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WeatherCat => WeatherCat General Discussion => Topic started by: faymondo on February 06, 2025, 04:05:14 PM

Title: Weather Cat stopped working
Post by: faymondo on February 06, 2025, 04:05:14 PM

Some time this morning my WC stopped working.

I have rebooted my iMac.

My OS is Monterey 12.7.6

Attached is what is showing on my dials and also my dock (This was the temperature when it stopped working)

Anybody got any ideas what I can do ?

Thanks

Title: Probably some sort of preference or data corruption. (Re: WeatherCat stopped)
Post by: elagache on February 06, 2025, 10:07:33 PM

Dear faymondo and WeatherCat troubleshooters,

Quote from: faymondo on February 06, 2025, 04:05:14 PM

Some time this morning my WC stopped working.
. . . . .

Sorry to hear that your WeatherCat installation has stopped working.

We haven't had a WeatherCat installation hang as you describe, but I propose the same procedure to solve your problem.  Try these two steps for fixing it is described in this thread:

https://athena.trixology.com/index.php?topic=3579.msg34358#msg34358 (https://athena.trixology.com/index.php?topic=3579.msg34358#msg34358)

First, replace your preference file.  Make sure to carry out all the steps described in this WeatherCat Wiki posting:

https://wiki.trixology.com/index.php?title=How_to_create_and_use_a_backup_of_your_WeatherCat_preferences_file (https://wiki.trixology.com/index.php?title=How_to_create_and_use_a_backup_of_your_WeatherCat_preferences_file)

It is extremely important to follow all the steps or the attempt to replace the preference file will fail.

Then you need to replace your data with a valid backup.  The backup could come either from a system-wide backup (like Apple's Time Machine,) or WeatherCat's own backup facility.

A number of users have reported success after performing both tasks.

Let us know if you also are able to restore connectivity through this procedure.

Edouard

Title: Re: Weather Cat stopped working
Post by: faymondo on February 08, 2025, 11:42:37 AM

Thanks for the reply. After several attempts WC finally started but was hanging. Eventually it connected and has worked for over 24 hours now.

Not sure what it was but my solutions were to reboot mac several times, try different USB's, try a different wire and also download the drivers again.

Eventually I had success with the original wire in the original USB slot.

Title: Re: Weather Cat stopped working
Post by: Blicj11 on February 08, 2025, 05:39:36 PM

Let's hope it continues to run!