Avoiding wireless connections - EmonTX serial RPiZero solution

Just checking on what code I am running, I realised that the stable release of emonhub is way behind the master.

I suggest you checkout the master branch.

cd /opt/openenergymonitor/emonhub
git fetch --all
git checkout master
git pull

Sorry - I tried all combos of `, `` and < but didn’t use three ```. Will make a note for the future …

Herewith the emonhub.conf from the emonTx, copy / pasted after having stopped emonhub and during the running of the miniterm routine

#######################################################################
#######################      emonhub.conf     #########################
#######################################################################
### emonHub configuration file, for info see documentation:
### https://github.com/openenergymonitor/emonhub/blob/emon-pi/configuration.md
#######################################################################
#######################    emonHub  settings    #######################
#######################################################################

[hub]
### loglevel must be one of DEBUG, INFO, WARNING, ERROR, and CRITICAL
loglevel = DEBUG
### Uncomment this to also send to syslog
# use_syslog = yes
#######################################################################
#######################       Interfacers       #######################
#######################################################################

[interfacers]
### This interfacer manages the RFM12Pi/RFM69Pi/emonPi module
[[RFM2Pi]]
    Type = EmonHubJeeInterfacer
    [[[init_settings]]]
        com_port = /dev/ttyAMA0
        com_baud = 38400                        # 9600 for old RFM12Pi
    [[[runtimesettings]]]
        pubchannels = ToEmonCMS,
        subchannels = ToRFM12,

        group = 210
        frequency = 433
        baseid = 5                              # emonPi / emonBase nodeID
        calibration = 230V                      # (UK/EU: 230V, US: 110V)
        quiet = true                            # Disable quite mode (default enabled) to enable RF packet debugging, show packets which fail crc
        # interval =  300                         # Interval to transmit time to emonGLCD (seconds)
        

[[SerialTx]]
     Type = EmonHubTx3eInterfacer
      [[[init_settings]]]
           com_port= /dev/ttyAMA0
           com_baud = 115200
      [[[runtimesettings]]]
           pubchannels = ToEmonCMS,

           nodeoffset = 0
           nodename = Serial_PiZero_barn


[[MQTT]]

    Type = EmonHubMqttInterfacer
    [[[init_settings]]]
        mqtt_host = 192.168.2.50
        mqtt_port = 1883
        mqtt_user = emonpi
        mqtt_passwd = emonpimqtt2016

    [[[runtimesettings]]]
        pubchannels = ToRFM12,
        subchannels = ToEmonCMS,

        # emonhub/rx/10/values format
        # Use with emoncms Nodes module
        node_format_enable = 1
        node_format_basetopic = emonhub/

        # emon/emontx/power1 format - use with Emoncms MQTT input
        # http://github.com/emoncms/emoncms/blob/master/docs/RaspberryPi/MQTT.md
        nodevar_format_enable = 1
        nodevar_format_basetopic = emon/

[[emoncmsorg]]
    Type = EmonHubEmoncmsHTTPInterfacer
    [[[init_settings]]]
    [[[runtimesettings]]]
        pubchannels = ToRFM12,
        subchannels = ToEmonCMS,
        url = https://emoncms.org
        apikey = xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
        senddata = 1                    # Enable sending data to Emoncms.org
        sendstatus = 1                  # Enable sending WAN IP to Emoncms.org MyIP > https://emoncms.org/myip/list
        sendinterval= 30                # Bulk send interval to Emoncms.org in seconds

#######################################################################
#######################          Nodes          #######################
#######################################################################

[nodes]

## See config user guide: https://github.com/openenergymonitor/emonhub/blob/emon-pi/conf/emonhub.conf

[[5]]
    nodename = emonpi
    [[[rx]]]
        names = power1,power2,power1pluspower2,vrms,t1,t2,t3,t4,t5,t6,pulsecount
        datacodes = h, h, h, h, h, h, h, h, h, h, L
        scales = 1,1,1,0.01,0.1,0.1,0.1,0.1,0.1,0.1,1
        units = W,W,W,V,C,C,C,C,C,C,p

[[6]]
    nodename = emontxshield
    [[[rx]]]
       names = power1, power2, power3, power4, vrms
       datacode = h
       scales = 1,1,1,1,0.01
       units = W,W,W,W,V

[[7]]
   nodename = emontx4
   [[[rx]]]
      names = power1, power2, power3, power4, vrms, temp1, temp2, temp3, temp4, temp5, temp6, pulse
      datacodes = h,h,h,h,h,h,h,h,h,h,h,L
      scales = 1,1,1,1,0.01,0.1,0.1, 0.1,0.1,0.1,0.1,1
      units = W,W,W,W,V,C,C,C,C,C,C,p

[[8]]
    nodename = emontx3
    [[[rx]]]
       names = power1, power2, power3, power4, vrms, temp1, temp2, temp3, temp4, temp5, temp6, pulse
       datacodes = h,h,h,h,h,h,h,h,h,h,h,L
       scales = 1,1,1,1,0.01,0.1,0.1, 0.1,0.1,0.1,0.1,1
       units = W,W,W,W,V,C,C,C,C,C,C,p

[[9]]
   nodename = emontx2
   [[[rx]]]
      names = power1, power2, power3, power4, vrms, temp1, temp2, temp3, temp4, temp5, temp6, pulse
      datacodes = h,h,h,h,h,h,h,h,h,h,h,L
      scales = 1,1,1,1,0.01,0.1,0.1, 0.1,0.1,0.1,0.1,1
      units = W,W,W,W,V,C,C,C,C,C,C,p

[[10]]
    nodename = emontx1
    [[[rx]]]
       names = power1, power2, power3, power4, vrms, temp1, temp2, temp3, temp4, temp5, temp6, pulse
       datacodes = h,h,h,h,h,h,h,h,h,h,h,L
       scales = 1,1,1,1,0.01,0.01,0.01,0.01,0.01,0.01,0.01,1
       units = W,W,W,W,V,C,C,C,C,C,C,p

[[11]]
    nodename = 3phase
    [[[rx]]]
       names = powerL1, powerL2, powerL3, power4, Vrms, temp1, temp2, temp3, temp4, temp5, temp6, pulse
       datacodes = h,h,h,h,h,h,h,h,h,h,h,L
       scales = 1,1,1,1,0.01,0.01,0.01,0.01,0.01,0.01,0.01,1
       units = W,W,W,W,V,C,C,C,C,C,C,p
       
[[12]]
    nodename = 3phase2
    [[[rx]]]
       names = powerL1, powerL2, powerL3, power4, Vrms, temp1, temp2, temp3, temp4, temp5, temp6, pulse
       datacodes = h,h,h,h,h,h,h,h,h,h,h,L
       scales = 1,1,1,1,0.01,0.01,0.01,0.01,0.01,0.01,0.01,1
       units = W,W,W,W,V,C,C,C,C,C,C,p

[[13]]
    nodename = 3phase3
    [[[rx]]]
       names = powerL1, powerL2, powerL3, power4, Vrms, temp1, temp2, temp3, temp4, temp5, temp6, pulse
       datacodes = h,h,h,h,h,h,h,h,h,h,h,L
       scales = 1,1,1,1,0.01,0.01,0.01,0.01,0.01,0.01,0.01,1
       units = W,W,W,W,V,C,C,C,C,C,C,p

