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Hang on. If the PCA9685 output itself is not working, then there is no point testing the transistor. Lets ensure that pca9685 board is generating 5v pwm as expected.
Can you share your reef-pi log, when you change the channel intensity ?
Before slider change:
Code:
pi@raspberrypi:~ $ sudo systemctl status reef-pi.service
● reef-pi.service - raspberry pi based reef tank controller
Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/reef-pi.service; enabled; vendor preset:
Active: active (running) since Fri 2017-11-03 18:44:18 PDT; 2min 16s ago
Main PID: 327 (reef-pi)
CGroup: /system.slice/reef-pi.service
└─327 /usr/bin/reef-pi -config /etc/reef-pi/config.yml
Nov 03 18:45:26 raspberrypi reef-pi[327]: 2017/11/03 18:45:26 Telemetry disabled
Nov 03 18:45:26 raspberrypi reef-pi[327]: 2017/11/03 18:45:26 Telemetry disabled
Nov 03 18:45:26 raspberrypi reef-pi[327]: 2017/11/03 18:45:26 health check: Used
Nov 03 18:45:56 raspberrypi reef-pi[327]: 2017/11/03 18:45:56 Setting value: 99
Nov 03 18:45:56 raspberrypi reef-pi[327]: 2017/11/03 18:45:56 Telemetry disabled
Nov 03 18:46:26 raspberrypi reef-pi[327]: 2017/11/03 18:46:26 Setting value: 99
Nov 03 18:46:26 raspberrypi reef-pi[327]: 2017/11/03 18:46:26 Telemetry disabled
Nov 03 18:46:26 raspberrypi reef-pi[327]: 2017/11/03 18:46:26 Telemetry disabled
Nov 03 18:46:26 raspberrypi reef-pi[327]: 2017/11/03 18:46:26 Telemetry disabled
Nov 03 18:46:26 raspberrypi reef-pi[327]: 2017/11/03 18:46:26 health check: Used
After slider change:
Code:
pi@raspberrypi:~ $ sudo systemctl status reef-pi.service
● reef-pi.service - raspberry pi based reef tank controller
Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/reef-pi.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
Active: active (running) since Fri 2017-11-03 18:44:18 PDT; 7min ago
Main PID: 327 (reef-pi)
CGroup: /system.slice/reef-pi.service
└─327 /usr/bin/reef-pi -config /etc/reef-pi/config.yml
Nov 03 18:50:56 raspberrypi reef-pi[327]: 2017/11/03 18:50:56 Telemetry disabled. Skipping emitting 1 on kessils-channel-1
Nov 03 18:51:18 raspberrypi reef-pi[327]: 2017/11/03 18:51:18 Setting value: 1 at pin: 1
Nov 03 18:51:18 raspberrypi reef-pi[327]: 2017/11/03 18:51:18 Telemetry disabled. Skipping emitting 99 on kessils-channel-2
Nov 03 18:51:26 raspberrypi reef-pi[327]: 2017/11/03 18:51:26 Setting value: 1 at pin: 1
Nov 03 18:51:26 raspberrypi reef-pi[327]: 2017/11/03 18:51:26 Telemetry disabled. Skipping emitting 99 on kessils-channel-2
Nov 03 18:51:26 raspberrypi reef-pi[327]: 2017/11/03 18:51:26 Telemetry disabled. Skipping emitting 0.15 on system-load5
Nov 03 18:51:26 raspberrypi reef-pi[327]: 2017/11/03 18:51:26 Telemetry disabled. Skipping emitting 14.15 on system-mem-used
Nov 03 18:51:26 raspberrypi reef-pi[327]: 2017/11/03 18:51:26 health check: Used memory: 14.15 Load5: 0.15
Nov 03 18:51:27 raspberrypi reef-pi[327]: 2017/11/03 18:51:27 ERROR: Failed to detect ip for interface 'eth0. Error: Cant detect IP of interface:eth0
Nov 03 18:51:27 raspberrypi reef-pi[327]: 2017/11/03 18:51:27 ERROR: Failed to detect ip for interface 'eth0. Error: Cant detect IP of interface:eth0