I am running 1.4.7 still. Weird issue I have noticed is that the array and the console have 100% signal all day. Then at some point during the night like say 4 or 5am before sunrise the connection drops. Once the sun comes up, the connection goes back to 100%.
Check your AA batteries. It is possible that your batteries are depleted and the super capacitor barely ran the unit overnight. Then right before sun up the unit has used up the super capacitor and the backup batteries are not supplying enough power to reliably continue transmitting. Then at sunrise the unit then runs on solar power and charges the super capacitor getting it ready for the next night. I also helped a neighbor with their station because the Osprey sensor was consuming batteries like crazy. Turns out the unit was placed in a too shaded spot that was not enough to charge up the super capacitor enough and caused the unit to basically run on batteries all night instead of having a fully charged super capacitor.
To recap the outdoor sensor has 3 sources of power:
- Solar panel
- Super capacitor (charged by the solar panel)
- AA batteries (not rechargeable by solar panel - use alkaline or lithium for cold climates)
A set of AA batteries should last 2 to 3 years according to the manufacture if the unit is sited properly. There is no benefit to using rechargeable batteries because of added cost and lower performance voltages and constant aggravation of needing to remove to recharge them.
