Skylark V1.0 - new Outernet Firmware!

CRCasey 2017-01-10 18:30:15 UTC #222

Here is a RSSI and RSL log run for about a day and one half. The double dips at 7 and 11 pm on monday night is interesting. But the big take away is the range of SNR on a daily cycle, over 10 at the highest, and down to 1.75 at the lowest.

-Cecil

neil 2017-01-10 19:10:44 UTC #223

That is really interesting Cecil
That describes the same horrific drop in signal that I also saw on the 25E bird…
I am away from my outernet installation now until (hopefully, as I have to fly back and there is bad weather coming ) Friday night… The thing stopped talking to the nearby PC early on Monday, I assume it shut down for some reason. I wish it would reboot by itself… When I get back I will have to pull it all out of the weatherproof enclosure to push the button… sigh…

kenbarbi 2017-01-10 19:10:53 UTC #224

Hi Cecil

Here’s a PuTTY listing. The Rachel file in question is index.html and it is inside the Rachel Directory:

Ken

Syed 2017-01-10 22:55:38 UTC #225

I’ll just send you another. Thanks for identifying the root cause.

CRCasey 2017-01-10 23:31:01 UTC #226

Ok Ken,

I thought in your first post you said that the Rachel info was on an external usb drive. How did it get stored on the internal flash drive with the sat downloads from outernet? Did you move it there? Or did I miss something from before?

-Cecil

demandzm 2017-01-10 23:31:02 UTC #227

Well I think the second scenario I mentioned is more likely the cause. But yes If you heat it up briefly and add just a little solder it should be fine, but there is always a risk. If you lived closer I would be willing to take that risk for you. but at 5v 2.5a max the paper wedge method should work just fine.

Lolo 2017-01-10 23:36:44 UTC #228

Gracias por responder, pero he probado casi de todo y no me sale bien, en un par de días probare de nuevo.

Translation:

Thanks for replying, but I have tried almost everything and I do not do well, in a couple of days I will try again.

kenbarbi 2017-01-10 23:46:33 UTC #229

No - - all my downloads go to the external USB drive where I put Rachel as Wolfgang @wsombeck did. That’s how I move them around to all the different devices. Ken

kenbarbi 2017-01-10 23:52:43 UTC #230

Thank you, Syed - - I won’t try to re-solder the contacts until I get another in case I fry my CHIP. My paper suffer works as well as banging a TV that isn’t working right!

By the way, if cold solder is a problem on my external battery connection, perhaps other unexpected problems are occurring for other folks when different connection go bad. Like the CHIP manufacturer isn’t doing their job right.

Ken

CRCasey 2017-01-11 01:08:37 UTC #231

That is unusual Ken. Can you open up the web desktop and do the right click context menu to turn on the icons, then pull a screen shot, You should see shortcuts for your two image files there if the desktop is running from /mnt/download.

-C

CRCasey 2017-01-11 01:14:43 UTC #232

@Abhishek I have a script the needs the bc arbitrary floating point calculator. Can you compile a version that will work with Skylark? The binary in the CHIP has to many dependancies to bring in with out APT. Or if we can get closer to debian on CHIP so we just use apt-get to add packages we may want on our receivers.

What do you think?

-Cecil

kenbarbi 2017-01-11 02:13:22 UTC #233

It is very hard to read the screen, but the 2 files are not there. Everything present are just the files in the Download Directory. Ken

kenbarbi 2017-01-11 02:18:20 UTC #234

Here’s another PuTTY view at the top level, then in the /mtn/Downloads

Ken

CRCasey 2017-01-11 03:36:50 UTC #235

and cd into Rachel and ls there to verify the flie you want to link to is there. Then you will have what you need for sure to make the link.

Mudflap 2017-01-11 15:54:11 UTC #236

Over a week and no weather app. So will go ahead and do the Skylark flash. Running OSX on a macbookpro. Installed Virtualbox. What ver of Linux should I install and use for the flashing? Debian?

tkepe194 2017-01-11 16:06:22 UTC #237

The image contains the OS that you need – it’s super easy, the only two things that you really have to worry about are: 1) installing the extensions so that the USB will pass through and 2) make sure you install the jumpers, as noted in a previous post!

Mudflap 2017-01-11 17:50:21 UTC #238

Thanks. That sounds even easier. Will give it a shot.

Ok gave it a shot. That was easy! I had visions of Unix, and even assembler flashing through my mind
No problem. Fired right up.
Switched over to an Anker 2.5 A supply. The supply loading is not that bad after boot and settles down.

Knut_Kristensen 2017-01-11 19:48:52 UTC #239

Weather app is updating files on skylark but I can not get it to work properly. I only get one picture at 01:00 every day. Only >> and << work. I can’t get picture for weather now. Is there a fix I can do?

Syed 2017-01-12 05:27:17 UTC #240

@Knut_Kristensen What do you mean by “getting a picture”?

Knut_Kristensen 2017-01-12 06:29:52 UTC #241

I only get the weather for the time 01:00 at a given day. the online version her is working different https://earth.nullschool.net/#current/wind/surface/level/overlay=temp/orthographic=21.73,69.89,1028/loc=23.381,69.788