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I don’t recall seeing any announcement on the forums, so I thought I’d share with everyone that the latest Hydros 21 sensors (Generation 2) require ModularSensors version 0.33.3 or later.
I don’t recall seeing any announcement on the forums, so I thought I’d share with everyone that the latest Hydros 21 sensors (Generation 2) require ModularSensors version 0.33.3 or later. We recently learned this after replacing a failed sensor in the field, and our Mayfly could no longer communicate with it. Since we have dozens of EnviroDIY stations deployed across the country, we don’t proactively install the latest version of the MS library unless there is a specific reason to do so.
Just letting others know so that they can avoid having this issue.
It seems that in the past year Meter Group made some changes to the amount of time the CTD sensors need to take a measurement, so we increased the wait time from 500 milliseconds to 1000 milliseconds. If you use the new code to talk to an older sensor, all you’re doing is waiting an extra half second, so there’s no reason to keep the old code.
A couple bits of additional info. To visually identify whether your Hydros 21 is a Gen 1 or a Gen 2, see attached photos of the sensor head on each version. Note that some Gen 1’s had red cables
A couple bits of additional info. To visually identify whether your Hydros 21 is a Gen 1 or a Gen 2, see attached photos of the sensor head on each version. Note that some Gen 1’s had red cables, but not all.
Second, as Shannon noted in the post she linked to above, the address-setting on the Gen 2 is slightly more finicky; you just have to repeat it a few times. Here’s my serial output from the b_address_change.ino sketch:
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Opening SDI-12bus...
Powering up sensors...
Checking address0...Vacant
Vacant
Vacant
Checking address1...Vacant
Occupied
Sensor active at address1.
Enter newaddress.
Readdressing sensor.
Success.Rescanning forverification.
Checking address0...Occupied
Sensor active at address0.
Enter newaddress.
Readdressing sensor.
Success.Rescanning forverification.
Checking address0...Vacant
Vacant
Vacant
Checking address1...Occupied
Sensor active at address1.
Enter newaddress.
Note the “Checking address 1…Vacant
Occupied”. Then after the first “Enter new address” prompt, I typed 1, but it came back with “address 0…Occupied”. So be persistent and your change will take.
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