[Shannon Hicks]

Thanks for the update.  We’re looking into it, my guess is there’s a conflict between two libraries that is causing some issues, so we’ll have to dig into it and narrow it down.

[Shannon Hicks]

There’s information on this page, in Section 6.2 about the holes for the cable glands: https://www.envirodiy.org/knowledge-base/building-an-envirodiy-monitoring-station/

As mentioned on that page, the 1/2″ NPT cable glands require you to drill a 23/32” hole and tap it with a 1/2″ NPT tap.  I don’t know what the diameter of the cable for your sensor is, but it’s probably between 0.2″ and 0.35″ so you can probably use McMaster-Carr part number 69915K54.   The larger gland that comes with the EnviroDIY kit is for cables 0.24″ to 0.47″ (part number 69915K53)  because of the rubber molded 3.5mm stereo plug on the end of the CTD cables.  If your Turner cable is larger than 0.35″ you’ll need to use the larger size.

[Shannon Hicks]

That’s one of the older, now-discontinued Xbee models.  Have you used that module before or is it completely new and unused?  We had many of them die after about a year of service.  Did you modify the SJ19 solder jumper on the back of the Mayfly to change the bee status pin from the usual Bee pin 12 to Bee pin 13.  I see you have it listed correctly in your sketch, but the jumper also has to be changed.   Have you tried running the sketch without the modem attached at all, to see if it sleeps and wakes appropriately (maybe set it to 5 minute interval instead of 15 so you don’t have to wait quite so long during testing).  It might also help to manually set the RTC first in case you haven’t successfully made a cell connection with that board yet to sync the clock.

[Shannon Hicks]

What modem are you using with this setup?

[Shannon Hicks]

Can you email me at mayfly@envirodiy.org, I have a few other questions about the software libraries and hardware combinations for your setup.

[Shannon Hicks]

Do you happen to have a spare Mayfly board, or any other Arduino-type board that you could run the sketch on?

[Shannon Hicks]

The warnings you posted above seem to indicate that there’s a clash with the Sodaq DS3231 library.  Did you by chance happen to install that library separately into your Arduino/libraries folder?  ModularSensors already includes its own version of the DS3231 library which will conflict with the Sodaq library if they both exist on the same computer.

[Shannon Hicks]

Are you trying to use the that NoCellular sketch as-is, or have you modified it before attempting to upload it?

[Shannon Hicks]

The unzipped folders go into your MyDocumenrs/Arduino/libraries folder.  Make sure they aren’t nested within a second ‘libraries’ folder within the first one.  What version of the IDE are you using?

A good way to check that your libraries are installed correctly is to look at the built-in examples.  In the ARduino IDE, go to the File dropdown menu, then select examples.  You should see the basic Arduino example, then some more complex ones, but keep scrolling to the bottom and you should see lots of other ones like Adafruit and ModularSensors and SDI12.  The sketch you’re trying to use should be included under the ModularSensors list.  If you don’t see it, then your libraries aren’t installed correctly.

If your libraries are correct, there should be more information in the error window that will tell you what is causing the problem.  If you still get the error, copy that full error message into your post.

[Shannon Hicks]

Have you installed all the supporting libraries into your Arduino/libraries folder?  There should be either 32 folders worth of libraries, or 47, depending on whether you downloaded all the recommended EnviroDIY libraries, or just the ModularSensors dependencies.

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