AirLink Update

[archae86]

weatherlink.com

Airlink settings, health data:

I can't find my way to that for my AirLink. Is it possible that one needs to have a Pro subscription?

Also, should this information be visible from the Android tablet I initially used to start the thing up weeks ago but don't ever look at?

[Phil23]

Looks like mine is updated to Oct 21 Version now.

Only other thing that annoys me a bit is the RSSI sitting at -79 dB; would prefer to see a better connection than that.

I have 6 managed Wireless AP's here, managed by a OC200 Omada Controller, It should be connecting to one of the nearer AP,
Not the 2nd most remote of the AP's.

[ConligWX]

Looks like mine is updated to Oct 21 Version now.

Only other thing that annoys me a bit is the RSSI sitting at -79 dB; would prefer to see a better connection than that.

I have 6 managed Wireless AP's here, managed by a OC200 Omada Controller, It should be connecting to one of the nearer AP,
Not the 2nd most remote of the AP's.

Is there many Wireless signals where you live? maybe try a different channel on the closest AP to the airlink. make sure ALL your APs are not interfering with each others channel frequency.

[Mapantz]

Let me know what you want, I added a new table that MX uploads to once every update interval.

Hi Mark

Thank you!

The 3 particulate matter ones on the historical graphs page, they would be extremely useful!

The ones on your recent graphs.. what values are you using for the PM 2.5 and PM 10?

I'm using the 'current' values but it makes the graphs look bad, especially as I added in the 24 hour average to it.

Could you drop me an email with the files? In your own time of course.

[mcrossley]

The ones on your recent graphs.. what values are you using for the PM 2.5 and PM 10?

The one minute averages.

[Phil23]

Is there many Wireless signals where you live?

Absolutely swamped with them.....
Compounded even more by people & their cheap Wifi extenders. Site Surveys are eye-rolling.
A scan from one of my ESP8266's out near the AirLink sees 22 AP's.

Hence the 6 AP's & the Omada Controller managing them.

Even though all AP's have the same SSID, their MAC address is different.
It seems like the Wifi Chip Set in some devices tend to home in on a SSID/MAC Address combination more so than just the strongest of signals for a given SSID.

As I originally configured my AirLink in the Front Office, it seems to have preference for either of the two AP's near the front of the house.

Other AP's available include one out the back, about 5m from the AirLink, as well as a 2nd outdoor unit mounted on the shed, about 10m max & in clear sight.

All that aside, once the AirLink is connected, I don't see a simple option to have it Re-Scan the Wifi points & be able to select a MAC with a much stronger signal.

Cheers

Phil.

[ConligWX]

can you create a separate Wifi VLAN/SSID for the airlink to use perhaps and have the closest WAP to use this only? just a thought.

[mcrossley]

My AirLink locked up again today, and on power cycling had lost its WiFi network configuration. I had to Bluetooth connect and set it up again. Then I noticed the firmware has now reverted to the original 2020-09-04 version! Let's see if it goes through the same update cycle again...

[beteljuice]

Aha ... It has a M$ W10 update system, It will never catch on,.
Will it ...... ?

[Mapantz]

Davis released an update to the Android app today. They've added more graphs and stuff to the existing graphs. They've also added in more detail for the air quality as well as an option switch to adjust for wood smoke. They've also fixed the bugs that I reported ages ago. There is a god after all?!

[PaulMy]

Thanks, and looks good.
My Samsung Galaxy Tab E updated quickly to v2.1.100 (440), however my Samsung Galaxy S7 is having difficulty...

Enjoy,
Paul

[pocasicisarov]

I thought I'd jot down some of the experience so far with the AirLink device I so kindly received as a donation.

Firstly firmware. My device came with firmware version 2020-09-04. Yesterday the firmware was updated, which required two reboots, interestingly the device did not lose any data during the process, well only the interval during which the update occurred, the stats percentages still showed 99 or 98% complete.

The update process first reverted the firmware to version 2020-08-28, then did another update to 2020-10-21, which makes me wonder if there is an issue with 2020-09-04 version?

Question: Does anyone know if using the reset button loses the stats memory? Power cycling it certainly does.

Then what to do with the data?

First I added it to my Homepage as a "live" 1 hour average PM 2.5 µm value along with a rolling 24 hour AQI value (UK COMEAP).

Next I added it to my Recent Graphs, this shows the 1 minute average values for PM 2.5 and PM 10, along with an "indicative" 1 3 hour rolling AQI value (hidden by default).

Then came the Historic Graphs. These show...
1. A daily average PM 2.5 and PM 10 values
2. The average maximum and minimum PM 2.5 values, along with a monthly average
3. The average PM 2.5 value by hour of the day.

Finally I have added the daily AQI value to the Data Summary page.

How much use these will be and what else I add will be a time thing I think, in order to accumulate more data to make representations meaningful. (I'm thinking of maybe something like the hour of day by month of the year that temperature uses)

Thoughts, and what is everybody else doing with the data?

1 The UK AQI actually has no meaning for periods of less than 24 hours - Davis take note!

Hello,
it would be possible to ask you to provide information on how to set the AQI in the datasummary and add it to the charts, including historical?

Thank you.

[mcrossley]

I generate much of my web site from a MySQL database. So I have added a table for my 5 min interval AQ , and extended my realtime table with AQ columns. The data for the graphs is extracted from those tables. The data is inserted into the tables using the Custom MySQL commands in MX.

[pocasicisarov]

I generate much of my web site from a MySQL database. So I have added a table for my 5 min interval AQ , and extended my realtime table with AQ columns. The data for the graphs is extracted from those tables. The data is inserted into the tables using the Custom MySQL commands in MX.

Thank you Mark!