weatherflowudp crash

Jamie Stephens

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Jul 27, 2020, 9:38:42 AM7/27/20

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adter a couple day weewx will shutdown this is what i see in the logs. it will run anywhere from 1-3 days before this happens

running Ubuntu 20.04 on a VM

last successful update before crash was at 755 am

Jul 27 07:55:25 weewx weewx[4992] INFO weewx.manager: Added record 2020-07-27 07:55:00 EDT (1595850900) to daily summary in 'weewx.sdb'

Jul 27 07:55:25 weewx weewx[4992] DEBUG weewx.reportengine: Running reports for latest time in the database.

Jul 27 07:55:25 weewx /weewxd: weatherflowudp: MainThread: Listening for UDP broadcasts to IP address <broadcast> on port 50222, with timeout 90 and share>

Jul 27 07:55:25 weewx weewx[4992] DEBUG weewx.restx: StationRegistry: wait interval (69600 < 604800) has not passed for record 2020-07-27 07:55:00 EDT (15>

Jul 27 07:55:25 weewx weewx[4992] DEBUG weewx.reportengine: Running report 'SeasonsReport'

Jul 27 07:55:25 weewx weewx[4992] DEBUG weewx.reportengine: Found configuration file /etc/weewx/skins/Seasons/skin.conf for report 'SeasonsReport'

Jul 27 07:55:25 weewx weewx[4992] DEBUG weewx.cheetahgenerator: Using search list ['weewx.cheetahgenerator.Almanac', 'weewx.cheetahgenerator.Station', 'we>

Jul 27 07:55:25 weewx weewx[4992] DEBUG weewx.manager: Daily summary version is 2.0

Jul 27 07:55:25 weewx weewx[4992] DEBUG weewx.restx: CWOP: Connected to server cwop.aprs.net:14580

Jul 27 07:55:25 weewx weewx[4992] INFO weewx.restx: PWSWeather: Published record 2020-07-27 07:55:00 EDT (1595850900)

Jul 27 07:55:25 weewx weewx[4992] INFO weewx.restx: CWOP: Published record 2020-07-27 07:55:00 EDT (1595850900)

Jul 27 07:55:25 weewx weewx[4992] INFO weewx.restx: Wunderground-PWS: Published record 2020-07-27 07:55:00 EDT (1595850900)

Jul 27 07:55:27 weewx weewx[4992] INFO weewx.cheetahgenerator: Generated 8 files for report SeasonsReport in 1.84 seconds

Jul 27 07:55:27 weewx weewx[4992] DEBUG weewx.manager: Daily summary version is 2.0

Jul 27 07:55:27 weewx weewx[4992] INFO weewx.imagegenerator: Generated 15 images for report SeasonsReport in 0.51 seconds

Jul 27 07:55:27 weewx weewx[4992] INFO weewx.reportengine: Copied 0 files to /var/www/html/

Jul 27 07:55:27 weewx weewx[4992] DEBUG weewx.reportengine: Report 'SmartphoneReport' not enabled. Skipping.

Jul 27 07:55:27 weewx weewx[4992] DEBUG weewx.reportengine: Report 'MobileReport' not enabled. Skipping.

Jul 27 07:55:27 weewx weewx[4992] DEBUG weewx.reportengine: Report 'StandardReport' not enabled. Skipping.

Jul 27 07:55:27 weewx weewx[4992] DEBUG weewx.reportengine: Running report 'Belchertown'

Jul 27 07:55:28 weewx weewx[4992] DEBUG weewx.reportengine: Found configuration file /etc/weewx/skins/Belchertown/skin.conf for report 'Belchertown'

Jul 27 07:55:28 weewx weewx[4992] DEBUG weewx.cheetahgenerator: Using search list ['weewx.cheetahgenerator.Almanac', 'weewx.cheetahgenerator.Station', 'we>

Jul 27 07:55:28 weewx weewx[4992] DEBUG weewx.manager: Daily summary version is 2.0

Jul 27 07:55:29 weewx weewx[4992] INFO weewx.cheetahgenerator: Generated 11 files for report Belchertown in 1.92 seconds

Jul 27 07:55:29 weewx weewx[4992] INFO weewx.reportengine: Copied 2 files to /var/www/html

Jul 27 07:55:29 weewx weewx[4992] DEBUG weewx.manager: Daily summary version is 2.0

Jul 27 07:55:32 weewx weewx[4992] DEBUG weewx.reportengine: Report 'FTP' not enabled. Skipping.

