As I have posted previously, I help the local Harbormaster with the Marina's Davis VP2 station. This is a bare-bones 6152. There is a Weatherlink IP interfaced to the console.
Periodically (at least once a year) the feed to Weatherlink.com stops. When the Marina is open or I can get the Harbormaster to meet me there, I have been able to get things running again with the standard full power-down of the console. Each time, the console itself continued to display good data.
I have a highly modified long-range repeater with 17dBi antenna, preamp and band-pass filter where I can receive the ISS directly. I post this data on my own website. (yes, I have permission). This is a good back-up to the WLIP. I got the Harbormaster's permission to upload data to CWOP and WU from this setup, albeit with missing baro data.
The Harbormaster is a seasonal employee and the weather here in Northern Michigan isn't conductive to accessing the Marina office during the winter at any rate.
I have been considering whether there is a more reliable way to have the data fed to Weatherlink.com.
Here are the options that I have been thinking about:
1. Ask the Harbormaster if I can remove the WLIP and install it in my own console. Thus, I would report the data to Weatherlink directly from my place using my own console via the repeater. The repeater is very reliable (after a lot of effort!) and this would be workable. I am using a VUE console that has a bad barometer. (actually very bad, since I disabled it by desoldering/scraping it off the PCB). I would probably have to replace this with a fully functional unit. (most likely at my own expense)
2. Replace the WLIP with a meteobridge Nano at the Marina's VP2 console. I don't know if this would be more reliable than the WLIP. I also don't know if the cause of the problem is systematic to the console/dongle interface and the potential would still exist. I'd hate to go through all that only to find that the situation wasn't remedied.
I also don't know if the problem is due to something like a DHCP lease expiration, or similar router related issue over at the Marina.
I appreciate any suggestions. I am leaning towards the first option, but since this is City property I might not be able to do this.
Greg H.