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July 15, 2020 at 9:10 pm #28451Ken JamrogowiczParticipant
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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July 16, 2020 at 3:10 am #28453Ken JamrogowiczParticipantI 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.
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July 16, 2020 at 2:39 pm #28455WolferlModeratorHi Ken,
That sounds either like a problem with your network OR a failing power supply.
Cheers,
WolferlAugust 1, 2020 at 10:31 pm #28476Ken JamrogowiczParticipantWell – 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 🙂
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August 24, 2020 at 7:55 pm #28501uRADMonitorKeymasterIf 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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