Jul 27 07:55:32 weewx weewx[4992] DEBUG weewx.reportengine: Report 'RSYNC' not enabled. Skipping.

Jul 27 07:59:39 weewx weewx[4992] INFO weewx.engine: Main loop exiting. Shutting engine down.

Jul 27 07:59:39 weewx weewx[4992] INFO weewx.engine: Shutting down StdReport thread

Jul 27 07:59:39 weewx weewx[4992] DEBUG weewx.engine: StdReport thread has been terminated

Jul 27 07:59:39 weewx weewx[4992] DEBUG weewx.restx: Shut down CWOP thread.

Jul 27 07:59:39 weewx weewx[4992] DEBUG weewx.restx: Shut down PWSWeather thread.

Jul 27 07:59:39 weewx weewx[4992] DEBUG weewx.restx: Shut down Wunderground-PWS thread.

Jul 27 07:59:39 weewx weewx[4992] DEBUG weewx.restx: Shut down StationRegistry thread.

Jul 27 07:59:39 weewx weewx[4992] CRITICAL __main__: Caught unrecoverable exception:

Jul 27 07:59:39 weewx weewx[4992] CRITICAL __main__: **** a bytes-like object is required, not 'str'

Jul 27 07:59:39 weewx weewx[4992] CRITICAL __main__: **** Traceback (most recent call last):

Jul 27 07:59:39 weewx weewx[4992] CRITICAL __main__: **** File "/usr/share/weewx/user/weatherflowudp.py", line 310, in genLoopPackets

Jul 27 07:59:39 weewx weewx[4992] CRITICAL __main__: **** m0 = str(m[0],'utf-8').replace(",null",",None") # Python 3

Jul 27 07:59:39 weewx weewx[4992] CRITICAL __main__: **** UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0xaa in position 2: invalid start byte

Jul 27 07:59:39 weewx weewx[4992] CRITICAL __main__: ****

Jul 27 07:59:39 weewx weewx[4992] CRITICAL __main__: **** During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Jul 27 07:59:39 weewx weewx[4992] CRITICAL __main__: ****

Jul 27 07:59:39 weewx weewx[4992] CRITICAL __main__: **** Traceback (most recent call last):

Jul 27 07:59:39 weewx weewx[4992] CRITICAL __main__: **** File "/usr/share/weewx/weewxd", line 154, in main

Jul 27 07:59:39 weewx weewx[4992] CRITICAL __main__: **** engine.run()

Jul 27 07:59:39 weewx weewx[4992] CRITICAL __main__: **** File "/usr/share/weewx/weewx/engine.py", line 188, in run

Jul 27 07:59:39 weewx weewx[4992] CRITICAL __main__: **** for packet in self.console.genLoopPackets():

Jul 27 07:59:39 weewx weewx[4992] CRITICAL __main__: **** File "/usr/share/weewx/user/weatherflowudp.py", line 312, in genLoopPackets

Jul 27 07:59:39 weewx weewx[4992] CRITICAL __main__: **** m0 = m[0].replace(",null",",None") # Python 2

Jul 27 07:59:39 weewx weewx[4992] CRITICAL __main__: **** TypeError: a bytes-like object is required, not 'str'

Jul 27 07:59:39 weewx weewx[4992] CRITICAL __main__: **** Exiting.

Jul 27 08:09:44 weewx systemd[1]: Starting Message of the Day...

