Communication Problem Solved
Started having a communication problem and went to look at my station. I noticed some ants in the battery compartment and opened up the station and discovered my problem. Yikes!
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I've had this happen to my 5in1. The ants that infested my 5in1 left a film of contamination. I stopped getting rain data. After taking it down and cleaning the long slender circuit board inside of...
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these stations really need better sealing of the electronic compartments (especially the battery ...there are stations where this is not even any rubber seal for the battery compartment 'lid')
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Well it is terminal. Sealed up in a plastic bag overnight and blew all the ants out.. no luck! Well they have a Black Friday Sale going on now!
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If you don't mind a custom software solution, a moving vector average of the wind direction of the data works pretty well to smooth things out. The algorithm can be found here:...
View ArticleWeak signal from 5n1 Acurite just told me there is nothing that can be done.
I got my Acurite 5n1 for Christmas last year and I followed all the installation instructions to the letter. The sensor is 92 ft from the bridge, but it has never gotten a strong signal unless I have...
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FWIW I got a new smarthub to replace one bricked by the upgrade and my garage sensor - 40 feet away - through clear glass via stucco to the sensor and I still get periodic loss of signal warnings. No...
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I just saw an ad (11/18/16) from Costco that has the 5-n-1 for $59.99/+SH . Not sure if that's a good price or not and it's a tangent from the weak signal issue, but I thought I'd mention it in case...
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At this point in time, I am considering relocating the 5n1 to my front yard, but it would be so close to the house that I am afraid the data collected would not be of much value. I am retiring next...
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Quote from: smokedoctor on Yesterday at 06:25:07 PMAt this point in time, I am considering relocating the 5n1 to my front yard, but it would be so close to the house that I am afraid the data collected...
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Quote from: smokedoctor on Yesterday at 10:12:53 AMI asked Acurite specifically about their repeater and why the tech team had never mentioned it before( seems like an opportunity at the very least for...
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The 5 in 1 transmitter isn't too bad but the built in antenna in the bridge is total crap. At 12" length it's not even tuned for the correct 433Mhz frequency!!If you're comfortable modifying your...
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I really appreciate the quick response I am getting in this forum. Like I said I have been battling this for almost a year. Since I have had 2 5n1 sensors and now the second bridge and still have the...
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Quote from: smokedoctor on Yesterday at 12:45:23 PMI really appreciate the quick response I am getting in this forum. Like I said I have been battling this for almost a year. Since I have had 2 5n1...
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Quote from: davefr on Yesterday at 11:32:54 AMAll the morons at Acurite need to do is add an external antenna jack to the bridge and sell an external antenna to give you more range/more reliable...
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Hello smokedoctor!I am sorry you are have signal strength issues. I ran into this as well. The solution I used a method to concentrate the signal Via a Parabolic reflector. It sounds complicated, but...
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The Wok strainer can be purchased at most asian food stores. The 12 inch size works great...
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Now that's something I could do, but wife says I have to wait til after Thanksgiving guests leave. My computer room and guest room are one in the same. I relocated the 5n1 sensor today, from 92 ft away...
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Quote from: mwall on November 10, 2016, 10:25:23 AMrob,would you consider refactoring the changes you made to rtl_433?i think it would be better to keep the 5in1, lightning, and 592TXR output separate;...
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Quote from: rct on Yesterday at 10:10:05 AMThe rationale for the 3 acurite devices being handled by the same protocol is they use the same RF encoding with slight differences in message format that can...
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