WeatherCat and Mac OS 12 Monterey

[xairbusdriver]

As you can see, there are 2 people using Monterey, WC and the "latest" driver:
PeggyD (Mac mini), Reply #11
ColdnFrosty (iMac Pro), Reply #12

However, there is no confirmation as to the exact version numbers.

The SiLabs downloads link is:https://www.silabs.com/developers/usb-to-uart-bridge-vcp-drivers That page shows CP210x VCP Mac OSX Driver v6.0.2 was effective 10/26/2021.

Hope that helps.

[bwc]

That page shows CP210x VCP Mac OSX Driver v6.0.2 was effective 10/26/2021.

When I referenced “the new Silicon Labs […] driver” this is exactly the one I am referencing—v6.0.2. Sorry for the lack for specificity. The latest version on the SiLabs site is the one I am unable to convince Monterey to allow to run on my Mac mini.

Thank you.

[elagache]

Dear X-Air, bwc, and WeatherCat troubleshooter,

As you can see, there are 2 people using Monterey, WC and the "latest" driver:
PeggyD (Mac mini), Reply #11
. . . .

When I referenced “the new Silicon Labs […] driver” this is exactly the one I am referencing—v6.0.2. Sorry for the lack for specificity.
. . . .

Reviewing this thread I see that PeggyD had some trouble getting WeatherCat to work with the Silicon Labs driver at first on Monterey.  Here is that first post:

https://athena.trixology.com/index.php?topic=3345.msg32116#msg32116

She was forced to roll back to an earlier version of macOS.  She later upgraded a second time and finally was able to make everything work as reported in this posting:

https://athena.trixology.com/index.php?topic=3345.msg32143#msg32143

I cannot even imagine what the problem is but this is clear evidence that macOS Monterey is generating problems for the Silicon Labs driver for at least some people under some set of conditions.

Sorry, not much help I'll admit, but perhaps something to pursue.

Edouard

[The Grand Poohbah]

As you can see, there are 2 people using Monterey, WC and the "latest" driver:
PeggyD (Mac mini), Reply #11
ColdnFrosty (iMac Pro), Reply #12

However, there is no confirmation as to the exact version numbers.

The SiLabs downloads link is:https://www.silabs.com/developers/usb-to-uart-bridge-vcp-drivers That page shows CP210x VCP Mac OSX Driver v6.0.2 was effective 10/26/2021.

Hope that helps.

My weather station works flawlessly after the change to the Mac M1 mini:

Mac mini (M1, 2020)
macOS Monterey version 12.0.1
WeatherCat version 3.12 build 34
sillabs.cp210x version 6.0.1
Davis Vantage Pro (Model 6163)
Davis serial data logger (Model 6510SER)

[Marozsan]

I just migrated from a 2012 iMac to the 2021 iMac with no problem. I had installed the latest driver on my old Mac prior to the migration and everything connected the minute I plugged the usb connector into my Mac. My 19 years of historic statistics came along and WeatherCat is performing as it did on my old Mac.

[Steve]

As you can see, there are 2 people using Monterey, WC and the "latest" driver

I think there are more of us that just two scattered across the various Monterey threads. Mine has worked fine from the get-go.

Computer: 2017 27" iMac Retina 5K, 3.8 GHz i5, 40 GB RAM
OS: MacOS 12.1 Monterey
Hardware: Davis wireless Vantage Pro2 Plus w/24 hour FARS, wireless anemometer transmitter, Leaf & Soil Temp/Moisture Station, Weatherlink USB data logger
Software: WeatherCat version 3.1.3, (build 144), USB driver: CP210 USB to UART Bridge Controller 6.0.2

I'd changed to the new application version of the USB driver prior to upgrading to Monterey. I have no idea if that makes any difference, but I doubt it. My system likely has a ton of left over bits and bobs in the System folder, as I've never done a clean install of any system or weather related software since 2017, which was in turn restored from various iMacs back to when OS X was first released in 2001. (Wow! That's nuts! No clean install in over 20 years!! That's a robust OS!)

