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WS 2355: Connexion issues to Weather Cat
« on: November 08, 2013, 12:07:27 PM »
Hello
This is my first post so hi to everyone from France!

I set up my WS2355 last summer and everything was working fine up until about 15 days ago when Trixology could not download the historical information and today can only see real time data for a couple of data.
My computer was upgraded to Mavericks - maybe this was the problem.
I also use the PL-2303 USB-to-Serial Bridge Controller (version 1.5.1) and here is the latest log.


Here is the output of my log


 12:57:15 08-Nov-2013:  WeatherCat V1,23 Build 16. 12:31:14 Oct 26 2013 loading...
 12:57:16 08-Nov-2013:  Starting backup manager...
 12:57:16 08-Nov-2013:  Initialising data sub-system...
 12:57:20 08-Nov-2013:  Starting Stats...
 12:57:20 08-Nov-2013:  Initialising algorithms...
 12:57:20 08-Nov-2013:  Station Driver Manager loading...
 12:57:20 08-Nov-2013:  StationPlugInManager: Loading station drivers.
 12:57:20 08-Nov-2013:  StationPlugInManager: Loaded Davis Vantage/Pro/Pro2/Vue/Envoy.
 12:57:20 08-Nov-2013:  StationPlugInManager: Loaded Davis WeatherLink I.P..
 12:57:20 08-Nov-2013:  StationPlugInManager: Loaded WH1080.
 12:57:20 08-Nov-2013:  StationPlugInManager: Loaded WH3080 (Solar/UV).
 12:57:20 08-Nov-2013:  StationPlugInManager: Loaded Davis Monitor/Wizard.
 12:57:20 08-Nov-2013:  StationPlugInManager: Loaded Oregon Scientific WMR-200.
 12:57:20 08-Nov-2013:  StationPlugInManager: Loaded WeatherHawk (Web).
 12:57:20 08-Nov-2013:  StationPlugInManager: Loaded WMR 928/968.
 12:57:20 08-Nov-2013:  StationPlugInManager: Loaded La Crosse WS23xx.
 12:57:20 08-Nov-2013:  StationPlugInManager: Number of external drivers found in StationPlugins=0
 12:57:20 08-Nov-2013:  StationPlugInManager: Finished loading station drivers.
 12:57:20 08-Nov-2013:  StationPlugInManager: Trying to connect to La Crosse WS23xx...
 12:57:20 08-Nov-2013:  Davis Vantage driver initialising.
 12:57:20 08-Nov-2013:  Davis WLIP driver initialising.
 12:57:20 08-Nov-2013:  Fine Offset driver initialising.
 12:57:20 08-Nov-2013:  Fine Offset 3080 driver initialising.
 12:57:20 08-Nov-2013:  Davis Monitor driver initialising.
 12:57:20 08-Nov-2013:  WMR200 driver initialising.
 12:57:20 08-Nov-2013:  WeatherHawk driver initialising.
 12:57:20 08-Nov-2013:  WMR968 driver initialising.
 12:57:20 08-Nov-2013:  WS23xx driver initialising.
 12:57:56 08-Nov-2013:  StationPlugInManager: Looking for La Crosse WS23xx...
 12:57:57 08-Nov-2013:  StationPlugInManager: Trying to connect to La Crosse WS23xx...
 12:57:58 08-Nov-2013:  StationPlugInManager: Starting driver La Crosse WS23xx.
 12:57:58 08-Nov-2013:  WeatherCat Plug-in Manager loading...
 12:57:58 08-Nov-2013:  WeatherCatPlugInManager: Starting updates for Live Data View.
 12:57:58 08-Nov-2013:  WeatherCatPlugInManager: Starting updates for Banner Generator.
 12:57:58 08-Nov-2013:  Initialising custom graphs...
 12:57:58 08-Nov-2013:  Launching imagery threads...
 12:57:59 08-Nov-2013:  Station Driver Thread V1.00: Running.
 12:57:59 08-Nov-2013:  Current Conditions Calculator initialising.
 12:57:59 08-Nov-2013:  MetOfficeWoW is initialising.
 12:57:59 08-Nov-2013:  MetOfficeWoW is running.
 12:57:59 08-Nov-2013:  OpenWeatherMap is initialising.
 12:57:59 08-Nov-2013:  OpenWeatherMap is running.
 12:57:59 08-Nov-2013:  PWSWeather is initialising.
 12:57:59 08-Nov-2013:  PWSWeather is running.
 12:57:59 08-Nov-2013:  SQLDriver is initialising.
