Solar sensor

[pbako]

This looks like a common question, but here it goes...

I have the Temp/Humidity/Solar sensor (part HTS3-R1-A), from which I am able to find the serial numbers for the temp and humidity sensors and read them without problems. However I am having no luck in figuring out how to deal with the Solar sensor. I'm using the C API kit directly from Maxim and have compiled their sample apps with which I can read the Temp/Humidity sensors. I have also compiled their utility which scans the 1-Wire network and reports all of the devices it finds, but it the only serial numbers I get back are for the Temp and Humidity sensors. How do I access the Solar sensor?

Since I am doing this all on OpenBSD, I cannot use the Java tools...

Thanks,
Peter

 

[stevendt]

Peter,

I'm looking at the same thing at the moment - just figuring out what to do with my code to make it work.

What I can tell you though is that the Solar sensor is not a separate 1 wire chip. The DS2438 Battery Monitor in the HB H/T/S sensor is used to read the values from the Humidity AND Solar sensors, it's the DS2438 serial number that you're seeing - not the humidity sensor

regards
Dave

 

[ericvic]

Dave is correct that the humidity and solar use the same DS2438 chip. The humidity uses the VAD input and the solar uses the VSENS input.

Eric