danv
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Post by danv on Jan 5, 2018 19:30:11 GMT -8
I have followed the tutorial and all seems to be working fine until I get to the final step where I do the soldering so that JP5/Reset is connected to TP3/COUT. I have been developing with a power supply connected to the solar panel board and my battery is all charged up.
Now when I shut down and turn the switch on the solar panel off, then connect as stated above, turning the switch back on has no effect, now power up. This is true if I have my power supply plugged in and also if I unplug the power supply and use battery only. If I unplug the soldered connection all starts up as it should.
What is this telling me? Bad hardware? What can I check? I can continue with out the connection but the "pat the dog" method is not enabled and I might have to reset manually for the condition you state in your documentation,
Thank you.
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Post by SDL on Jan 6, 2018 7:39:34 GMT -8
Hi Dana,
OK. A couple of questions:
1) Send a picture of your setup.
2) What board are you hooking up? Give us the part number.
3) Which tutorial are you following?
BP
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weatherpi
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Post by weatherpi on Jan 8, 2018 12:51:31 GMT -8
Interesting. I have the same problem with my newly built setup as well. Its the GroverWeatherPi tutorial Part 6 - the wiring list. Last item on the list.
Its the wire from TP3/COUT (soldered) on the USB PowerController to WatchDog Board JP4/ArduinoReset (female jumper)
Won't boot when that wire is connected. Unplugging it from JP4 and the system boots immediately. Then reconnect it to JP4 and it runs fine.
I had forgotten about it until i read this post. Going to go over my version 1.0 build where this is working as intended and see if I can find something.
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Post by SDL on Jan 8, 2018 13:06:34 GMT -8
Folks, This is probably the problem: If you are not using Grove connectors: 1) Connect the Dog 1 input to a GPIO on your your Raspberry Pi. 2) Connect Power (3.3V and Ground) to your Raspberry Pi GPIO connector 3) Connect Pin 1 of the Grove Connector (as in the post above) to 3.3V. 4) Connect the Dog Out Pin (the Pulse) High pin to the Run pad on the Raspberry Pi3. Don't connect it until you have all your software running correctly. Look up the "Run Pad on the Raspberry Pi 3" to see how to connect it. The header position is marked RUN on the Raspberry Pi 3 Step 3 will be eliminated in future versions of the board. Step 3 is used if you have a version 110216-01-001 WatchDog Board. forum.switchdoc.com/thread/283/documentation-model-connection-watch-dog?page=1#ixzz4mRZmLyJXBP |
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danv
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Post by danv on Jan 11, 2018 13:07:04 GMT -8
BP, could you provide a diagram or picture showing the connections you describe above? Also what do you mean by "If you are not using Grove connectors:"? We are using lots of grove connectors in the project. Sorry for being so "dense" about this but I'm sill a bit confused by your answer.
Thank you.
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Post by SDL on Jan 12, 2018 6:34:38 GMT -8
Send me a picture clearly showing how you have the WatchDog Board hooked up. Let me take a look at that.
That should help me in helping you.
BP
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danv
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Post by danv on Jan 27, 2018 12:22:24 GMT -8
Sorry it took so long to get this to you. The station is in a very remote location. Hopefully this will help getting things working. Attachments:
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Post by SDL on Jan 27, 2018 12:43:06 GMT -8
Yep. That's the problem. If you are not using Grove connectors, you connect the Dog 1 input to a GPIO on your your Raspberry Pi. Power (3.3V and Ground) to your Raspberry Pi GPIO connector and then you need to tie Pin 1 of the Grove Connector (as in the post above) to 3.3V. From the Product page: Note: For boards version 110216-01-001 and earlier, Pin 1 and Pin 2 of the Grove Connector needs to be connected to VDD for the pin header inputs to work correctly. Read more: forum.switchdoc.com/thread/283/documentation-model-connection-watch-dog?page=1#ixzz55Q5JM8YMJohn (filling in for BP today) |
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danv
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Post by danv on Feb 10, 2018 14:15:33 GMT -8
Well...I wired things as you suggested and still nothing. I'll try getting some new hardware. Will the board I get allow connecting the Grove connector and not having to deal with all the other connections (except the pulse pin)? If I can use the grove connector instead, which one of the digital connectors should I use on the Grove Pi Board? Will I need to change the software depending on which digital connection I use?
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Post by SDL on Feb 10, 2018 16:08:54 GMT -8
Danv,
Remind what you mean by "Nothing". Let's go at this again.
Yes, everything is fine if you use the Grove Connector on the new boards. Otherwise you still need the pull-ups.
BP
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