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Strange rain figures - daveh - 08-07-2019
I have been seeing some very high rain figures on my PRO2 system sometimes so today I did some testing.
I poured water into the Fine Offset gauge until it had tipped three times.
CumulusMX showed 0.8 mm of rain as I would expect but the Weatherduino wireless receiver and the wireless display both show 18340.0 mm.
In the CumulusMX log I see this.
2019-07-08 18:00:00.279 Writing today.ini, LastUpdateTime = 08/07/2019 18:00:00 raindaystart = 849.8 rain coun
ter = 849.8
2019-07-08 18:08:55.585 ****Rain reset? First chance: raindaystart = 849.8, Raincounter = 842
2019-07-08 18:08:55.585 Leaving counter at 849.8
2019-07-08 18:08:58.190 ****Rain counter reset confirmed: raindaystart = 849.8, Raincounter = 842
2019-07-08 18:08:58.191 Setting raindaystart to 842
Any idea what is going on please.
RE: Strange rain figures - werk_ag - 09-07-2019
Seems the total rain counter on the receiver is out of sync with the total rain counter of the TX unit where the rain gauge is connected.
Usually a Factory Reset solves this issue. Shut down Cumulus, and press the RX Push Button for 5 seconds. The receiver should reboot, after the initialization complete, start Cumulus again.
TX and RX software versions?
RE: Strange rain figures - daveh - 09-07-2019
Thank you. I did the factory reset and it is now working normally again. I will keep a close watch on it for a while. Have you any idea why the two counts would go out of sync? Is it something I could have done?
Software versions.
P2AT328_RX_v4.0_b001
Pro2_Universal_TX_v6.0_b007
P2AT328_WD_v6.0_b002
RE: Strange rain figures - werk_ag - 09-07-2019
(09-07-2019, 18:45)daveh Wrote: Thank you. I did the factory reset and it is now working normally again. I will keep a close watch on it for a while. Have you any idea why the two counts would go out of sync? Is it something I could have done?
Software versions.
P2AT328_RX_v4.0_b001
Pro2_Universal_TX_v6.0_b007
P2AT328_WD_v6.0_b002
A change of the Arduino Nano on the TX unit without a factory reset on the receiver is the most frequent cause of this issue.
The software versions you are using were are from a software package released on 2018-03-27. The latest software package for the Pro2 system is dated of 2019-04-13.
If possible, try to upgrade the software of your units to latest release.
Important: First upgrade the TX unit, then the RX. After upgrade, and before connecting Cumulus, do a Factory Reset on the RX.
Rgs
RE: Strange rain figures - daveh - 10-07-2019
Thanks for pointing out the later version of the software. I haven't managed to find any announcement about it in the forums and the download itself doesn't include a changelog. Is there a changelog somewhere to cover the differences between my current software and the later version?