Can the TAI8575 Rain Gauge be connnected directly to the HUB? I have tried this before and I can only get the Rain Gauge ROM ID to be recognized in Weather Display if it is plugged into the v3 Weather Station.
I ask because after days of plugging, and unplugging sensors and wires on my 1-wire network (AAGs WSIv3, HUB, humidity sensors, and rain gauge and LINK) I have localized my Wind Direction updating problem to some sort of conflict with the rain gauge.
When connecting my AAG TAI8575 Rain Gauge to the AAG v3 Weather Station, the ROM ID for the Wind Direction drops in and out. Updating of Wind Direction is very inconsistent. As soon as I remove the Rain Gauge from the Weather Station, Wind Direction begins to respond consistently. When connected, Rain Gauge is easily recognized and seems to work fine.
I’ll pull the rain gauge off the roof to inspect it for any internal wiring issues (have heard posts about the 8575 being sent out with incorrect or reversed wiring), but as an alternative I am wondering if I should be able to see Rain Gauge ROM ID when it is connected directly to the HUB or through another 1-wire device like an AAG humidity sensor.
Winedog ,
you could have a fault socket in the weather station ( happen to me ) water got in and corroded the board as well .
youi could try through the humidity sensor ( it works sometime ) as long as you don’t had a major star network .
is it possible to post a drawing of you setup
I have checked the connectors on the WSI v3 and they are both fine as I have swapped sockets and seen no change in the problem.
Have noticed another anomaly this morning. My rain gauge appears to have counted backwards last night??? That could be software I suppose. However, I have also seen that the LaCrosse digital counter that is attached the rain gauge is slowly reporting rain…when there is no rain. Although that data doesn’t seem to register in WD.
In this topo I have two CAT5 lines running to my roof. One goes to TAI8540A (inside a rain shield) and other to WSI v3+Rain Gauge. I have swapped over those lines and seen no changes. Tried plugging the rain gauge into the TAI8540A and the ROM ID just won’t show up in WD.
Well…my Rain Gauge from AAG was shipped with the 1-wire GND wire reversed. I’ve corrected that and the Wind Direction ROM ID shows up more frequently and is allocated, but is still flukey and not reporting / updating wind direction. Any other ideas why my Wind Direction doesn’t like the Rain Gauge? I’ll have another go at plugging the Rain Gauge into something else than the WSI v3.
Again, Weather Direction works just fine, but only fails when Rain Gauge is attached.
I had several strange problems and some of them went away when I cut both wires going to the digital counter that came with the AAG rain guage. My theory is that a long wire going to the digital counter picks up electrical noise like an antenna and puts the noise on the ground lead of your 1-wire network.
Interesting. I was told by AAG that the digital counter must be attached to the LaCrosse Rain Gauge as it needed the power from the Digital Counter batteries to generate enough power for it to work on the 1-wire network.
I just want to make sure I understand this correctly…I can completely disconnect the Digital Counter and that super long cable that attaches it to the Rain Gauge and use only the DATA and GND leads for the Rain Gauge? The 1-wire switch with the small lithium battery will still read and work on the my 1-wire microlan?
If so, this would actually be great because I really wanted the just Rain Gauge up on my roof and was annoyed that I had to run the lead for the counter back into the house.
If it’s the standard counter board that’s fitted ( It should work fine )
You can check while it’s on the ground ( use tmex viewer ) counter on page 15 ( toggle the spoon ) the counter will increment .
Oh yea , the lithum battery is there for backup . If WD is offline ( and it’s been raining ) it continues to measure the rainfall and you can correct you total ( automatically if you wish ) .
