From 498f88cf921614b3bc8a8ec57ab6ec71bd47df40 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: David Lang Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2017 02:23:30 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Updated Troubleshooting (markdown) --- Troubleshooting.md | 11 +++++++++++ 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+) diff --git a/Troubleshooting.md b/Troubleshooting.md index 0c89bed7..14007d51 100644 --- a/Troubleshooting.md +++ b/Troubleshooting.md @@ -1,5 +1,16 @@ # Common issues (in no particular order): +## Wifi stops working +There have been many reports of wifi no longer working when it was working for a while. + +Every time this has been reported, it's ended up being a hardware or interference problem. + +On the hardware side, we've seen reports of bad solder joints on the board that when touched up seem to solve the problem (capacitors being loose can cause this) + +We've also seen reports then when a specific LED light bulb was hooked up near one, the signal quality dropped to unusable. + +All you can really do is check the solder joints, move them around (try hooking up different loads), and if all else fails, replace the units. + ## Relay clicks/LED flashes at 1 sec interval This indicates that the ESP-8266 did not get flashed properly. In this case it will toggle all it's pins at 1 sec intervals