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I have the Pro2 Compact connected to a laptop on win10 using CumulusMX.
It runs fine most of the time unless the pro2 is disconnected from the USB or Windows reboots for any reason.
When power is restored to the Pro2 and Cumulus is restarted the Pro2 screen goes blank and data stops.
I find I need to reinstall the software to the Pro2 then start CumulusMX and everything returns to normal.
Any ideas, please
Thanks
Philip
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Hi Philip,
I confirm the reported problem. It works with Cumulus 1, but occasionally the blank screen appears when CumulusMX is starting.
Already added a note on the download software page. Until I find what is causing the problem, the solution may be revert back to version 2.1
Thank you
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I will be working on it on the next days, however this kind of issues which happen occasionally aren't easy to debug.
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Hello Philip,
After one day poking around this matter, I can say that the reported issue isn't related with the latest software, it can also happen with other versions. The issue seems related with the first time the serial port is opened after powering up the receiver.
Technically, the issue seems related to the DTR line (which drives the GPIO0 pin to low). I will continue investigating.
Interestingly, when it happens, if we close CumulusMX, press the reset button to recover from the blank screen, and then (when the receiver is ready) start CumulusMX again, everything will work fine.
With Cumlus 1, this issue doesn't happen. Haven't tested with WeeWx yet.
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Hi Werk, Hi Philip,
I can confirm a similar behaviour with the WD display unit.
It can freeze at booting, when connected to a Windows PC initializing the device.
I think it might be a issue with the device driver in Windows and I had the topic especially with a USB3.0 port.
So I think this it not directly related with the software used but with the driver initializing the com port in Windows.
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engolling