record augmentation and catch up, Vantage console

[tomas]

Hello, I have an instance of weewx attached to a weatherlink device, as usual. Archive_interval is set to one hour in the console. 

If I choose record_generation = hardware

I get sticked to one hour interval.

And if I choose   record_generation = software,

I cannot catch up with the console's database after a powerdown.

Is there a way to increase frequency in my weewx database (and restful posts) and still catching up console's database when starting weewx?

[Tom Keffer]

I'm not following. Why not just change the archive interval to something smaller?

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[tomas]

I am not allowed to change the archive interval inside the console. It is safer to preserve data this way: weatherlink devices store 7200 packets, so one hour interval gives around 10 months storing memory.

[tomas]

In post_loop definition, could I chage ._software_catchup()  to ._catchup(self.engine.console.genArchiveRecords) ?

            [......]

            if self.record_generation == 'software':
                self._software_catchup()
            elif self.record_generation == 'hardware':
                # Otherwise, try to honor hardware generation. An exception
                # will be raised if the console does not support it. In that
                # case, fall back to software generation.
                try:
                    self._catchup(self.engine.console.genArchiveRecords)
                except NotImplementedError:
                    self._software_catchup()