Dates on Graphs wrong

[redcat]

Somehow part of WL has started using the wrong date. WL 5.9.3 running on a new windows7 machine. Today my internet graphs say it is 4-32-2012 and are blank. I have tried syncing the date and time, and clearing the archive memory. Rebooted etc.

In my search I found several references to having to delete the .wlk file. When I checked all I have is 2012-04.wlk. Is there anything else I can try. I would prefer not to lose 12 days of data. I have become very disillusioned with WL. This is the 3rd-4th "burp" since I started the system the first of the year.

Thank You R

[ocala]

I had something similar to that a while back. Problem you have  is some corrupted data. I forget the fix but I just called Davis and they walked me through it. Something about powering down the unit and unplugging the data logger then powering it back up.
 

[Bushman]

You should be abel to edit the bad data out using Jruys WLK editor

[redcat]

Thank you Bushman,

I found the .WLK editor. But I am not able to find or edit anything in April. The earliest is March 29. Looks like I am going to have to power down the counsel and restart it and most likly delete all of Aprils data.   R

[Bushman]

That does not make sense.  You sure you had the right month's WLK file open?

[ocala]

Thank you Bushman,

I found the .WLK editor. But I am not able to find or edit anything in April. The earliest is March 29. Looks like I am going to have to power down the counsel and restart it and most likly delete all of Aprils data.   R

When I powered down I didn't lose any data.

[dalecoy]

I'm confused.

You said: "When I checked all I have is 2012-04.wlk"

And then:

I found the .WLK editor. But I am not able to find or edit anything in April. The earliest is March 29. Looks like I am going to have to power down the counsel and restart it and most likly delete all of Aprils data.   R

Are you saying that the 2012-04.wlk file has March data?  If you can't find anything in April, how are you going to delete the April data?

You said: "I have tried syncing the date and time, and clearing the archive memory. Rebooted etc."
If you have cleared the archive memory, then all of that saved data is gone already.  Otherwise, you could just delete the .wlk file(s) and then re-download from the logger's memory.

[redcat]

Well when I doublechecked I found WL running. I had forgoten that I have it running as a squelched task and WL restarted itself after 5 min if it gets accidentally shut down. When I shut WL down for the second time, I was able to see the info in the 4-12 file. There is data listed for evenday this April except today 4-12-2012. But When I checked I am missing data for both 3-30 and 3-31. This leads me to believe that my issue is ongoing as apposed to acute.

Corrected spelling

[redcat]

OK, I only lost about 16 hours of data. I was able to trace the problem to a Microsoft update. The auto update must not have done a safe shutdown of WL and corrupted the data, giving me 32 days in April.

Then after several hours of trying to get WL up and running correctly I cleared the Archive Memory when I was syncing the date and time. The mistake I made was clearing the Active memory. I was able to restore from yesterdays restore point. And all of Aprils data up to that point. And WL updated back to the point I had cleared the memory. So I am lucky we only lost about 3/4 of a day.

If anyone has been able to read lost data on the Davis data logger I would appreciate a message as how to. Thank you all for your help R

correected spelling errors

[dalecoy]

.... I had forgoten that I have it running as a squelched task and WL restarted itself after 5 min if it gets accidentally shut down. ...

I have no idea what a squelched task is, but perhaps that caused your problem with the Microsoft update. 

OK, I only lost about 16 hours of data. I was able to trace the problem to a Microsoft update. The auto update must not have done a safe shutdown of WL and corrupted the data, giving me 32 days in April.

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If anyone has been able to read lost data on the Davis data logger I would appreciate a message as how to. Thank you all for your help R

If the archive is cleared, it is cleared.  If the data is lost, it is lost. 

I gather you have been running WeatherLink for a month or less, and "have become very disillusioned with WL". 

By the way, how is your Fire Department weather project coming along?

[redcat]

.... I had forgotten that I have it running as a squelched task and WL restarted itself after 5 min if it gets accidentally shut down. ...

I have no idea what a squelched task is, but perhaps that caused your problem with the Microsoft update.

Wl will not run as a service on its own. You can purchase a program that will allow you to run WL as a service or you can install WL as a squelched task. It will start WL and run in the background when the computer is started or restarted after a shutdown. The big advantage is that a user doesn't need to be logged in for WL to be running and updating a webpage. The disadvantage is that it is difficult to be able to view the "Bulletin"  from a user's account.


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If anyone has been able to read lost data on the Davis data logger I would appreciate a message as how to. Thank you all for your help R

If the archive is cleared, it is cleared.  If the data is lost, it is lost. 

That's what I thought/feared.

I gather you have been running WeatherLink for a month or less, and "have become very disillusioned with WL". 

We rushed and started the Davis system up on 12-31-2011 so we could start a statistical year starting 1-1 At the FD. I then found and got the WL web pages up on my Comcast personal web Page. It then took me about 2 weeks to transfer WL from an old laptop to a new windows 7 dell. We also have had several "Burps" and I have spent many hours getting it back up and running.

The Davis Vantage Pro2 at the FD is in a better location and appears more accurate than the OS I have at home. I Started the Oregon Scientific station with Freewx and after problems with keeping Freewx running, I upgraded to Weather Display on my home system. I have had almost no trouble with WD and allot of problems keeping WL up and running. 


By the way, how is your Fire Department weather project coming along?
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It is coming along slowly. Much of what I am doing is new to me. Next is to get a web page started along with a second a second weather program so we have redundant records. Once I get a stable program running we hope to start uploading to weather-underground or the like.

[dalecoy]

WeatherLink may not be fancy.  But in my experience it is reliable.

I have 8 years of WeatherLink data that is continuous (except for a short gap when I moved the station from New Mexico to Missouri).