Battery Backup - Boron LTE - Now it is dead

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Hey, all the answers and more :wink:

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Ha - perfect. Thank you again - had to order a replacement Boron as mine is now toast so will have to wait to test ha.

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just in case:

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Awesome - purchased 2! Looked at the wiring - do you think there is a conflict powering the unit with the 3V3 port? Better to power off external power instead of the Boron?

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You cannot use 3V3 as a power input; it is only a power output. See power.

Edit: I just realized you meant the INA219 unit, not the Boron unit. Yes, you can power the INA219 breakout from 3V3.

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@bswanstrom, you can power the INA219 board from the Boron's 3.3v since it takes very little current. Also, the INA219 isolates the "high" voltage from the Boron but please follow the Adafruit instructions with the exception that the unit will be powered with 3.3v instead of the typical Arduino 5v.

There is a library adafruit_ina219 library is available in the Web IDE and can easily be downloaded if you use Particle Workbench. I would suggest running one of the included examples to test things first.

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Hello. Well I feel pretty defeated - order the parts required, ordered 4 new Boron LTE’s, and setup three of them. They all install perfectly, then start flashing green. I’ve tried so many things. Three of them, flashing green, they never go amber. I am so sorry if this is a dumb question - was ready to start making this work. The first one (that I broke) worked great. Now, nothing but three new units flashing green forever… :frowning: - appreciate any help so much.

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Hey, how long have they been in this state? SIM activation can take up to 24hs, if I recall correctly.

If such time has passed, I would send your deviceIDs to @Support in a private message so they can take a look.

Best,

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I let one run overnight - maybe I will just let them go another 24 hours (all three). I even put them outside. Is the support email - support@paricle.io and send the device ID’s?

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you can click on Support on my previous message, then on the Message button on the popup:

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You should capture a debug log from one of the affected devices. Run the Web device doctor to install the firmware. It will also check the SIM status. However if you are stuck in blinking green, also use the particle serial monitor command in the Particle CLI to capture the debug log, as the web-based log may be incomplete when stuck in blinking green. Capture a few minutes of logs.