 MB and slowly grown but that doesn't seem too high to me.
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Running for 27 minutes now after reboot. WC is using 2.87 GB memory. Memory sample attached. Crash log also attached.
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Thanks Blick,
Different again. It might be an issue with a corrupt preferences file - random stuff like this is sometimes an indication of a problem with the preferences file.
To create a new one:
Quit WeatherCat then rename your WeatherCat preferences file (~/Library/Preferences/com.trixology.weathercat.plist - where ~ is your home directory) to something like weathercat.plist.old then reboot the machine. It's very important to reboot, otherwise the old settings will hang about in RAM and will be used to recreate the old file.
When launched WeatherCat will now create a new preferences file and all settings will be back to default so you may want to make a note of any settings your may have trouble finding such as your lat/long, FTP paths etc. before doing this.
Secondly, could you take a copy of your WeatherCatData folder (~/Library/WeatherCatData), remove the Location1 folder then zip it up and send it to me along with the old prefs file so I can take a look.
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Stu:
I emailed you the requested items. I was still crashing a couple of times a day prior to recreating the plist. Only been up for 18 minutes so way too early to know if the plist was the culprit.
Thanks.
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Stu:
I rebuilt the plist per your instructions. It ran without a hiccup for 36 hours and then I shut it down so I could reboot with version 2.01. It looks like the plist file got corrupted during my upgrade to Yosemite. Thanks for your help with this.
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Keep you're eye on it [tup]