EmonTX keeps disconnecting from EmonBase

[borpin (Brian Orpin)]

EmonTX to Rpi - Direct Serial Connection

So have the signal and gnd connected as per the photos have tried com_port= /dev/ttyUSB0 in the file emonhub.conf and com_port = /dev/ttyRS485-0 neither seem to work nothing is appearing in the inputs screen any way of fault finding. The TX unit has no lights on it well just one red light on start up for a 5 seconds.

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Avoiding wireless connections - EmonTX serial RPiZero solution

I run an emonPi which connects to my network via wifi; in the 12 months or so that I have had it I can’t recall a single connectivity issue. But the four emonTx c/w ESP8266 wifi modules have been “less robust” connection-wise, despite much help from these forums & strong wifi AP coverage in each location. Sadly they are all far too far away from the emonPi for direct comms. Question: is there any way of connecting the emonTx’s via ethernet? This would make life so much easier. FWIW, some of the…

Will be worth a read. Really need writing up properly. I think Julian did at one point in the second thread.