23-09-2015, 06:28
I am now up and running.
Firstly the bit I was missing was defining the Com port which I changed after your post. This allowed the station to connect to the pi. The second piece, data not being received/processed when connected via usb took a bit more time to clear up. After trying different power options, changing cables and trying different arduino modules to no affect, I stumbled over the issue. I was about to give up when I decided to move the unit a little closer to the tx unit (500mm). Transmission LED flashed immediately and LCD data changed. It appears that the unit must have been on the boundries of reliable reception. It was ok without usb but adding the cable introduced some hash that looks to have affected receipt/process of the transmitted signal.
Thanks for your help, once again. I hope to send through a url shortly linking my station to the outside world.
Rgds
Ian
Firstly the bit I was missing was defining the Com port which I changed after your post. This allowed the station to connect to the pi. The second piece, data not being received/processed when connected via usb took a bit more time to clear up. After trying different power options, changing cables and trying different arduino modules to no affect, I stumbled over the issue. I was about to give up when I decided to move the unit a little closer to the tx unit (500mm). Transmission LED flashed immediately and LCD data changed. It appears that the unit must have been on the boundries of reliable reception. It was ok without usb but adding the cable introduced some hash that looks to have affected receipt/process of the transmitted signal.
Thanks for your help, once again. I hope to send through a url shortly linking my station to the outside world.
Rgds
Ian
(20-09-2015, 19:03)Werk_AG Wrote:(19-09-2015, 08:32)dormani Wrote: Actually when I connect to the receiver Weatherduino freezes.
(20-09-2015, 03:21)dormani Wrote: Unfortunately still not receiving any data when I run CumulusMX. Confirmed that VP1 is closed. When I connect the USB cable to WeatherDuino the receiver stops re transmitting.
Hi dormani
We should concentrate in this issue. If the RX units freezes, it will not be able to communicate.
It freezes only when you connect it to the PI, or it also freezes when you connect it to your PC?
Some time ago, one user (vk2kzo) has reported a similar problem, and why it happens remains a mystery. He has sent their RX board back to me, and I sent him a fully tested RX board. The result: The board he sent to me is working perfectly, and the one I sent to him, also freezes as soon as he connects it by USB.
Edited 20-09-2015: Regarding the info above, today I received an PM from vk2kzo tell me that their RX unit is now working perfectely.
I hope that is not what is happening with you. If possible, test the RX unit with different PC's, and with different power supplies, check if it freezes or when it freezes, and please report back.
My suspect is that this issue is somewhat related to the power supplies, but so far I've never been able to reproduce this behaviour.
In your Cumulus.ini, you should also change the ComportName
Quote:[Station]
Type=0
Model=WeatherDuinoPro2
Port=/dev/ttyUSB0
UseDavisLoop2=0
ComportName=/dev/ttyUSB0