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What are you guys that are using the Rock Pi X doing for standby power for the COMS when it's powered down?
The system clock wont run without a 3 volt backup battery attached. The Rock Pi does have a port on the back of the board to plug a XH1.25mm battery connector into. I've been looking on Amazon and find the proper battery but can't figure out if they have the proper connector.
I'm thinking this one will fit. Looks right: Amazon CMOS battery
@wakeuplearn, I'm glad this helped. It's always nice to find someone else's post sharing a work through for a problem you're having. I've had so many issues over time that were solved by someone taking the time to post a fix for them. Play it forward.
Please keep us posted on your project when you have time. It's fascinating to see progress, successes and failures being worked through.
As a conclusion to this thread, I gave up trying to get Windows to properly load a second WIFI network that the WIFI dongle provided. My successful fix was to run dedicated cables from all EZB's straight to the Rock Pi X's USB ports. The Rock Pi X didn't have enough ports to handle all EZB's so I used a USB port hub to handle the extra ones. The result was that only the Rock Pi X needed to connect to my home WIFI network and the EZBs connect directly to the Rock Pi through it's USB ports and it's com ports. No need to manage different WiFI networks. Much simple and less problematic.
I found that an EZB can only control one other device when used as a router. It has no ability to keep track of IP addresses like a regular WIFI router can.
Everything works great now. The only problem I've had is that after a Windows update it will lose track of one of the ezb's running directly through USB on one of the Rock Pi's com ports (Com 10). I can however find it on a different comport (com 6. I don't save this configuration in ARC though). Then when I next reboot, ARC will again see it back on Com 10. Solution; disable Windows Updates.