[xairbusdriver]

Thanks for the very complete hardware info. I think it helps the Dev when he can have all the version info. There are probably few "stock" installs anymore.

[drewaz]

I guess I'm next in line!

I installed the most recent version of the SiLab driver and then upgraded (?) from Catalina to Monterey 12.2.1 on a 2019 iMac.  WC is the current version and .....  WC no longer downloads data from my Vantage Vue.  The Davis logger in the console is probably 10 years old but has worked flawlessly until applying Monterey ....  I recall something about needing a green dot on the logger and it has it.

I'm wondering if anyone has info that will help me get connected again.

thanks!

[elagache]

Dear drewaz and WeatherCat troubleshooters,

I installed the most recent version of the SiLab driver and then upgraded (?) from Catalina to Monterey 12.2.1 on a 2019 iMac.  WC is the current version and .....  WC no longer downloads data from my Vantage Vue.  The Davis logger in the console is probably 10 years old but has worked flawlessly until applying Monterey ....  I recall something about needing a green dot on the logger and it has it.

I'm no expert on this one, but one thing to try is to run the Silicon Labs uninstaller to make sure there aren't any old versions of the driver that could be interfering with WeatherCat.  Once you are sure all old drivers are gone, try installing the latest Silicon Labs driver again and see if that resolves the problem.  The other thing that might help is to get the log entries that WeatherCat is reporting when attempting to get data from your Vantage Vue.  There might be a clue in those messages.

Do keep us posted as to what you discover . . . . .

Edouard

[drewaz]

thanks for the reply Edouard.

I reinstalled the current driver again after uninstalling it .... that didn't solve the problem and I see that the driver application has been installed.

thanks!!!!

and this is the log .....