[[14]]
    nodename = 3phase4
    [[[rx]]]
       names = powerL1, powerL2, powerL3, power4, Vrms, temp1, temp2, temp3, temp4, temp5, temp6, pulse
       datacodes = h,h,h,h,h,h,h,h,h,h,h,L
       scales = 1,1,1,1,0.01,0.01,0.01,0.01,0.01,0.01,0.01,1
       units = W,W,W,W,V,C,C,C,C,C,C,p

[[15]]
    nodename = emontx3cm15
    [[[rx]]]
       names = MSG, Vrms, P1, P2, P3, P4, E1, E2, E3, E4, T1, T2, T3, pulse
       datacodes = L,h,h,h,h,h,l,l,l,l,h,h,h,L
       scales = 1,0.01,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0.01,0.01,0.01,1
       units = n,V,W,W,W,W,Wh,Wh,Wh,Wh,C,C,C,p
       whitening = 1

[[16]]
    nodename = emontx3cm16
    [[[rx]]]
       names = MSG, Vrms, P1, P2, P3, P4, E1, E2, E3, E4, T1, T2, T3, pulse
       datacodes = L,h,h,h,h,h,l,l,l,l,h,h,h,L
       scales = 1,0.01,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0.01,0.01,0.01,1
       units = n,V,W,W,W,W,Wh,Wh,Wh,Wh,C,C,C,p
       whitening = 1

[[19]]
   nodename = emonth1
   [[[rx]]]
      names = temperature, external temperature, humidity, battery
      datacode = h
      scales = 0.1,0.1,0.1,0.1
      units = C,C,%,V

[[20]]
   nodename = emonth2
   [[[rx]]]
      names = temperature, external temperature, humidity, battery
      datacode = h
      scales = 0.1,0.1,0.1,0.1
      units = C,C,%,V

[[21]]
   nodename = emonth3
   [[[rx]]]
      names = temperature, external temperature, humidity, battery
      datacode = h
      scales = 0.1,0.1,0.1,0.1
      units = C,C,%,V

[[22]]
   nodename = emonth4
   [[[rx]]]
      names = temperature, external temperature, humidity, battery
      datacode = h
      scales = 0.1,0.1,0.1,0.1
      units = C,C,%,V

[[23]]
    nodename = emonth5
    [[[rx]]]
       names = temperature, external temperature, humidity, battery, pulsecount
       datacodes = h,h,h,h,L
       scales = 0.1,0.1,0.1,0.1,1
       units = C,C,%,V,p

[[24]]
    nodename = emonth6
    [[[rx]]]
       names = temperature, external temperature, humidity, battery, pulsecount
       datacodes = h,h,h,h,L
       scales = 0.1,0.1,0.1,0.1,1
       units = C,C,%,V,p

[[25]]
    nodename = emonth7
    [[[rx]]]
       names = temperature, external temperature, humidity, battery, pulsecount
       datacodes = h,h,h,h,L
       scales = 0.1,0.1,0.1,0.1,1
       units = C,C,%,V,p

[[26]]
    nodename = emonth8
    [[[rx]]]
       names = temperature, external temperature, humidity, battery, pulsecount
       datacodes = h,h,h,h,L
       scales = 0.1,0.1,0.1,0.1,1
       units = C,C,%,V,p

Not knowingly (didn’t know I ought to have, and don’t know how to anyway. I most likely did shut the PiZero down a couple of times since the initial set up though.

Where would I do that? I can’t see anything RF related in the emonHub.conf (On the other three emonTx’s I have elsewhere (currently connected to ESP8266’s) I have fitted a “blanking” plate to the RF screw, but obviously didn’t have a fourth for this one.

Herewith the miniterm results (hmmm, despite three ``` top & bottom this next section doesn’t get abbreviated. Sorry!) …

Last login: Sun Oct 11 12:14:13 on ttys002
Julians-42-iMac:~ jjb$ ssh [email protected]
[email protected]'s password: 
Linux emonpi 5.4.51+ #1333 Mon Aug 10 16:38:02 BST 2020 armv6l

The programs included with the Debian GNU/Linux system are free software;
the exact distribution terms for each program are described in the
individual files in /usr/share/doc/*/copyright.

Debian GNU/Linux comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY, to the extent
permitted by applicable law.
Last login: Sun Oct 11 12:14:30 2020 from 192.168.2.30
pi@emonpi:~ $ sudo systemctl stop emonhub.service
pi@emonpi:~ $ miniterm --rtscts /dev/ttyAMA0 115200
--- Miniterm on /dev/ttyAMA0  115200,8,N,1 ---
--- Quit: Ctrl+] | Menu: Ctrl+T | Help: Ctrl+T followed by Ctrl+H ---
MSG:45,Vrms:247.75,P1:0,E1:0,pulse:1
MSG:46,Vrms:247.81,P1:0,E1:0,pulse:1
MSG:47,Vrms:248.02,P1:0,E1:0,pulse:1
MSG:48,Vrms:248.16,P1:0,E1:0,pulse:1
MSG:49,Vrms:248.05,P1:0,E1:0,pulse:1
MSG:50,Vrms:248.21,P1:0,E1:0,pulse:1
MSG:51,Vrms:248.11,P1:0,E1:0,pulse:1
MSG:52,Vrms:247.98,P1:0,E1:0,pulse:1
MSG:53,Vrms:247.92,P1:0,E1:0,pulse:1
MSG:54,Vrms:248.04,P1:0,E1:0,pulse:1
MSG:55,Vrms:247.91,P1:0,E1:0,pulse:1
MSG:56,Vrms:247.65,P1:0,E1:0,pulse:1
MSG:57,Vrms:247.77,P1:0,E1:0,pulse:1
MSG:58,Vrms:247.81,P1:0,E1:0,pulse:1
MSG:59,Vrms:247.76,P1:0,E1:0,pulse:1
MSG:60,Vrms:247.64,P1:0,E1:0,pulse:1
MSG:61,Vrms:247.82,P1:0,E1:0,pulse:1
MSG:62,Vrms:247.62,P1:0,E1:0,pulse:1
MSG:63,Vrms:247.64,P1:0,E1:0,pulse:1
MSG:64,Vrms:247.72,P1:0,E1:0,pulse:1
MSG:65,Vrms:247.60,P1:0,E1:0,pulse:1
MSG:66,Vrms:247.45,P1:0,E1:0,pulse:1
MSG:67,Vrms:247.50,P1:0,E1:0,pulse:1
MSG:68,Vrms:247.56,P1:0,E1:0,pulse:1
MSG:69,Vrms:247.41,P1:0,E1:0,pulse:1
MSG:70,Vrms:247.41,P1:0,E1:0,pulse:1
MSG:71,Vrms:247.34,P1:0,E1:0,pulse:1
MSG:72,Vrms:247.82,P1:0,E1:0,pulse:1
MSG:73,Vrms:247.84,P1:0,E1:0,pulse:1
MSG:74,Vrms:247.82,P1:0,E1:0,pulse:1
MSG:75,Vrms:247.81,P1:0,E1:0,pulse:1
MSG:76,Vrms:248.00,P1:0,E1:0,pulse:1
MSG:77,Vrms:248.14,P1:0,E1:0,pulse:1
MSG:78,Vrms:248.20,P1:0,E1:0,pulse:1
MSG:79,Vrms:248.13,P1:0,E1:0,pulse:1
MSG:80,Vrms:248.17,P1:0,E1:0,pulse:1
MSG:81,Vrms:248.15,P1:0,E1:0,pulse:1
MSG:82,Vrms:248.00,P1:0,E1:0,pulse:1
MSG:83,Vrms:248.02,P1:0,E1:0,pulse:1
MSG:84,Vrms:248.01,P1:0,E1:0,pulse:1
MSG:85,Vrms:248.13,P1:0,E1:0,pulse:1
MSG:86,Vrms:248.08,P1:0,E1:0,pulse:1
MSG:87,Vrms:248.14,P1:0,E1:0,pulse:1
MSG:88,Vrms:247.32,P1:0,E1:0,pulse:1
MSG:89,Vrms:246.31,P1:0,E1:0,pulse:1
MSG:90,Vrms:246.09,P1:0,E1:0,pulse:1
MSG:91,Vrms:245.98,P1:0,E1:0,pulse:1
MSG:92,Vrms:246.17,P1:0,E1:0,pulse:1
MSG:93,Vrms:246.19,P1:0,E1:0,pulse:1
MSG:94,Vrms:245.99,P1:0,E1:0,pulse:1
MSG:95,Vrms:246.25,P1:0,E1:0,pulse:1
MSG:96,Vrms:246.11,P1:0,E1:0,pulse:1
MSG:97,Vrms:245.76,P1:0,E1:0,pulse:1
MSG:98,Vrms:245.87,P1:0,E1:0,pulse:1
MSG:99,Vrms:246.16,P1:0,E1:0,pulse:1
MSG:100,Vrms:245.97,P1:0,E1:0,pulse:1
MSG:101,Vrms:245.71,P1:0,E1:0,pulse:1
MSG:102,Vrms:245.53,P1:0,E1:0,pulse:1

