23-09-2015, 23:34
Hi, Ian
I'm really glad that you have managed to put the system to work.
Your efforts may have given some light about those strange freezes.
Your experience, has some similarities with what vk2kzo has reported to me. For him, putting the two units away from each other, also solved the problem.
To be honest I never tested an RX unit working very close to a TX unit, I always put them at least 10 meters away from each other. The TX unit is very powerful, it's possible that when they are very close, the USB cable acts like an antenna, and somehow causes a freeze in the RX.
As soon as I can, I will try to recreate this condition.
Thank you very much for you persistence, you may have helped a lot with this strange freeze problem.
Apparently, I think we can conclude that is best don't try to test the system, with the two units very close to each other.
Will be a pleasure visit the site. One more WeatherDuino Pro2 online in AU
Thank you Ian
I'm really glad that you have managed to put the system to work.
Your efforts may have given some light about those strange freezes.
(23-09-2015, 06:28)dormani Wrote: 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.
Your experience, has some similarities with what vk2kzo has reported to me. For him, putting the two units away from each other, also solved the problem.
To be honest I never tested an RX unit working very close to a TX unit, I always put them at least 10 meters away from each other. The TX unit is very powerful, it's possible that when they are very close, the USB cable acts like an antenna, and somehow causes a freeze in the RX.
As soon as I can, I will try to recreate this condition.
Thank you very much for you persistence, you may have helped a lot with this strange freeze problem.
Apparently, I think we can conclude that is best don't try to test the system, with the two units very close to each other.
Quote:I hope to send through a url shortly linking my station to the outside world.
Will be a pleasure visit the site. One more WeatherDuino Pro2 online in AU
Thank you Ian