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Post by juanc on Aug 24, 2019 8:39:30 GMT -8
Before swapping the radio units, I removed the battery and with the panels in full sunlight I measured 6.4 V on the board solar panel contacts and Zero volts on the board battery contacts, in other words, the panels are not charging the battery. I did this test with the switch ON and OFF. When I plug in the battery I read 3.83 V across the board contacts with the switch ON or OFF.
With the battery plugged in, the panels in full sunlight and the switch ON, I measured 0.002 V across JP22 and JP23 (ground). Same thing if switch is OFF. There are no other LEDs shinning besides the red solar panel LED when in the sun.
I think that the SunAirPlus Solar Power Controller is faulty.
Do you still want me to swap the radio units?
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Post by SDL on Aug 24, 2019 13:12:31 GMT -8
OK. SunAir Plus won't really do anything without a battery plugged in. The controller thinks you have a bad battery and will refuse to charge. That's normal.
Your second test is much more telling. I am assuming you have a SunAirPlus board (and not a SunControl board - sometimes people confuse the two).
I believe you have a bad SunAirPlus board. This has been a rock solid product for us, so I'm somewhat surprised!
Here is your RMA:
SwitchDoc Labs RMA#:0824-01 909 S Shelley Lake Lane Spokane Valley, WA 99037
I'd like it back so I can look at it. Like I said, this is strange.
PM me your shipping address and we will cross ship you a new one!
BP
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Post by juanc on Aug 25, 2019 5:38:42 GMT -8
Ok, thank you! I will do as you ask. The board has SunAirPlus printed on it.
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Post by juanc on Sept 11, 2019 10:44:39 GMT -8
Hi SDL, I just received the new SunAirPlus board you sent me, and you must have received the bad SunAirPlus board that I sent you with UPS tracking number 9500 1123 8547 9248 3661 28. I hooked every thing up again and the new SunAirPlus is working very well with several red and green LEDS lighting when I switch the board ON. I measured 5.02 Volts across JP22 and JP23 (ground) and 3.89 Volts across the battery terminals under heavy cloud cover, so it seems everything is OK. Unfortunately, when I run testWXLink.py I keep getting the WXLink Not Found message. I've already swapped the Arduino Pro Mini with the LoRa boards a couple of times with same result. I have also connected the Arduino Pro Mini with the LoRa board to my computer's Arduino IDE and opened the Serial Monitor as you can see in the attached photo, but there is no output. My LoRa boards are identical to the ones DodgeDerek posted earlier in this thread. I then exchanged my RPi 3B+ with my new RPi 4 inserting the same SD card, but I keep getting the WXLink Not Found message. The other tests seem to run OK. When I try to run the SkyWeather.py program it starts and then hangs after printing: "after SHT30" and when I try to stop the program with Control c, it continues running as you can see in the attached image. What can I do now?
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Post by SDL on Sept 12, 2019 11:08:05 GMT -8
OK. First of all, it may take a couple of minutes to get through the SHT30 detection. So let it sit a while. Why don't have have an AM2315 or SHT30 connected?
You arduino test doesn't probably mean anything. You need to talk to it for it to respond.
Have you tried testWXLink.py? Could you post the results from that?
And give me a picture of where you are plugging in the LoRa board into the Pi2Grover board.
BP
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Post by juanc on Sept 13, 2019 7:32:41 GMT -8
Hi SDL, 1.- I have an AM2315 connected as you can see in the attached photo.
2.- I waited 45 minutes for SkyWeather.py to get past the "after SHT30" message to no avail. 3.- I ran testWXLink.py several times with the same result: WXLink Not Found
4.- I am attaching photos of where the LoRa board is connected:
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Post by juanc on Sept 13, 2019 7:42:42 GMT -8
I am also attaching a picture of where the other LoRa board connects to the RPi 3B+:
Finally, I am attaching my Conflocal.py file because I am afraid that my DEVICE PRESENT GLOBAL VARIABLES might be wrong.
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Post by SDL on Sept 13, 2019 7:55:29 GMT -8
What version of the Raspberry Pi are you using? Not sure this will work with the PI4. We have one but haven't tested it yet. Why do you have a WiFi dongle plugged into the board?
Are you using our SDCard or one you built? What version of the OS are you using?
I believe that both of these problems might be related to the RPi and OS.
BP
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Post by juanc on Sept 13, 2019 10:37:17 GMT -8
I am using a Raspberry Pi 3B+ that I bought in August 2018. My OS is BUSTER. I don't have a Wi-Fi dongle, it is my keyboard and mouse's Bluetooth dongle. I am using a SDCard that I built using NOOBS with Buster, and a file named: SDL_Pi_SkyWeather-master.zip that you (SwitchDocLabs) sent me because the card that came with my Kickstarter kit was damaged while upgrading to Buster.
After installing, the SkyWeather software was updated using GitHub.
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Post by juanc on Sept 13, 2019 11:09:03 GMT -8
If you think it is necessary, I will build a new SDCard if you give me precise instructions on how to do it.
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Post by SDL on Sept 13, 2019 18:14:39 GMT -8
Juanc,
I have duplicated your problem of not detecting the WXLink on a RPi4 on Buster (of course) and I'm working on it!
John
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Post by SDL on Sept 13, 2019 19:17:03 GMT -8
Juanc,
Here is what you to detect it. Don't be surprised if you have to move the LoRa away from the RPI4. That puppy generates a lot of RF. I used a 50cm Grove cable.
sudo raspi-config
go to 5 Interfacing Options
go to P6 Serial
Answer "No" to "would you like a login shell to be accessible over serial?"
Answer "Yes" to "would you like the serial port hardware to be enabled"
And rerun your software. I'm sticking this up on the product page. I suspect this is for buster and for the RPi4
John
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Post by juanc on Sept 15, 2019 5:56:20 GMT -8
Hi John, Just to make things clear, I am using a RPi 3B+ with Buster, not a RPi 4, although I do have an RPi 4 available. It seems that things are a bit better.
I followed your instructions and ran the testWXLink.py with the following results: Since the printout wasn't the same as shown in the "SkyWeather WXLink Assembly and Testing Guide", first I exchanged the LoRa boards with the same results, then I inserted a print line in the test program to see what was being read:
And this is the result:
Apparently, the test program is not reading the sensors.
What can I do now?
Juan
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Post by SDL on Sept 15, 2019 15:09:26 GMT -8
I believe that the issue was with the new setup of Buster now, and not just the RPi4, so I'm glad it is working.
There is no data being read because nothing is being sent.
Move over to the transmitter and see what is going on there. Don't have the transmitter too close to the receiver, otherwise you will over modulate and you won't receive anything.
Can you check to see what the Arduino is sending? By looking at the Serial interface with an FTDI cable?
BP
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Post by juanc on Sept 16, 2019 8:11:14 GMT -8
Hi BP,
The transmitter is about 7 yards (6.4 meters) away, is this too far? What do you mean by " Move over to the transmitter and see what is going on there." I don't have a FTDI cable and it would take at least 10 days for me to get one. But if I do obtain one, I wouldn't know how to use it. How am I suppose to look at the Serial interface with an FTDI cable? Is there any other way to see what is happening with the transmitter besides having to buy a FTDI cable?
Please send precise instructions. Thanks.
Juan
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