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KeymasterWould a built in POE still be needed given these excellent alternative solutions?
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KeymasterThank you David for this nice contribution!
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KeymasterThe VOC is not the easiest thing to interpret. You can read more on how a VOC sensor works: https://www.uradmonitor.com/metal-oxide-voc-sensors/
When Bosch manufactured their VOC capable BME680, they also provided a library that would compute a score 1 to 500 to do some estimations on the raw VOC levels. Sadly, this library was never integrated in the uRADMonitor products, it was too big for these embedded systems. On the other hand, current uRADMonitor devices are not using the BME680 anymore, it was too susceptible to failure.The way that lib worked was that it kept a given interval of raw VOC history data. It then used it to compute a baseline and have a reference point to any upcoming raw VOC reading.
I implemented a similar mechanism for the VOC AQI . The last 24 hours of VOC raw data is analysed and the interval min and max are kept. Any new VOC value is compared against the two, and scaled across a 1-500 interval.
This approach worked amazingly well, and generated perfect alignments with other sensors, like the formaldehyde one. This was impressive as we are talking about two separated sensing elements, based on completely different detection technologies. See it here: https://twitter.com/RaduMotisan/status/1067894752027312128
There is a university in Canada currently using several A3 devices for research on how the VOC can be better used.Attachments:
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KeymasterSadly, this is most likely a formaldehyde sensor failure. Your unit variant uses analogue connection to sensors, so there is little we can investigate here. Newer A3’s communicate with the formaldehyde sensor via a serial connection.
Drop me an email on support@uradmonitor.com if you want me to service it.
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KeymasterThere is only model A : http://uradmonitor.com/products/?sel=1
and model A3: http://uradmonitor.com/products/?sel=4Model A is a gamma radiation monitor, while A3 is an Air Quality Monitor. Which of the two are you interested in? Please check the two links for complete details.
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KeymasterYou will often see the VOC AQI perfectly aligned with Formaldehyde readings. I love it, since the two sensors are using very different tech for their operation.
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KeymasterI also lowered the inverter’s frequency, do you hear any hissing sound?
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Keymasterthree long beeps means “cannot connect” and lead to a reboot, that does yet another beep, resulting in the four beeps that you heard.
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KeymasterDone!
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Keymaster@baskin, it is never too late! Looks good!
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Keymaster@sbcfarm welcome! Last 4 model A’s are still available. Would really love to see your scripts!
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KeymasterThanks for your prompt report! It was a bug that is now fixed. Please try again.
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KeymasterEasiest solution would be a firmware upgrade, to help the high voltage inverter that seems to be failing.
Here’s how to do it: https://www.uradmonitor.com/firmware-upgrade-guide/
Can you get the usbASP programmer and try this? If yes I’ll send you the new firmware hex file.
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KeymasterHi @arnekeller! Any luck on this? Need any help?
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KeymasterSadly I am not kidding. Yes, as you said, this is a community project but one that needs to evolve continuously. This includes finding all the support and resources for the endless list of things that need to be implemented. While for private individuals there’s a large openness towards providing free access, universities reasearch institutes and companies do have funds for acquiring such sets of data. And that is a good thing to take into account and use for the purposes mentioned. Feedback?
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