After doing the above, I rebooted the PiZero and then ran that code via ssh on the PiZero.

Last login: Mon Oct 12 13:21:17 on ttys000
Julians-42-iMac:~ jjb$ ssh [email protected]
[email protected]'s password: 
Linux emonpi 5.4.51+ #1333 Mon Aug 10 16:38:02 BST 2020 armv6l

The programs included with the Debian GNU/Linux system are free software;
the exact distribution terms for each program are described in the
individual files in /usr/share/doc/*/copyright.

Debian GNU/Linux comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY, to the extent
permitted by applicable law.
Last login: Mon Oct 12 13:21:35 2020 from 192.168.2.30
pi@emonpi:~ $ cd /opt/openenergymonitor/emonhub
pi@emonpi:/opt/openenergymonitor/emonhub $ git fetch --all
Fetching origin
pi@emonpi:/opt/openenergymonitor/emonhub $ git checkout master
Branch 'master' set up to track remote branch 'master' from 'origin'.
Switched to a new branch 'master'
pi@emonpi:/opt/openenergymonitor/emonhub $ git pull
Already up to date.
pi@emonpi:/opt/openenergymonitor/emonhub $

After this, I rebooted the PiZero once again; within the Inputs page on the main emonPi I deleted 159 old / stale Input lines within the PiZero “node”. That left Vrms, P1, E1, pulse which updated every 10(?) seconds. But after a while more weird ones started to appear again (ms and G for example). Subsequently, the updating interval on the good ones became slightly erratic :thinking:

Does any of that help? Have to say I’m a bit lost !!!

By way of a comparison, herewith the same section on the emonPi after ~ 10 minutes

Do you have debugging messages coming out of your emonTx?

It looks as if you might have some “human readable” output from the emonTx as well as the format (“MSG:45,Vrms:247.75,P1:0,E1:0,pulse:1”) intended for machine consumption. That’s the only way things like “ms” can be transmitted.
“E1MSG” looks like there are some missing characters in the data. You could try reducing the baud rate on the serial connection between the emonTx and the Pi Zero.

Another thought - is the “Tx” line (actually a wrongly labelled Rx input) on the emonTx connected from your Pi Zero? That has caused trouble with non-Shop ESP8266’s in the past - but not exactly the same trouble as you’re reporting.

Sorry, I missed this bit. Having restarted the PiZero, I pressed the Tx reset button, and this is the last bits of the emonHub log.


2020-10-12 14:12:20,058 INFO     MainThread Setting RFM2Pi baseid: 5 (5i)
2020-10-12 14:12:21,062 INFO     MainThread Setting RFM2Pi frequency: 433 (4b)
2020-10-12 14:12:22,065 INFO     MainThread Setting RFM2Pi group: 210 (210g)
2020-10-12 14:12:23,068 INFO     MainThread Setting RFM2Pi quiet: 1 (1q)
2020-10-12 14:12:24,072 INFO     MainThread Setting RFM2Pi calibration: 230V (1p)
2020-10-12 14:12:25,076 DEBUG    MainThread Setting RFM2Pi pubchannels: ['ToEmonCMS']
2020-10-12 14:12:25,077 DEBUG    MainThread Setting RFM2Pi subchannels: ['ToRFM12']
2020-10-12 14:12:25,089 INFO     MainThread Creating EmonHubTx3eInterfacer 'SerialTx'
2020-10-12 14:12:25,094 DEBUG    MainThread Opening serial port: /dev/ttyAMA0 @ 115200 bits/s
2020-10-12 14:12:25,102 INFO     MainThread Creating EmonHubMqttInterfacer 'MQTT'
2020-10-12 14:12:25,124 DEBUG    MainThread Setting MQTT pubchannels: ['ToRFM12']
2020-10-12 14:12:25,126 DEBUG    MainThread Setting MQTT subchannels: ['ToEmonCMS']
2020-10-12 14:12:25,128 INFO     MainThread Setting MQTT node_format_enable: 1
2020-10-12 14:12:25,129 INFO     MainThread Setting MQTT nodevar_format_enable: 1
2020-10-12 14:12:25,141 INFO     MainThread Setting MQTT nodevar_format_basetopic: emon/
2020-10-12 14:12:25,145 INFO     MainThread Creating EmonHubEmoncmsHTTPInterfacer 'emoncmsorg'
2020-10-12 14:12:25,148 DEBUG    MainThread Setting emoncmsorg pubchannels: ['ToRFM12']
2020-10-12 14:12:25,160 DEBUG    MainThread Setting emoncmsorg subchannels: ['ToEmonCMS']
2020-10-12 14:12:25,162 WARNING  MainThread Setting emoncmsorg apikey: obscured
2020-10-12 14:12:25,164 INFO     MainThread Setting emoncmsorg url: https://emoncms.org
2020-10-12 14:12:25,167 INFO     MainThread Setting emoncmsorg senddata: 1
2020-10-12 14:12:25,169 INFO     MainThread Setting emoncmsorg sendstatus: 1
2020-10-12 14:12:34,868 WARNING  SerialTx   Exception caught in SerialTx thread. Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/serial/serialposix.py", line 501, in read
    'device reports readiness to read but returned no data '
serial.serialutil.SerialException: device reports readiness to read but returned no data (device disconnected or multiple access on port?)

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/opt/openenergymonitor/emonhub/src/emonhub_interfacer.py", line 32, in wrapper
    return func(*args)
  File "/opt/openenergymonitor/emonhub/src/emonhub_interfacer.py", line 99, in run
    rxc = self.read()
  File "/opt/openenergymonitor/emonhub/src/interfacers/EmonHubTx3eInterfacer.py", line 46, in read
    self._rx_buf = self._rx_buf + self._ser.readline().decode()
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/serial/serialposix.py", line 509, in read
    raise SerialException('read failed: {}'.format(e))
serial.serialutil.SerialException: read failed: device reports readiness to read but returned no data (device disconnected or multiple access on port?)

