t-deck wont run on battery

dawack

basicly guys im pretty new to all this so humour me please got the tdeck printed the case solderd the gps on flash to latest firmware all this was done without a battery usb cable as power sorce. so battery arrived yesturday got it all put together battery charged to 100% reading 4.84v the battery its self is 3.7V 1200mAh 4.44Wh Li Lipo Battery 603450 JST 2Pin 1.25mm an all is goot until i unplug the usb it switches of and will not turn back on under the batteries power.

any help much appreciated
thanks

teastain2

@dawack Some LilyGO products need the Power Enable output to be 'ON' to run on battery.
With your board it is GPIO 10.
Could you try that?

dawack

@teastain2 were do i even look to find that to chage it as above new to this

teastain2

@dawack In the GitHub examples you can see that the Arduino IDE sketches start with:

#define BOARD_POWERON   10
//then in setup...
 pinMode(BOARD_POWERON, OUTPUT);
 digitalWrite(BOARD_POWERON, HIGH);

Could you check and see if your program has this?

dawack

@teastain2 thanks for your time and sorry for taking so long to get back to you but as ive said above ive little experience with this kind of thing.
i have Arduino IDE installed and im able to connect to the t-deck but im at a loss with putting comands in

teastain2

@dawack So...the T-Deck will run on USB, but not Battery?
What software are you running on it now?
Do you know how to program with Arduino IDE ?
LilyGO gets themselves in trouble all the time because they market Arduino IDE hobby boards as finished products to people who just want an end product.
Meshtastic and LORA are the most trouble!
Their support is very limited, as hobbyists we like to figure things out.
You could raise an Issue here:
https://github.com/Xinyuan-LilyGO/T-Deck/issues
Or browse the Issues for help.
I can help with Arduino IDE issues.

dawack

@teastain2 yea runs fine on usb and it has charged the battery
no i dont no how to program with arduino ide but i was able to get the t-deck connected then arduino asked if i wanted to update the devices on the board automaticly and i did but after that im at a loss

latest beta firmware installed as of tonight no change

teastain2

@dawack I believe the Arduino IDE only updated the devices 'in the Arduino IDE libraries and boards' section of the IDE itself.
When you 'solderd the gps on flash to latest firmware', did the GPS start working in the T-Deck?
What firmware did it upgrade, what App did you use to update, and what firmware, where did you get it?
I can help but I need to know these answers!
-Terry

dawack

@teastain2 i think your are write about the libraries. gps is working fine and was solderd on befor the board was flashed to meshtastic.
i used the web flasher https://flasher.meshtastic.org/ firmware as of now is 2.3.11.2740a56 alpha

teastain2

@dawack
So, you are using a prepared compiled firmware that works on USB, but not battery.
I think this is a Meshtastic issue.
I would raise an Issue with them, telling them about

#define BOARD_POWERON   10
//then in setup...
 pinMode(BOARD_POWERON, OUTPUT);
 digitalWrite(BOARD_POWERON, HIGH);

Arduino is for creating your own mods and compiling them to the board, a big undertaking with Meshtastic!

dawack

@teastain2 ok thanks for your help