Re: 1-Wire Headache

[Quinten Uijldert <yahoogroups2@xxxxxxxxx>]

And another question is if you are using parasite power or not?  And
what Dallas sensors they are?  DS1820 or DS18S20?

On 17 Jul 2007, at 19:42, Stuart Poulton wrote:

> Marc,
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> 85c is the reading that is returned as an error, normally that a
> conversion wasn't able to be made.
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> 2 questions
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> 1 - Are you making connections to all 3 legs of the sensors ?
> 2 - What sort of cabling are you using.
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> I've successfully run 1-wire over 100m of cat5, using modules that
> daisy chained (modules of my own design)
>
> Cheers
>
> Stuart
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> On 17 Jul 2007, at 17:49, Marc Fuller wrote:
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>> Hey Guys,
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>> Just bought myself a TEMP08 to replace my Quasar logger. It's all
>> up and
>> running and 3 of the sensors are working perfectly. My problem is
>> with
>> the fourth.
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>> For some reason the fourth sensor that is at the end of the bus,
>> keeps
>> showing a temperature of 85c, which is obviously not correct.
>> Occasionally it will show the correct temperature, but mostly it
>> shows
>> 85c. I replaced the probe with a new one and am getting the same
>> thing !
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>> Now I must admit I don't totally understand 1-wire yet.. this is
my
>> first proper jump into it. So it could be that I have set up the
bus
>> incorrectly ? or what else is likely to cause this problem ?
>>
>> The probes are wired in series and the farthest one is only about
10
>> meters away.
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>> Anyone got any ideas ? Could I just be really unlucky and have two
>> probes shorting out ?
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>> Any help appreciated
>>
>> Marc
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