2020-10-12 14:12:34,886 WARNING  MainThread SerialTx thread is dead.
2020-10-12 14:12:34,889 WARNING  MainThread Attempting to restart thread SerialTx (thread has been restarted 0 times...)
2020-10-12 14:12:34,904 INFO     MainThread Creating EmonHubTx3eInterfacer 'SerialTx'
2020-10-12 14:12:34,908 DEBUG    MainThread Opening serial port: /dev/ttyAMA0 @ 115200 bits/s
2020-10-12 14:12:41,171 DEBUG    SerialTx   invalid input name: 
2020-10-12 14:13:01,484 WARNING  RFM2Pi     Exception caught in RFM2Pi thread. Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/serial/serialposix.py", line 501, in read
    'device reports readiness to read but returned no data '
serial.serialutil.SerialException: device reports readiness to read but returned no data (device disconnected or multiple access on port?)

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/opt/openenergymonitor/emonhub/src/emonhub_interfacer.py", line 32, in wrapper
    return func(*args)
  File "/opt/openenergymonitor/emonhub/src/emonhub_interfacer.py", line 99, in run
    rxc = self.read()
  File "/opt/openenergymonitor/emonhub/src/interfacers/EmonHubJeeInterfacer.py", line 85, in read
    self._rx_buf = self._rx_buf + self._ser.readline().decode()
  File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/serial/serialposix.py", line 509, in read
    raise SerialException('read failed: {}'.format(e))
serial.serialutil.SerialException: read failed: device reports readiness to read but returned no data (device disconnected or multiple access on port?)

2020-10-12 14:13:01,579 DEBUG    SerialTx   9 NEW FRAME : MSG:1,Vrms:246.21,P1:0,E1:0,pulse:1
2020-10-12 14:13:01,605 DEBUG    SerialTx   9 Timestamp : 1602508381.578269
2020-10-12 14:13:01,607 DEBUG    SerialTx   9 From Node : Serial_PiZero_barn
2020-10-12 14:13:01,630 DEBUG    SerialTx   9    Values : [1, 246.21, 0, 0, 1]
2020-10-12 14:13:01,632 DEBUG    SerialTx   9 Sent to channel(start)' : ToEmonCMS
2020-10-12 14:13:01,635 DEBUG    SerialTx   9 Sent to channel(end)' : ToEmonCMS
2020-10-12 14:13:01,643 WARNING  MainThread RFM2Pi thread is dead.
2020-10-12 14:13:01,645 WARNING  MainThread Attempting to restart thread RFM2Pi (thread has been restarted 0 times...)
2020-10-12 14:13:01,649 INFO     MainThread Creating EmonHubJeeInterfacer 'RFM2Pi'
2020-10-12 14:13:01,665 INFO     MQTT       Connecting to MQTT Server
2020-10-12 14:13:01,695 DEBUG    MainThread Opening serial port: /dev/ttyAMA0 @ 38400 bits/s
2020-10-12 14:13:01,770 DEBUG    emoncmsorg Buffer size: 1
2020-10-12 14:13:01,812 INFO     MQTT       connection status: Connection successful
2020-10-12 14:13:01,815 DEBUG    MQTT       CONACK => Return code: 0
2020-10-12 14:13:01,932 INFO     MQTT       on_subscribe
2020-10-12 14:13:03,703 WARNING  MainThread Device communication error - check settings
2020-10-12 14:13:03,706 INFO     MainThread Setting RFM2Pi baseid: 5 (5i)
2020-10-12 14:13:04,709 INFO     MainThread Setting RFM2Pi frequency: 433 (4b)
2020-10-12 14:13:05,713 INFO     MainThread Setting RFM2Pi group: 210 (210g)
2020-10-12 14:13:06,717 INFO     MainThread Setting RFM2Pi quiet: 1 (1q)
2020-10-12 14:13:07,721 INFO     MainThread Setting RFM2Pi calibration: 230V (1p)
2020-10-12 14:13:08,724 DEBUG    MainThread Setting RFM2Pi pubchannels: ['ToEmonCMS']
2020-10-12 14:13:08,726 DEBUG    MainThread Setting RFM2Pi subchannels: ['ToRFM12']

Hi @Robert.Wall - I think our messages crossed.

It could well be that I mis-wired the connection between the PiZero and the emonTx, but I am 99% sure I followed the second diagram in @pb66 's post here. 4 CT emonBase using emonTx and Pi Zero W - #17 by pb66

But I will make up a second set and see if that changes anything.

I don’t think it will, and it’s pretty clear that’s not your problem. So don’t.

There’s an historical problem:
On @pb66’s diagram, the mistake is off the diagram inside the emonTx, where the Tx and Rx pins are wrongly labelled - the emonTx’s “Tx” pin receives data, and its “Rx” pin transmits data. So Paul’s diagram is correct, but you don’t need the Tx - Tx wire, the violet wire in your picture, in normal use.

The problem with the ESP8266 (different device, same purpose) was it sent unwanted data TO the emonTx and reconfigured it, hence that connection doesn’t exist in the shop-prepared ESP8266 conversions. Until you want to recalibrate or reconfigure your emonTx, you are only interested in one-way data - out of the emonTx (on its “Rx” pin) and into the Pi Zero on its Rx pin.

I’ll revise that - I don’t think it is the first part at all. “ms” is a legitimate part of the desired output: “Vrms”, so I think you’re looking for something that’s interrupting the data and causing the interfacer to interpret an isolated “ms” - having lost its “Vr” off the front - as another data item.

One thing you need to be aware of is if you’ve got two things inside your Pi trying to use the same port, the messages will get mixed up. That’s why Brian says to stop emonHub before you connect miniterm/minicom, and restart it when you’ve disconnected.
So if you are talking to the emonTx via the purple wire and it replies and emonHub is still running, whatever the emonTx says will get mixed in with its normal output - not a problem for you - but emonHub will do its best to interpret the mixed-up data.

So I think your problem is either, the data is getting mixed up causing part-messages to be interpreted wrongly, or the Pi Zero is missing a few characters here and there, likewise causing the data to be mis-interpreted.

I have no idea why, it now looks like it is all working, but only intermittently. Trouble is, I can’t work out what causes the drop outs.

It could be physical (90 deg PiZero header soldered on by me / wires crimped badly / etc), but I have even swapped in a Raspberry Pi 4 with pre-soldered headers and shop bought wires, but that still doesn’t make things work.

Following on from doing this earlier …

Did I need to actively re-start it, and if so can I just use the orange Restart button within the emonTx’s emonHub page?

No looks fine.

You often don’t need to, but it does ensure everything is fresh.

sudo systemctl restart emonhub.service

No you need to do it with miniterm running.

I’ll show you - you will see a config menu when you press the reset while miniterm is running.

emonhub is not very discerning in this regard (there is an issue open), part of the reason I suggested a JSON output directly from emonTX. It does pick up odd bits of text, usually at startup that appear as inputs. The repeated restarts due to the exceptions isn’t helping.

Wiring looks correct to me (ref EmonTX to Rpi - Direct Serial Connection - #61 by borpin)

I do wonder if there is a poor connection though.

