Captain_Ron
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RE: Wiring extensions & harnesses to clean up the build

@zeroengineland I was going to make some bushings with a square opening for the buttons. I work in a machine shop so its easy. Let me know if you ne...

5 years ago
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RE: When do airports report METARs?

I'm in the same area as the OP, and I have had trouble with O88 and O22. AWC reports a METAR for O22 but it's lights out on the map. I hate having a d...

5 years ago
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RE: All LED's OFF

I see the METAR and the pin number, its just that it lights up as white. That's fine if they are in the map and you can see the location. Thanks for l...

5 years ago
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RE: All LED's OFF

If possible it would be great to have the LED to show the current METAR when stepping through them using the Next button. It would help to confirm the...

5 years ago
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RE: All LED's OFF

So I had to go to Map Functions and Turn Off Map and then the Next button would cycle through the LED's

5 years ago
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RE: All LED's OFF

So I had to go to Map Functions and Turn Off Map and then the Next button would cycle through the LED's

5 years ago
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RE: Decoding flashing lights

Thanks Mark, I'm in California and there is no snow coming down now so that doesn't make a lot of sense. I checked a few spots and no high wind either...

5 years ago
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RE: Power for Pi

When was the level converter added? I started this at version 1 and am finally getting to finishing off the actual map as I reprinted the map after ou...

5 years ago
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RE: Light sensor mounting

Thanks for the tip, I just order the light pipe. Where di you get the frame from?

5 years ago
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RE: My finished project

Tom, That looks great! What size is it and where did you get the frame from? I'm finding that is the expensive part.

5 years ago
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RE: Setup instructions

As I said this line in the directions didn't work "hostname -I" (this is a capital i) I used "sudo ifconfig" which I had used with V2 and that worke...

6 years ago
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RE: OLED specs/sourcing?

You need to click the Amazon logo in the directions page to get the full shopping list. Here is the direct link to the OLED display OLED display

6 years ago
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