RE: Monitoring data wirelessly
Temporary power outage...
Is the microwave oven blinking 12:00 when you get up in the morning?
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RE: Monitoring data wirelessly
(06-20-2021, 08:07 PM)RayBee Wrote: Temporary power outage...
Is the microwave oven blinking 12:00 when you get up in the morning?
No sign from any outages ever. No rhyme, no reason. 
RE: Monitoring data wirelessly
(06-20-2021, 07:12 PM)SarcasticDave94 Wrote: I'm glad I never got the Toshiba wireless card. Too much trouble for me.
It genuinely isn't for me. I wake up, unstrap and unplug myself from everything, snap my pulse ox onto the USB cable, download the data, click one shortcut which automatically connects to the FlashAir card while it's in the machine, downloads the data to my PC as a backup, then launches OSCAR, automatically loads my profile and then automatically updates it with the latest data. Importing the SpO2 data takes all of three mouse clicks, and I'm done.  No fuss, no muss, no getting the card out and no forgetting to put it back in, inadvertently losing it, or forgetting to move the write-protection tab. I've been using it for a month or so now, and I've so far only had to reboot the card maybe three times, once I got it up and running properly and two of those times were on consecutive days because my ISP crapped out with an area-wide fault and maintenance.
RE: Monitoring data wirelessly
OK yeah, the techy side of me would probably try it, except my home network is hotspot on the phone, and I have it off mostly to not burn through the small bucket of data allotment. Not that I'm cheap, but poor for an American. Disability income ain't a lot but more than zero.
Oh curiosity thing, maybe this helps OP in the FlashAir thing... Couldn't he possibly insert a SD extender cable to get the Toshiba wireless card higher? Like this cable? Good or bad idea?
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RE: Monitoring data wirelessly
(06-21-2021, 10:29 AM)SarcasticDave94 Wrote: OK yeah, the techy side of me would probably try it, except my home network is hotspot on the phone, and I have it off mostly to not burn through the small bucket of data allotment. Not that I'm cheap, but poor for an American. Disability income ain't a lot but more than zero.
Oh curiosity thing, maybe this helps OP in the FlashAir thing... Couldn't he possibly insert a SD extender cable to get the Toshiba wireless card higher? Like this cable? Good or bad idea?
Yes, would like to know this myself, although would have to be several feet long and be rather cumbersome to have it dragging across a room.
RE: Monitoring data wirelessly
Several years ago were the first reports on using an extender to achieve a suitable wireless connection.
Here are the links:
Thread: SD card extender
Post: RE: SD slot life
06-21-2021, 05:21 PM
(This post was last modified: 06-21-2021, 05:24 PM by MCS2014.)
RE: Monitoring data wirelessly
All things considered, it seems easier to just reboot the card in the machine vs getting a card extender.
12-07-2021, 07:27 PM
(This post was last modified: 12-07-2021, 07:27 PM by MCS2014.)
RE: Monitoring data wirelessly
New problem.
Was working on/off (would have to unplug/replug the wifi extender), then this just started:
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I click connect as usual, then this:
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Click OK, then this:
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Click OK, then this:
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Don't have a clue what any of this indicated and how to resolve. Pls advise.
12-09-2021, 11:31 AM
(This post was last modified: 12-09-2021, 11:51 AM by Jeff8356.)
RE: Monitoring data wirelessly
Your FlashAir card is not connected to the network. Take the card out of your machine, wait a minute, then insert your card into your machine again. Then try to run the script.
Your machine may be on the very fringe of acceptable wifi signal which can cause it to drop from the network occasionally.
Another cause could be a "brownout" where your voltage drops below usual levels. It's usually not enough of a drop to get clocks blinking but some electronics can be sensitive to the lower voltage (like networking gear).
Had this start happening to me when we moved into this house. Network would go down once or twice a week. Drove me nuts. Had a UPS hooked up as well. The old UPS I was using took too long to respond to the drop. Had to upgrade to a newer model with automatic voltage regulation and the problem went away for my network.
Still doesn't explain why we get the voltage drops (other than poor power), but it only affects my network gear.
Buying a UPS just to get your CPAP data is a little overkill though. You may want to consider getting into the habit of ejecting the card momentarily, then inserting it again. This will cause the card to rejoin the network.
RE: Monitoring data wirelessly
(12-09-2021, 11:31 AM)Jeff8356 Wrote: Your FlashAir card is not connected to the network. Take the card out of your machine, wait a minute, then insert your card into your machine again. Then try to run the script.
I was always losing connection intermittently and was already what you suggested and it would reconnect. This is not the same - which is why I posted the above error messages.
Your machine may be on the very fringe of acceptable wifi signal which can cause it to drop from the network occasionally.
Another cause could be a "brownout" where your voltage drops below usual levels. It's usually not enough of a drop to get clocks blinking but some electronics can be sensitive to the lower voltage (like networking gear).
Had this start happening to me when we moved into this house. Network would go down once or twice a week. Drove me nuts. Had a UPS hooked up as well. The old UPS I was using took too long to respond to the drop. Had to upgrade to a newer model with automatic voltage regulation and the problem went away for my network.
Still doesn't explain why we get the voltage drops (other than poor power), but it only affects my network gear.
Buying a UPS just to get your CPAP data is a little overkill though.
You may want to consider getting into the habit of ejecting the card momentarily, then inserting it again. This will cause the card to rejoin the network.
Was doing this initially which is what eventually led me to set it up wirelessly to begin with because it's way too much hassle to do have to remove/insert every day.
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