[werk_ag]

I swear I've seen a display like this somewhere, but can not remember where?

ATM readings are also working?

I believe that your drawings will be very useful for all those who are willing to build the system, but think that it is very complex. They show that the system is much simpler to build than it initially appears.

Thank you for your cooperation and great work.

[uncle_bob]

ATM readings are also working?

Yep

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I believe that your drawings will be very useful for all those who are willing to build the system, but think that it is very complex. They show that the system is much simpler to build than it initially appears.

Thank you for your cooperation and great work.

That's true, I was worried that it was going to be too complex but once I started assembling the breadboard I was surprised it was fairly simple.

I have skipped the switches and jumpers that I will add in later (once I discover what they do ).

[werk_ag]

That's true, I was worried that it was going to be too complex but once I started assembling the breadboard I was surprised it was fairly simple.

The Eagle scheme gives the wrong idea, I did it just to draw the board and did not think much in the aspect of making easy its interpretation. Luckily, with your drawings you did an excellent job dismantling this apparent complexity.

I have skipped the switches and jumpers that I will add in later (once I discover what they do ).

Being at this point, I will not spoil your enjoyment of discovery ...
Soon you'll be seeing those data in Cumulus!

[uncle_bob]

Being at this point, I will not spoil your enjoyment of discovery ...
Soon you'll be seeing those data in Cumulus!

I now know what the switch does

I've hooked it up to my cupless sensor and are getting at least the wind direction

I've also setup a dummy version of cumulus and that's working too.

Just a couple of problems.
1) I'm getting UV and Solar rad fiqures without any sensors lol.
2) When I start Cumulus, the RX unit restarts and I get bad data until the units are all talking.
EDIT:
3) Case T is always reading high at 74c (looks like it's actually reporting Fahrenheit)

[werk_ag]

I've hooked it up to my cupless sensor and are getting at least the wind direction

You may now find if the wind direction readings are correct. The wind vane has a mark on is body. Point that mark to South. Manually rotate the vane to for N, E, S, and W. Check if the readings are correct. They must be. If necessary slightly adjust the value of R8 (it must be as close to 10K as possible).

I've also setup a dummy version of cumulus and that's working too.

I supose you are running the RX software in Davis VP2 emulation mode, right?

Just a couple of problems.
1) I'm getting UV and Solar rad fiqures without any sensors lol.
2) When I start Cumulus, the RX unit restarts and I get bad data until the units are all talking.

1) In TX software, comment this line:
//#define ID4
I think this will solve the problem.

2) Now it's time to talk about the VP1 switch. The VP1 switch is there exactly to prevents the auto-reset (this is a Arduino Nano feature, it auto-reset every time serial port is initialized) when Cumulus starts.
VP1 must be off, only when you install or upgrade RX software. After that, put VP1 switch on, wait at least 3 minutes to give time for the receiver get data from external sensors, and start Cumulus.
Let the RX unit working and forget... Now you can start and stop Cumulus every time is necessary.

EDIT:
3) Case T is always reading high at 74c (looks like it's actually reporting Fahrenheit)

Value is always the same? I will check this.
The System batterie voltage reading shows anything?
I ask because the two are sent on the same datapacket.

[uncle_bob]

I supose you are running the RX software in Davis VP2 emulation mode, right?

I suppose so I've selected Vantage Pro2/Vue in the Station settings.

Now it's time to talk about the VP1 switch. The VP1 switch is there exactly to prevents the auto-reset (this is a Arduino Nano feature, it auto-reset every time serial port is initialized) when Cumulus starts.
VP1 must be off, only when you install or upgrade RX software. After that, put VP1 switch on, wait at least 3 minutes to give time for the receiver get data from external sensors, and start Cumulus.
Let the RX unit working and forget... Now you can start and stop Cumulus every time is necessary.

Dam, my quoting didn't work, hope you can read that right.
Great, I'll add that jumper in pronto.

Value is always the same? I will check this.

No, it seems to change.

The System batterie voltage reading shows anything?
I ask because the two are sent on the same datapacket.

The voltage shows now that I've got a jumper between the battery and 12V pins

I've nearly finished the breadboard layout in Fritzing too.

[werk_ag]

Dam, my quoting didn't work, hope you can read that right.

uncle_bob, I edited your last topic just to correct tha quote problem (forget to close the first quote).
Sorry for that.

[uncle_bob]

1) In TX software, comment this line:
//#define ID4
I think this will solve the problem.

I'll give that a go. I thought maybe those unused pins might need to be tied to high or low to stop them drifting around.

Can the Fine Offset WS3081 UV sensors be used to our knowledge?

[werk_ag]

The voltage shows now that I've got a jumper between the battery and 5V pins

Great. It's it! It must work for any voltage between 0 an 20V.

Just a litle explanation for all of us:
The TX unit was been designed to be powered from a solar system. So the pin Bat, is for remote monitoring, not the TX unit power voltage, but the solar battery voltage.

Just to try understanding why data from TMP36 is not correct, can you please activate DebugID5 on TX, and post here what you get?

I've nearly finished the breadboard layout in Fritzing too.

Have your time, we are not in a hurry!

[uncle_bob]

Just to try understanding why data from TMP36 is not correct, can you please activate DebugID5 on TX, and post here what you get?

Do I need to activate #define Local_TestMode too and get a serial dump?

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Oh, I also nearly lost the fritzing breadboard design.
When I plugged the TX unit into USB the PC locked up and I had to reset :/
Lucky Fritzing recovered the files