RTC Problem
I am unable to get the RTC working on my IND.IO device. I have looked at all of the forum articles including the blog, installed the coin battery, but the clock does not increment.
I just ordered 10 of these from Mouser and I got the CR1220 batteries for them all. My project requires an rtc for scheduling.
So I opened another Ind.Io and the clock on that one seems to be working. How can I get the one that is not working replaced?
I don't know if this is the source of your problems, but the MCP7940 library for the RTC has 4 bugs;
Setting the second can corrupt the RTC.
Setting the month can corrupt the RTC.
It won’t allow the date to be set on the 31st of the month.
It will allow an invalid day of the week value of 0.
Once the RTC is corrupted, it’s behaviour can become very strange.
It is possible to stop and start the clock from code and it is possible for the bug relating to setting the seconds to stop the clock.
As the MCP7940 library is not being maintained, I wrote a new library from scratch for my Industruino projects.
https://github.com/NeilSWells/IndioRTC
If you use my code and call setSecond() it should start the clock.
I'm using this library: https://github.com/Zanduino/MCP7940 Seem to work, and is well maintained
Hi Dries,
Please upload the demo sketch https://github.com/Industruino/democode/blob/master/rtc_D21G/rtc_D21G.ino and send us a screenshot of the Serial Monitor output to connect@industruino.com
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| Asked: 6/20/21, 2:04 PM |
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Thank you for your help. I tried your library and sketch on the now three ind.io devices where the clock is not incrementing. When I run your sketch I just get nothing on the serail monitor. If I remove the if (rtc.newSecond()) clause I get 0s. Wow I am really worried now. I now have THREE ind.ios where the clock does not work. The one that the clock is working in is having an issue with the ethernet board. Maybe you can't use both at the same time? I have spent about a month on this project. I wish I would have verified that all of the hardware worked before I went down this path. This is horrible. I hope this is a fluke with the boards I have. I am getting some more maybe those will work right. If they are not maintaining the library does this mean these boards are obsolete? I hope someone from Industruino can help!