[wxsig] AAG Version 3.0 to T238

[Rich Beckwith]

Will,

Here is what I discovered:

With the jumper in place the I can read temperature but not wind direction.


Without the jumper I can read wind direction, but not temperature.

As far as the serial port goes, I might try a 3 wire or 2 wire cable in
instead of a standard cable and see if that helps.

For now, it looks like I will have to have to provde V+ to get both
temperature and wind direction.

Rich - wn0x



On Sun, Mar 29, 2009 at 4:25 PM, William Beals <will at beals5.com> wrote:

> 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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