Headlight/wireless computer conflict
02-06-22, 08:00 PM
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Headlight/wireless computer conflict
Headlight is a Niterider LED 850 lumens. Have tried it with two Cateye wireless computers, a Micro and a basic Padrone. The headlight shuts the Micro down completely and shuts the Padrone off when it's in blinking mode but not in steady mode. Anyone have any ideas?
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02-06-22, 08:54 PM
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I had that problem with my cameras interfering with the GPS. I had to move them farther apart. Some things just don't play well together. I see why airlines are concerned with 5G=WiFi on steroids.
02-08-22, 02:37 PM
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This sounds very much like a post on the I-Bob list a couple of days ago.
Any plans on what you'll be doing about it?
Steve in Peoria
Any plans on what you'll be doing about it?
Steve in Peoria
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I think you'll find this happening with the older wireless computers. Problem tends to go away with newer ANT+/BLE units, so it has to be a frequency issue and as said you'll need to move the light farther away from the computer.
02-09-22, 12:18 PM
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Originally Posted by gkamieneski
I think you'll find this happening with...
...wireless computers. Problem tends to go away with...
Yeah, I just went through this. It's electronic noise from the switching circuitry in the LED lamp. Solutions are a wired computer, computers like the Cateye Padrone Digital, GPS units like the simple XOSS and the full zoot Garmin et al units, going to a halogen headlamp (Are you kidding me??? You can't be serious.), a factory shielded LED headlamp (I think the Cateye Volt and AMPP and maybe others) and various techniques to move the headlamp away from the computer ↓ . One cat claimed he'd made a custom mumetal foil shield, so snaps there.
Last edited by tcs; 02-09-22 at 01:19 PM.
02-09-22, 01:22 PM
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Originally Posted by tcs
digital signal computers.
Yeah, I just went through this. It's electronic noise from the switching circuitry in the LED lamp. Solutions are a wired computer, computers like the Cateye Padrone Digital, GPS units like the simple XOSS and the full zoot Garmin et al units
Yeah, I just went through this. It's electronic noise from the switching circuitry in the LED lamp. Solutions are a wired computer, computers like the Cateye Padrone Digital, GPS units like the simple XOSS and the full zoot Garmin et al units
