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Web-site/Forum news / Re: The forums are now fully open
« Last post by saratogaWX on January 27, 2026, 12:52:18 AM »
Glad to see you're back, Stu.    [cheers1]  It was my pleasure to host the WeatherCat forums on wxforum.net during the interim time.

Best regards,
Ken
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WeatherCat Releases / On this train as well!!! (Re: WeatherCat Version 3.3.3 Released)
« Last post by elagache on January 27, 2026, 12:40:12 AM »
Thank you Stu!! 

I'm on this train as well and everything is working as it should!!   :)

Edouard
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WeatherCat General Discussion / Have you changed the Envoy batteries? (Re: Questions About Battery Warnings)
« Last post by elagache on January 27, 2026, 12:35:21 AM »
Dear jmcdermo and WeatherCat troubleshooters,

Sorry for not catching this detail yesterday.

Quote from: jmcdermo on January 26, 2026, 12:28:22 AM
. . . .
I also have the Davis Weather Envoy powered by a wall wart connected to my Mac where I run the WeatherCat software.

Have you tested and/or replaced the 3 AA batteries in the Weather Envoy.  Those are the batteries that WeatherCat considers to be the "console" since that is where WeatherCat connects to get data.


Quote from: jmcdermo on January 26, 2026, 12:28:22 AM
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?

I'm afraid I'm a bit confused as well.  Have you changed the transmitter ID to 7?  Normally a Vantage Vue will transmit on ID #1.  Do you have anything that might be transmitting on ID #7?  Possible candidates are soil or leaf monitors.

Let us know if that helps with the troubleshooting.

Edouad
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General Discussion / Re: FYI: I'm getting one assertive billy-goat station wagon!!
« Last post by WCDev on January 26, 2026, 08:59:34 PM »
Looking good Edouard - lovely colour as well. And the age certainly puts our 20 year old Land Rover into perspective - had to have the alternator replaced a few weeks back, cost an arm and a leg, but what can you do?
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WeatherCat Releases / Re: WeatherCat Version 3.3.3 Released
« Last post by elderforester on January 26, 2026, 08:49:18 PM »
Totally groovy here too.

Flawless in macOS26 on Mac Studio M1
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Development Blog / Re: Highly entertaining fix of the week
« Last post by mcrossley on January 26, 2026, 05:44:36 PM »
Don't worry, I read it and thought it was witty too.
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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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