Author Topic: Webswitch 1216H, 1216L-5 - Can't find any 1-W device on BUS-A  (Read 6076 times)

W4AFK

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I need some assistance with my 1216H Webswitch and my 1216L. My goal is to use this to remotely manage a HAM-IV rotator.

At this stage, I have no rotator connected as I am getting familiar on how to configure this at home before a live setup, so my connections are only the Ethernet cable, the USB cable, the DC power (both devices) and the BUS-A 1-wire connection (which is really two wires, “BUS –A” and “0” per the online diagram)

•   Connected +12Vdc to the 1216H

•   Connected the USB cable and configured the 1216H
           I updated the F/W in the 1216H Webswitch to 4.0 (Ham use)

•   I then connected the 1216L to the 1216H per the on-line diagram
      Power in parallel
          1216H #9 “BUS-A” to 1216L 1-W “+“
      1216H #10 “0” to 1216L 1-W “-”

•   When I power the system, the green LED on the 1216L blinks fast then settles @ around 1/second

•   I then connect to the 1216H via my browser (Ethernet cable from router).

•   I followed the instructions regarding “ham mode”, set some rotator controls, etc. BUT it doesn’t work!

•   Problem: When I scan for 1-Wire devices on BUS A, it always says “No Bus-A 1-wire devices found!”
            The 1216H does not seem to see the 1216L-5

So essentially, it seems like the 1216H cannot see the 1216L-5 even though the green LED is flashing at 1/second on the 1216L-5. BUT... On the “System Info” page of the 1216H, it shows "1216L HW >=5, FW 5", which seems to say that it does see the 1216L (which is confusing as it can't find it when scanning BUS-A)

So please help me out here… what am I missing???

Jan (Microbit)

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The 1216L-5 is a 1-wire device which does not need to be scanned like the other "generic" devices. The only thing you have to do is to select if it is on BUS A or B in the rotator settings.  So the fact that the 1216L-5 blinks approx once per second and the System Info page shows "1216L HW >=5, FW 5" means that everything works as expected. If there  is no connection to the 1216L-5 it would have said "HW >= 5, disconnected".

Regarding the name "1-wire" I assume it is due to the fact that the data itself goes both ways in just "one wire"  ;)
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Thanks Jan... I will have a look tonight when I get back from work  ;)

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Feedback --> The 1216L-5 & Webswitch 1216H work fine thanks to Jan's info. I actually misread the instructions and assumed that I had to scan the 1-W BUS-A. As the rotator and control is not at my home, I could not fully test it but I have enough experience now to wire it up at my remote base on Saturday.

Suggestion --> The 1216L-5 "manual" is spread across many webpages. It would be helpful if we could download the entire manual as one file. I had to print page by page so that I could have something on paper :-)

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Since the Webswitch has a built-in help system the information needed to make that work cannot be a single downloadable manual. Supporting both the existing webpage based system and an "one file manual" would of course be the best, but takes much more resources to maintain.
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Thanks for the info, the 1-W problem is fixed. I have another question but I will start a new topic :-)