interesting 4.5.1 vantage driver entries with debug=1

[vince]

I did a little poking around my syslog this morning and noticed the following for my VP2 setup. I notice the same pattern every 5 minute archive period.

WeeWX is 4.5.1 set to debug=1 with a serial logger connected via serial2usb converter.

* the starting index goes 0,1,2,3,4 then rolls back to 0 in subsequent archive periods

* the Retry #0 failed is always there followed by a 'rude wakeup' message

* the DMPAFT complete message is interesting - does that show the oldest record in the logger ?   Looks like about 10 days which should be about what the logger can hold

No problems I'm aware of, I just thought I'd ask for a little explanation if anybody knows...

#---- grep -i vantage /var/log/syslog -----

Jul 27 07:50:16 debian weewx[13327] DEBUG weewx.drivers.vantage: Getting archive packets since 2021-07-27 07:45:00 PDT (1627397100)

Jul 27 07:50:17 debian weewx[13327] DEBUG weewx.drivers.vantage: Retry #0 failed

Jul 27 07:50:19 debian weewx[13327] DEBUG weewx.drivers.vantage: Rude wake up of console successful

Jul 27 07:50:19 debian weewx[13327] DEBUG weewx.drivers.vantage: Retrieving 1 page(s); starting index= 0

Jul 27 07:50:21 debian weewx[13327] DEBUG weewx.drivers.vantage: DMPAFT complete: page timestamp 2021-07-18 10:35:00 PDT (1626629700) less than final timestamp 2021-07-27 07:50:00 PDT (1627397400)

Jul 27 07:50:21 debian weewx[13327] DEBUG weewx.drivers.vantage: Catch up complete.

Jul 27 07:50:21 debian weewx[13327] DEBUG weewx.drivers.vantage: Requesting 200 LOOP packets.

Jul 27 07:50:21 debian weewx[13327] DEBUG weewx.drivers.vantage: Gentle wake up of console successful

Jul 27 07:55:16 debian weewx[13327] DEBUG weewx.drivers.vantage: Getting archive packets since 2021-07-27 07:50:00 PDT (1627397400)

Jul 27 07:55:17 debian weewx[13327] DEBUG weewx.drivers.vantage: Retry #0 failed

Jul 27 07:55:19 debian weewx[13327] DEBUG weewx.drivers.vantage: Rude wake up of console successful

Jul 27 07:55:19 debian weewx[13327] DEBUG weewx.drivers.vantage: Retrieving 1 page(s); starting index= 1

Jul 27 07:55:21 debian weewx[13327] DEBUG weewx.drivers.vantage: DMPAFT complete: page timestamp 2021-07-18 10:40:00 PDT (1626630000) less than final timestamp 2021-07-27 07:55:00 PDT (1627397700)

Jul 27 07:55:21 debian weewx[13327] DEBUG weewx.drivers.vantage: Catch up complete.

Jul 27 07:55:21 debian weewx[13327] DEBUG weewx.drivers.vantage: Requesting 200 LOOP packets.

Jul 27 07:55:21 debian weewx[13327] DEBUG weewx.drivers.vantage: Gentle wake up of console successful

Jul 27 08:00:16 debian weewx[13327] DEBUG weewx.drivers.vantage: Getting archive packets since 2021-07-27 07:55:00 PDT (1627397700)

Jul 27 08:00:16 debian weewx[13327] DEBUG weewx.drivers.vantage: Gentle wake up of console successful

Jul 27 08:00:16 debian weewx[13327] DEBUG weewx.drivers.vantage: Retrieving 1 page(s); starting index= 2

Jul 27 08:00:18 debian weewx[13327] DEBUG weewx.drivers.vantage: DMPAFT complete: page timestamp 2021-07-18 10:45:00 PDT (1626630300) less than final timestamp 2021-07-27 08:00:00 PDT (1627398000)

Jul 27 08:00:18 debian weewx[13327] DEBUG weewx.drivers.vantage: Catch up complete.

Jul 27 08:00:18 debian weewx[13327] DEBUG weewx.drivers.vantage: Requesting 200 LOOP packets.

Jul 27 08:00:18 debian weewx[13327] DEBUG weewx.drivers.vantage: Gentle wake up of console successful

Jul 27 08:05:16 debian weewx[13327] DEBUG weewx.drivers.vantage: Getting archive packets since 2021-07-27 08:00:00 PDT (1627398000)

Jul 27 08:05:16 debian weewx[13327] DEBUG weewx.drivers.vantage: Gentle wake up of console successful

Jul 27 08:05:16 debian weewx[13327] DEBUG weewx.drivers.vantage: Retrieving 1 page(s); starting index= 3

Jul 27 08:05:17 debian weewx[13327] DEBUG weewx.drivers.vantage: DMPAFT complete: page timestamp 2021-07-18 10:50:00 PDT (1626630600) less than final timestamp 2021-07-27 08:05:00 PDT (1627398300)

Jul 27 08:05:17 debian weewx[13327] DEBUG weewx.drivers.vantage: Catch up complete.

Jul 27 08:05:17 debian weewx[13327] DEBUG weewx.drivers.vantage: Requesting 200 LOOP packets.

Jul 27 08:05:17 debian weewx[13327] DEBUG weewx.drivers.vantage: Gentle wake up of console successful

Jul 27 08:10:16 debian weewx[13327] DEBUG weewx.drivers.vantage: Getting archive packets since 2021-07-27 08:05:00 PDT (1627398300)

Jul 27 08:10:16 debian weewx[13327] DEBUG weewx.drivers.vantage: Gentle wake up of console successful

Jul 27 08:10:16 debian weewx[13327] DEBUG weewx.drivers.vantage: Retrieving 1 page(s); starting index= 4

Jul 27 08:10:17 debian weewx[13327] DEBUG weewx.drivers.vantage: Requesting 200 LOOP packets.

Jul 27 08:10:17 debian weewx[13327] DEBUG weewx.drivers.vantage: Gentle wake up of console successful