6:18:12 PM 11-Mar-2022: WeatherCat V3.13  Build 155. 21:01:09 Feb 13 2022 loading...
6:18:12 PM 11-Mar-2022: ***Good evening and welcome to WeatherCat!***
6:18:13 PM 11-Mar-2022: Starting backup manager...
6:18:22 PM 11-Mar-2022: Initialising data sub-system...
6:18:24 PM 11-Mar-2022: Starting Stats...
6:18:25 PM 11-Mar-2022: Initialising algorithms...
6:18:25 PM 11-Mar-2022: Loading Synthetic Channels Manager
6:18:25 PM 11-Mar-2022: Station Driver Manager loading...
6:18:25 PM 11-Mar-2022: StationPlugInManager: Loading station drivers.
6:18:25 PM 11-Mar-2022: StationPlugInManager: Loaded Columbia Micro Server.
6:18:25 PM 11-Mar-2022: StationPlugInManager: Loaded La Crosse WS23xx.
6:18:26 PM 11-Mar-2022: StationPlugInManager: Loaded WH3080 (Solar/UV).
6:18:26 PM 11-Mar-2022: StationPlugInManager: Loaded Oregon Scientific WMR-200.
6:18:27 PM 11-Mar-2022: StationPlugInManager: Loaded Generic XML (HTTP).
6:18:27 PM 11-Mar-2022: StationPlugInManager: Loaded WH1080.
6:18:28 PM 11-Mar-2022: StationPlugInManager: Loaded Davis Vantage/Pro/Pro2/Vue/Envoy.
6:18:29 PM 11-Mar-2022: StationPlugInManager: Loaded Davis WeatherLink I.P..
6:18:29 PM 11-Mar-2022: StationPlugInManager: Loaded WMR 928/968.
6:18:29 PM 11-Mar-2022: StationPlugInManager: Loaded Oregon Scientific WMR-88.
6:18:29 PM 11-Mar-2022: StationPlugInManager: Loaded Instromet.
6:18:29 PM 11-Mar-2022: StationPlugInManager: Loaded Davis Monitor/Wizard.
6:18:30 PM 11-Mar-2022: StationPlugInManager: Loaded Netatmo.
6:18:30 PM 11-Mar-2022: StationPlugInManager: Loaded WeatherHawk (Web).
6:18:30 PM 11-Mar-2022: StationPlugInManager: Number of external drivers found in StationPlugins=0
6:18:30 PM 11-Mar-2022: StationPlugInManager: Finished loading station drivers.
6:18:30 PM 11-Mar-2022: Testing connection to Davis Vantage/Pro/Pro2/Vue/Envoy...
6:18:30 PM 11-Mar-2022: Generic XML driver initialising.
6:18:30 PM 11-Mar-2022: StationPlugInManager: Connected to Davis Vantage/Pro/Pro2/Vue/Envoy...
6:18:30 PM 11-Mar-2022: StationPlugInManager: Starting driver Davis Vantage/Pro/Pro2/Vue/Envoy.
6:18:30 PM 11-Mar-2022: WeatherCat Plug-in Manager loading...
6:18:32 PM 11-Mar-2022: WeatherCatPlugInManager: Starting updates for Live Data.
6:18:32 PM 11-Mar-2022: WeatherCatPlugInManager: Starting updates for Banner Generator.
6:18:33 PM 11-Mar-2022: Initialising custom graphs...
6:18:33 PM 11-Mar-2022: Station Driver Thread V1.00: Running.
6:18:33 PM 11-Mar-2022: MeteoTemplate is initialising.
6:18:33 PM 11-Mar-2022: MeteoTemplate is running.
6:18:33 PM 11-Mar-2022: MetOfficeWoW is initialising.
6:18:33 PM 11-Mar-2022: MetOfficeWoW is running.
6:18:33 PM 11-Mar-2022: WeatherCloud is initialising.
6:18:33 PM 11-Mar-2022: WeatherCloud is running.
6:18:33 PM 11-Mar-2022: Twitter init
6:18:33 PM 11-Mar-2022: Twitter initted
6:18:33 PM 11-Mar-2022: Live Data plug-in initialising.
6:18:33 PM 11-Mar-2022: PWSWeather is initialising.
6:18:33 PM 11-Mar-2022: PWSWeather is running.
6:18:33 PM 11-Mar-2022: Current Conditions Calculator initialising.
6:18:33 PM 11-Mar-2022: Banner Generator initialising.
6:18:33 PM 11-Mar-2022: SQLDriver is initialising.
6:18:33 PM 11-Mar-2022: SQLDriver is running.
6:18:33 PM 11-Mar-2022: AWEKAS is initialising.
6:18:33 PM 11-Mar-2022: AWEKAS is running.
6:18:34 PM 11-Mar-2022: Initialising custom gauges...
6:18:35 PM 11-Mar-2022: Launching imagery threads...
6:18:35 PM 11-Mar-2022: Loading SnowCat
6:18:35 PM 11-Mar-2022: Loading Daily Types Editor
6:18:36 PM 11-Mar-2022: Initialisation complete...
6:18:36 PM 11-Mar-2022: Starting server...
6:18:36 PM 11-Mar-2022: Initialising custom text windows...
6:18:37 PM 11-Mar-2022: Checking for application updates...
