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  • in reply to: 2022 EnviroDIY Hardware Status and Availability #17002
    James_NZ
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      Thanks Shannon.  Please let me know as I will likely order a few of these and some mayfly 1.1’s.

      Appreciate the hard work.

      James

      in reply to: 2022 EnviroDIY Hardware Status and Availability #16999
      James_NZ
      Participant

        Hi Shannon,

        Do you have any idea when the RS-485 half shields are likely to be in stock?

        James

        in reply to: Mayfly with Xbee MTech mDot LoRa module #16898
        James_NZ
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          Hi @ddrummonrtp and @aufdenkampe,

          I’m interested in using these mDot modules to connect with the Helium network.

          Dale or Anthony, would you mind posting your code to integrate mDot modules with the Mayfly?

          Thanks for your help!

          Regards,

          James

           

           

           
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          in reply to: Hydros CTD-10 Regularly Dropping Out (-9999) #16666
          James_NZ
          Participant

            @sgfulton  Thank you!

            I will give this a crack.

            Regards,

            James

             

             

            in reply to: Hydros CTD-10 Regularly Dropping Out (-9999) #16497
            James_NZ
            Participant

              @shicks, thanks for your help anyway Shannon.   @aufdenkampe, any insight on the code above would be greatly appreciated.


              @neilh20
              , yes all setups are the same.  Some work fine, others have issues with dropping out.  I have spare Mayflies and a spare CTD, but no spare turbidity sensor.  Did you ever end up producing your Mayfly wings for the 0.5?  This might just be another case of rubbish RS485/ttl’s.

              I kinda wish my project was delayed by six months so I could get the version 1.0’s with the new modbus wing!

              James

               

               

              in reply to: Hydros CTD-10 Regularly Dropping Out (-9999) #16482
              James_NZ
              Participant

                Hi @shicks.  I’m just wondering if you saw anything in the code above that might be causing this problem?

                Regards,

                James

                 

                in reply to: Hydros CTD-10 Regularly Dropping Out (-9999) #16445
                James_NZ
                Participant

                  Hi @shicks and @neilh20

                  I’m leaning more towards an interaction with the MODBUS wing.  I had one station that produced -9999’s constantly when the Turbidity sensor was plugged in, and operated fine when I removed the MODBUS wing.  This drove me nuts until Anthony pointed me towards the complex loop code where I set the Turbidity sensor to low after each reading to avoid bleeding voltage.  I have subsequently uploaded the new code to all stations, which I assumed would fix the intermittent problems, but that doesn’t seem to be the case.

                  Other factors: there is no damage to the cables, no corrosion, and no perceivable storm damage.

                  Shannon, I’m using v0.5b and the sensor is powered from the grove slot (D10/D11).  I changed the voltage jumper to 5v because 3.3v was resulting in -9999 values (I assume because of brownout?).

                  I haven’t tried unplugging the MODBUS wing, but I bet the CTD record would be perfect if I did.  I can test this later this week if we don’t find another solution.

                  Perhaps it’s my code (see below)?  Can either of you see any obvious errors?

                  Thanks for your help.

                  James

                   

                  James_NZ
                  Participant

                    Okay, after a good night’s sleep I decided to tackle this again and I think I have fixed it.  I simply added a line before the internet connection loop:

                    It’s now logging to MMW.  Please let me know if this is fundamentally wrong or will cause problems in the future.

                    James

                    James_NZ
                    Participant

                      Hi @aufdenkampe,

                      I have followed your advice and I think this is working, i.e., I am no longer having problems with -9999 values for the CTD.

                      However, the complex loop code is preventing publication of data to MMW.  I’m sure this is something simple, but I can’t seem to figure it out.

                      I have tracked the issue to line 483 where the code checks to see if the modem is connected to the internet, i.e., ‘if(modem.connectInternet())’.  The lights on the modem don’t seem to power up at all, and the loop just continues reading sensor values and storing it on the SD card.  Am I missing something in the setup loop?

                      Thanks again for your help.

                      James

                       

                      James_NZ
                      Participant

                        Thank you Anthony.  It sounds like this may be the problem.  It seems strange that I have 9 of 10 sites operating perfectly, but this site refuses to play nice.  I will try your solution when I get some time over the Christmas break.

                        Have a great Christmas and New Year.

                        James

                         

                         

                         

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