emonPi hangs and stops logging

[pb66 (Paul)]

@Robert.Wall

It should do, unless there’s an exception handler that isn’t working as it should; but a wiring fault still needs to be rectified.

Did you mean “shouldn’t do” ?

I don’t disagree that the temp sensor issue needs resolving, but I wanted to avoid it being a red-herring to this thread about the “emonPi hangs and stops posting”

however, I just took a quick peek at the code and found the emonPi doesn’t follow the “30x” convention.

https://github.com/openenergymonitor/emonpi/blob/master/firmware/src/src.ino#L315-L319

https://github.com/openenergymonitor/emonpi/blob/master/firmware/src/temperature.ino

and this line looks suspicious

https://github.com/openenergymonitor/emonpi/blob/master/firmware/src/temperature.ino#L26

what if it isn’t within -55 to 125 degC? Can the function return?

[edit] I know all actively warned faults will result in 85degC which is inside the -55 to 125, but I was wondering what if there is no response? How would that be handled?

[Robert.Wall]

@pb66

I thought the FW was written to simply use a “30x” if no value was read from a temp sensor.

That’s what it should do.

@pb66

Can the function return?

Yes. It does return zero, but according to K&R, the return value is undefined. So essentially, you cannot trust it to return anything or anything sensible, and what it does is probably compiler-dependent. It’s certainly bad practice to not define a return value.

[Unless of course it’s defined as void]

[mrjbening (John Bening)]

My emonPi also stops sporadically. Sampling at 5s and runs maybe a month. Latest emonPi firmware. This time I just rebooted it. It’s not obvious where to be looking.

[stabuck (Jon Starbuck)]

Hi John,

I am still waiting for mine to stop logging again! That said I have been testing my electrics recently so the power has been going on and off and on and off so it may have done it and i did not notice.

If you look at reply # 6 from pb66 Paul he says what to do when it happens.

Jon.

[Jon (Jon Murphy)]

@stabuck

If you look at reply # 6 from pb66 Paul he says what to do when it happens.

this is #6:

emonPi hangs and stops logging

Next time it stops, rather than rebooting it, you should check the logs and try restarting some specific parts. You can still reboot if all else fails, but armed with what you have learnt we may be able to locate the issue. The fact “it stops” and the fact it “starts again after a reboot” are just to general to be useful. emonhub.log is the most useful log, but due to the way log rotation is set up on an emonSD, you only have an hour or so before the useful info is rotated out. The most useful …

[pb66 (Paul)]

See the EmonPi became "inactive" over 12 months ago, EmonCMS is still working fine?! thread as maybe linked.

[stabuck (Jon Starbuck)]

[This and the following 6 posts were moved here from a separate thread titled “EmonPi became “inactive” over 12 months ago, EmonCMS is still working fine?!” - pb66]

OK, this is very odd - looking at my EmonPi locally at http://192.168.0.102/emoncms/ (not something I do often, if ever, but i have been having some issues) and it appears that it has logged nothing whatsoever since 2nd March 2017 and all nodes and feeds have “inactive” since then. Looking at emoncms and no stop occurred at that time and it is still working (mostly) today.
Is it possible there are two versions of the software running on the same Raspberry Pi and I am talking to the wrong one? What on earth is going on?

[TrystanLea]

Hello Jon, do you mean that you have a full data history on emoncms.org?

[stabuck (Jon Starbuck)]

Yes, EmonCMS (the one on the internet) is fine and up to date, emonpi (the one in my house) is showing no data for just over 12-months.

[stabuck (Jon Starbuck)]

At 9.09pm on March 2nd 2017 my power was 2425W both locally and at emoncms.org - one minute later and locally it is zero (and has been ever since) and is still at about 2.4kw at emoncms.org and continues to log normally up until the present day.

It was 12-months ago - it is quite possible I did something to it.

[stabuck (Jon Starbuck)]

[pb66 (Paul)]

@stabuck - How many setups do you have?

I ask because I’m confused by this new thread where you suggest you may not have checked your emonPi for over a year, since you have another thread that you started 22days ago by saying your emonpi regularly stops posting data fro hours or days, sometimes weeks. Are these the same systems?

emonPi hangs and stops logging

Hi there, My emonPi stops running regularly; sometimes it is hours, sometimes it is weeks, but sooner or later it stops logging and needs to be turned off and on again to get it to work. I know I have seen this as an issue for other users and was wondering if there was a solution to it? Here is my data from the past week: [emon-hang]

If they are, the fact your emoncms.org account continues to collect data is a massive piece of information that would help that discussion. It rules out the emonpi board hanging, emonhub crashing and points the finger squarely at a likely MQTT issue, most likely the mqtt_input service.

