2023-06-16, 03:06 PM
(This post was last modified: 2023-06-16, 03:44 PM by baltika_no_9.)
(2023-06-16, 01:38 PM)amckeown Wrote: Thanks very much. The sensors are bme280.
Have a suspicion that I put in never the first time i tried it, before I received your answers. tried setting up the I2c sensors when I installed openplotter on the PI at home about 3 weeks ago. Finding I'm using more and more lower case when two fingered typing. Never worked with linux until I got the Pi, so its a steep learning curve.
that's a good tip on the browsers, I've found Chromium painfully slow.
Code:
sudo apt update && sudo apt install firefox-esr
Then save this url as a bookmark
Code:
http://localhost:3000/admin/#/dashboard
Good luck
Alan
In post #7 you say " I ran the i2cdetect command, and it returned the chip on 0x76. Checked and both chips are bme280."
That's inconsistent with what is normal, BME280s are generally 0x77. It would suggest you have BMP280s although a check of the little silver can will confirm. Your assumption may well be correct but if you pick the wrong type when setting it up it will fail so best to be doubly sure.
I have both in one of my systems: