[nparnold]

Hi there, can i ask Should or Could the fan be configured to to switch on when the following condition is met.
fanOn_HiTemp AND fanOn_LowWind is true rather than fanOn_HiTemp OR fanOn_LowWind is true.

The reason i ask, is because here in Tasmania our average nightly conditions are 5-15 degrees C (but sometimes cooler) and little or[/u] no wind. Therefore because there is no wind or heat the fan runs all night draining the battery whilst there is no solar charge. I would of thought that the fan would not need to be running as there is no direct sunshine on the temperature sensor.

Sorry if i have missed something here?

Regards

[werk_ag]

Hi,

Yes, it can work the way you want.

- Open the WeatherDuino_Pro2_TX_v2.0_b00x software in your Arduino IDE.
- Click on the Process_IDx tab
- Around line 41, change this

if ( ((FanControlT / 100.0 >= fanOn_HiTemp) || (FanControlT / 100.0 <= fanOn_LowTemp)) && LowWind )

to this:

if ( FanControlT / 100.0 >= fanOn_HiTemp && LowWind )

Let me know if this is what you need.
Your question / concern makes sense, I'm taking note of it, and maybe on next software release I will add some new options to control the fan. Thank you.

[nparnold]

Thanks Werk, i will try when i get back home in a couple of days.

Hi,

Yes, it can work the way you want.

- Open the WeatherDuino_Pro2_TX_v2.0_b00x software in your Arduino IDE.
- Click on the Process_IDx tab
- Around line 41, change this

if ( ((FanControlT / 100.0 >= fanOn_HiTemp) || (FanControlT / 100.0 <= fanOn_LowTemp)) && LowWind )

to this:

if ( FanControlT / 100.0 >= fanOn_HiTemp && LowWind )

Let me know if this is what you need.
Your question / concern makes sense, I'm taking note of it, and maybe on next software release I will add some new options to control the fan. Thank you.

[nparnold]

Im confused, i went back to this line as original,
if ( ((FanControlT / 100.0 >= fanOn_HiTemp) || (FanControlT / 100.0 <= fanOn_LowTemp)) && LowWind )

I dont know programming very well, but i interpret this line as saying If High temp OR Low temp is true AND Low wind then turn on Fan, which is what you would want.

So i used the following settings as a test overnight
#define FanControlSensor 0
#define fanOn_HiTemp 13
#define fanOn_LowTemp 3
#define fanOn_LowWind 1

When i got up this morning there was 0 wind and temp was around 10 C, The fan was on and looking at the battery voltage i suspect it has been on all night, i dont understand why when 10 degrees C is neither High or Low temp? I expect that once the wind gets above 1m/s this morning then the fan will turn off, if thats true then its like its only taking notice of the wind setting and not the temperatures.

Thanks again in advance.

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Just to confirm, temp has now reached 14.6 and Wind is 4.7Km/h and the fan has turned off.

[werk_ag]

Could you please attach your Config_TX.ino file, and tell me what kind of Temp / Hum Sensor are you using.

Thank you.

[nparnold]

I am using a SHT15 which would be Temp Sensor 1, not 0.

So #define FanControlSensor should be 1?
Is that my error?

[werk_ag]

I am using a SHT15 which would be Temp Sensor 1, not 0.

So #define FanControlSensor should be 1?
Is that my error?

I thought about something like that.
Try it and tell me, surely it will work now.

[nparnold]

Thankyou again, will fix now and see how it goes tonight.