Binary for measuring waves every hour

[bjorkqvi]

Is there a possibility to get a precompiled binary that measures and sends wave data every hour and GPS every 30 minutes?

Thanks!

[jerabaul29]

Sorry for the delay, I am on holidays, I will compile it tonight when I get back to my laptop and upload it on the repo :) . I let you know when it is available :) .

[jerabaul29]

@bjorkqvi this binary:

https://github.com/jerabaul29/OpenMetBuoy-v2021a/blob/main/legacy_firmware/binaries/steval__gps_30mins_repeat_1hr_latency__waves_1hr_repeat_1hr_latency.bin

should:

• measure gps position every 30 minutes, send it (2 messages at once) once per hour
• measure and send waves once per hour.

Is this well what you wanted? As with all "new" binary, would be great if you can test it outside (for example, on the roof at the very top of the Met building? should be good sky view there :) ) and check that all works / looks good :) . Let me know how this testing goes :) .

[bjorkqvi]

Thanks! I was thinking that the GPS could send every 30 minutes. If we loose the buoy and need to find it, then 1 hour is a long time. We are only measuring for a week, so battery consumption is not a concern. But this is not a big issue.

I will have time to test this program tomorrow on the roof.

[jerabaul29]

I can generate one more version tonight sending GPS every 30 minutes. The issue then is that if the reception is a bit bad, there are so many iridium messages that need to be transmitted that the instrument may miss some wave spectra by getting 'behind schedule'.

[bjorkqvi]

Ok, the reception might definitely be bad where we are going. Thanks for this heads up, then I will use the one that only sends every hours, since we don't want to risk loosing any wave data.