Re: [Owfs-developers] Loosing Channels - help please

2015-03-04 Thread Paul Alfille
I assume we're talking about the DS2482-800 -- the 8 channel i2c-based bus master. The fact that a reboot doesn't fix the problem takes in issue out of owfs (which should be entirely reset by a reboot) and to the hadware (which might need a power cycle to fully reset). The datasheet talks about

Re: [Owfs-developers] Loosing Channels - help please

2015-03-04 Thread Jan Kandziora
Am 05.03.2015 um 00:10 schrieb Mick Sulley: I see on the spec sheets for most devices it says max voltage is 5.5v, from your experience is it possible to go above that and if so what is the maximum? The datasheet of DS2482-800 also says +6V is absolute maximum rating to prevent permanent

Re: [Owfs-developers] Loosing Channels - help please

2015-03-04 Thread Mick Sulley
Volt drop on some of the cable runs. Just thought if I started with a higher voltage there would be more left at the end:) I need to work through it all, probably double up on the +5v line as well to reduce the volt drop but that means some fiddly soldering on the circuit boards unless I can

Re: [Owfs-developers] Loosing Channels - help please

2015-03-04 Thread Mick Sulley
Hi Paul, Thanks for the suggestions. Yes the Sheepwalk adapter is based on the DS2482-800. I can't see anything obvious in the logs, but I have done some more investigation and now suspect it may well be a voltage problem, so I am looking at ways to try to stabilise it. I see on the spec

Re: [Owfs-developers] Loosing Channels - help please

2015-03-04 Thread Jan Kandziora
Am 05.03.2015 um 00:59 schrieb Mick Sulley: Volt drop on some of the cable runs. Just thought if I started with a higher voltage there would be more left at the end:) Before voltage drop on the 1W line gets a problem, you have a problem on the GND line. That is because when you have 1V drop

Re: [Owfs-developers] Loosing Channels - help please

2015-03-04 Thread Matthias Urlichs
Jan Kandziora jjj at gmx.de writes: I strongly recommend to use a thick-gauge GND wire instead of playing with the supply voltage. Or use three wires for GND. (You do have a spare pair of wires in your bus cable, don't you?) Frankly, if I had thought of this, the first thing I'd try to fix

[Owfs-developers] Loosing Channels - help please

2015-03-04 Thread Mick Sulley
I have had a problem probably 3 or 4 times over the last few months where I loose some channels on my 1-wire, this time channels 1, 4 and 5, which I think is the same channels as before but can't be sure. If I reboot it doesn't help, just comes up with the same missing channels, but power