peted-davis
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6 months ago Thanks for the comment, I will update the documentation accordingly.
As it is possible for a hub to host multiple Tempest devices, the console cannot automatically determine from which device data should be displayed. Equally, when a new device appears on a hub, the console cannot determine if this is a replacement, or an addition of a new device. Hence input is required from the user
This is just a request for a minor update to the documentation - on the basis of an experience I have just had.
Recently my original Weatherflow station started to suffer from low battery charge and was powering off overnight despite being in full sun in summer, and I contacted support to resolve. They sent me a whole new station which I installed a few days ago.
Since then however, all statistics and numbers in the PiConsole stopped updating. The web view was fine but nothing was updating in the console. I am set to use UDP broadcast for live data. I did a "replace device" in the app.
It turns out that if the station serial number is changed, then a corresponding change needs to be made in wfpiconsole.ini to the TempestSN value. If not, you'll get no data.
Mine is now fixed and working fine, but I think it's worth a one line comment in the instructions that if the station is changed, then wfpiconsole.ini also needs to be updated. Or ideally dynamically learn of the TempestSN from the hub itself.