 12:57:59 08-Nov-2013:  SQLDriver is running.
 12:57:59 08-Nov-2013:  Live Data plug-in initialising.
 12:57:59 08-Nov-2013:  WeatherBug is initialising.
 12:57:59 08-Nov-2013:  WeatherBug is running.
 12:57:59 08-Nov-2013:  Banner Generator initialising.
 12:57:59 08-Nov-2013:  WeatherCat server is starting - running on port 49250
 12:57:59 08-Nov-2013:  WeatherCat is running...
 12:58:09 08-Nov-2013:  Fetching data from weather station...
 12:58:09 08-Nov-2013:  Temperature not ready...
 12:58:09 08-Nov-2013:  Dewpoint not ready...
 12:58:09 08-Nov-2013:  Pressure not ready...
 12:58:09 08-Nov-2013:  Precipitation rate not ready...
 12:58:09 08-Nov-2013:  Rain count not ready...
 12:58:09 08-Nov-2013:  Wind speed not ready...
 12:58:09 08-Nov-2013:  External rh not ready...
 12:58:39 08-Nov-2013:  Fetching data from weather station...
 12:58:39 08-Nov-2013:  Temperature not ready...
 12:58:39 08-Nov-2013:  Dewpoint not ready...
 12:58:39 08-Nov-2013:  Pressure not ready...
 12:58:39 08-Nov-2013:  Precipitation rate not ready...
 12:58:39 08-Nov-2013:  Rain count not ready...
 12:58:39 08-Nov-2013:  Wind speed not ready...
 12:58:39 08-Nov-2013:  External rh not ready...
 12:59:09 08-Nov-2013:  Fetching data from weather station...
 12:59:09 08-Nov-2013:  Temperature not ready...
 12:59:09 08-Nov-2013:  Dewpoint not ready...
 12:59:09 08-Nov-2013:  Pressure not ready...
 12:59:09 08-Nov-2013:  Precipitation rate not ready...
 12:59:09 08-Nov-2013:  Rain count not ready...
 12:59:09 08-Nov-2013:  Wind speed not ready...
 12:59:09 08-Nov-2013:  External rh not ready...
 12:59:09 08-Nov-2013:  Weather data not ready - retrying in 30 seconds.
 12:59:39 08-Nov-2013:  Fetching data from weather station...
 12:59:39 08-Nov-2013:  Temperature not ready...
 12:59:39 08-Nov-2013:  Dewpoint not ready...
 12:59:39 08-Nov-2013:  Precipitation rate not ready...
 12:59:39 08-Nov-2013:  Rain count not ready...
 12:59:39 08-Nov-2013:  External rh not ready...
 12:59:39 08-Nov-2013:  Weather data not ready - retrying in 30 seconds.
 13:00:09 08-Nov-2013:  Fetching data from weather station...
 13:00:09 08-Nov-2013:  Temperature not ready...
 13:00:09 08-Nov-2013:  Dewpoint not ready...
 13:00:09 08-Nov-2013:  Precipitation rate not ready...
 13:00:09 08-Nov-2013:  Rain count not ready...
 13:00:09 08-Nov-2013:  External rh not ready...
 13:00:09 08-Nov-2013:  Weather data not ready - retrying in 30 seconds.
 13:00:39 08-Nov-2013:  Fetching data from weather station...
 13:00:39 08-Nov-2013:  Temperature not ready...
 13:00:39 08-Nov-2013:  Dewpoint not ready...
 13:00:39 08-Nov-2013:  Precipitation rate not ready...
 13:00:39 08-Nov-2013:  Rain count not ready...
 13:00:39 08-Nov-2013:  External rh not ready...
 13:00:39 08-Nov-2013:  Weather data not ready - retrying in 30 seconds.
 13:01:09 08-Nov-2013:  Fetching data from weather station...
 13:01:09 08-Nov-2013:  Temperature not ready...
 13:01:10 08-Nov-2013:  Dewpoint not ready...
 13:01:10 08-Nov-2013:  Precipitation rate not ready...
 13:01:10 08-Nov-2013:  Rain count not ready...
 13:01:10 08-Nov-2013:  External rh not ready...
 13:01:10 08-Nov-2013:  Weather data not ready - retrying in 30 seconds.
 13:01:40 08-Nov-2013:  Fetching data from weather station...
 13:01:40 08-Nov-2013:  Temperature not ready...
 13:01:40 08-Nov-2013:  Dewpoint not ready...
 13:01:40 08-Nov-2013:  Precipitation rate not ready...
 13:01:40 08-Nov-2013:  External rh not ready...
 13:01:40 08-Nov-2013:  Weather data not ready - retrying in 30 seconds.
