Mark Harris
Mark Harris
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RE: Livesectional Image can't connect to wifi

I don't recall hearing that others had a similar issue where they couldn't connect to Wifi but worked with a cable. I'd have to search the forums to b...

2 years ago
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RE: Livesectional Image can't connect to wifi

Yep, you are right. An internet connection will be needed. Wasn't thinking. Try the cable before worrying about updating that library. I'm not sure wh...

2 years ago
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RE: Livesectional Image can't connect to wifi

Try this fix; It may not be the problem, but I know a similar issue occurred early on and this library needed to be updated. Please let me know w...

2 years ago
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RE: Livesectional Image can't connect to wifi

Greg, sorry for the hassles. When you get to the command prompt, try pinging yahoo.com and see if its reachable. I'm at work at the moment, but if you...

2 years ago
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RE: Scrambled OLED display

Ron, then there has to be an error in the wiring or the OLED units themselves are bad. I have accidently damaged OLED's by cracking the very corners o...

2 years ago
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RE: Scrambled OLED display

Ron, First thing to check is that the number of OLED's being used is properly set in the Settings. I say this because it looks like the 4th one is b...

2 years ago
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RE: Feature Request - Smoother High Wind Blink

Thanks for pointing that code out. It's an inspired solution, to use a photo resister. I really like the way he codes, its clear and concise. At some ...

2 years ago
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RE: New to METAR Maps, considering different building techniques

Nick, powering the strings evenly is usually a matter of 'injecting' power and ground along the entire string at consistent intervals. Using a single ...

2 years ago
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RE: Need to turn on map

Ron, if you can download the 3 data files before you start the upgrade, the upgrade is pretty straightforward. Obviously you have to download the newe...

2 years ago
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RE: Feature Request - Smoother High Wind Blink

Thank you for that! Tell us which file (I assume metar-v4.py) and what line number, or area to make finding it a bit easier. - Mark

2 years ago
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RE: Raspberry Pi 4B Won't Connect

That's a great catch. We have been fighting that issue. And your description makes perfect sense. Thank you for documenting this here. - Mark

2 years ago
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RE: Very new to this. Need guidance

I liked your idea so much I purchased a runway light off of Ebay. I sand blasted and painted it. I added an ESP32 micro-controller (not RPi) and wrote...

2 years ago
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RE: New to METAR Maps, considering different building techniques

Ambitious map, but very worthwhile. Adding Alaska and Hawaii is a great idea. You don't see too many maps with these 2 states included. A leather ho...

2 years ago
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RE: Map Output issue

Hmm, looks like you found a bug. I'll have to check this out. In the meantime, open 'config.py' and change line 86 (I believe) to; wind_numorarrow =...

2 years ago
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RE: Feature Request - Smoother High Wind Blink

I like the idea. For now, there won't be any changes. But if version 5 sees the light of day, I'll try to add that feature. I'm keeping a list of such...

2 years ago
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