Clearly there is a serial comms problem.

The other thing to run is

tail -f /var/log/emonhub/emonhub.log | grep "NEW FRAME"

However there is clearly something wrong with the serial comms (hence all the exceptions).

suggestion

  • stop emonhub
  • open miniterm
  • wiggle connection and see if the data becomes corrupted
  • try pre made breadboard jumper wires instead of connector
  • check header soldering
  • Remove the [[RFM2Pi]] Interfacer - it isn’t needed as the Pi does not have an RFM board.

You do need to restart it, but a reboot will do that else just the opposite of stop sudo systemctl start emonhub.service

Stopping it just means there is only one thing reading the serial port.

Just leave miniterm running for a while and look for bad data and a correctly incrementing MSG count.

GOT IT (I think)

@haffle the RFM interfacer is trying to access the same com_port.

Remove the RFM interfacer from the emonhub.conf file.

Amazing! It now works - thank you SO much!!!

I let it run overnight having #'d out the RFM section in the emonTx’s emonHub config, and no “rogue” inputs were sent or received. Thank you!

Moving on to deployment, how or where do I get the emonTx c/w PiZero to send the same Inputs across to the emonPi as other emonTx (c/w ESP8266’s) do? IE, how to get it to send CT1, CT2, CT3 etc. I am unclear what the relationship is between the list of Inputs on the emonTx (along with their various “nodes”(?) such as T1, T2, pulse etc), and what appears on the emonPi’s section where the emonTx reports in to. At present, all of the entries within the emonTx are n/a (in red), whereas in the emonPi the emonTx is feeding through 5 entries in green (MSG, Vrms etc).

The screen grab below shows both, and the second image is a screen grab from the emonTx/PiZero’s emonHub log.

This is the current emonHub config (emonTx / PiZero)

#######################################################################
#######################      emonhub.conf     #########################
#######################################################################
### emonHub configuration file, for info see documentation:
### https://github.com/openenergymonitor/emonhub/blob/emon-pi/configuration.md
#######################################################################
#######################    emonHub  settings    #######################
#######################################################################

[hub]
### loglevel must be one of DEBUG, INFO, WARNING, ERROR, and CRITICAL
loglevel = DEBUG
### Uncomment this to also send to syslog
# use_syslog = yes
#######################################################################
#######################       Interfacers       #######################
#######################################################################

[interfacers]
### This interfacer manages the RFM12Pi/RFM69Pi/emonPi module
#[[RFM2Pi]]
#    Type = EmonHubJeeInterfacer
#    [[[init_settings]]]
#        com_port = /dev/ttyAMA0
#        com_baud = 38400                        # 9600 for old RFM12Pi
#    [[[runtimesettings]]]
#        pubchannels = ToEmonCMS,
#        subchannels = ToRFM12,
#
#        group = 210
#        frequency = 433
#        baseid = 5                              # emonPi / emonBase nodeID
#        calibration = 230V                      # (UK/EU: 230V, US: 110V)
#        quiet = true                            # Disable quite mode (default enabled) to enable RF packet #debugging, show packets which fail crc
#        # interval =  300                         # Interval to transmit time to emonGLCD (seconds)
        

[[SerialTx]]
     Type = EmonHubTx3eInterfacer
      [[[init_settings]]]
           com_port= /dev/ttyAMA0
           com_baud = 115200
      [[[runtimesettings]]]
           pubchannels = ToEmonCMS,

           nodeoffset = 0
           nodename = Serial_PiZero_barn


[[MQTT]]

    Type = EmonHubMqttInterfacer
    [[[init_settings]]]
        mqtt_host = 192.168.2.50
        mqtt_port = 1883
        mqtt_user = emonpi
        mqtt_passwd = emonpimqtt2016

    [[[runtimesettings]]]
        pubchannels = ToRFM12,
        subchannels = ToEmonCMS,

        # emonhub/rx/10/values format
        # Use with emoncms Nodes module
        node_format_enable = 1
        node_format_basetopic = emonhub/

        # emon/emontx/power1 format - use with Emoncms MQTT input
        # http://github.com/emoncms/emoncms/blob/master/docs/RaspberryPi/MQTT.md
        nodevar_format_enable = 1
        nodevar_format_basetopic = emon/

[[emoncmsorg]]
    Type = EmonHubEmoncmsHTTPInterfacer
    [[[init_settings]]]
    [[[runtimesettings]]]
        pubchannels = ToRFM12,
        subchannels = ToEmonCMS,
        url = https://emoncms.org
        apikey = xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
        senddata = 1                    # Enable sending data to Emoncms.org
        sendstatus = 1                  # Enable sending WAN IP to Emoncms.org MyIP > https://emoncms.org/myip/list
        sendinterval= 30                # Bulk send interval to Emoncms.org in seconds

#######################################################################
#######################          Nodes          #######################
#######################################################################

[nodes]

## See config user guide: https://github.com/openenergymonitor/emonhub/blob/emon-pi/conf/emonhub.conf

[[5]]
    nodename = emonpi
    [[[rx]]]
        names = power1,power2,power1pluspower2,vrms,t1,t2,t3,t4,t5,t6,pulsecount
        datacodes = h, h, h, h, h, h, h, h, h, h, L
        scales = 1,1,1,0.01,0.1,0.1,0.1,0.1,0.1,0.1,1
        units = W,W,W,V,C,C,C,C,C,C,p

[[6]]
    nodename = emontxshield
    [[[rx]]]
       names = power1, power2, power3, power4, vrms
       datacode = h
       scales = 1,1,1,1,0.01
       units = W,W,W,W,V

[[7]]
   nodename = emontx4
   [[[rx]]]
      names = power1, power2, power3, power4, vrms, temp1, temp2, temp3, temp4, temp5, temp6, pulse
      datacodes = h,h,h,h,h,h,h,h,h,h,h,L
      scales = 1,1,1,1,0.01,0.1,0.1, 0.1,0.1,0.1,0.1,1
      units = W,W,W,W,V,C,C,C,C,C,C,p

[[8]]
    nodename = emontx3
    [[[rx]]]
       names = power1, power2, power3, power4, vrms, temp1, temp2, temp3, temp4, temp5, temp6, pulse
       datacodes = h,h,h,h,h,h,h,h,h,h,h,L
       scales = 1,1,1,1,0.01,0.1,0.1, 0.1,0.1,0.1,0.1,1
       units = W,W,W,W,V,C,C,C,C,C,C,p

[[9]]
   nodename = emontx2
   [[[rx]]]
      names = power1, power2, power3, power4, vrms, temp1, temp2, temp3, temp4, temp5, temp6, pulse
      datacodes = h,h,h,h,h,h,h,h,h,h,h,L
      scales = 1,1,1,1,0.01,0.1,0.1, 0.1,0.1,0.1,0.1,1
      units = W,W,W,W,V,C,C,C,C,C,C,p

[[10]]
    nodename = emontx1
    [[[rx]]]
       names = power1, power2, power3, power4, vrms, temp1, temp2, temp3, temp4, temp5, temp6, pulse
       datacodes = h,h,h,h,h,h,h,h,h,h,h,L
       scales = 1,1,1,1,0.01,0.01,0.01,0.01,0.01,0.01,0.01,1
       units = W,W,W,W,V,C,C,C,C,C,C,p

