Topic: Tired of Davis Weather Station

[Bohaiboy]

I have had two Davis Vantage Pro 2 stations over the past 12 years.  My current one  is indicating  the datalogger is bad for a second time.  I just tired of paying Davis $225 for a USB Datalogger (cheaper at Scientific but still $170) if they are failing fairly frequently.  Any other stations of close quality would you recommend?

[Mattk]

Never ever had a Davis logger fail but then you mentioned the word USB  and right there is your problem, won't touch them, unfortunately WLIP were discontinued for political reasons but serial is fool proof     

[CW2274]

Never ever had a Davis logger fail but then you mentioned the word USB  and right there is your problem, won't touch them

My USB has been virtually flawless in the 10+ years I've been posting online, from Win XP to Win 10, and still truckin'.

[Bohaiboy]

I agree,  Based on the diagnosis analysis steps that Davis sent tome, the only thin left is a bad datalogger.  I dont necessarily believe that.  I am uninstalling and reinstalling the program to see if that helps.

[Garth Bock]

Where is the logger installed (console/Envoy) ? What is the firmware version? What is the indication that the logger is bad ? Could it be the console/Envoy or for that matter the computer it is plugged into? I am a long time Envoy with serial user with no problems (10 years). I also have an Envoy with USB on my test computer with only one problem thanks to a Windows 10 update. Switching the logger from USB mode to comm mode fixed it. I also have spare consoles one with USB and one with serial for sale here if interested.