 13:02:10 08-Nov-2013:  Fetching data from weather station...
 13:02:10 08-Nov-2013:  Temperature not ready...
 13:02:10 08-Nov-2013:  Dewpoint not ready...
 13:02:10 08-Nov-2013:  Precipitation rate not ready...
 13:02:10 08-Nov-2013:  External rh not ready...
 13:02:10 08-Nov-2013:  Weather data not ready - retrying in 30 seconds.
 13:02:40 08-Nov-2013:  Fetching data from weather station...
 13:02:40 08-Nov-2013:  Temperature not ready...
 13:02:40 08-Nov-2013:  Dewpoint not ready...
 13:02:40 08-Nov-2013:  Precipitation rate not ready...
 13:02:40 08-Nov-2013:  External rh not ready...
 13:02:40 08-Nov-2013:  Weather data not ready - retrying in 30 seconds.
 13:03:10 08-Nov-2013:  Fetching data from weather station...
 13:03:10 08-Nov-2013:  Temperature not ready...
 13:03:10 08-Nov-2013:  Dewpoint not ready...
 13:03:10 08-Nov-2013:  Pressure not ready...
 13:03:10 08-Nov-2013:  Precipitation rate not ready...
 13:03:10 08-Nov-2013:  External rh not ready...
 13:03:10 08-Nov-2013:  Weather data not ready - retrying in 30 seconds.
 13:03:40 08-Nov-2013:  Fetching data from weather station...
 13:03:40 08-Nov-2013:  Temperature not ready...
 13:03:40 08-Nov-2013:  Dewpoint not ready...
 13:03:40 08-Nov-2013:  Pressure not ready...
 13:03:40 08-Nov-2013:  Precipitation rate not ready...
 13:03:40 08-Nov-2013:  Weather data not ready - retrying in 30 seconds.
 13:04:10 08-Nov-2013:  Fetching data from weather station...
 13:04:10 08-Nov-2013:  Temperature not ready...
 13:04:10 08-Nov-2013:  Dewpoint not ready...
 13:04:10 08-Nov-2013:  Pressure not ready...
 13:04:10 08-Nov-2013:  Precipitation rate not ready...
 13:04:10 08-Nov-2013:  Weather data not ready - retrying in 30 seconds.
 13:04:40 08-Nov-2013:  Fetching data from weather station...
 13:04:40 08-Nov-2013:  Temperature not ready...
 13:04:40 08-Nov-2013:  Dewpoint not ready...
 13:04:40 08-Nov-2013:  Pressure not ready...
 13:04:40 08-Nov-2013:  Precipitation rate not ready...
 13:04:40 08-Nov-2013:  Weather data not ready - retrying in 30 seconds.
 13:05:10 08-Nov-2013:  Fetching data from weather station...
 13:05:10 08-Nov-2013:  Temperature not ready...
 13:05:10 08-Nov-2013:  Dewpoint not ready...
 13:05:10 08-Nov-2013:  Pressure not ready...
 13:05:10 08-Nov-2013:  Precipitation rate not ready...
 13:05:10 08-Nov-2013:  Rain count not ready...
 13:05:10 08-Nov-2013:  Weather data not ready - retrying in 30 seconds.
 13:05:12 08-Nov-2013:  ***WS23xx station driver - comms have stopped responding. Trying to reset the comms...
 13:05:22 08-Nov-2013:  ***WS23xx comms has stopped responding. COULD NOT RESET IT! Please reboot WeatherCat.
 13:05:40 08-Nov-2013:  Fetching data from weather station...
 13:05:40 08-Nov-2013:  ***WARNING*** WeatherCat was not able to fetch all the weather data from the hardware after repeated tries.
 13:05:40 08-Nov-2013:  Error: Didn't get pressure, dewpoint, temperature, windspeed or direction.
 13:05:40 08-Nov-2013:  Couldn't fetch data from hardware. Data not valid.
 13:05:40 08-Nov-2013:  Checking for application updates...
 13:05:40 08-Nov-2013:  No application updates found.
 13:06:29 08-Nov-2013:  Fetching data from weather station...
 13:06:29 08-Nov-2013:  Temperature not ready...
 13:06:29 08-Nov-2013:  Dewpoint not ready...
 13:06:29 08-Nov-2013:  Pressure not ready...
 13:06:29 08-Nov-2013:  Precipitation rate not ready...
 13:06:29 08-Nov-2013:  Rain count not ready...
 13:06:29 08-Nov-2013:  External rh not ready...
 13:06:29 08-Nov-2013:  Weather data not ready - retrying in 30 seconds.

