Lock LED

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Hotscam
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Lock LED

Post by Hotscam » Mon Mar 08, 2021 5:35 pm

I build the Ryde and it works fine apart from one little annoying problem.

The lock LED does not come on when I have perfect reception of any station.
When I power down it flashes a few times so the hardware seems ok.
It is connected to the correct GPIO pin.
As I want to use it in a repeater application it is a problem

Any hints ?

Jack
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g0mjw
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Re: Lock LED

Post by g0mjw » Mon Mar 08, 2021 7:14 pm

It should work. There is not a lot that can be done incorrectly. Are you using the break out board? If not have you connected it correctly?

Hotscam
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Re: Lock LED

Post by Hotscam » Tue Mar 09, 2021 4:11 pm

I made my own interface board.
The lock is a simple pin 7 to a resistor to the LED to ground.
It flashes when I power the Pi down so the hardware seems ok.

??

Jack
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Re: Lock LED

Post by G8GKQ » Tue Mar 09, 2021 4:30 pm

Jack

Are you using the standard build? Have you put anything else on the SD Card?

Please could you post some photos of your interface board?

Dave. G8GKQ

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Re: Lock LED

Post by g0mjw » Tue Mar 09, 2021 4:45 pm

Hotscam wrote:
Tue Mar 09, 2021 4:11 pm
I made my own interface board.
The lock is a simple pin 7 to a resistor to the LED to ground.
It flashes when I power the Pi down so the hardware seems ok.

??

Jack
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That was the older version. Are you sure it's on pin 7? It works on all the other versions. Have you ever in the past connected 5V to the GPIO ? That would break it.

Mike

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Re: Lock LED

Post by g0mjw » Tue Mar 09, 2021 4:54 pm

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Pa3fbx
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Re: Lock LED

Post by Pa3fbx » Wed Mar 10, 2021 3:43 pm

Works flawless here on a fresh build...
Using the lock to get an other RPI to stream...

Benno

Hotscam
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Re: Lock LED

Post by Hotscam » Wed Mar 10, 2021 6:33 pm

Strange
The port 4+works, the LED works but no go.
Looks like software but that is unlikely as well

I must be missing something

Jack PA3AXO

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