one wire protocol
littlerich
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I have done a quick search of the forum and can't find a +ve search
I have one of the AWG weather stations which has the Dallas One Wire protocol. Three sensors being wind speed, direction and temp.
The windows software from memory has a search feature and will return the unique id codes form the three sensors.
Has anyone seen a project done in the BS2 for this product?
I'm pretty new and a bit daunted by working out the steps to get to the result of being able to poll the devices, store result in mini logger type functionality.
Any ideas appreciated
Cheers
Rich
I have one of the AWG weather stations which has the Dallas One Wire protocol. Three sensors being wind speed, direction and temp.
The windows software from memory has a search feature and will return the unique id codes form the three sensors.
Has anyone seen a project done in the BS2 for this product?
I'm pretty new and a bit daunted by working out the steps to get to the result of being able to poll the devices, store result in mini logger type functionality.
Any ideas appreciated
Cheers
Rich
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Doing bit-banging on a plain BS2 is something I wouldn't even contemplate.
Depending on the type of 1-wire devices used, you may not need to use the IDs very often.
If there's only ONE device on the line, you can always use the 'Skip ROM' command.
This can also be used if you want to give the same order to ALL devices on the net at the same time.
If the next command BYTE is an 'unknown' command, the 1-wire devices will just ignore it and wait for the next 'Reset and address' sequence. Devices which recognise the Byte will of course start executing it.
(I don't know which devices are in use in that weatherstation, though)
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So if I only really want to read one of three devices on the line can I talk to that one only if I know its ID?
Also if anyone else reads this with some experience on the AWG One Wire Weather Station do you know the maths to convert the data to m/s-1 as I have found some code but the returned data is in mph.
thanks Gadgetman
cheers
rich
It's not that difficult to read the ID, though.
(It's usually laser-etched onto the IDs, if you don't want to write a short program to scan for it)
If you want to scan, separate the devices from each other(so that there are only one on the line) and use OWIN to send a $33 command. The device will respond with its ID.
The 'Search ROM' function is not something you'd really want to try...
(I once implemented it on a PDA using a language called OPL and the listing is... not nice... )
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It really is easier to do what Gadgetman suggested, and discover the ID of each separate device, and then tie them together into a network. The search feature is needed mainly when you will be adding and removing OW devices regularly, but in the case of a fixed weather station, that will not be the case.
Your other question was how to convert,
meters_per_second = miles_per_hour * 0.44722
On the Stamp, that becomes,
mps = mph ** 29309
Note the **. That is implicit calculation of 29309/65536 (=0.44722)
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Tracy Allen
www.emesystems.com
redesigned the DalSemi weather station, there are more than just
three 1-wire devices in there. Sure, the temperature is just one
device and the wind speed is simply a counter, as I recall. On the
other hand, wind direction is a collection of 8 "switches" and which
of those 8 inputs is NORTH is determined by an initial alignment
procedure. I also seem to recall there were a few other addressable
1-wire chips in there, at least one of which was a 2407 switch.
The code that Tracy alludes to is intended to be placed into a
separate section of EEPROM on a BS2p-style processor and it will
walk the entire 1-wire network (unless you limit how many devices
it finds or you run out of EEPROM). But, as Tracy states, you'd only
need to do this once and everytime you exchange/add/remove a
1-wire device from the net.
Also, some good sources to check out are:
at timbitson.com/Weather_Projects.html
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