Troubleshooting sensorstation cell connection

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Hi folks,

I have a sensorstation that used to connect to cell without issue, but is no longer doing so. I noticed it had stopped checking in, and looking at the deployment plot, the 166 antennas/funcubes had dropped out a couple months before it stopped checking in (the station has two 166 antennas and two 434 antennas). It is a V2 sensorstation. I reimaged the sensorstation with the latest longterm stable disk image, as suggested by Todd in a recent post, and that fixed the 166 issue (before reimaging I couldn’t connect to the 166 side, but after reimaging it was picking up my test tag through the sensorgnome web interface).

So the station is working again, but I could not get it to connect to cell to send data automatically after the reimaging. I tried several reboots, enabling the modem both via the sensorstation menu and the web interface, and swapping in a new modem, but I couldn’t get it to work. Does anyone have any tips for fixing this issue?

The sensorstation is CTT-EAB0D44AB098 and I’ve attached some photos of the SS screen. Despite alternating between Carrier Info 0% and 100%, it never listed a carrier or said “connected” when I pinged it.

Thanks!

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Have you updated the station to the latest software after reimaging? I remember hearing that V2s had some issues with the latest image related to USB power (which I believe also powers the cell modem) that was fixed in the first software update. Just a thought, not sure if this would fix your issue for sure.

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Thanks Nick! No, I don’t think I updated to the latest software. Taking a look at the CTT manual it looks like I can do that via the menu screen, but will need a connection. Since the cell isn’t working, maybe I can hotspot my phone or something. I’ll look into it.