[Rick]

Thanks Ray
did you zap the extra micro controller i put in the box for me ( i have a feeling it will happen again)

It is possible that a solder joint is faulty but i suspect something else may have caused the problem even lightning nearby.

I have taken care of the account.

Thanks

Rick

[Rick]

That is good news

Thanks Samer

[Rick]

Ray

Has my unit arrived yet it should be there about now

If so Any luck on what has gone wrong

Rick

[Rick]

I don’t ray

this maybe starting to get outside my pay grade 🙂

 

ill ship it back i hope the address  listed is correct

OpenSprinkler

5 Valley Lane

Amherst, MA 01002

USA

 

[Rick]

the parts i ordered arrived

1.  I replaced the 25 MHZ crystal no change B1 still shows same <see picture few posts back.>

2. replaced the Ethernet controller chip  B1 still the same

3. replaced the 16 MHZ  and of course <Murphy’s law damaged the board > however managed to tweak it and have it working there is no difference.

the device is detected through the USB connection and i can attempt to upload the firmware it turns the unit off starts to run and then fails

I have used 2 different PC’s to try and update the firmware on win 7 64 bit using the USB driver from the website CH341ser.exe  (see below for error)

avrdude: input file ./Firmwares/OpenSprinkler_v2.2/firmware2.1.3.hex contains 56046 bytes

avrdude: reading on-chip flash data:

avrdude: verifying …

avrdude: verification error, first mismatch at byte 0x0000

0x0c != 0x62

avrdude: verification error; content mismatch

avrdude done. Thank you.

 

[Rick]

I have ordered new parts they should be here early next week if i find out what it is ill post the solution.

 

already tried to flash the firmware more than once see my first post,the firmware fails i have tried 2 different downloads of the updater

 

 

 

[Rick]

Mac address B2

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after start up

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   operation.jpg
   

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button B1

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   B1.jpg
   

[Rick]

thanks ray for the reply

the unit is 2.2u

 

button B1 brings up black boxes with some characters top right hand side after the unit finishes showing CONNECTING but no IP address

Button B2 shows a MAC address

controller seems to be working  i can reset etc and manually set everything from B3 at start up however it will not let me connect and it just stopped controlling the  valves  by itself it has been functioning for months with no problems

 

 

ill see if i can find a way to post some pictures

 

 

 

 

[Rick]

Hi Ray

Yes it was a do it yourself Kit

and i did have a problem with the x1 25 crystal one leg was bent  out of the box and it broke off close to the housing when i straightened it however i managed to repair it and the unit has worked flawlessly  turning the irrigation/fertigation network on 4 times a day for 2 to 3 months i have had full access to the web interface

it just stopped working i have no idea why i cant see any bad solder joints on it with a magnifying glass

the led indicators on the lan green solid and data flashing as if its talking, but i cannot connect to the unit.

 

sorry for the delay in reply ray but I am in Australia time difference is a pain

 

 

[Rick]

Thanks very much Ray that will work if i run more than 1 program.

 

But it would be a nice option to have in the settings 🙂

 

Kind Regards

Rick

 

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