A beautiful clear and sunny day again. Temperatures climbed into the mid 20’s in the afternoon.
After breakfast Lyn headed off to do some “her” shopping, I wasn’t invited! While she was doing that I tried to come to terms with some software I was trying to pummel into submission. The software wasn’t willing to submit.
I went over to check the mail, and there was a cable there I had been waiting for. A similar one arrived a week ago, but was defective. Through the magic of eBay the seller just put another in the mail for me.
The cable will be used to connect the backup monitor in the truck to the two camera inputs I had been working on a few weeks ago. The monitor had been zipped tied to the dash in the interim, but I wanted to move it up closer to the mirror. In addition I wanted to install a switch to allow me to switch between cameras or switch the monitor off.
Once I got all the wiring done it was time to test out the setup….. it didn’t work! The camera from the truck worked, but the wireless one from the trailer didn’t. What followed was not pleasant, I figured I’d had enough issues with this setup previously and nothing else could go wrong. When I got nowhere with the setup in the truck I took the gear out and set it up in the trailer; it worked! I eventually tracked the issue down to a wrong connection on the switch I installed. I guess I tried too be little to smart on the way I wired up the switch. I finally got it all back together, and it now works as planned.
After all that, it was time to head out for our walk, we just went around the resort for a mile or so.
I think I finally have everything running how I want it in the truck and the trailer, hopefully it will stay that way. It’s now time to get some toys like the robot working the way I want them to.