Last seen: Aug 24, 2026
Bill is correct, the Pi Zero is running on a couple of my boards. The only thing I notice is that the speed in which things happen is slower. For inst...
That's a new on for me. I've not seen the RPI cause a problem like this. I admire your stick-to-it-iveness. Let us know how it goes. - Mark
Yep, the two pins are shorted somehow. If you don't want to tear it apart, then just leave that rotary switch setting set to METAR's. It will limit yo...
The first thing that comes to mind is to be sure of which data product is being displayed. Verify that METAR's is setup as the default data in Basic S...
Wow, that's beautiful! Great job. I'm sorry for the issues. You mentioned that 'I hope its not all operator error'. In my world, I'm really hoping tha...
Dave, post a picture of the monitor after it boots up. It should show an IP address in green text. We'll start from the beginning to see what might be...
Yes, FU is checked for; here's a snippet of code that shows the weather characterized as such. #Dust Sand and/or Ashwx_dustsandash_ck = ["DU", "SA",...
Dave, you are venturing into territory that I'm completely unfamiliar with. Maybe my partner in crime, Bill might know more about this. We'll figure i...
That's a great insight! Thank you for pointing that out. - Mark
Here's the FAQ for Berrylan - . Everytime I've used Berrylan, I've only seen 'BT WLAN'. I've never seen any other name for the board. I have heard o...
Hi Dave, Berrylan should easily allow you to switch between SSID's that it sees. If its a newly imaged SD card, then the RPI will continue to search...
If you were sent the 12v version of the string, then this would explain the issue. The software was written for the 5v version of the string. You shou...
This was very helpful. The error message is due to an incompatibility between Adafruit library needed to run the LED's and the model/type of LED's you...
Sweet! I'm glad you nailed it. It's always frustrating when things like this happen. But to me its the journey that's the reward. So it feels great wh...
Hmm, I've only had one other person express a similar issue. It turned out that he was using the wrong URL. It had something to do with his network's ...