[qldbureau]

I am in the middle of placing an order with element14 for the passive components plus diodes, LEDs and transistors. Have ordered the sensors, wireless and Arduino from eBay.

BigD-58

Thanks. I will have a look at those sources for comparison. My RS Components list is saved ready to finalise. The Jaycar one I thought would do the same, however logged into the account I created and that system deleted or expired it. All the sensors and Arduino parts will be from eBay.

[Brett]

I am in the middle of placing an order with element14 for the passive components plus diodes, LEDs and transistors. Have ordered the sensors, wireless and Arduino from eBay.

BigD-58

Thanks. I will have a look at those sources for comparison. My RS Components list is saved ready to finalise. The Jaycar one I thought would do the same, however logged into the account I created and that system deleted or expired it. All the sensors and Arduino parts will be from eBay.

Sorry, I thought that Jaycar was only for purchases where you needed to have it right now and they have them in stock and you live only a few suburbs away from the bricks and mortar shop. OR, if you want a specific connector that you can go and touch, and know it's right. Otherwise you can (or more correctly, probably should) add the same things to your RS, Digikey, or E14 order. Oh of course, you might know someone who works there or something, or have a relo who owns it, they're legit uses of Jaycar too, but I always find if I can wait for it I'll buy it online instead. I didn't wait for a battery for my TX module to come from eBay on Saturday when I last visited the local Jaycar store

[qldbureau]

Sorry, I thought that Jaycar was only for purchases where you needed to have it right now and they have them in stock and you live only a few suburbs away from the bricks and mortar shop. OR, if you want a specific connector that you can go and touch, and know it's right. Otherwise you can (or more correctly, probably should) add the same things to your RS, Digikey, or E14 order. Oh of course, you might know someone who works there or something, or have a relo who owns it, they're legit uses of Jaycar too, but I always find if I can wait for it I'll buy it online instead. I didn't wait for a battery for my TX module to come from eBay on Saturday when I last visited the local Jaycar store

You are right Most things I can wait for, and if I can order online and skip some of the hassles involved other than marked up prices, then it certainly does not hurt me.

[qldbureau]

Well my boards (thanks Werk) and the bulk of the parts have arrived this week. I can start construction this weekend!

[uncle_bob]

Well my boards (thanks Werk) and the bulk of the parts have arrived this week. I can start construction this weekend!

Sweet! Looking forward to seeing you on the users map (and the internet)!

[qldbureau]

Commenced my building today, with the RX board. I did really well with sockets for the Nano. Everything is pretty much on board the RX except for the receiver and transmitter modules which have not arrived yet. I also have not connected the internal temperature and humidity due to not making up its cable yet.

I have tried an upload of the RX software with my 20x4 LCD configured. It runs through the boot and welcome screen! However it ends there at a blank screen. Although I only have the barometric sensor connected, should I at least end up with readings for that, and 0 for the rest. Or is it reliant on all sensors being present, and TX signal being received to continue scrolling?

Next stage build TX board, and await arrival of RX board's receiver and relay transmitter.

[uncle_bob]

I would have thought it would continue also. Maybe it's waiting for the non existent RTC and Receiver.
Werk_AG should be able to throw some light on this after his sleep

[qldbureau]

I would have thought it would continue also. Maybe it's waiting for the non existent RTC and Receiver.
Werk_AG should be able to throw some light on this after his sleep

Oh forgot to mention the RTC is on board with battery I'm hoping the missing receiver is halting it. Although after some repeated pushing of the push button, I do get to the system info screen, which correctly reads 0 for battery volts and case temperature. Nothing lets it advance if I get that far.

[werk_ag]

Everything seems fine! The screen updates only when the RX unit receives a valid Wind data packet.
Just for testing, until your RX unit don't receive data packets, search for this line on the code (around line 442):

//Update_Display(); // HERE JUST FOR TESTING

and uncomment it. Don't forget to comment it again when you have your system working normally.
With that line uncommented, the display will update almost every minute.

[qldbureau]

Awesome! Thanks Werk, that has produced some test results! I have managed to configure I hope my latitude & longitude correctly. I have put my location's elevation in, and the barometric reading has come straight up to within 4mb of my traditional barometer, and the local station reading!

It would appear then, although with some set backs I have incurred things are working for this stage