[wxsig] Problem Resolved -- Thanks

[Will Beals]

Steve:

Glad you got things figured out.  Sorry for not responding, I was out of the
country on a long business trip.

For the T238 and T238+ I do bring out those undefined pins (1,2,5,6) to vias
for wiring. I copied some other designs and did wire those up to either +5V
or ground, but traces can be easily cut and re-routed if needed.

will

-----Original Message-----
From: wxsig-bounces at lists.tapr.org [mailto:wxsig-bounces at lists.tapr.org] On
Behalf Of Steve Allen
Sent: Tuesday, April 18, 2006 11:19 PM
To: wxsig at lists.tapr.org
Subject: [wxsig] Problem Resolved -- Thanks

Thanks for the input.

The "problem" was really a very simple one, and is due to the interface that
I was using -- the DS 9097U which is a serial 1-wire interface.  It is
assuming that the devices are all powered by the 1-wire bus - and the
temperature monitor on the board is powered by the bus, so it worked.  There
are only two wires coming out of this interface -- i.e. "true" 1-wire
interface.

However, the humidity sensor and Battery monitor expect to see 5V  --
through the extra pins on the connector.  I hooked up a 5V supply to the
pins  (P2 and ground) and the humidity circuit worked fine.  This explains
the confusion I had when performing the test under the AAG section of the
instructions - i.e. no 5V.

So -- for anyone using the direct computer interface like the DS9097U
instead of the T238+ or inside weather board, they need to supply 5V to the
two extra pins on the cable. This does get swapped when you go through the
AAG Weather station, so have to be careful here.

I found a "power injector" from "hobby boards" that interfaces either a 5V
or 15V power supply to the bus -- with RJ-45 connectors.
They also have adapter cables to go from RJ-45 to RJ-11 if you need to.

Thanks a lot for the help.

Steve Allen KT6S



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