[[11]]
    nodename = 3phase
    [[[rx]]]
       names = powerL1, powerL2, powerL3, power4, Vrms, temp1, temp2, temp3, temp4, temp5, temp6, pulse
       datacodes = h,h,h,h,h,h,h,h,h,h,h,L
       scales = 1,1,1,1,0.01,0.01,0.01,0.01,0.01,0.01,0.01,1
       units = W,W,W,W,V,C,C,C,C,C,C,p
       
[[12]]
    nodename = 3phase2
    [[[rx]]]
       names = powerL1, powerL2, powerL3, power4, Vrms, temp1, temp2, temp3, temp4, temp5, temp6, pulse
       datacodes = h,h,h,h,h,h,h,h,h,h,h,L
       scales = 1,1,1,1,0.01,0.01,0.01,0.01,0.01,0.01,0.01,1
       units = W,W,W,W,V,C,C,C,C,C,C,p

[[13]]
    nodename = 3phase3
    [[[rx]]]
       names = powerL1, powerL2, powerL3, power4, Vrms, temp1, temp2, temp3, temp4, temp5, temp6, pulse
       datacodes = h,h,h,h,h,h,h,h,h,h,h,L
       scales = 1,1,1,1,0.01,0.01,0.01,0.01,0.01,0.01,0.01,1
       units = W,W,W,W,V,C,C,C,C,C,C,p

[[14]]
    nodename = 3phase4
    [[[rx]]]
       names = powerL1, powerL2, powerL3, power4, Vrms, temp1, temp2, temp3, temp4, temp5, temp6, pulse
       datacodes = h,h,h,h,h,h,h,h,h,h,h,L
       scales = 1,1,1,1,0.01,0.01,0.01,0.01,0.01,0.01,0.01,1
       units = W,W,W,W,V,C,C,C,C,C,C,p

[[15]]
    nodename = emontx3cm15
    [[[rx]]]
       names = MSG, Vrms, P1, P2, P3, P4, E1, E2, E3, E4, T1, T2, T3, pulse
       datacodes = L,h,h,h,h,h,l,l,l,l,h,h,h,L
       scales = 1,0.01,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0.01,0.01,0.01,1
       units = n,V,W,W,W,W,Wh,Wh,Wh,Wh,C,C,C,p
       whitening = 1

[[16]]
    nodename = emontx3cm16
    [[[rx]]]
       names = MSG, Vrms, P1, P2, P3, P4, E1, E2, E3, E4, T1, T2, T3, pulse
       datacodes = L,h,h,h,h,h,l,l,l,l,h,h,h,L
       scales = 1,0.01,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0.01,0.01,0.01,1
       units = n,V,W,W,W,W,Wh,Wh,Wh,Wh,C,C,C,p
       whitening = 1

[[19]]
   nodename = emonth1
   [[[rx]]]
      names = temperature, external temperature, humidity, battery
      datacode = h
      scales = 0.1,0.1,0.1,0.1
      units = C,C,%,V

[[20]]
   nodename = emonth2
   [[[rx]]]
      names = temperature, external temperature, humidity, battery
      datacode = h
      scales = 0.1,0.1,0.1,0.1
      units = C,C,%,V

[[21]]
   nodename = emonth3
   [[[rx]]]
      names = temperature, external temperature, humidity, battery
      datacode = h
      scales = 0.1,0.1,0.1,0.1
      units = C,C,%,V

[[22]]
   nodename = emonth4
   [[[rx]]]
      names = temperature, external temperature, humidity, battery
      datacode = h
      scales = 0.1,0.1,0.1,0.1
      units = C,C,%,V

[[23]]
    nodename = emonth5
    [[[rx]]]
       names = temperature, external temperature, humidity, battery, pulsecount
       datacodes = h,h,h,h,L
       scales = 0.1,0.1,0.1,0.1,1
       units = C,C,%,V,p

[[24]]
    nodename = emonth6
    [[[rx]]]
       names = temperature, external temperature, humidity, battery, pulsecount
       datacodes = h,h,h,h,L
       scales = 0.1,0.1,0.1,0.1,1
       units = C,C,%,V,p

[[25]]
    nodename = emonth7
    [[[rx]]]
       names = temperature, external temperature, humidity, battery, pulsecount
       datacodes = h,h,h,h,L
       scales = 0.1,0.1,0.1,0.1,1
       units = C,C,%,V,p

[[26]]
    nodename = emonth8
    [[[rx]]]
       names = temperature, external temperature, humidity, battery, pulsecount
       datacodes = h,h,h,h,L
       scales = 0.1,0.1,0.1,0.1,1
       units = C,C,%,V,p

It doesn’t as it is different release of the firmware, but that doesn’t matter as you just convert those inputs to a feed. The “P” is the power (W) and the “E” is Wh which is an accumulating figure (until next reboot/reset of EmonTX). If you add more CTs, you need to power off/on the EmonTX to detect further CTs which will be reported as P2, E2 etc.

Personally I use the WhAcc input process and scale that to give the kWh Feed.

[edit]

You don’t need to enable both these, in fact you will bet better off using the new JSON format node_JSON_enable = 1 as I mentioned above (although this is currently only in the master branch).

The reason is, each MQTT Publish takes time and potentially, the first topic posted could land on a different ‘slot’ in emoncms. By sending all the data as a single publish it is guaranteed to stay together (especially as it can be timestamped).

Thanks for that.

Another question: within the EmonTx (c/w PiZ)'s emonCMS / WiFi, is the section effectively redundant as the PiZ has taken over wifi comms have been offloaded on to the PiZ, or is it still important? (I have tried re-Scanning, but it never finds an alternative SSID).

I have had trouble changing the wifi network from my office SSID to the barn SSID, and not sure whether to do this within emonCMS / WiFI or via ssh sudo raspi-config

For the next devices I will rig up a tempo WAN with the desired end use SSID to make this switch unnecessary.

The emoncms accessed via the IP of the PIZ, will show you the WiFi setup of that PiZ.

The scan work for me. I need to click it twice…

To help me - and hopefully others in the future - I am in the midst of writing up a Dummies Guide for how to switch over to using a Pi Zero. I am part way through setting up my second one, but am a bit stuck once again.

I have done almost all of the setting up, and copied the emonHub config from the PiZ #1 (that works fine & continues to report through to my main emonPi) to a second one (PiZ #2), just changing the [[SerialTx]] nodename from nodename = Serial_PiZero_barn to nodename = Serial_PiZero_hotwater. However, the PiZ #2 is not reporting through to the emonPi, and the emonHub config log isn’t looking good.

