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Development Blog / Re: Highly entertaining fix of the week
« Last post by WCDev on January 26, 2026, 05:37:03 PM »
I had a reply here that I thought was incredibly witty.

But then my wife saw it and thought it a little 'risqué', so I deleted it :(

But yes, I completely understand your feelings Mark :)
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Development Blog / Re: Highly entertaining fix of the week
« Last post by mcrossley on January 26, 2026, 12:07:04 PM »
Welcome to the world of Ecowitt - they operate by some strange rules known only unto themselves. Don't get me started on their JSON handling!
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WeatherCat General Discussion / Re: Questions About Battery Warnings
« Last post by jmcdermo on January 26, 2026, 01:27:18 AM »
So I couldn't resist and I clicked the "Test Power System" button and the status started to change. Eventually getting to the attached screenshot. But then it reverted to the previous state shown in the screenshot above.

What's up?
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WeatherCat General Discussion / Re: Questions About Battery Warnings
« Last post by jmcdermo on January 26, 2026, 01:20:06 AM »
Thank you.
I should probably spend more time here learning about how this all works - after 14 years running my weather station with WeatherCat. you'd think I'd have abetter understanding of things. I guess that's a testament to how solid the system really is - it just works and I hardly touch it.

As to your question about "Station Hardware Options" window shows, it looks like it's saying the same thing the email messages are. I've attached a screenshot.

BTW - I just changed the CR123 battery in the weather station on the roof in the cold twilight, it was a balmy 22 F  with about 3" of snow on the roof. not great, but not as bad as it could have been. So back to my initial question.

Does "Station Power Status" = CR123 battery in the weather station on the roof?
Does "Console Voltage" = the voltage at the console in the house that's plugged into the wall wart?
If a console that's plugged in is showing low voltage, does that mean the wall wart is dying, or do I need to change the C-cell batteries?

Thanks again for the help.
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General Discussion / Re: FYI: I'm getting one assertive billy-goat station wagon!!
« Last post by Blicj11 on January 26, 2026, 01:19:58 AM »
Edouard:

It's great to see another photo of Biquette after a 16-month hiatus. I hope you are in just as good shape as that 61-year-old automobile.
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General Discussion / This morning's "Cars and Coffee" (Re: Assertive billy-goat station wagon!!)
« Last post by elagache on January 26, 2026, 01:00:58 AM »
Dear WeatherCat fans of a certain rascally wagon,

It is winter in the northern hemisphere and large tracts of North America are in blizzard conditions.  However, in mild California you can drive a classic car most of the year.  There is a greet and meet tradition called "cars and coffee."  There was one this morning in an unused parking lot.  The sponsor champions import and exotic cars, but welcomes classic American cars as well.  Next to my trusty 1965 Buick Special wagon, a fellow parked his 1967 Chevy El Camino:



If they look familiar it is because they are built on the same chassis.  That's a good thing for my wagon - another source of reproduction parts!

Stay tuned for more photos - assuming I can manage to keep my wagon from getting any more spoiled then she already is!!  [biggrin]

Edouard  :)
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WeatherCat General Discussion / Re: Questions About Battery Warnings
« Last post by elagache on January 26, 2026, 12:52:36 AM »
Dear jmcdermo and WeatherCat station caregivers,

First, welcome to our restored forum!!

Unfortunately, I've never seen the error messages you are getting.  Can you tell us what you "Station Hardware Options" pane is displaying?  It is near the bottom of the Tools menu just before the first dividing line.  It is described in the current WeatherCat menu about page 70.

Please let us know what you discover.  If possible a screenshot would be ideal.

Edouard
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Development Blog / Weather station for your RV? (Re: Ecowitt - some thoughts)
« Last post by elagache on January 26, 2026, 12:33:04 AM »
Dear Stu and WeatherCat adventurers,

I am hopelessly behind (La Routine Habituelle Quoi)  However, I promise to provide an update on my recent Airstream purchase (and ongoing restoration) as soon as I can pry free some time.

However, I have a weather station for so long that the itch of somehow strapping a station to the trailer when camped is basically irresistible.  I've been thinking about the Ecowitt stations for a while because of the modest cost.  This application doesn't require high precision so it seemed like a good match.

Just doing some quick web surfing, I spot this station:

https://www.ecowitt.com/shop/goodsDetail/251#

The instrument cluster is this:

https://www.ecowitt.com/shop/goodsDetail/350#

It's weight is a modest 498 grams  (17.5 ounces or a bit over a pound.)

Thanks to Amazon, the price isn't too bad:

https://a.co/d/783hKUY

Securing it to an Airstream trailer is a problem, but there are suction cup mounts for flags.  Here is one called Flag Pole Buddy:

https://flagpolebuddy.com/products/ols/products/starlink-for-airstream-custom-suction-cup-mounting

These are designed for the Space-X StarLink, but obviously they would work for a weather station.

Now that the forum is reopened, what do WeatherCatters think?

A curious mind would like to know!

Edouard  :)

   
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WeatherCat General Discussion / Questions About Battery Warnings
« Last post by jmcdermo on January 26, 2026, 12:28:22 AM »
I've read a few posts in this discussion thread and I'm still confused so I thought I'd ask my specific question to see if I figure this out once and for all.
I have a Davis Vantage Vue weather station with the console powered by the wall wart. This is an older style monochrome console that's been running since December 2011. In addition to the wall wart it has 3 C cell batteries in its base. Obviously I have the weather station on a pole on the roof with its CR123 Lithium battery. I also have the Davis Weather Envoy powered by a wall wart connected to my Mac where I run the WeatherCat software.

I've been getting the following errors emailed to me periodically from the WeatherCat software:

WeatherCat Vantage Driver: ***Station Power Alert*** Console voltage is low - actual value is 2.607 Volts.

WeatherCat TimeStamp: 16:12:08 25-Jan-26

And today I received an additional email:
WeatherCat Vantage Driver: Station Power Alert. Transmitter battery failure.
ISS battery - Good.
Transmitter 2 - Good.
Transmitter 3 - Good.
Transmitter 4 - Good.
Transmitter 5 - Good.
Transmitter 6 - Good.
Transmitter 7 - Fail.
Transmitter 8 - Good.


WeatherCat TimeStamp: 16:12:08 25-Jan-26

I'm assuming the second email I got today with the "Transmitter 7 - Fail." notice is an indication that the CR123 battery needs changing in the weather station on the roof. Is that correct?

If that's correct, then the thing that's confusing to me is the other battery warning email that I've been getting for some time. Is that from the console? If so, how could the console battery power be low when it's plugged in? I changed the C-cell batteries pretty recently, but the messages show up. Could the wall wart be dying? If so, I've never seen a wall wart degrade slowly, they've always just worked or not worked.

Any help explaining this will be greatly appreciated.
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WeatherCat Releases / Re: WeatherCat Version 3.3.3 Released
« Last post by Blicj11 on January 26, 2026, 12:08:13 AM »
Thank you Stu!

Running fine here so far.

Computer: 2019 27" iMac Retina 5K, 3.8 GHz Intel i9, 40 GB RAM
OS: macOS 14.8.3 Sonoma
Hardware: Davis Wireless Vantage Pro2 Plus, original WeatherLink IP data logger
Software: WeatherCat version 3.3.3 (Build 20)
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