Jul 27 08:09:46 weewx 50-motd-news[6237]: * "If you've been waiting for the perfect Kubernetes dev solution for

Jul 27 08:09:46 weewx 50-motd-news[6237]: macOS, the wait is over. Learn how to install Microk8s on macOS."

Jul 27 08:09:46 weewx 50-motd-news[6237]: https://www.techrepublic.com/article/how-to-install-microk8s-on-macos/

Jul 27 08:09:46 weewx systemd[1]: motd-news.service: Succeeded.

Jul 27 08:09:46 weewx systemd[1]: Finished Message of the Day.

Jamie Stephens

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Jul 27, 2020, 9:49:32 AM7/27/20

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[WeatherFlowUDP]

driver = user.weatherflowudp

log_raw_packets = False

udp_address = <broadcast>

# udp_address = 0.0.0.0

# udp_address = 255.255.255.255

udp_port = 50222

udp_timeout = 90

share_socket = False

[[sensor_map]]

outTemp = air_temperature.ST-00015203.obs_st

outHumidity = relative_humidity.ST-00015203.obs_st

pressure = station_pressure.ST-00015203.obs_st

#lightning_strikes = lightning_strike_count.ST-00015203.obs_st

#avg_distance = lightning_strike_avg_distance.ST-00015203.obs_st

outTempBatteryStatus = battery.ST-00015203.obs_st

windSpeed = wind_speed.ST-00015203.rapid_wind

windDir = wind_direction.ST-00015203.rapid_wind

#luxXXX = illuminance.ST-00015203.obs_st

UV = uv.ST-00015203.obs_st

rain = rain_accumulated.ST-00015203.obs_st

windBatteryStatus = battery.ST-00015203.obs_st

radiation = solar_radiation.ST-00015203.obs_st

#lightningXXX = distance.ST-00015203.evt_strike

#lightningYYY = energy.ST-00015203.evt_strike

##############################################################################

Jamie Stephens

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Jul 28, 2020, 6:38:39 PM7/28/20

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another crash, any ideas?

Jul 28 08:20:26 weewx weewx[6505] DEBUG weewx.restx: CWOP: Connected to server cwop.aprs.net:14580

GNU nano 4.8 syslog Modified

Jul 28 17:58:23 weewx weewx[6505] CRITICAL __main__: **** File "/usr/share/weewx/user/weatherflowudp.py", line 312, in genLoopPackets

Jul 28 17:58:23 weewx weewx[6505] CRITICAL __main__: **** m0 = m[0].replace(",null",",None") # Python 2

Jul 28 17:58:23 weewx weewx[6505] CRITICAL __main__: **** TypeError: a bytes-like object is required, not 'str'

Jul 28 17:58:23 weewx weewx[6505] CRITICAL __main__: **** Exiting.

vince

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Jul 28, 2020, 7:06:27 PM7/28/20

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On Tuesday, July 28, 2020 at 3:38:39 PM UTC-7, Jamie Stephens wrote:

another crash, any ideas?

First guess is a python2/python3 thing. Are you on the latest version of the driver ?

Jamie Stephens

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Jul 28, 2020, 7:36:22 PM7/28/20

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thanks Vince using 1.10

might start disabling stuff and see if i can figure it out.

vince

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Jul 28, 2020, 7:49:50 PM7/28/20

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FWIW, I'm using driver 1.1, weewx 4.1.1, python 3.5.3 on a somewhat dated pi3plus (Debian 9), with weewx installed using python3 and setup.py method.

vince

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Jul 28, 2020, 7:50:32 PM7/28/20

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On Tuesday, July 28, 2020 at 4:49:50 PM UTC-7, vince wrote:

FWIW, I'm using driver 1.1, weewx 4.1.1, python 3.5.3 on a somewhat dated pi3plus (Debian 9), with weewx installed using python3 and setup.py method.

doh - Belchertown 1.1, mqtt 0.23, and weatherflowudp 1.10 that is....

Jamie Stephens

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Jul 28, 2020, 7:51:55 PM7/28/20

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I didn’t do the setup.py method. I’m still a Linux newb haha

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