Can you please confirm your setup and if these 2 threads are linked. I think we should merge this new discussion with that other thread unless you are talking about a completely independent system.

[stabuck (Jon Starbuck)]

I have the one emonPi, this is the same emonPi. I don’t know if the two topics are related, it is quite possible as I can only see 4 or 5 incidents of “stops logging” between May 2015 and March 2017. I noticed this thread’s problem after it stopped logging and checked the EmonPi as you suggested in the other thread and found it would not respond to me.
Logging in and it does not like the command “sudo systemctl status emonhub”, “sudo: systemctl: command not found”

emonhoub.log

2018-03-20 05:54:28,434 INFO     MQTT       Could not connect...
2018-03-20 05:54:30,876 DEBUG    RFM2Pi     Discarding RX frame 'unreliable content'? 16 33 226 40 208 28 160 9 192 15 96 41 58 36 17 2 131 13 128 128 70 (-110)
2018-03-20 05:54:31,810 DEBUG    RFM2Pi     Discarding RX frame 'unreliable content'? 4 1 64 32 225 32 116 20 167 196 2 1 104 17 15 0 104 28 144 33 126 (-111)
2018-03-20 05:54:33,345 DEBUG    RFM2Pi     110614 NEW FRAME : OK 5 226 19 0 0 226 19 61 95 4 0 194 0 81 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50 0 0 0 (-0)
2018-03-20 05:54:33,348 DEBUG    RFM2Pi     110614 Timestamp : 1521525273.35
2018-03-20 05:54:33,349 DEBUG    RFM2Pi     110614 From Node : 5
2018-03-20 05:54:33,349 DEBUG    RFM2Pi     110614    Values : [5090, 0, 5090, 243.81, 0.4, 19.400000000000002, 8.1, 0, 0, 0, 50]
2018-03-20 05:54:33,350 DEBUG    RFM2Pi     110614 Sent to channel(start)' : ToEmonCMS
2018-03-20 05:54:33,350 DEBUG    RFM2Pi     110614 Sent to channel(end)' : ToEmonCMS
2018-03-20 05:54:33,455 DEBUG    RFM2Pi     Discarding RX frame 'unreliable content'? 17 38 9 37 139 3 32 34 10 136 96 139 168 0 5 213 255 0 26 66 97 (-111)
2018-03-20 05:54:33,651 INFO     MQTT       Connecting to MQTT Server
2018-03-20 05:54:33,652 INFO     MQTT       Could not connect...
2018-03-20 05:54:34,466 DEBUG    RFM2Pi     Discarding RX frame 'unreliable content'? 18 29 124 232 160 62 60 145 176 67 129 12 132 46 127 173 41 49 128 32 146 (-106)
2018-03-20 05:54:35,074 DEBUG    RFM2Pi     Discarding RX frame 'unreliable content'? 9 150 73 0 35 56 1 12 194 128 34 0 125 2 127 173 41 49 128 32 146 (-111)
2018-03-20 05:54:35,483 DEBUG    RFM2Pi     Discarding RX frame 'unreliable content'? 29 9 136 172 4 248 64 115 100 66 188 1 24 168 80 113 155 178 132 140 173 (-112)
2018-03-20 05:54:36,894 DEBUG    RFM2Pi     Discarding RX frame 'unreliable content'? 6 50 148 244 0 9 49 200 1 74 0 2 93 29 25 0 160 43 184 48 0 (-111)
2018-03-20 05:54:37,394 DEBUG    emoncmsorg Buffer size: 6
2018-03-20 05:54:37,396 INFO     emoncmsorg sending: http://emoncms.org/input/bulk.json?apikey=E-M-O-N-C-M-S-A-P-I-K-E-Y&data=[[1521525248.273787,5,5072,0,5072,243.49,0.30000000000000004,19.400000000000002,8.1,0,0,0,50],[1521525253.335623,5,5086,0,5086,243.73000000000002,0.30000000000000004,19.400000000000002,8.1,0,0,0,50],[1521525258.326553,5,5100,0,5100,244.04,0.30000000000000004,19.400000000000002,8.1,0,0,0,50],[1521525263.360134,5,5072,0,5072,243.42000000000002,0.30000000000000004,19.400000000000002,8.1,0,0,0,50],[1521525268.281153,5,5072,0,5072,243.42000000000002,0.4,19.400000000000002,8.1,0,0,0,50],[1521525273.34531,5,5090,0,5090,243.81,0.4,19.400000000000002,8.1,0,0,0,50]]&sentat=1521525277
2018-03-20 05:54:37,793 DEBUG    emoncmsorg acknowledged receipt with 'ok' from http://emoncms.org
2018-03-20 05:54:38,313 DEBUG    RFM2Pi     110615 NEW FRAME : OK 5 214 19 0 0 214 19 37 95 4 0 195 0 81 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50 0 0 0 (-0)
2018-03-20 05:54:38,317 DEBUG    RFM2Pi     110615 Timestamp : 1521525278.31
2018-03-20 05:54:38,318 DEBUG    RFM2Pi     110615 From Node : 5
2018-03-20 05:54:38,319 DEBUG    RFM2Pi     110615    Values : [5078, 0, 5078, 243.57, 0.4, 19.5, 8.1, 0, 0, 0, 50]
2018-03-20 05:54:38,320 DEBUG    RFM2Pi     110615 Sent to channel(start)' : ToEmonCMS
2018-03-20 05:54:38,320 DEBUG    RFM2Pi     110615 Sent to channel(end)' : ToEmonCMS
2018-03-20 05:54:38,428 DEBUG    RFM2Pi     Discarding RX frame 'unreliable content'? 12 216 168 203 3 59 77 223 131 240 193 27 255 162 38 163 72 28 175 9 240 (-111)
2018-03-20 05:54:38,470 INFO     MQTT       Connecting to MQTT Server
2018-03-20 05:54:38,471 INFO     MQTT       Could not connect...
2018-03-20 05:54:39,338 DEBUG    RFM2Pi     Discarding RX frame 'unreliable content'? 0 25 128 40 3 59 77 223 131 240 193 27 255 162 38 163 72 28 175 9 240 (-110)
2018-03-20 05:54:40,449 DEBUG    RFM2Pi     Discarding RX frame 'unreliable content'? 17 65 134 0 3 59 77 223 131 240 193 27 255 162 38 163 72 28 175 9 240 (-111)

