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Logging interval resets every ~256 samples

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    • 2018-12-17 at 7:09 PM #12703
      Dan
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        When powering on the MayFly running a script with a Logger object, 10 samples are recorded at 2 minute intervals, regardless of what the value of loggingIntervalMinutes is. After these 10 samples, the logger reverts to loggingIntervalMinutes.

        I have additionally found that every ~256 measurements, (in my case, where I’m sampling at 15 minute intervals, this happens every 2 2/3 days), I get a string of 10 samples at 2 minute intervals. And then it goes back to loggingIntervalMinutes. Is this expected behavior? And does this mean that the MayFly is power cycling, or is (for example) some internal counter overflowing? Any insight appreciated.

      • 2018-12-18 at 9:46 AM #12704
        Shannon Hicks
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          What sketch are you running? Is it a sample from this forum, or from our Github repo, or something you wrote?

        • 2018-12-18 at 10:10 AM #12705
          fisherba
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            Sounds like Modular Sensors Library? The original versions had 2 minute readings scheduled at the beginning of logging to make it quick/easy to see if a station was logging upon deployment. I think @srgdamiano recently removed this from the new version of the Modular code.

          • 2018-12-18 at 12:56 PM #12706
            Sara Damiano
            Moderator

              Assuming you’re using the modular sensors library, the 2 minute reading on the start-up was a feature that was supposed to help with debugging. The idea was that right after deploying a station you’d want to make sure it was working so you’d want frequent measurements. I took it out in the most recent release because nearly everyone was confused by it and thought there must be a bug.

              Between versions ~0.6.6 and ~0.11.5 I’d additionally mistakenly set the internal sample count to an 8-bit instead of 16 bit integer, which was causing the sample count to roll over at 256 samples and re-enter the start-up interval.

              So, I think updating your library should make it work the way you expect. Please let me know if it doesn’t!

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