Would anyone have any pointers as to how to solve the issue(s)

Thanks & Best Regards

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Re: WS 2355: Connexion issues to Weather Cat
« Reply #1 on: November 08, 2013, 04:47:18 PM »
Welcome to the forum.

Sounds like your USB to Serial Bridge Controller driver is the culprit. According to Prolific's USA website, you are running their latest driver, but they do not say that it supports Mavericks. They only list Mountain Lion. Here is their email address. I suggest you contact them and ask about Mavericks compatibility:

 info@prolificusa.com

Alternatively, the Prolific Taiwan website shows a Mavericks driver. If I were you, I would send an email to the address above for information before I just downloaded the driver from Taiwan. However, Since your current driver is not working, it may be worth a try.

http://www.prolific.com.tw/US/ShowProduct.aspx?p_id=229&pcid=41
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Re: WS 2355: Connexion issues to Weather Cat
« Reply #2 on: November 08, 2013, 05:29:56 PM »
Agreed, there's no data getting to WeatherCat.

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Re: WS 2355: Connexion issues to Weather Cat
« Reply #3 on: November 09, 2013, 02:01:37 PM »
Hi
I contacted prolific as suggested and they got back to me very quickly telling me the driver was compatible with Mavericks and that they'd be updating their documentation shortly. So I uninstalled my old version and re-installed version 1.5.1.

Unfortunately I see no difference to the functionality :( weathercat is able to link to some of the data (internal & external temp, windchill, internal humidity, wind direction, wind speed, rel pressure & precipitation) but other indicators such as dew point, heat index, external humidity as well as the last 18 days of historical data are not being downloaded :(

Also I see this date in the Weather Station gauges but not in "Today" window which constantly reads "waiting for weather data to become ready" and displays data which is not the same as the data "Weather Station Gauges"

After about 5 mins I get **WS23xx comms has stopped responding. COULD NOT RESET IT! Please reboot WeatherCat.

Thanks for any other pointers you may have

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Re: WS 2355: Connexion issues to Weather Cat
« Reply #4 on: November 09, 2013, 02:29:03 PM »
Still very little data getting through. It might be worth trying the SoureForge driver (uninstall the Prolific one first): http://osx-pl2303.sourceforge.net

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Re: WS 2355: Connexion issues to Weather Cat
« Reply #5 on: November 09, 2013, 03:10:29 PM »
Hi
Thanks for the new link, it's again erratic, this time I'm getting wind speed, wind direction, dew point, windchill, wind run, pressure  and external humidity but not the other indicators :(

This is getting strange

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Re: WS 2355: Connexion issues to Weather Cat
« Reply #6 on: November 20, 2013, 08:02:24 PM »
I moved my installation to my Mac mini running Mountain Lion and it now works perfectly fine.
Seems the prolific driver is not compatible after all with Mavericks