I've got a few audiomoth's. Two of them respond to the chime to set the time. However, the other two do not respond. I can set the time using the Time App, but this is inconvenient for me. Any suggestions what may help get it to work?
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It thinks it is recording from the internal microphone which is correct. Can you email andy@openacousticdevices.info to follow up as this seems to be an issue with the microphone.
I can't seem to find the comment section in the wav-file (see file attached). The attached CONFIG file is created.
I confirm all have version 1.6.0, and they were all disconnected from battery before trying. Both of them are the Dev boards.
Also can you confirm that they have the most up to date firmware - version 1.6.0. It's important to completely power-down the AudioMoth (remove batteries) after updating the firmware, but it doesn't sound like this is the issue here.
When you make a recording in DEFAULT with the external microphone not fitted, can you check the comments section of the WAV header to see whether it is reporting that the external microphone actually still being used. If it doesn't say that the external microphone is being used then this may be a problem with the internal MEMS microphone. If it is reporting that the external microphone is still being used, this is a problem with the jack socket which detects the presence of the microphone. Are these AudioMoth 1.2.0 or AudioMoth Dev boards? If the former, was the correct microphone jack installed? Do the solder connections look okay?
There seems to be an issue with the on-board microphone. The audiomoth is not responding to the chime without external microphone, but does respond when the external microphone is connected.
When in DEFAULT mode and on-board microphone, it is recording, but no real sound (it doesn't record my voice). When repeating this but using the external microphone, I can clearly hear myself.
Not sure why this is. I tried on two new audiomoth's and both have the same issue. They were purchased in December 2021.
If the quality of the recordings are okay when you record then there isn’t a hardware issue and it can’t be a firmware issue if you have reflashed them. Can you describe the LED flash pattern when you switch to CUSTOM. Or better still post a video of the LED. Also if you switch to DEFAULT and make a recording can you post the CONFIG.TXT file that it writes here.
Thanks Alex for the response. Version was already 1.6.0, but also tried after re-updating. But the problem persists after powering down. It records in DEFAULT mode, but won't respond to the chime in CUSTOM.
Check that they all have the current firmware installed (version 1.6.0), make sure they are fully powered down (remove batteries) if you have updated them, and then check that they make recordings correctly when the switch is in DEFAULT mode. They should then all respond correctly to the chime when switched to CUSTOM.