28-03-2018, 14:35
Yesterday I was updating an RX board (version 1.3) software to the latest version but while the computer was actually uploading to the 2560, there was a very brief mains power failure.
A few minutes later when power was restored I tried again to upload the software but this time the Arduino IDE just kept timing out. I tried many times but with the same result, so I'm guessing there's now some kind of "damage", either permanent or repairable, to the 2560. Not surprisingly the RX board wouldn't work - the display was unlit and the only sign of life was the green led on the 2560 itself.
Fortunately I have a spare 2560, so replaced the "damaged" device in the RX board and programmed it without any difficulty. With the new 2560, the RX board started up properly and appeared to behave normally on the TFT display but when I started up CumulusMX, it was unable to download archived data and the dashboard did not display data either. (This "test" RX is currently used with a Raspberry Pi but I've just tried it on a Windows computer running CumulusMX and the result is exactly the same.)
I'm now *guessing* that the power failure while programming the original 2560 has affected not only that device, but maybe something on the RX board too??
I would be very grateful to any thoughts or suggestions!
Allan.
A few minutes later when power was restored I tried again to upload the software but this time the Arduino IDE just kept timing out. I tried many times but with the same result, so I'm guessing there's now some kind of "damage", either permanent or repairable, to the 2560. Not surprisingly the RX board wouldn't work - the display was unlit and the only sign of life was the green led on the 2560 itself.
Fortunately I have a spare 2560, so replaced the "damaged" device in the RX board and programmed it without any difficulty. With the new 2560, the RX board started up properly and appeared to behave normally on the TFT display but when I started up CumulusMX, it was unable to download archived data and the dashboard did not display data either. (This "test" RX is currently used with a Raspberry Pi but I've just tried it on a Windows computer running CumulusMX and the result is exactly the same.)
I'm now *guessing* that the power failure while programming the original 2560 has affected not only that device, but maybe something on the RX board too??
I would be very grateful to any thoughts or suggestions!
Allan.