I've noticed over the last few weeks that my weather station has often
stopped uploading to the internet during the afternoon. When returning
home there is nothing obviously wrong with the PC other than
WeatherLink 5.6 has locked up (the various windows, bulletin and upload
screens) appear bank with the hour glass. I'm beginning to suspect that
WU is not uploading properly at 'their' end, hence the upload process
is stalled. Sometimes I've noticed that an hour or two goes by and it
all starts to update again. I also have the Davis uploads and ARPS
which also get suspended too. It is possible that it's the APRS
uploads, although it tends to skip if it doesn't connect during the
process.

Anyone else experiencing the same problem?

Keith (Southend)


Keith, you may recall my recent saga over Weatherlink 5.6 occasionally
freezing on upload. After much Googling around I discovered a forum
dedicated to Mailwasher (which I use). Apparently there is a problem with
Mailwasher where you think you've closed it but it's operating in the
background causing the PC to run slowly with associated upload problems. Now
I make doubly sure it's turned off after using it and the upload problem no
longer occurs. Weatherlink upload also stalls from time to time on upload
if Bulletin mode is left on. In my experience this has been a 'feature' of
various versions of WL across a range of PCs. My experience of WU is that
this is generally reliable for upload and when occasional problems do occur
it is often the result of the WU software people carrying out an upgrade.
Best way to check is if other sites using WU are working. I usually check
yours:-). APRS is a bit of a puzzle. I've noticed gaps in the record despite
WL uploading fine to my website and to WU. In addition APRS only accepts
live data for upload.
See what clues Windows Task Manager gives you about processes operating on
your PC. I also regularly check File-View-Log on WL to see what is (or not)
going on

All the best

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George in Epping, West Essex (107m asl)
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