Mark Harris
Mark Harris
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RE: Power for Pi

Another thought: The length of the Digital In Wire has been mentioned by a few as having an effect on the lights. So keeping the length on the shorter...

6 years ago
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RE: Power for Pi

Great looking map. Yes, I believe there is still an issue with the wiring being a faulty/intermittent. You can use the 'all on' and 'all off' and see ...

6 years ago
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RE: Power for Pi

Hmm, I would have said that its the GRB vs RGB setting but you covered that one. So post the logfile here. Be sure to stop then startup the map. Give ...

6 years ago
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RE: Power for Pi

That's great news. Please do post a picture or vid. Glad its working now. - Mark

6 years ago
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RE: Power for Pi

Hi, When you use the LED Test, the LED's should cycle through a rainbow pattern a number of times then turn off. They shouldn't blink random colors....

6 years ago
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RE: LED's staying in white

No problem, Putty isn't very intuitive in that regard. Grab winscp at . It uses a better graphical interface for files. - Mark

6 years ago
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RE: LED's staying in white

Sorry, I should have mentioned. If possible, use a program like Putty or Snowflake which will list the files on the pi like File Explorer for windows ...

6 years ago
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RE: LED's staying in white

Not giving me what I need. Please attach logfile.log.1 and logfile.log.2. I need to see more info. - Mark

6 years ago
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RE: Power for Pi

That's great info. Please post a picture showing the upgrade so others may benefit too. - Mark

6 years ago
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RE: LED's staying in white

Let's try this: Under the 'Basic Settings' change the 'Logging Level' to debug. Then run the map for a bit. Then download and post the new log here. I...

6 years ago
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RE: LED's staying in white

You used the URL necessary to get the Station Information to display in the editor. The URL needed to get the weather is; It's output is currentl...

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RE: LED's staying in white

Well if that's the case, go to 'Basic Settings' and ensure that 'Default Data to Display' is set to METAR. If that doesn't make a change, then chec...

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RE: LED's staying in white

Hmm, this is odd. I noticed that you are displaying TAF's instead of METAR's, which should be fine. But for testing purposes, change the settings in B...

6 years ago
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RE: LED's staying in white

I looked at the files, and I noticed you are running an earlier version. Please download the latest image here. Before you power down the current vers...

6 years ago
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RE: Power for Pi

Hi Bynan, Your power supply will work on a project that has well over 100 LED's. Mine has 200 and I have no problem. I did wire the power to both 5v...

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