Backup without removing the SD-card

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@overeasy, this is an interesting thread, and I just read these as well:

Resend historical data to influxdb

[image] I need to move my influxdb to a new server to start fresh. From this post you mentioned: Dropping the database and recreating should give you a clean slate. When you restart the IoTaWatt, did you have the upload history from set prior to 17/03/2019? You also provided the following steps: Click STOP in the influx tab of the status display. Wait for the status to change to stopped. In the IoTaWatt influx configuration: Set “upload history from” to 03/17/2019. Add a tag of “id” w…

Query API: only works with current log - not so, explained

You’ve opened up a few issues here. I’ll start by saying that your result should be different, but not in the way you expect. The history log has resolution of 1 minute and you are asking for 5 second grouping. That presents a dilemma as to the appropriate response. Some possibilities are: Reject the query as not possible. Adjust the grouping 1m. Respond with only current log data. Respond with 5 second timestamps but only one in 12 for history log data. For Watts, Amps etc respond with the…

I’m coming up on my 1-year anniversary of my first IoTaWatt (yea!) and have not yet exported my data to the supported external databases. So, I was thinking of using the APIs to extract all the data to save it before the IoTaWatt runs out of space and may flush the oldest data out.

So, from what I gather from these threads, a 1-minute interval is what I should use for the API calls (that’s sufficient resolution for me for long-term data)?

Alternatively, should I decide to remove the microSD card and copy it, what format are the datalogs / history logs, that I may extract the data from there manually?

And, for completeness here, docs say:
https://docs.iotawatt.com/en/02_05_12/query.html

“The datalog contains measurements at 5 second (current log) and 1 minute (history log) intervals.”

I’m not finding how long the datalog goes back in time for the 5-second resolution…?