ESPGeiger
1 month 2 weeks ago #7359
by Simomax
Each station requires a separate user account, and different email address for each. If you let me know what the names of the stations will be (they can't be changed afterwards) I can set them up for you on the same email address as your ChrisLX200 account. Then you will have to log into each account, go to the control panel, configure the station (set description, coords etc), then save the username and data sending password into your ESPGeiger.
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1 month 2 weeks ago #7360
by ChrisLX200
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I have a problem with one ESP32 dropping the WiFi connection, it has done it twice within 24hrs. I'm not sure why as all 3 are within 6ft of a mesh node so even if their signal is fairly weak it should be good. They do tend to have poor antennas so I'm investigating how to improve WiFi performance on these things. I currently have all 3 counters connected to ThingSpeak just to monitor consistency. They need to be working well before I start uploading to Radmon.
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1 month 2 weeks ago #7369
by Simomax
I noticed on another post that it looks like the way your ESP modules are orientated in your counters is putting the antennas of the ESP kind of in the middle of the CAJOE board. This may explain your WiFi issues. Not only will the CAJOE and it's components be shielding the signal somewhat, the interference from the ESP being so close to the CAJOE board itself will be causing much interference around the antenna. It is much better to the have ESP's antenna as far away from anything as you can. So preferably placed as far from the HV PSU and somewhere on the edge of the unit itself. That way it can get a cleaner WiFi signal. In my YRG01's the HV PSU is split away from the MCU and BLE board, for this very good reason. I also placed the ESP-12 module in my mod, with the antenna facing away from the HV PSU. It would have been easier, and less wire to have the antenna close to the HV PSU, but that would have possibly had an affect on signal. Antennas should ideally be as far from the HV PSU or other things as possible.
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1 month 2 weeks ago #7370
by ChrisLX200
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I found
this utility
which helps identify and indicate strength of the WiFi signals, it's fairly old but works fine. All three ESP32s are providing an acceptable signal so I'm not sure why one of them dropped the connection. It hasn't done it since so maybe there was something else involved. Not had any issue with the other two at all. I did have some patch wires crossing over close to the antenna but I've moved them out of the way now, that might have had something to do with it, There is also a way of adding an SMA socket to the board (after cutting the tracks to the PCB antenna) so I could use external antennas. The mod is simpe and I've ordered suitable sockets to do that but if it continues to behave then I won't bother.
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