Weather Display not Always Connecting to Davis Vantage Vue USB Logger

Hello.

I’m using WD 10.37S152 with a Davis Vantage Vue (USB data logger).

I have a new Windows 11 computer and have transferred WD onto it.

When I open Weather Display, it doesn’t always connect to the weather station (the ‘Data Received’ light stays red).

I then click Exit > Save and Exit and then have to open the program again or maybe repeat the process a couple of times for it to connect.

This is an issue as the computer automatically restarts every morning.

Any ideas?

Thanks.

Hi
Why is the PC restarting every morning do you know or is it set to restart in scheduler?

The PC does a fair bit so a restart every day keeps it fresh and fast.

I’ve set WD to close down gracefully at a set time (via its settings) and then Windows Task scheduler reboots the PC.

One setting I’ve found in Device Manager on Com 3 (the weather com port) is ‘Allow the computer to turn off this device to save power’.

That could be it. I’ve unticked it and will keep an eye.

“The PC does a fair bit so a restart every day keeps it fresh and fast.”

why do this all the time?
My WD weather PC is on 24/7 and the only time it gets a restart is on windows update.
WD clears it memory every 6 hours, and I have never had a problem running it.
But if it works for you then thats fine

Same here - I’ve been burned in the past when WD closes unexpectedly, especially due to an automatic Windows update. To mitigate this, in Settings → Windows Update, I choose “Pause Updates” for 5 weeks. Typically, once per week, I manually check for Windows updates and if a restart is required I gracefully close WD after I backup the INI and REG via the Action menu and save those two files to my cloud. Why? Once during a Windows Update my PC failed to restart and I had to reinstall Windows that included wiping the drive. Having an “offsite” backup of those two files allowed me to reinstall WD using those files. If the only backup had been on the PC, I would have had to reconfigure WD from scratch.

Mines the same…Pause updates, Check once a month, Shut down WD, Do Updates, Restart away we go again…

I’ve had some more time to look at this.

Others have had issues: Connecting to Davis Vantage Vue failing

Sometimes I can get WD to work, more often or not it takes several goes (where WD loads but doesn’t connect to the Vue. If this happens I have to restart WD; often several times).

When it doesn’t work, I get this line in my debug log:

Connection failed com port 3

This issue occurs when I manually open WD, let alone after my PC is auto restarted every day.

I’ve tried removing and reinstalling the com port driver.

I’ve changed the baud rate to no avail.

Any other ideas?

Is windows putting the comm port in sleep mode?

Nope - I’ve turned off power-saving settings.

It’s odd that sometimes WD connects and other times it doesn’t.