I suggest to bring the 5in1 unit indoor in the same location of R-Pi and observe the operation of the system for some days, to make sure it is not signal strength issue and if it happen again it could be hardware or power issue. *I do believe you have signal strength issue*
On Wednesday, February 3, 2021 at 6:20:05 PM UTC+3 [email protected] wrote: > Hi All, > > Thanks for the feedback, very much appreciated. > > @mksm... thanks, I will try your suggestions. Funny because I was > originally told to use a 17cm antenna, I'm surprised to hear you mention > 31cm ?? > > Regarding the SDR, it is a solution to capture the broadcasts from the > Acurite 5n1 sensor directly, ie. no need for the weather display. You can > read more here: https://github.com/weewx/weewx/wiki/sdr-rpi-recipe > Actually, I have build 3 weather stations and the first one is using the > acurite display which then connects to the pi via USB cable, and I found it > to have a lot of challenges to keep it online. Even with a USB hub for > continuous power, it goes offline often and needs a certain procedure to > get things online again. When I learnt about the SDR solution I was really > hopeful that it would be a 100% reliable solution but I'm disappointed to > find that there are still challenges, although less than with the display > option. > > Thanks, > Sean. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "weewx-user" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/weewx-user/4ef9553f-dc11-498e-8eae-80169530fcb5n%40googlegroups.com.
