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Configure (Green Button) doesn't seem to write to device.

I have tried writing to an AudioMoth and AudioMIcrophone. Both read the device, but my changes disappear if i disconnect and reconnect. Is there another 'button' to push?.

I'm on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS and have tried 24.04 LTS and have the following USB rule -

SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTRS{idVendor}=="10c4", ATTRS{idProduct}=="0002", MODE="0666"

SUBSYSTEM=="tty", ATTRS{idVendor}=="10c4", ATTRS{idProduct}=="0003", MODE="0666"

thank you,

Barry

3 comments

3 Comments

Barry von Tobel

Sep 23

Thank you Alex,

here are my steps, and obviously i'm missing something here,

with the AudioMoth device plugged in, I make the configuration changes

hit the green button, the app content dims and goes back to full green, assuming a write?

I kill the app, then restart it and i see the default configuration

I have a config.txt on my SD card, and that's correct

so i guess what your saying is the app will launch (with proper USB) and only read the time from the device? and that after configuration, the config.txt is written to the SD? So unless i pull the SD card, I don't really know how it is configured?

Alex Rogers

Sep 23

Replying to

Hi Barry, Just the contents of the boxes that grey out at the top - time, device ID, firmware version and battery - are read back from the device. The app does not read back the other settings from the AudioMoth as the intended use case is that you set a configuration in the Config App and then configure multiple AudioMoth with that setting. There is no need to check that the configuration has been set on the AudioMoth - if you don't see a warning and the green LED on the AudioMoth flashes shortly after pressing the configure button, then it has been set to what you see in the Config App.

If you get an AudioMoth from somewhere else and want to check what configuration it has been configured with, put an SD card in it and switch to DEFAULT to generate the CONFIG.TXT file. We've considered adding an 'Import Configuration from Device' option in the Config App but that use case is actually pretty rare in practice.

If you want to save the configuration so that you can make small changes in the future after closing the Config App you can save and then open the configuration later.

Alex

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Alex Rogers

Sep 23

Hi Barry, Can you confirm what you mean by 'my changes disappear'? What do you expect to see, and what actually happens? The Config App does not read back the setting from the device it is plugged into. This is so that you can set up the app once, and then plug in a sequence of AudioMoth one by one, configuring each one with the same settings. The configuration will be set as long as the green button is enabled and you receive no warning. You should see the green LED on the AudioMoth blink once shortly after pressing the configure button, and the time will update to the correct time (if it was not previously set). If you switch the AudioMoth to DEFAULT or CUSTOM with an SD card fitted it will write a CONFIG.TXT file that summarises the configuration that is set. This configuration is persistent so you can remove the batteries, and it will stay set until reconfigured in the Config App. Alex

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