Qwiic Quad Relay unable to set up or activate within TerrariumPi
ThunderClap86 opened this issue · comments
Sorry, me again.
Hoping to have some support on how to activate the Sparkfun Qwiic Quad Relay. I have performed i2cdetect -y 1 and received a return for 6d (quad relay board) and 77 (BME280). I was able to correctly configure the BME sensor within the GUI and it is providing a readout. The qwiic relay board is being seen by the Pi, but the "Scan Relays" function is showing no relays, and using the "New Relay" menu item for manual addition I am using the following settings:
Hardware: Qwiic Relay
Address: 1,0x6d - 1,6d - 6d - 0x6d - 0x6d, 0x01 (attempted something different each time)
Name: Relay
Wattage: 1
Water Flow: 0
I have tried several variations for the address and I have read throug the setup guide quite a few ways.
2023-12-31 15:56:09,567 - ERROR - hardware.relay - Error getting new data from relay Qwiic Relay relay named 'Relay1' at address '0x6d'. Error: unknown
2023-12-31 15:56:09,563 - ERROR - hardware.relay - Error getting new data from relay Qwiic Relay relay named 'Relay1' at address '0x6d'. Error: invalid literal for int() with base 10: '0x6d'
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2023-12-31 15:57:39,593 - ERROR - hardware.relay - Error getting new data from relay Qwiic Relay relay named 'Relay1' at address '1,0x6d'. Error: [Errno 22] Invalid argument
I also have a DockerPi 4 Channel Relay HAT that I understand is on the unsupported list, but same thing. The relay is seen by the Pi, and I can control the on/off through terminal but the TerrariumPi is not seeing it.
Update on the Qwiic... 1,0x6d wouldn't work. Tried 1,0x6D (capital letter) and it worked.
Also if anyone reads this, I read on another closed previous issue the Qwiic board says it can be powered by 12v. Don't, it stopped working just like their issue. Now powered directly by 5v with a jumper and it's back switching again.
Hmm, I think the casing 1,0x6D or 1,0x6d should both work. So I get the feeling the 5v jumper was the fix. I have updated the documentation with this 5volt option.
But nice you got it working.