6:18:37 PM 11-Mar-2022: No application updates found.
6:18:44 PM 11-Mar-2022: Running.
6:18:46 PM 11-Mar-2022: Fetching data from weather station...
6:18:46 PM 11-Mar-2022: Temperature not ready...
6:18:46 PM 11-Mar-2022: Dewpoint not ready...
6:18:46 PM 11-Mar-2022: Pressure not ready...
6:18:46 PM 11-Mar-2022: Precipitation rate not ready...
6:18:46 PM 11-Mar-2022: Rain count not ready...
6:18:46 PM 11-Mar-2022: Wind speed not ready...
6:18:46 PM 11-Mar-2022: External rh not ready...
6:19:17 PM 11-Mar-2022: Fetching data from weather station...
6:19:17 PM 11-Mar-2022: Temperature not ready...
6:19:17 PM 11-Mar-2022: Dewpoint not ready...
6:19:17 PM 11-Mar-2022: Pressure not ready...
6:19:17 PM 11-Mar-2022: Precipitation rate not ready...
6:19:17 PM 11-Mar-2022: Rain count not ready...
6:19:17 PM 11-Mar-2022: Wind speed not ready...
6:19:17 PM 11-Mar-2022: External rh not ready...
6:19:47 PM 11-Mar-2022: Fetching data from weather station...
6:19:47 PM 11-Mar-2022: Temperature not ready...
6:19:47 PM 11-Mar-2022: Dewpoint not ready...
6:19:47 PM 11-Mar-2022: Pressure not ready...
6:19:47 PM 11-Mar-2022: Precipitation rate not ready...
6:19:47 PM 11-Mar-2022: Rain count not ready...
6:19:47 PM 11-Mar-2022: Wind speed not ready...
6:19:47 PM 11-Mar-2022: External rh not ready...
6:19:47 PM 11-Mar-2022: Weather data not ready - retrying in 30 seconds.
6:20:17 PM 11-Mar-2022: Fetching data from weather station...
6:20:17 PM 11-Mar-2022: Temperature not ready...
6:20:17 PM 11-Mar-2022: Dewpoint not ready...
6:20:17 PM 11-Mar-2022: Pressure not ready...
6:20:17 PM 11-Mar-2022: Precipitation rate not ready...
6:20:17 PM 11-Mar-2022: Rain count not ready...
6:20:17 PM 11-Mar-2022: Wind speed not ready...
6:20:17 PM 11-Mar-2022: External rh not ready...
6:20:17 PM 11-Mar-2022: Weather data not ready - retrying in 30 seconds.
6:20:48 PM 11-Mar-2022: Fetching data from weather station...
6:20:48 PM 11-Mar-2022: Temperature not ready...
6:20:48 PM 11-Mar-2022: Dewpoint not ready...
6:20:48 PM 11-Mar-2022: Pressure not ready...
6:20:48 PM 11-Mar-2022: Precipitation rate not ready...
6:20:48 PM 11-Mar-2022: Rain count not ready...
6:20:48 PM 11-Mar-2022: Wind speed not ready...
6:20:48 PM 11-Mar-2022: External rh not ready...
6:20:48 PM 11-Mar-2022: Weather data not ready - retrying in 30 seconds.
6:21:18 PM 11-Mar-2022: Fetching data from weather station...
6:21:18 PM 11-Mar-2022: Temperature not ready...
6:21:18 PM 11-Mar-2022: Dewpoint not ready...
6:21:18 PM 11-Mar-2022: Pressure not ready...
6:21:18 PM 11-Mar-2022: Precipitation rate not ready...
6:21:18 PM 11-Mar-2022: Rain count not ready...
6:21:18 PM 11-Mar-2022: Wind speed not ready...
6:21:18 PM 11-Mar-2022: External rh not ready...
6:21:18 PM 11-Mar-2022: Weather data not ready - retrying in 30 seconds.
6:21:48 PM 11-Mar-2022: Fetching data from weather station...
6:21:48 PM 11-Mar-2022: Temperature not ready...
6:21:48 PM 11-Mar-2022: Dewpoint not ready...
6:21:48 PM 11-Mar-2022: Pressure not ready...
6:21:48 PM 11-Mar-2022: Precipitation rate not ready...
6:21:49 PM 11-Mar-2022: Rain count not ready...
6:21:49 PM 11-Mar-2022: Wind speed not ready...
6:21:49 PM 11-Mar-2022: External rh not ready...
6:21:49 PM 11-Mar-2022: Weather data not ready - retrying in 30 seconds.
6:22:19 PM 11-Mar-2022: Fetching data from weather station...
6:22:19 PM 11-Mar-2022: Temperature not ready...
6:22:19 PM 11-Mar-2022: Dewpoint not ready...
6:22:19 PM 11-Mar-2022: Pressure not ready...
6:22:19 PM 11-Mar-2022: Precipitation rate not ready...
6:22:19 PM 11-Mar-2022: Rain count not ready...
6:22:19 PM 11-Mar-2022: Wind speed not ready...
