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Latest Cumulus MX V4 release 4.4.2 (build 4085) - 12 March 2025
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Silly Question
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water01
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Silly Question
It occured to me that as the console for the Fine Offset is powered by the USB, can it run without any batteries in it?
- Super-T
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Re: Silly Question
I like full stops.....................................
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Re: Silly Question
Hey - stop wasting the forum resources! You'll be sorry when we run out of full stops! 
Steve
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malkie
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Re: Silly Question
To get back to the topic....water01 wrote:It occured to me that as the console for the Fine Offset is powered by the USB, can it run without any batteries in it?
If you get a power cut, the console batteries ensure that the data continues to update, which may be important to you!
Malcolm
North Herts, UK
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CumulusMX on Raspberry Pi4 B+ 2GB, running on Raspbian Buster booting from USB SSD
from a Davis Vantage Vue with VP2 ISS.
North Herts, UK
http://elm30net.ddns.net
CumulusMX on Raspberry Pi4 B+ 2GB, running on Raspbian Buster booting from USB SSD
from a Davis Vantage Vue with VP2 ISS.
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Re: Silly Question
steve wrote:Hey - stop wasting the forum resources! You'll be sorry when we run out of full stops!
Thats like a post i saw once
"No animals were hurt in the making of this post, but a lot of pixels were terribly inconvenienced"
