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    Ken Jamrogowicz
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    I have read some discussion about this topic but thought I would post a new one. I wonder if there is something adjusting the CO2 sensor report as a function of barometric pressure? If there is, it seems to be over-doing things. I recently adjusted the height of my unit up and down and up (while power was applied). Each time I raised the unit (only a bit more than one meter), it gained first ~250 PPM and then ~150 PPM. These jumps coincided exactly with the moves.

    I waited a day and did a power cycle to see what would happen and then waited another day. But it seems to be stuck at about +400 PPM above the expected value thanks to these two “motions”.

    Explanation?

    Ken

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    #28453
    Ken Jamrogowicz
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    I would like to add one other observation. My unit continues to randomly reboot – sometimes running for many hours and then entering into a phase with a number of reboots in a relative short time. The observation is that each reboot is accompanied by a downward spike in the CO2 reading. Perhaps this will be no surprise to the developers, but I find it a bit strange. The other sensors do not appear to be affected in the same way. See the attached image where I have laid the time graph onto the top of the CO2 graph.

    #28455
    Wolferl
    Moderator

    Hi Ken,

    That sounds either like a problem with your network OR a failing power supply.

    Cheers,
    Wolferl

    #28476
    Ken Jamrogowicz
    Participant

    Well – my power supply feeds two other units at the same location and they do not have problems (it is a battery-backed supply). As posted elsewhere, what is happening is that the A3 simply stops communicating over the ethernet port – even to local hosts – so nothing to do with my router. That ethernet failure apparently is in both directions so, not hearing anything coming in either, the program reboots. I have my fingers crossed now because it has run up to 410K seconds which is some kind of record for my unit….

    But the topic is CO2 calibration. Update there: after about 2 weeks the A3 spontaneously decided it was time to reset the calibration so that the minimum values are about 400 PPM. This did not coincide with a reboot. I have read in another post where someone else’s unit did the something similar. I posted the month of CO2 readings so you can see what it did. The two upward steps were when I adjusted the height of the unit. No other sensor jumps coincided with the reset to 400. It was at 9:22 AM July 26. I will be watching on August 26th to see if anything interesting happens 🙂

    #28501
    uRADMonitor
    Keymaster

    If the unit reboots frequently, it can impact the CO2’s sensor autocalibration that runs on an internal timer.. I’d try to get the A3 to run stable first.

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