6:22:19 PM 11-Mar-2022: External rh not ready...
6:22:19 PM 11-Mar-2022: Weather data not ready - retrying in 30 seconds.
6:22:51 PM 11-Mar-2022: Fetching data from weather station...
6:22:51 PM 11-Mar-2022: Temperature not ready...
6:22:51 PM 11-Mar-2022: Dewpoint not ready...
6:22:51 PM 11-Mar-2022: Pressure not ready...
6:22:51 PM 11-Mar-2022: Precipitation rate not ready...
6:22:51 PM 11-Mar-2022: Rain count not ready...
6:22:51 PM 11-Mar-2022: Wind speed not ready...
6:22:51 PM 11-Mar-2022: External rh not ready...
6:22:51 PM 11-Mar-2022: Weather data not ready - retrying in 30 seconds.
6:23:22 PM 11-Mar-2022: Fetching data from weather station...
6:23:22 PM 11-Mar-2022: Temperature not ready...
6:23:22 PM 11-Mar-2022: Dewpoint not ready...
6:23:22 PM 11-Mar-2022: Pressure not ready...
6:23:22 PM 11-Mar-2022: Precipitation rate not ready...
6:23:22 PM 11-Mar-2022: Rain count not ready...
6:23:22 PM 11-Mar-2022: Wind speed not ready...
6:23:22 PM 11-Mar-2022: External rh not ready...
6:23:22 PM 11-Mar-2022: Weather data not ready - retrying in 30 seconds.
6:23:52 PM 11-Mar-2022: Fetching data from weather station...
6:23:52 PM 11-Mar-2022: Temperature not ready...
6:23:52 PM 11-Mar-2022: Dewpoint not ready...
6:23:52 PM 11-Mar-2022: Pressure not ready...
6:23:52 PM 11-Mar-2022: Precipitation rate not ready...
6:23:52 PM 11-Mar-2022: Rain count not ready...
6:23:52 PM 11-Mar-2022: Wind speed not ready...
6:23:52 PM 11-Mar-2022: External rh not ready...
6:23:52 PM 11-Mar-2022: Weather data not ready - retrying in 30 seconds.
6:24:22 PM 11-Mar-2022: Fetching data from weather station...
6:24:22 PM 11-Mar-2022: Temperature not ready...
6:24:22 PM 11-Mar-2022: Dewpoint not ready...
6:24:22 PM 11-Mar-2022: Pressure not ready...
6:24:22 PM 11-Mar-2022: Precipitation rate not ready...
6:24:22 PM 11-Mar-2022: Rain count not ready...
6:24:22 PM 11-Mar-2022: Wind speed not ready...
6:24:22 PM 11-Mar-2022: External rh not ready...
6:24:22 PM 11-Mar-2022: Weather data not ready - retrying in 30 seconds.
6:24:53 PM 11-Mar-2022: Fetching data from weather station...
6:24:53 PM 11-Mar-2022: Temperature not ready...
6:24:53 PM 11-Mar-2022: Dewpoint not ready...
6:24:53 PM 11-Mar-2022: Pressure not ready...
6:24:53 PM 11-Mar-2022: Precipitation rate not ready...
6:24:53 PM 11-Mar-2022: Rain count not ready...
6:24:53 PM 11-Mar-2022: Wind speed not ready...
6:24:53 PM 11-Mar-2022: External rh not ready...
6:24:53 PM 11-Mar-2022: Weather data not ready - retrying in 30 seconds.
6:25:23 PM 11-Mar-2022: Fetching data from weather station...
6:25:23 PM 11-Mar-2022: Temperature not ready...
6:25:23 PM 11-Mar-2022: Dewpoint not ready...
6:25:23 PM 11-Mar-2022: Pressure not ready...
6:25:23 PM 11-Mar-2022: Precipitation rate not ready...
6:25:23 PM 11-Mar-2022: Rain count not ready...
6:25:23 PM 11-Mar-2022: Wind speed not ready...
6:25:23 PM 11-Mar-2022: External rh not ready...
6:25:23 PM 11-Mar-2022: Weather data not ready - retrying in 30 seconds.
6:25:54 PM 11-Mar-2022: Fetching data from weather station...
6:25:54 PM 11-Mar-2022: Temperature not ready...
6:25:54 PM 11-Mar-2022: Dewpoint not ready...
6:25:54 PM 11-Mar-2022: Pressure not ready...
6:25:54 PM 11-Mar-2022: Precipitation rate not ready...
6:25:54 PM 11-Mar-2022: Rain count not ready...
6:25:54 PM 11-Mar-2022: Wind speed not ready...
6:25:54 PM 11-Mar-2022: External rh not ready...
6:25:54 PM 11-Mar-2022: Weather data not ready - retrying in 30 seconds.
6:26:24 PM 11-Mar-2022: Fetching data from weather station...
6:26:24 PM 11-Mar-2022: ***WARNING*** WeatherCat was not able to fetch all the weather data from the hardware after repeated tries.

