[wxsig] Still looking for solution :-(

[Bill Hosking]

With my test adapter (copied from the x1w1 schematic) which I did because 
the commercial one didn't let me put +5 on pin1, and running the testhumd 
program I get back perfectly acceptable temperature, humidity, and voltage 
readings. Additionally, I could disconnect the 5V from pin 1 and, sure 
enough, the program told me 0V and no humidity reading. It apparently does 
not return the raw register values as far as I can tell.

Bill
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Will Beals" <will at beals5.com>
To: "'TAPR Weather Station SIG Mailing List'" <wxsig at lists.tapr.org>
Sent: Monday, November 20, 2006 9:48 PM
Subject: RE: [wxsig] Still looking for solution :-(


> Bill:
>
> This is enough data to really confirm that your setup is exposing some 
> kind
> of SW bug that I have not seen before.  With (I think) 100+ humidity 
> sensors
> out there and not hearing of such an issue before, I still sorta hope that
> the root cause is something on the hardware side that is giving results 
> that
> I'm not handling well and that if you can find that hardware issue the
> problem would "go away".  Ken Brown had some suggestions based on some
> earlier experiences, so they would be worth investigating.  As I 
> understand
> it, your sensor is not very accessible right now though.
>
> Based on the fact that the LED stops flashing and 1-wire bus activity 
> stops,
> it is clear that the firmware is crashing.
>
> Bill:  Does the testhumd untility return the raw register values for the
> humidity sensor?  I can quite easily emulate that here and can see if that
> causes a crash on my end.  In parallel, I'll go off and look at the code 
> and
> see if I can see anything that could cause a crash.
>
> will
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bill Hosking [mailto:hoskingb at earthlink.net]
> Sent: Monday, November 20, 2006 7:11 PM
> To: will at beals5.com
> Subject: Re: [wxsig] Still looking for solution :-(
>
> Some more data Will
>
> This is with the x1w2 in line and powered up but adding/erasing the sensor
> id.
>
> Without the humidity sensor id, the voltage on the I-button line varies on 
> a
> regular pattern with a low of 4.73 v and a high of 4.93.
>
> Telling the box to recognize the humidity sensor, it goes to the "one 
> second
> please' prompt and hangs there. The voltage is 4.92, not changing.
>
> Pulling the phone plug, resetting, erasing the humidity sensor id, and 
> going
> on, the box goes to normal operation with temp/wind/rain and the voltage 
> is
> changing as above.
>
> {Through all of this, there is a constant +4.96V on pin 1 which only the
> x1w2 is using.}
>
> Bill
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Will Beals" <will at beals5.com>
> To: "'Bill Hosking'" <hoskingb at earthlink.net>
> Sent: Sunday, November 19, 2006 2:55 PM
> Subject: RE: [wxsig] Still looking for solution :-(
>
>
>> Bill:
>>
>> I had some other questions too that would help, do you mind answering to
>> the
>> reflector?  They are below again.
>>
>> will
>> ---------------------
>> On the lockup, a few more questions:
>>  Does the LED continue flashing?
>>  I understand you do not have a TNC, but which TNC mode is selected?
>>  Can you hit the menu button to get back to menus or do you have to hit
>> reset?
>>  Can you measure the 1-wire bus voltage with a volt-meter with and 
>> without
>> the humidity sensor attached?  If possible, read it with the T238 hung
>> too.
>> While running, the bus voltage will vary on a voltmeter, so max value is
>> OK.
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Bill Hosking [mailto:hoskingb at earthlink.net]
>> Sent: Wednesday, November 15, 2006 10:31 PM
>> To: will at beals5.com; TAPR Weather Station SIG Mailing List
>> Subject: Re: [wxsig] Still looking for solution :-(
>>
>> Yeah, that is the problem trying to draw in text form (shoulda gone to
>> courier).
>> First - the x1w2 and temp/wind sensors have pass-through connectors, with
>> that understood...
>>
>> From T238
>> about 50-60 ft of flat 4-wire phone cable, crimped connectors
>> x1w2 (pass through) humidity sensor
>> about 20 ft of same cable
>> wind/temp module (pass through)
>> 6 ft cable (same stuff)
>> Rain Gauge
>>
>> Without the humidity sensor turned on, temp, wind, and rain work
>> perfectly.
>> Turn on humidity sensor, system hangs at the "wait a moment" prompt
>>
>> Bill
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Will Beals" <will at beals5.com>
>> To: "'TAPR Weather Station SIG Mailing List'" <wxsig at lists.tapr.org>
>> Sent: Wednesday, November 15, 2006 9:32 PM
>> Subject: RE: [wxsig] Still looking for solution :-(
>>
>>
>>> Bill:
>>>
>>> Hopefully we can figure something out that won't require drilling holes
>>> and
>>> venturing into crawlways!
>>>
>>> Unfortunately your diagram didn't come out to well, can you elaborate in
>>> a
>>> different format?
>>>
>>> T238 Controller
>>> ?? Feet of cable
>>> Rain gauge
>>> ?? Feet of cable
>>> X1W2 sensor with humidity
>>> ?? Feet of cable
>>> Is there something more?
>>>
>>
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