[wxsig] Outdoor Humidity Sensor Kit Problem - Update

[John Koster]

Hopefully you'll get a reply shorlty from someone who knows the details 
... but I seem to recall that AAG in their last revision of hardware did 
something that messes up the loop through situation with the bus (if using 
4 wire cable?).  Perhaps I remember it wrong.  You might check the 
archives of the list.  

On the bus voltage, if you can stop the PC polling, it should be close to 
+5.  Otherwise it will be something lower depending on the poll rate.  
Some devices depend on the bus voltage for power.  They usually charge up 
a capacitor, so I'd still expect something above +4 with no polling.  

I haven't had my morning cup of Joe yet, so everything I've said is 
suspect. :-(

-- 
73,
John, W9DDD

On Mon, 17 Apr 2006, Steve Allen wrote:

> 
> I put in a new A/D chip and got the same result - - learned a lot
> about SMD unsolder and solder techniques!
> 
> Maybe I am missing something in the instructions??
> On the instruction page that deals with AAG - I check the
> voltage between D2 non-banded end and P2 -- and I get
> an alternating 1.5V - the bus is being polled about once a second.
> I will have to read up on the bus parasite power, I don't know if
> the is a charging/discharging of the bus, or I have either a
> bad diode or cap in this part of the circuit.  I am looping through
> the version 3 AAG anemometer with a 4 wire straight through
> cable and using their serial adapter.
> 
> The diode in the other part of the circuit reads a solid 5V.
> 
> I will replace both and see what happens - I don't have them around,
> but will get them.
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Steve Allen KT6S.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> _____________________________________________________________
> 
> 
> I just completed the Outdoor Humidity/Temperature Sensor Kit.
> 
> I am connecting to the AAG type interface, directly to the computer -
> I have also connected through the Version 3 Weather Station.
> 
> 4 wire straight through cable, using the JAVA browser.
> 
> All sensors identified -- i.e. temperature and the Battery Monitor.
> 
> 1. Temperature sensor works fine.
> 
> 2. The Battery monitor for the Humidity sensor has 0's for all of its A'/D --
> including the internal Temperature Sensor -- but the sensor is identified.
> 
> Does this most likely mean that the Chip was damaged when I installed it?
> 
> I do have a spare, but would appreciate some advice before I undo the 
> surface mount.
> 
> Thanks a lot.
> 
> Steve Allen
> KT6S  -- New member 
> 
> 
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