Wireless problems with FLM
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I connected my FLM just over a week ago and the wireless connection must be a bit dodgy. The globe LED will stay on for a while and then go off. When I reconnect it to my PC via the Ethernet cable and go to http://192.168.255.1. And click on ‘scan’ the globe LED lights up again but only for a variable period of time.I haven’t been able to receive any data or see any graphs on flukso.net. Bart suggested that a flaky wireless connection is the problem. I live in the tropics and the meter box is outdoors downstairs and the router is inside the house upstairs. So I was thinking that as I can’t seem to connect the FLM in the outdoors meter box wirelessly to the router and an outdoors meter box may not be the best place for the FLM during the wet season, perhaps the best option would be to move it inside near the router so I could either have a better wireless connection or connect the FLM directly to the router via the Ethernet. I had an electrician install the FLM to measure the pulses (sensors 4 & 5). That would mean taking the wiring from the meter box up into the roof cavity and then down the wall to come out near the router. Does that sound like a reasonable workable option or is it a silly idea?