A bad CWOP server address no longer crashes the CWOP thread.

TODO.txt

@@ -1,6 +1,13 @@
 TODO: items for the next release; complete list is at github
 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+Some inconsistencies on the "name" of a driver. In the User's Guide, it 
+tells you to set station_type to what is really the stanza name ---
+something like FineOffsetUSB. However, the utility wee_config requires
+you to specify the actual driver location, weewx.drivers.fousb.
+
+Similar problem with extension names.
+
 test deb upgrades
 
 test wee_extension on deb system

bin/weewx/restx.py

@@ -1050,8 +1050,13 @@ class CWOPThread(RESTThread):
         # a connection that works:
         for _serv_addr_str in self.server_list:
             
-            _server, _port_str = _serv_addr_str.split(":")
-            _port = int(_port_str)
+            try:
+                _server, _port_str = _serv_addr_str.split(":")
+                _port = int(_port_str)
+            except ValueError:
+                syslog.syslog(syslog.LOG_ALERT, 
+                              "restx: Bad CWOP server address: '%s'; ignoring..." % _serv_addr_str)
+                continue
             
             # Try each combination up to max_tries times:
             for _count in range(self.max_tries):

docs/changes.txt

@@ -50,6 +50,8 @@ decimal point.
 
 Increased precision of barometer posts to WOW from 1 to 3 decimal points.
 
+A bad CWOP server address no longer crashes the CWOP thread.
+
 The "alarm" example now includes a try block to catch a NameError exception
 should the alarm expression include a variable not in the archive record.