[wxsig] AAG Version 3.0 to T238

[William Beals]

Rich:

OK on wind sensor working now, chalk it up to a mystery solved for reasons
unknown!

For the display dimming, are you talking about the backlight or the
characters?

If it is the backlight, then be worried!  That means the 12V supply is
getting dragged down enough affect the backlight brightness.  It takes a lot
of power to do that, so something is likely getting damaged.

If it is the LCD characters that are dimming, that is likely a heavy load on
the RS-232 data lines on your PC, suggestive of a cross-wired signal.  The
LCD module needs a negative supply, so I cheat (a little) by borrowing the
-9V the MAX232 generates for RS-232 signals and run it to the negative
supply for the LCD.  This usually works pretty good, your report is the
first I've heard of where there has been an interaction.  Well, at least the
first person that has told me anyway.  The PC isn't supposed to provide much
of a load to those lines, but the MAX-232 doesn't provide much current
either.  I only drive one line, the Tx line, so unless you have a short
somewhere to a neighboring pin, it should be hard to drag down that line.
That is where I'd poke around and see if you see something strange.

will

-----Original Message-----
From: wxsig-bounces at tapr.org [mailto:wxsig-bounces at tapr.org] On Behalf Of
Rich Beckwith
Sent: Sunday, March 29, 2009 3:09 PM
To: TAPR Weather Station SIG Mailing List
Subject: Re: [wxsig] AAG Version 3.0 to T238

Thats what's wierd.  The calibration worked just fine.  The AAG V3 unit is
the only sensor connected to the T238.

It would really simplify things if I didn't have to power the AAG sensor to
get wind direction.

I'll keep experimenting and let you know.

BTW - I noticed when I plug a computer into the unit to use the PC for data
logging the display dims to the point where I can't read it very well.  The
computer is attached with a standard serial cable to a USB serial adapter.
Unplug from the computer and the display is visible again.

Ideas?

Rich - wn0x

On Sun, Mar 29, 2009 at 3:40 PM, William Beals <will at beals5.com> wrote:

> Rich:
>
> The T238(s) should work just fine with the AAG V3 weather station.
> Calibrating is much easier than with the earlier V2 and Dallas weather
> stations as the T238 does not need to discover an array of IDs.  When you
> perform the calibration, you should be asked to disconnect any other
> potential conflicting sensors that have the same 1-wire ID.  Once you do
> that, it should just recognize the ID, then ask you to point north.
>
> That is what *should* happen, what happens when you try to do a wind
> direction calibration?
>
> will
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: wxsig-bounces at tapr.org [mailto:wxsig-bounces at tapr.org] On Behalf Of
> Rich Beckwith
> Sent: Sunday, March 29, 2009 1:06 PM
> To: TAPR Weather Station SIG Mailing List
> Subject: [wxsig] AAG Version 3.0 to T238
>
> Colleagues,
>
> I have a AAG version 3 weather station that will read wind direction fine
> with my OpenTracker Plus, but when connected to the T238 (not plus) will
> read temperature and wind speed but not wind direction.  Sensor setup
seems
> to work fine.  Any suggestions?  Do I have to supply 5 volts to the AAG
> version 3.0 unit and remove the temperature jumper?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Rich - wn0x
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