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Jake Lemon replied to the topic Power Issue in the forum Mayfly Data Logger 1 years ago
Thanks Shannon. I did swap the battery when I swapped the logger. I am using the matte finish panel. Also, I went to the EnviroDIY knowledge base parts list and clicked the link for the panel there. The link sends me to the old panel on Adafruit rather than the new panel we are using.
I believe everything is plugged in to the correct ports on the…[Read more]
neilh20 replied to the topic Monitoring power consumption in the forum Mayfly Data Logger 1 years, 1 months ago
Matt Thanks for posting. I’m away from my computer till next week, so I’ll be interested to look when I get back.
Seems like SpokaneRiver-Peaceful has good solar, and the battery never gets low.
Shannon Hicks replied to the topic Rain gauge gets stuck in the forum Environmental Sensors 1 years, 1 months ago
There should be little adjustment screws or stops that allow you to calibrate the sensor to tip at exactly one millimeter of rainfall (which is 5.0 ml of water). Did you try adjusting them and doing the calibration procedure before deployment? You also have to ensure that the sensor is installed completely level and that it is mounted to a f…[Read more]
Pavel replied to the topic Rain gauge gets stuck in the forum Environmental Sensors 1 years, 1 months ago
It is ECRN-50 by Meter Group. There is “spoon” stuck in lower position in the picture.
Shannon Hicks replied to the topic Rain gauge gets stuck in the forum Environmental Sensors 1 years, 1 months ago
Can you share the model number and manufacturer of the rain gage, or attach a picture of it that shows the tipping mechanism?
Shannon Hicks replied to the topic Power Issue in the forum Mayfly Data Logger 1 years, 1 months ago
It sounds like things aren’t connected to the Mayfly board properly. The 3.7v Lipo battery gets connected to only one of the JST jacks labeled LIPO BATT on the Mayfly board, then a 6v solar panel gets connected to only one of the jacks labeled either SOLAR1 or SOLAR2, and not both. Are you using one of the old style glossy 3.5w panels, or one o…[Read more]
Matt Barney replied to the topic Monitoring power consumption in the forum Mayfly Data Logger 1 years, 1 months ago
I wrote the same code for all of the Spokane stations. Compare the battery behavior for SpokaneR-SpokaneValley (poor) to that of SpokaneRiver-Peaceful (good), despite running the same code.
I’ll attach the code for both stations.
-Matt B.
Mark E. started the topic LTE module and ArduinoHttpClient in the forum Miscellaneous 1 years, 1 months ago
I’m connecting to the internet with the LTE Bee module and using the ArduinoHttpClient library to download a configuration file for my logger. The download works fine exactly once. After the first download, it seems like the LTE module “resets” in the sense that prior to the second download reading the signal strength returns 0% and the modem no…[Read more]
neilh20 replied to the topic Coding to send data from a non-Mayfly logger in the forum Monitor My Watershed 1 years, 1 months ago
@oakleynode wow interesting you are looking at RSSI and it has a lot of variation. I haven’t characterized the RSSI result for a high percentage of failing calls.
Another system that is also on the edge, and I added a new antenna that improved it, the reading is -81dBm https://monitormywatershed.org/sites/TUCA_Mi06/
The modem is a Digi…[Read more]
Pavel started the topic Rain gauge gets stuck in the forum Environmental Sensors 1 years, 1 months ago
Hello, I have issues with particular rain gauge. Hopefuly someone has already encountered something like this.
The rain gauge is mechanical “tipping” one, but it does not have two containers for water / two stable states.
It has just one “spoon” which collects water and once it is full it should tip and empty itself and return to default state…[Read more]