2020-10-16 09:43:31,997 DEBUG    MainThread Setting emoncmsorg subchannels: ['ToEmonCMS']
2020-10-16 09:43:32,009 WARNING  MainThread Setting emoncmsorg apikey: obscured
2020-10-16 09:43:32,011 INFO     MainThread Setting emoncmsorg url: https://emoncms.org
2020-10-16 09:43:32,013 INFO     MainThread Setting emoncmsorg senddata: 1
2020-10-16 09:43:32,014 INFO     MainThread Setting emoncmsorg sendstatus: 1
2020-10-16 09:44:33,867 DEBUG    MainThread Setting MQTT timestamped: False
2020-10-16 09:44:33,879 DEBUG    MainThread Setting MQTT pubchannels: ['ToRFM12']
2020-10-16 09:44:33,881 INFO     MainThread Setting MQTT node_format_enable: 1
2020-10-16 09:44:33,882 INFO     MainThread Setting MQTT nodevar_format_enable: 1
2020-10-16 09:44:33,884 INFO     MainThread Setting MQTT nodevar_format_basetopic: emon/
2020-10-16 09:44:40,587 DEBUG    MainThread Signal 15 received.
2020-10-16 09:46:21,793 INFO     MainThread EmonHub emonHub (emon-pi variant) v2.1.5
2020-10-16 09:46:21,796 INFO     MainThread Opening hub...
2020-10-16 09:46:21,803 INFO     MainThread Logging level set to DEBUG
2020-10-16 09:46:21,805 INFO     MainThread Creating EmonHubTx3eInterfacer 'SerialTx'
2020-10-16 09:46:21,821 DEBUG    MainThread Opening serial port: /dev/ttyAMA0 @ 115200 bits/s
2020-10-16 09:46:21,829 INFO     MainThread Creating EmonHubMqttInterfacer 'MQTT'
2020-10-16 09:46:21,842 DEBUG    MainThread Setting MQTT pubchannels: ['ToRFM12']
2020-10-16 09:46:21,844 DEBUG    MainThread Setting MQTT subchannels: ['ToEmonCMS']
2020-10-16 09:46:21,846 INFO     MainThread Setting MQTT node_format_enable: 1
2020-10-16 09:46:21,858 INFO     MainThread Setting MQTT nodevar_format_enable: 1
2020-10-16 09:46:21,860 INFO     MainThread Setting MQTT nodevar_format_basetopic: emon/
2020-10-16 09:46:21,869 INFO     MainThread Creating EmonHubEmoncmsHTTPInterfacer 'emoncmsorg'
2020-10-16 09:46:21,872 DEBUG    MainThread Setting emoncmsorg pubchannels: ['ToRFM12']
2020-10-16 09:46:21,874 DEBUG    MainThread Setting emoncmsorg subchannels: ['ToEmonCMS']
2020-10-16 09:46:21,876 WARNING  MainThread Setting emoncmsorg apikey: obscured
2020-10-16 09:46:21,888 INFO     MainThread Setting emoncmsorg url: https://emoncms.org
2020-10-16 09:46:21,889 INFO     MainThread Setting emoncmsorg senddata: 1
2020-10-16 09:46:21,893 INFO     MainThread Setting emoncmsorg sendstatus: 1

I have obviously forgotten to do something somewhere, but not sure where. Comms are good, I can log in to the PiZ #2 via the dashboard and via ssh. But it is not getting through to the emonPi, despite having an effectively identical emonHub conf, with only a nodename changed.

Use the JSON format as I suggested above (twice). It is better as it is a single MQTT publish.

Possibly 2 issues;

Do you see the serial data stream from the EmonTX when using Miniterm?

Is the EmonTX running the same firmware version?

note You never came back and I didn’t walk you through actually turning off the RF - it would be better to do so.

I think I now have (see conf below), & I restarted emonHub.conf on both PiZ #1 & #2b; had to pop out for an hour, and now both are getting through to the main emonPi’s Inputs page :hot_face:

I will update my crib sheet & start again with PiZ #3 :crazy_face:

Earlier today I did run (via ssh to PiZ #2) miniterm /dev/ttyAMA0 115200 and miniterm --rtscts /dev/ttyAMA0 115200 but that didn’t seem to help; part of the problem is that I don’t know what miniterm is / does, so will go away and read up about it …

Comparing all the version numbers in the emonCMS Admin section of both Pi Zeros, and all seem to be exactly the same

I half hoped that by hashing out the RFM2PI section within the emonTX’s emonHub conf meant that the issue of RF would go away (& it did with PiZ #1), but will re-read your comments and revert.

For clarity, herewith my emonHub conf from the emonTx / PiZ #1. It is the same was for PiZ #2 except for the nodename.

#######################################################################
#######################      emonhub.conf     #########################
#######################################################################
### emonHub configuration file, for info see documentation:
### https://github.com/openenergymonitor/emonhub/blob/emon-pi/configuration.md
#######################################################################
#######################    emonHub  settings    #######################
#######################################################################

[hub]
### loglevel must be one of DEBUG, INFO, WARNING, ERROR, and CRITICAL
loglevel = DEBUG
### Uncomment this to also send to syslog
# use_syslog = yes
#######################################################################
#######################       Interfacers       #######################
#######################################################################

[interfacers]
### This interfacer manages the RFM12Pi/RFM69Pi/emonPi module
#[[RFM2Pi]]
#    Type = EmonHubJeeInterfacer
#    [[[init_settings]]]
#        com_port = /dev/ttyAMA0
#        com_baud = 38400                        # 9600 for old RFM12Pi
#    [[[runtimesettings]]]
#        pubchannels = ToEmonCMS,
#        subchannels = ToRFM12,
#
#        group = 210
#        frequency = 433
#        baseid = 5                              # emonPi / emonBase nodeID
#        calibration = 230V                      # (UK/EU: 230V, US: 110V)
#        quiet = true                            # Disable quite mode (default enabled) to enable RF packet #debugging, show packets which fail crc
#        # interval =  300                         # Interval to transmit time to emonGLCD (seconds)
        

[[SerialTx]]
     Type = EmonHubTx3eInterfacer
      [[[init_settings]]]
           com_port= /dev/ttyAMA0
           com_baud = 115200
      [[[runtimesettings]]]
           pubchannels = ToEmonCMS,

           nodeoffset = 0
           nodename = Serial_PiZero_hotwater


[[MQTT]]

Type = EmonHubMqttInterfacer
    [[[init_settings]]]
        mqtt_host = 192.168.2.50
        mqtt_port = 1883
        mqtt_user = emonpi
        mqtt_passwd = emonpimqtt2016

    [[[runtimesettings]]]
        subchannels = ToEmonCMS,

        timestamped = True        

        node_JSON_enable = 1
        node_JSON_basetopic = emon/


#
#    Type = EmonHubMqttInterfacer
#    [[[init_settings]]]
#        mqtt_host = 192.168.2.50
#        mqtt_port = 1883
#        mqtt_user = emonpi
#        mqtt_passwd = emonpimqtt2016
#
#    [[[runtimesettings]]]
#        pubchannels = ToRFM12,
#        subchannels = ToEmonCMS,
#
#        # emonhub/rx/10/values format
#        # Use with emoncms Nodes module
#        node_format_enable = 1
#        node_format_basetopic = emonhub/
#
#        # emon/emontx/power1 format - use with Emoncms MQTT input
#        # http://github.com/emoncms/emoncms/blob/master/docs/RaspberryPi/MQTT.md
#        nodevar_format_enable = 1
#        nodevar_format_basetopic = emon/

[[emoncmsorg]]
    Type = EmonHubEmoncmsHTTPInterfacer
    [[[init_settings]]]
    [[[runtimesettings]]]
        pubchannels = ToRFM12,
        subchannels = ToEmonCMS,
        url = https://emoncms.org
        apikey = xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
        senddata = 1                    # Enable sending data to Emoncms.org
        sendstatus = 1                  # Enable sending WAN IP to Emoncms.org MyIP > https://emoncms.org/myip/list
        sendinterval= 30                # Bulk send interval to Emoncms.org in seconds

#######################################################################
#######################          Nodes          #######################
#######################################################################

