sparkfun weather shield erroneous data

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Hi,

I am new to arduino and sparkfun boards. I have got a new sparkfun weather shield which has been hooked up to the arduino uno board. The example code compiled without error but the data is erroneous. I dont have the wind and rain sensor connected and hence those data is not there. But the humidity and temperature data is also erroneous giving 998 (Humidity) and -1766.5 (temperature in Fahrenheit).

Can anyone please help me with the problem?

Thanks,

Debanjan

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Those readings are actually errors stating that the I2C communication is timing out. Did you solder on the headers or are you using jumper wire? Is there anything else connected to your setup?

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Hi Ross,

I am using standard male header pins. However, I have not soldered them onto the board. But, they have been inserted tightlyto have connections. The stat1 LED (Blue) is also blinking at every second once the card set is plugged in to the computer.

I am usng just the assembly of arduino uno connected to the sparkfun weather shield board.

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Yea, doesn’t matter if it feels tight, it probably isn’t. You need to solder them in.

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Hi Ross,

Thanks for your advice. I have soldered the header pins on the weather shield and now the serial monitor is giving the humidity and temperature data quite accurately.

However, can you let me know how I can save the data on my computer.

Thanks,

Debanjan