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Post by sibrown on May 12, 2020 0:12:43 GMT -8
Hi,
I have been running the weatherPlus board for sometime as a basic weather station. I have just upgraded to V36 which may or may not be related to my issue.
I Have just ran FullDataString and it is showing my altitude is lower than what it should be, so a have reset several times and corrected it but it appears to just go back to the same values?
It should be 267.5m, but shows approx 201.93? any suggestions on how to correct this
thanks
{"variables": {"OurWeatherTime": "2020-05-12 09:01:54", "FullDataString": "18.23,45.06,21.07,102265.00,201.93,0.00,0.00,0.00,0.00,0.00,0.00,0.00,0.00,0.00,0.00,1,2020-05-12 09:01:54,Arinabea,0,-1,0.00,0.00,0.00,0.00,0.00,0.00,0.00,0.00,0.00,0.00,0.00,0.00,V:0,WXLMB ,0,,,0,,,0", "FirmwareVersion": "036", "IndoorTemperature": 21.07, "BarometricPressure": 102265.00, "Altitude": 201.93, "OutdoorTemperature": 18.23, "OutdoorHumidity": 45.06, "CurrentWindSpeed": 0.00, "CurrentWindGust": 0.00, "CurrentWindDirection": 0.00, "EnglishOrMetric": 1, "RainTotal": 0.00, "WindSpeedMin": 0.00, "WindSpeedMax": 0.00, "WindGustMin": 0.00, "WindGustMax": 0.00, "WindDirectionMin": 0.00, "WindDirectionMax": 0.00, "AirQualitySensor": 0, "ThunderBoardLast": ",,0,,,0", "ThunderBoardParams": "5,1,15,0,15,15", "ESP8266HeapSize": 33464}, "id": "1", "name": "OurWeather", "hardware": "esp8266", "connected": true}
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Post by SDL on May 13, 2020 12:28:43 GMT -8
Hmmm. Can you try setting your time to a different value? I'm wondering if something has gone wrong with the setup script.
BP
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Post by sibrown on May 14, 2020 10:57:51 GMT -8
Is seems to definitely be linked to the time.
Each time you refresh the string above the altitude changes by a few meters. Tried changing the RTC battery but this made no difference and also tried the time offset function, nothing again. Altering the time also changes the altitude but there doesn't seem any correlation between what time you set it to and the altitude reading?
SB
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Post by SDL on May 16, 2020 7:47:48 GMT -8
I believe the altitude number is calculated from the Barometric pressure so it kind of makes sense.
BP
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Post by sibrown on May 16, 2020 8:14:17 GMT -8
is there a fix/ some sort of offset that is required to give a more accurate reading or is it needing replaced?
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Post by SDL on May 16, 2020 11:21:49 GMT -8
I'll do a little investigation. What version of software are you running and what version of board do you have (V1 or V2 - ESP8266 (V1) or ESP32 (V2 - has external antenna).
BP
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Post by sibrown on May 16, 2020 22:30:54 GMT -8
I upgraded to the latest version 036, which may be related to the issue. Though probably just coincidence that I noticed it. Board is a V1 with double i2c grove connectors sn 0011-021916-01
thanks SB
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Post by SDL on May 19, 2020 15:01:45 GMT -8
Can you back down to 035 and test that? That would be very helpful.
BP
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Post by sibrown on May 22, 2020 8:38:42 GMT -8
Is there an easy way to do this/ Cmd? I have just been upgrading via OurWeather
SB
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Post by SDL on May 24, 2020 8:46:12 GMT -8
SiBrown,
No easy way. You have to compile the software and download it via the Arduino IDE.
And the altitude is calculated via software from the BMP280 and will not be terribly accurate.
BP
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