[elagache]

Dear drewaz and WeatherCat troubleshooters,

I reinstalled the current driver again after uninstalling it .... that didn't solve the problem and I see that the driver application has been installed.

Sorry to hear that my simple fix didn't work.  Unfortunately, I have been able to keep up with the Monterey related issues, so this about all the advice I can offer.

Hey, all you WeatherCat users on macOS Monterey . . . . . . . Any thoughts on what to try next? . . . . . .

Edouard

[drewaz]

I appreciate your effort Edouard!  I've been running WC since 2011 ...  numerous software and computer changes and it's always worked!  This is almost unbearable!!!!!

I know others have dealt with a Monterey issue and maybe someone will come up with a solution.  I have a Catalina clone but I'm hesitant to go back because I'm planning to upgrade my Mac and it will come with Monterey. 

Thanks again ...  I know you are a wonderful resource to the WC community.

[xairbusdriver]

The following WC forum members have reported using WC 3.1.3 and Monterey successfully:

• Steve
• Aardvark
• PeggyD
• CPVSteve
• ColdnFrosty
• 271249horst
• Marosan
• drewas
• seejayess

A forum search may result in others.

Edouard gave you some specific steps in Post #23. I cannot see from your Post #24 if you followed all of them or not. As I’m sure you are aware from your other posts, many times all steps must be followed and in the correct order. One thing I think Apple has made more difficult in Monterey is removing the System Information function from the Apple menu. If that function is still there, it is the easiest way to see if old extensions are still installed.

Hoping some more folks come through with any details of their upgrade to WC and Monterey.

Edit 3-15: added two more using WC 3.1.3, Python3 and Monterey.

[drewaz]

Problem solved!!!!!

Someone suggested that I check the port to see if it changed during the transition to Monterey ... and it had!  I set the comms port to the Silicon Labs driver and all is well!

[elagache]

Dear drewaz, X-Air, and WeatherCat troubleshooters,

Someone suggested that I check the port to see if it changed during the transition to Monterey ... and it had!  I set the comms port to the Silicon Labs driver and all is well!

Glad to hear your problem is solved.  Yes, WeatherCat will default to another station connection method if the one you had previously selected is unavailable.  Sometimes the solution is indeed hidden in plain sight.

Cheers, Edouard