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neilh20 replied to the topic New Xbee Modem: XB3-C-GM1-UT-001 in the forum Mayfly Data Logger 3 weeks ago
Oh interesting, Thanks for sharing, Sounds like it connected some of the time, showing that it was possible to connect. I’ve found there are four source of failure – setup to cell tower, TCP/IP setup, POST ack, MMW timeout,
I found this hardware data sheet – but it turns out there is a GM1 and GM2 – GM1 is the low power. I wonder which o…[Read more]
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Shannon Hicks replied to the topic New Xbee Modem: XB3-C-GM1-UT-001 in the forum Mayfly Data Logger 3 weeks ago
We ordered a couple of these modules and they arrived a few days ago. I did some testing the past couple days and had only occasional success at sending data to MMW with them. We’re thinking the code libraries probably need to be tweaked to work with these new modules, but there’s no usable electrical or software documentation for these p…[Read more]
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dan@wachusett replied to the topic New Xbee Modem: XB3-C-GM1-UT-001 in the forum Mayfly Data Logger 3 weeks ago
Thanks Sara, that is good news. I will be ordering several of these to replace the modems at all of my sites. The previous version was not that reliable, so I am hoping they made some improvements to the design in this version. I will make sure to use “transparent mode” in my sketches.
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Sara Damiano replied to the topic New Xbee Modem: XB3-C-GM1-UT-001 in the forum Mayfly Data Logger 3 weeks, 6 days ago
According to the product change notification you attached, there shouldn’t need to be any software changes for “transparent” mode, so most of the examples for ModularSensors should still work.
The underlying cellular chipset on the board *has* changed from the ublox SARA R410M to the Telit ME310G1-WW on the global version or the Telit ME310G1-W1…[Read more]
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Shannon Hicks replied to the topic Artifactual troughs and flickers in recorded stream depth in the forum Monitor My Watershed 3 weeks, 6 days ago
You can also try disconnecting the solar panel for a few days since you’ve got a fully-charged battery on it. Then that’ll tell you if there’s any correlation between the sensor noise and charging activity. On a few rare occasions, a failing solar panel ended up generating noise on CTD sensor data.
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Shannon Hicks replied to the topic Artifactual troughs and flickers in recorded stream depth in the forum Monitor My Watershed 3 weeks, 6 days ago
You can also try disconnecting the solar panel for a few days since you’ve got a fully-charged battery on it. Then that’ll tell you if there’s any correlation between the sensor noise and charging activity. On a few rare occasions, a failing solar panel ended up generating noise on CTD sensor data.
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D_Manning replied to the topic Artifactual troughs and flickers in recorded stream depth in the forum Monitor My Watershed 3 weeks, 6 days ago
Yeah – the sensor was cleaned recently. I had also switched the logger on and off. I’ve now replaced the battery. No luck – the trough and flickers, though slightly modified, still occur. I’ll try to substitute in another sensor, possibly another logger, in order to isolate the problem.
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dan@wachusett replied to the topic New Xbee Modem: XB3-C-GM1-UT-001 in the forum Mayfly Data Logger 4 weeks ago
Thanks Shannon! Some testing and an example sketch would be very helpful.
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Shannon Hicks replied to the topic New Xbee Modem: XB3-C-GM1-UT-001 in the forum Mayfly Data Logger 4 weeks, 1 days ago
That’s a good find. We haven’t tried one of those with the Mayfly boards yet, but we’ll have to buy one and see what all might be needed to get it to work properly. Previous Digi boards required our now-discontinued bee adapter board to change the pin assignments and power supply options in order to work with the Mayfly v0.5 boards. But the…[Read more]
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dan@wachusett started the topic New Xbee Modem: XB3-C-GM1-UT-001 in the forum Mayfly Data Logger 4 weeks, 1 days ago
Hello EnviroDIY,
The Digi Xbee modem XB3-C-A2-UT-001 was recently replaced with a new version: XB3-C-GM1-UT-001. The product change notification (attached) claims that the new modem is a “drop in replacement” for the discontinued model. Before I put in an order for these to replace my older, failed Xbee modems, I wanted to check with the forum…[Read more]
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neilh20 replied to the topic Gaps in my data in the forum Monitor My Watershed 1 months ago
@tumayflybearriver – thanks for brining it up. Its nuts, but looks to me like the signature of “thrown away data” by ModularSensors software that runs on the Mayfly, and the ODM2 software on monitormywatershed.
I’ve raised the issue of reliable delivery in 2018, and implemented it on my systems and offered it to the mainline Modu…[Read more]
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Shannon Hicks replied to the topic Artifactual troughs and flickers in recorded stream depth in the forum Monitor My Watershed 1 months ago
Have you been to the station to clean the sensor lately? Also, I’d recommend replacing the logger’s battery with a fully-charged one. Sometimes when those battery packs are starting to fail (from corrosion on the terminals under the plastic wrapper) they will generate noise which can sometimes affect the sensor readings.
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D_Manning started the topic Artifactual troughs and flickers in recorded stream depth in the forum Monitor My Watershed 1 months ago
Beginning two weeks ago (September 2) my EnviroDIY station (VCRP1) equipped with a METER CTD sensor began displaying troughs and flickers in recorded stream depth that don’t correspond to true changes in depth as actually measured. Weirdly, the troughs and flickers occur at precisely the same times in almost precisely the same patterns on a…[Read more]
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Shannon Hicks replied to the topic Gaps in my data in the forum Monitor My Watershed 1 months ago
No, the Mayfly datalogger doesn’t know if any data is missing from the website, it just tries to send it every 5, 10, or 15 minutes (or whatever interval it is programmed for). If the data doesn’t get to the website database, the logger won’t know, and doesn’t send any old data to fill in the gaps. You’ll need to visit the station and manually…[Read more]
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TUBearRiver started the topic Gaps in my data in the forum Monitor My Watershed 1 months ago
Hello,
We set this Mayfly up in 2022 and have had relatively no issue with it but now as I look at the website it shows gaps in my data. I checked everything out in person and there seems to be no issue with the equipment. I am guessing that maybe it is related to the cellphone service? When these gaps in data happen, does the Mayfly adjust and…[Read more]
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Sara Damiano replied to the topic Add Variable for Atlas Sci Sensor in the forum Environmental Sensors 1 months, 3 weeks ago
I’ve been swamped lately, so I’m behind on sensor requests.
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<div>@fionasouthwell Are you sure you’re measuring *specific conductance*? From what I know of the Atlas sensors, they don’t measure specific conductance, they measure conductivity. I just very quickly skimmed their latest manual and it doesn’t look like that’s changed. To get…[Read more] -
Heather Brooks replied to the topic Add Variable for Atlas Sci Sensor in the forum Environmental Sensors 1 months, 3 weeks ago
Hi Fiona, @srgdamiano may be able to help you with this. There is also a pathway within the Monitor My Watershed site itself for making sensor requests. I’ll describe it here in case it is also helpful to others.
When adding a new sensor to a site on MonitorMW, if you don’t see what you need in the Add New Sensor modal window, scroll to the…[Read more]
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Fiona started the topic Atlas Scientific Returning -9999 Values After One Good Reading in the forum Environmental Sensors 1 months, 3 weeks ago
Hi All,
I’ve seen this discussed on the forums before but it doesn’t seem to have been solved. I have a recurring issue with the Atlas Scientific combination industrial pH/temperature sensor where it returns one good temperature value and then all subsequent values return as -9999. It will always return one good reading on startup. The other…[Read more]
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