[nodes]

## See config user guide: https://github.com/openenergymonitor/emonhub/blob/emon-pi/conf/emonhub.conf

[[5]]
    nodename = emonpi
    [[[rx]]]
        names = power1,power2,power1pluspower2,vrms,t1,t2,t3,t4,t5,t6,pulsecount
        datacodes = h, h, h, h, h, h, h, h, h, h, L
        scales = 1,1,1,0.01,0.1,0.1,0.1,0.1,0.1,0.1,1
        units = W,W,W,V,C,C,C,C,C,C,p

[[6]]
    nodename = emontxshield
    [[[rx]]]
       names = power1, power2, power3, power4, vrms
       datacode = h
       scales = 1,1,1,1,0.01
       units = W,W,W,W,V

[[7]]
   nodename = emontx4
   [[[rx]]]
      names = power1, power2, power3, power4, vrms, temp1, temp2, temp3, temp4, temp5, temp6, pulse
      datacodes = h,h,h,h,h,h,h,h,h,h,h,L
      scales = 1,1,1,1,0.01,0.1,0.1, 0.1,0.1,0.1,0.1,1
      units = W,W,W,W,V,C,C,C,C,C,C,p

[[8]]
    nodename = emontx3
    [[[rx]]]
       names = power1, power2, power3, power4, vrms, temp1, temp2, temp3, temp4, temp5, temp6, pulse
       datacodes = h,h,h,h,h,h,h,h,h,h,h,L
       scales = 1,1,1,1,0.01,0.1,0.1, 0.1,0.1,0.1,0.1,1
       units = W,W,W,W,V,C,C,C,C,C,C,p

[[9]]
   nodename = emontx2
   [[[rx]]]
      names = power1, power2, power3, power4, vrms, temp1, temp2, temp3, temp4, temp5, temp6, pulse
      datacodes = h,h,h,h,h,h,h,h,h,h,h,L
      scales = 1,1,1,1,0.01,0.1,0.1, 0.1,0.1,0.1,0.1,1
      units = W,W,W,W,V,C,C,C,C,C,C,p

[[10]]
    nodename = emontx1
    [[[rx]]]
       names = power1, power2, power3, power4, vrms, temp1, temp2, temp3, temp4, temp5, temp6, pulse
       datacodes = h,h,h,h,h,h,h,h,h,h,h,L
       scales = 1,1,1,1,0.01,0.01,0.01,0.01,0.01,0.01,0.01,1
       units = W,W,W,W,V,C,C,C,C,C,C,p

[[11]]
    nodename = 3phase
    [[[rx]]]
       names = powerL1, powerL2, powerL3, power4, Vrms, temp1, temp2, temp3, temp4, temp5, temp6, pulse
       datacodes = h,h,h,h,h,h,h,h,h,h,h,L
       scales = 1,1,1,1,0.01,0.01,0.01,0.01,0.01,0.01,0.01,1
       units = W,W,W,W,V,C,C,C,C,C,C,p
       
[[12]]
    nodename = 3phase2
    [[[rx]]]
       names = powerL1, powerL2, powerL3, power4, Vrms, temp1, temp2, temp3, temp4, temp5, temp6, pulse
       datacodes = h,h,h,h,h,h,h,h,h,h,h,L
       scales = 1,1,1,1,0.01,0.01,0.01,0.01,0.01,0.01,0.01,1
       units = W,W,W,W,V,C,C,C,C,C,C,p

[[13]]
    nodename = 3phase3
    [[[rx]]]
       names = powerL1, powerL2, powerL3, power4, Vrms, temp1, temp2, temp3, temp4, temp5, temp6, pulse
       datacodes = h,h,h,h,h,h,h,h,h,h,h,L
       scales = 1,1,1,1,0.01,0.01,0.01,0.01,0.01,0.01,0.01,1
       units = W,W,W,W,V,C,C,C,C,C,C,p

[[14]]
    nodename = 3phase4
    [[[rx]]]
       names = powerL1, powerL2, powerL3, power4, Vrms, temp1, temp2, temp3, temp4, temp5, temp6, pulse
       datacodes = h,h,h,h,h,h,h,h,h,h,h,L
       scales = 1,1,1,1,0.01,0.01,0.01,0.01,0.01,0.01,0.01,1
       units = W,W,W,W,V,C,C,C,C,C,C,p

[[15]]
    nodename = emontx3cm15
    [[[rx]]]
       names = MSG, Vrms, P1, P2, P3, P4, E1, E2, E3, E4, T1, T2, T3, pulse
       datacodes = L,h,h,h,h,h,l,l,l,l,h,h,h,L
       scales = 1,0.01,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0.01,0.01,0.01,1
       units = n,V,W,W,W,W,Wh,Wh,Wh,Wh,C,C,C,p
       whitening = 1

[[16]]
    nodename = emontx3cm16
    [[[rx]]]
       names = MSG, Vrms, P1, P2, P3, P4, E1, E2, E3, E4, T1, T2, T3, pulse
       datacodes = L,h,h,h,h,h,l,l,l,l,h,h,h,L
       scales = 1,0.01,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0.01,0.01,0.01,1
       units = n,V,W,W,W,W,Wh,Wh,Wh,Wh,C,C,C,p
       whitening = 1

[[19]]
   nodename = emonth1
   [[[rx]]]
      names = temperature, external temperature, humidity, battery
      datacode = h
      scales = 0.1,0.1,0.1,0.1
      units = C,C,%,V

[[20]]
   nodename = emonth2
   [[[rx]]]
      names = temperature, external temperature, humidity, battery
      datacode = h
      scales = 0.1,0.1,0.1,0.1
      units = C,C,%,V

[[21]]
   nodename = emonth3
   [[[rx]]]
      names = temperature, external temperature, humidity, battery
      datacode = h
      scales = 0.1,0.1,0.1,0.1
      units = C,C,%,V

[[22]]
   nodename = emonth4
   [[[rx]]]
      names = temperature, external temperature, humidity, battery
      datacode = h
      scales = 0.1,0.1,0.1,0.1
      units = C,C,%,V

[[23]]
    nodename = emonth5
    [[[rx]]]
       names = temperature, external temperature, humidity, battery, pulsecount
       datacodes = h,h,h,h,L
       scales = 0.1,0.1,0.1,0.1,1
       units = C,C,%,V,p

[[24]]
    nodename = emonth6
    [[[rx]]]
       names = temperature, external temperature, humidity, battery, pulsecount
       datacodes = h,h,h,h,L
       scales = 0.1,0.1,0.1,0.1,1
       units = C,C,%,V,p

[[25]]
    nodename = emonth7
    [[[rx]]]
       names = temperature, external temperature, humidity, battery, pulsecount
       datacodes = h,h,h,h,L
       scales = 0.1,0.1,0.1,0.1,1
       units = C,C,%,V,p

[[26]]
    nodename = emonth8
    [[[rx]]]
       names = temperature, external temperature, humidity, battery, pulsecount
       datacodes = h,h,h,h,L
       scales = 0.1,0.1,0.1,0.1,1
       units = C,C,%,V,p

So this is important. If you stop emonhub (as mentioned above) and then run miniterm, you should see the data printed out.

Then press the reset for the emonTX and you will see some configuration text, the firmware version and a settings menu.

You cannot see the emonTX firmware version except as above directly from miniterm.

Some changes require emonhub to be restarted.