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Apr 10, 2021 16:03:45 GMT -8
Post by kbm on Apr 10, 2021 16:03:45 GMT -8
I've pulled down the github docs, and while I could parse through all the code I was hoping to get some explanations I didn't see anywhere else.
What do the LED's? For example it seems like at one point during the day they are all on? Like showing its charging but yet the board isn't actually online?
When the batteries run low it shuts off. Once the solar panels have generated enough current and charged the battery, shouldn't it come back online? This doesn't seem to be the case
The LED seems to turn on to the 'fire' or 'rainbow' at night. But this isn't reflected in the HTML json anywhere.
Overall it seems to work, when the battery is fully charged I see it online and I can pull the data from that web page. But it seems to go offline when there isn't enough current and I'm having a lot of difficulty troubleshooting it. Is there another forum discussing this device other than this one? I expected to see more discussion about it.
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Apr 11, 2021 15:40:05 GMT -8
Post by SDL on Apr 11, 2021 15:40:05 GMT -8
What do you mean by this question: What do the LED's?
Yes, it should shut off and then turn on again. One of the questions I have for you is what size of a battery you are using? Send a picture of your assembled unit also. I want to see the wiring.
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Apr 13, 2021 9:04:58 GMT -8
Post by kbm on Apr 13, 2021 9:04:58 GMT -8
The LED's come on at night, how can I make them not come on at night? Sometimes, the LED's all show a yellow circle. What does that mean? When the unit it switched on, and the battery re-charges. It won't come back on by itself? I have to power cycle it? I'm using a 3.7v 4000mah battery. Picture - imgur.com/a/ijdK83u |
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Apr 13, 2021 14:21:24 GMT -8
Post by SDL on Apr 13, 2021 14:21:24 GMT -8
Boy, I don't know if that is actually a 4000mAh battery. I have heard stories of batteries on Amazon that WAAAYYYY overstate the battery capacity. Where did you get the battery? We build these with the Adafruit 6600mAh batteries for testing. Works like a champ.
You can change the programming to whatever you like, you have the code. But I still want to help you.
I need to dig into the documentation and the rest code. Can you tell us what commands you are sending?
We have sold a few hundred of these over the past couple of years, and have not heard about any problems.
I haven't looked at the code for a couple of years, so I need a bit of time to get some answers.
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Apr 13, 2021 17:36:36 GMT -8
Post by kbm on Apr 13, 2021 17:36:36 GMT -8
You are correct, it might not be 4000mAh. But really what I'm looking for is how to make the board come back online once it has enough solar and/or battery power. Right now it just shuts off and I have to go manually power cycle it. Which means I have to keep it close by. Right now I'm just pulling data from it via the REST interface. I'm not sending any commands at all. But I'd like to be able to turn off all the LED's. Right now the LED's come on as soon as it gets dark outside. I realize that's the desired behavior but I'm asking if that can be changed. Its not that I'm having a problem with the unit. I'm just finding the documentation about it a bit lacking  And, I'm not quite good enough to go through the code and understand all of it myself so I thought I'd ask the source. Thanks! |
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And, I'm not quite good enough to go through the code and understand all of it myself so I thought I'd ask the source.