Clear SD card data file

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@mgent

Is it possible to clear / reset the data file on the iotawatt SD card to start with a fresh datafile?

The next release of the firmware has tools to do that from the app, but for curent releases, you would need to delete the files manually using another computer.:

• Power down the IoTaWatt
• Open it up and remove the SD card
• Mount the SD in another computer and delete iotawatt/iotalog.log
• Reinsert the card in IoTaWatt
• Restart the IoTaWatt

It will create a new log.

Because the file is open and being written frequently, you can damage the file system by deleteing while IoTaWatt is running. The new tools will close and delete the file and restart the ioTaWatt in one operation.

@mgent

Is it possible to replace the OEM SD card with one of larger capacity to maintain larger data file, or will the updated changes to logging override that regardless of SD card size?

The current card can easily hold the maximum size datafile - 15 years. It’s explained here