Setting Vantage Vue archive interval

[Rob Cranfill]

(I've tried searching here for the answer to this; if it's asked-and-answered, please let me know where.)

It has been pointed out to me that the archive interval of my weather station, a Vantage Vue, doesn't match my WeeWX config (60 seconds .vs. 300) and that WeeWX therefore uses the hardware's value, which is rather low (that is, a fast interval).

Can anyone tell me how to change that on the Vue? I think I have two options: use WeatherLink, which is kind of not an option for me as the station is not connected to a Windows machine (it's an RPi); or set the value "by hand" with a telecom program.

I'm a little fuzzy on that 2nd option. Does that fact that I have a data logger hooked up enter into things? So I just stop WeeWX and then use some terminal program to connect to the console then issue a SETPER command?

Thanks for any pointers.

/rob

http://robcranfill.net/weather

[Tom Keffer]

https://www.weewx.com/docs/5.0/hardware/vantage/#vantage_archive_interval

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[Rob Cranfill]

Thank you. Another dumb question answered! (I'm reading thru the 5.0 docs, I swear! Guess I shoulda started with the hardware stuff....)

 /rob

[Rob Cranfill]

Can you tell me the implications of

rob@pi4:~ $ weectl device --set-interval=5
Using configuration file /etc/weewx/weewx.conf
Using driver weewx.drivers.vantage.
Using Vantage driver version 3.6.2 (weewx.drivers.vantage)
Old archive interval is 1 minutes, new one will be 5 minutes.
Proceeding will change the archive interval as well as erase all old archive records.
Are you sure you want to proceed (y/n)?

Are these just archived on the console? So if WeeWX was up to date, no impact on my database?

[gjr80]

Correct, your database won't be touched, it is just the logger memory that will be cleared of archive records. If WeeWX has been operating with your station and is up to date you will lose nothing.

Gary