Like many others I’m eagerly awaiting the delivery of my Uconsole (Order No. 25XXX Dec 21, 2023) sigh
As I eagerly await the arrival of my Uconsole I’ve been reading various threads and thought it might be a good idea to have a setup list for various issues that can be solved or improvements to Uconsole that others have experienced. I would like others to add any improvements or problems resolved to this thread so we can all have the best Uconsole experience
Here is what I’ve gathered so far
Poor wifi signal sudo sh -c 'echo "dtparam=ant2" >> /boot/config.txt'
you can check if the command worked with cat /boot/config.txt
Thanks [jutleys] for this fix found in this thread
here’s a canonical one-liner to make it happen from the same thread thanks to user [trisweb]
Run: echo 'KERNEL=="axp20x-battery", ATTR{constant_charge_current_max}="2200000", ATTR{constant_charge_current}="2000000"' | sudo tee /etc/udev/rules.d/99-uconsole-charging.rules
I don’t know if this was fixed (also waiting on mine) but setup your wifi with raspi-config from the command terminal instead of the desktop so it doesn’t reset your settings every time you run an update
I’m not sure about the first one. Neither what it’s supposed to do and whether we’d actually want that. My guess is that it switches between using the motherboard U.FL connector and the CM4 U.FL connector?
Because I connected the antenna to the motherboard and when using this setting, signal quality went down.
I see. But how do you tell the kernel to use the mainboard U.FL connector, then? This command seems to switch between the CM4’s onboard PCB antenna and its own U.FL connector; meanwhile, the uConsole has its own connector on the mainboard PCB that Clockworkpi recommends using.
The recommended xtar battery is likely good. But there are many just as good options for much lower prices (5 euro or less) . In any case i run a full battery test on my battery charger to measure real capacity before using in any device
Damn, then it’s an issue in the guide! I’m pretty sure that mine said specifically to use the U.FL on the mainboard, instead of the CM4’s U.FL.
I guess this means I’m using the triangular PCB antenna now, then. Will try popping the external antenna into CM4 and applying that boot flag again to attempt getting better signal reception.
Funny: the PDF guide from GitHub does say to use the connector on the CM4. I’ll update this message when I get home and can check the printed guide.
at least in my physical printed manual i have the exact same instruction.
regarding batteries: you should always pay a little more to get protected cells. The knowledge that the battery will not spontanious explode in case you splash a little water on the wrong place while holding the device in your hand should be worth the 10usd markup
i paid 12eur per cell for XTAR 3500mah incl. shipping in europe from a regular seller while the pure unprotected samsung ones will cost 6eur
Yeah, like the setup guide showed. I saw the info about using some buffer, but am reluctant to peel it off again.
I was thinking about using the second ext. plate (with the hole for the G4 audio) to put a proper antenna port at the side. Not sure that’s viable, but a proper antenna would be nice.
bunch of people drilled holes or found neat ways to mount a real antenna. that hole would work you’d just have to make it a little bigger. i think the sma connector is .25"