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marbles replied to the topic LoRa on Mayflys in the forum Mayfly Data Logger 1 day, 4 hours ago
Awesome! I will work on a set post.
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Shannon Hicks replied to the topic LoRa on Mayflys in the forum Mayfly Data Logger 1 day, 13 hours ago
<p class=”isSelectedEnd”>Yes, absolutely—we’d love for you to share it! One of the best things about the EnviroDIY community is seeing the creative ways people adapt the Mayfly and develop new hardware and software solutions for their monitoring needs.</p>
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marbles started the topic LoRa on Mayflys in the forum Mayfly Data Logger 1 day, 14 hours ago
A few months ago I successfully attached a LoRa antenna to a Mayfly and send data over the decentralized Helium network. This results in lower upfront hardware costs compared to cellular modems, lower battery draws and transmission fees at around $0.00001 per message.
Would anyone be interested in learning how to set this up?
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Sara Damiano replied to the topic Mayfly unit stop sending data to the online site in the forum Monitor My Watershed 2 days, 10 hours ago
For data you have on the SD card, you can upload it so that it appears online following these instructions: https://wikiwatershed.org/wp-content/uploads/monitor-my-watershed-quick-guide-uploading-data.pdf. NOTE: The instructions mention that there’s a file size limitation. That limitation no longer exists.
Sadly, though, if your data isn’t on t…[Read more]
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TUBearRiver started the topic Mayfly unit stop sending data to the online site in the forum Monitor My Watershed 3 days, 13 hours ago
My Mayfly unit stop sending data to the online site on Sept 17, 2025. I just pulled the unit and brought it home and was able to pull data from the memory card for 8/12/2022 to 1/3/23 and 5/12/2023 to 1-21-26.
Nothing after 1-21-26 shows up and it is important to have this data due to it being the worst drought year on record. I have the mayfly…[Read more]
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Shannon Hicks replied to the topic Negative turbidity readings in the forum Mayfly Data Logger 1 week, 3 days ago
The shield wire of the OBS3 sensor cable doesn’t actually connect to anything on the sensor, so it’s okay to leave that floating, especially if you’re just testing the sensor. The green and black wires both definitely need to be connected to GND or the sensor won’t work properly. Both the high range and low range should read around 0 NTU when t…[Read more]
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nick replied to the topic Negative turbidity readings in the forum Mayfly Data Logger 1 week, 6 days ago
Thank you for the information. I will try the voltmeter for confirmation.
Can a 7-year-old OBS3+ turb sensor go bad if it has been sitting in a climate-controlled room? It was probably used only a couple of times for testing indoors but has been powered off for at least 6 years. I get a positive reading when exposed in the open air, but when I…[Read more]
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Shannon Hicks replied to the topic battery size options in the forum Mayfly Data Logger 2 weeks, 2 days ago
It’s possible to use a battery that big, as long as the polarization of the JST connector is the same. However, we rarely have the need for a large battery with our standard stations with sensors like CTD, turbidity, or oxygen, even with cellular telemetry ever 5 minutes. If you use a really large battery, you have to make sure your solar p…[Read more]
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Shannon Hicks replied to the topic Negative turbidity readings in the forum Mayfly Data Logger 2 weeks, 2 days ago
Those old Campbell OBS3+ turbidity sensors will either flatline or go negative when they fail. We started deploying dozens of that sensor model about 8 or 9 years ago and almost all of them have been removed from the field in the past few years due to failure. It looks like your station is 8 years old so you got more life out of it than m…[Read more]
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nick started the topic Negative turbidity readings in the forum Mayfly Data Logger 2 weeks, 3 days ago
I am noticing negative turbidity readings (https://monitormywatershed.org/sites/NJJC1S/). The turbidity sensor is clean and is situated freely in the water column. I unplugged and replugged the turbidity’s grove cable. Everything in the logger box looks dry and fine. Is my sensor dead or are there other troubleshooting steps I should do? thank you.
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nick started the topic battery size options in the forum Mayfly Data Logger 2 weeks, 3 days ago
Are there any negatives in choosing the 10050 mAh battery https://www.adafruit.com/product/5035? Size wise it is the same as the 6600mAh that you have listed on your site https://www.envirodiy.org/battery-options-mayfly/. I’m thinking the higher mAh would maintain the voltage better. Or does the long recharge time put a hinderance on things. I’m…[Read more]
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nick started the topic battery size options in the forum Monitor My Watershed 2 weeks, 5 days ago
<div data-olk-copy-source=”MessageBody”>Are there any negatives in choosing the 10050 mAh battery https://www.adafruit.com/product/5035? Size wise it is the same as the 6600mAh that you have listed on your site https://www.envirodiy.org/battery-options-mayfly/. I’m thinking the higher mAh would maintain the voltage better. Or does the long…[Read more]
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Sabin replied to the topic EspressifESP32 in the forum Mayfly Data Logger 3 weeks, 2 days ago
Thank you so much.
I am not using the AWS stuff for now but I will be deploying mosquitto on cloud at some time.
if this old firmware create problem at that point, I will update the firmware.
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Sara Damiano replied to the topic EspressifESP32 in the forum Mayfly Data Logger 3 weeks, 2 days ago
Yes, those are because of the old firmware. If you’ve got it working, it may not be worth updating, but it should eliminate those work-around.
If you want to use custom SSL certificates, upgrade. The only way to push custom certificates with the old firmware (or with an ESP8266) is to use a python script to write the memory blocks with the new…[Read more]
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Sabin replied to the topic EspressifESP32 in the forum Mayfly Data Logger 3 weeks, 2 days ago
I am using EnviroDIY fork. Until now everything is working. I am able to make both http post, and mqtt connection.
I checked and mine esp32 firmware version is 2.4.0. So,Is it because of this lower version, I had to do some hack around for ssl connection?
Below is the part of workaround I coded to make it work with hydroserver.void…
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Sara Damiano replied to the topic EspressifESP32 in the forum Mayfly Data Logger 3 weeks, 2 days ago
Are you using the original TinyGSM or the EnviroDIY fork? The EnviroDIY fork is far ahead of the original right now. (It’s on my to-do list to have a proper PR.)
I’d (strongly) recommend updating your AT firmware. The current version of TinyGSM on the EnivroDIY fork expects firmware >= 3.2.0.0. Because of changes in the memory mapping for SS…[Read more]
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Sabin replied to the topic EspressifESP32 in the forum Mayfly Data Logger 3 weeks, 2 days ago
I have.
Before opening a tcp connection, the Socket Receiving Mode should be made to 1 (passive mode). I have no idea why it works only while doing this. But it works.void ExpressifESP32::extraSetupForMQTT(){ // See… -
Sara Damiano replied to the topic EspressifESP32 in the forum Mayfly Data Logger 3 weeks, 2 days ago
Were you able to connect to your MQTT broker?
It looks like you’re working from the modem component within Modular Sensors. That component wraps TinyGSM and adds physical pin support for power management. But the wrapping makes it a bit confusing because you have to access objects with pointers and creator functions. And if you’re trying to us…[Read more]
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Sara Damiano replied to the topic Library issues in the forum Mayfly Data Logger 3 weeks, 2 days ago
Ah. That example is written for the current “master” branch of the library, not the latest polished release. I’m way overdue for a new release, but there are some bugs I still need to fix.
Try starting from this example instead, which is matched to library release 0.37.0: h…[Read more]
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