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Erik G replied to the topic Adding a new modbus sensor using current ones as inspiration. in the forum Environmental Sensors 2 years, 5 months ago
Hi Neil,
It is very basic but I guess every journey must start somewhere…
The first code snippet is from the example code in the menu a la carte example. I’ve edited my first post just to clarify that.
The second one is from the Modular sensor library.
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Dave Spector became a registered member 2 years, 5 months ago
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neilh20 replied to the topic Adding a new modbus sensor using current ones as inspiration. in the forum Environmental Sensors 2 years, 5 months ago
Hello Erik, sounds like you are on the path to learning Cpp. One issue to keep in mind is that the code is what happens, the reality check, the documentation is for readability. You may want to be list what gas sensor you are looking at for the max help.
So I don’t follow your question – where do you get the code snippet from the first se…[Read more]
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Erik G started the topic Adding a new modbus sensor using current ones as inspiration. in the forum Environmental Sensors 2 years, 5 months ago
I would like to add a gas sensor which communicates over RS485 to work with the modular sensor library but having the normal issues with me lacking the programming skills needed.
I have used the Yosemitech and Keller librarys as a template and tried to make it as basic as possible.
When checking the example code for the modbus sensors i get…[Read more]
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Shannon Hicks replied to the topic Regular Data Outages in the forum Mayfly Data Logger 2 years, 5 months ago
Thanks for the followup. Plugging an EnviroDIY sim7080 LTE bee board into one of the old Digi bee adapter boards will definitely cause problems, since there are different pinouts for the 2 cell modules, as well as different supply voltages provided to the pins, which could damage the sim7080 bee. Also note that upgrading a Mayfly board from a D…[Read more]
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Jake Lemon replied to the topic Regular Data Outages in the forum Mayfly Data Logger 2 years, 5 months ago
Thanks all for the feedback. I went out to the site yesterday. One of our staff had switched out a Digi modem for an EnviroDIY modem a while back and plugged the EnviroDIY modem into the Digi adapter board. I wonder if that had something to do with the issue?
I went ahead and switched out the logger, battery and modem as I didn’t have time to…[Read more]
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Cal replied to the topic Battery Power Options in the forum Mayfly Data Logger 2 years, 5 months ago
Shannon – thanks for your thoughtful reply. I’m sure I’ll be able to find the problem now. Answering your questions:
- I’m not switching D22 on.
- Humidity is a possibility. I’ll look for corrosion and add desiccant .
- I’ve had ants at another location but not this one…yet.
- I’ll make some tests as you suggest to isolate the problem. It mi…
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neilh20 replied to the topic Mayfly 1.1 powering review & analysis in the forum Mayfly Data Logger 2 years, 5 months ago
For powering I am using the new Solar2 connector.
It requires a very precise diameter solid core wire – and took me some time to find it as old fashioned “Bell Wire” 20AWG, which I got from local Lowes store.
The needs to be – 20-26 AWG solid core. It also needs exactly matched wire strippers. If the wire strippers are too small a dia, its…[Read more]
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neilh20 replied to the topic Mayfly 1.1 powering review & analysis in the forum Mayfly Data Logger 2 years, 5 months ago
An update on measuring battery voltage. I’ve purchased a number of Mayfly1.1 for a project. And on testing one of this batch, the noise level of measuring LiPo is better – which is great. The noise level of resistors is part of their specification, or it might be just luck in this case. Often a batch of noisy resistors is because the ma…[Read more]
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neilh20 replied to the topic Regular Data Outages in the forum Mayfly Data Logger 2 years, 5 months ago
Hi Jake, my take is its complex to be able to decode why MMW isn’t showing data ~ it needs a system look, location aspects (solar looks excellent) , maintenance inspection of site, reliability of hardware/battery/mechanics reliability of software on the Mayfly, reliability of software at MMW
It would be useful to know your configuration i…[Read more]
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Shannon Hicks replied to the topic Battery Power Options in the forum Mayfly Data Logger 2 years, 5 months ago
For anyone reading this in 2022, the posts above in this thread are from 2016 to 2019, and the operating voltage and other electrical specification have changed with the Mayfly boards released in the past year. The older Mayfly v0.5 boards had completely different input voltage limits compared to the new Mayfly v1.0 and v1.1 boards. So the a…[Read more]
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Shannon Hicks replied to the topic Regular Data Outages in the forum Mayfly Data Logger 2 years, 5 months ago
That station appears to be running the older configuration of Mayfly v0.5b and Digi LTE board (with an EnviroDIY LTEBee adapter in between the Digi board and the Mayfly), correct? There could be several reasons why it’s behaving like that, and it’s difficult to tell unless you start swapping parts or disconnecting things one at a time to see…[Read more]
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Jake Lemon started the topic Regular Data Outages in the forum Mayfly Data Logger 2 years, 5 months ago
Hi All. One of our stations is experience regular outages where data isn’t being sent to MMW. The outages seem to start mid to late morning and last for several hours. It seems like the outages correspond with the period during which battery voltage is increasing. Any ideas what could be going on here?
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Heather Brooks replied to the topic 2022 EnviroDIY Hardware Status and Availability in the forum Mayfly Data Logger 2 years, 5 months ago
Reminder: we’re limiting this forum topic to non-technical questions related to the production status and availability of EnviroDIY products like the Mayfly Data Logger or its accessories.
Please post other Mayfly-related discussions separately on the Mayfly forum. We’ll move off-topic replies posted here to their own threads to preserve the…[Read more]
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Cal replied to the topic Battery Power Options in the forum Mayfly Data Logger 2 years, 5 months ago
My stations as described above have been working fine for 3 years in the field. I’ve had a few components fail (12-5v buck converter, XBee daughter card, resistor divider) but otherwise very stable.
However, one Mayfly (0.5b) seems to be performing fine with 2 exceptions:
- the red LED3 is either solid ON or dim
- the ADC that records the 12v…
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neilh20 replied to the topic 2022 EnviroDIY Hardware Status and Availability in the forum Mayfly Data Logger 2 years, 5 months ago
Thanks. The project perspective is often – initial qty and then what might be follow on qtys. Of course project planning is only a what if, and no guarantee
In my experience, one of the challenges with building an electronics board, other than the world wide supply chain issues, is that the base cost of engineering often means that at least 5…[Read more]
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James_NZ replied to the topic 2022 EnviroDIY Hardware Status and Availability in the forum Mayfly Data Logger 2 years, 5 months ago
Hi Neil,
I would only need 5 at this stage. I would connect it to my Yosemitech turbidity sensors and potentially Yosemitech pH sensors as well.
Regards,
James
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