New member here, but not new to weather watching as I've had a Weather Monitor II (with WeatherLink) going for about 25 years. Anyway, it's about time to look at an upgrade and I've done a fair amount of forum searching on Weatherlink Serial/USB/IP. Lots of good info here, but I did have a few questions where either I didn't see obvious answers or enough time has passed that maybe something has changed.
1) For WLIP, I understand if there is a network interruption, WLIP will send missing data and archive to WL.com once the connection is restored. Will WL.com also resend missing data to WU? That is one thing that even my current WL does pretty well directly to WU, but I'm a little worried that WL.com may not.
2) I've read that the WLIP logger requires the VP2 (or VVue) console to be AC powered. If the AC is interrupted and it only runs on batteries, does WLIP automatically forego any upload activity until power is restored and then resume upload of missed data/archives? I guess the question is how cleanly does WLIP handle power loss. I realize that a better option would be an UPS, but I'm just asking. I don't think over the 25 years I've ever had the WMII lose both AC and battery power, but the AC has certainly had its fair share of interruptions.
3) Is the WL USB version still considered risky for dropped communication? Right now, I'm using my old WL Serial with a Serial-to-USB conversion to an Acer netbook with good success so I'm thinking I might continue that with the new WL, but the Acer and the console are a fair distance apart and it might be better to just use the IP version, but was just wondering about USB in case it makes since to relocate the netbook near the console (which is possible but less convenient to work on).
4) Is there current success with using third-party software (WD, etc) while also doing WL.com uploads with WLIP? I've read that many use a time slicing approach to give WLIP time to upload to WL.com, but really wondering how reliable that has been for those that have tried it. Maybe it's still better to do one or the other.