[pb66 (Paul)]

Jon can you please post your system data from the emoncms admin page, if it is reasonably up to date it will have a “copy to clipboard” button.

Can you also supply the emonpi_update.log, usually found in /home/pi/data ?

The fact it gives the “sudo: systemctl: command not found” error suggests this is a very early emonpi running a Raspbian Wheezy OS. The updater should not be working, it should abort when it finds this is an earlier build. That assumes the updater was never used prior to the checks being added to avoid a situation where a update fails due to incompatibilities and results in a unusable or unrecoverable system.

We need to establish exactly what you do have and/or think about possibly moving your setup over to the latest image.

[stabuck (Jon Starbuck)]

No “copy to clipboard” button.

Emoncms version: low-write-v8.5

Log file found at /var/log/emonpiupdate.log

Stopping system emonPiLCD daemon:start-stop-daemon: warning: failed to kill 2489: No such process
No process in pidfile '/var/run/emonPiLCD.pid' found running; none killed.
 failed!
I2C LCD NOT DETECTED on either 0x['27', '3f'] ...exiting LCD script

Starting emonPi Update >
via update
Mon Mar 19 20:11:02 UTC 2018

#############################################################

emonSD version: emonSD-17Jun2015

ERROR: emonSD base image old or undefined...update will not continue
See latest verson: https://github.com/openenergymonitor/emonpi/wiki/emonSD-pre-built-SD-card-Download-&-Change-Log
Stopping update
Job is already running!
Job is already running!
Job is already running!
Job is already running!
Job is already running!
Job is already running!
[repeats hundreds of times]

Looks to me like you have found the problem?!
If so, how do I update it?

Thank you so much!

[pb66 (Paul)]

Well at least it looks like your system is intact and not caught out “mid update”.

@stabuck

Looks to me like you have found the problem?!

Only as to why the emonpi hasn’t updated and the systenctl commands not working, we still don’t know why the data stops, however, yes this may have been fixed in the later versions.

@stabuck

If so, how do I update it?

Good question, I wish I had a better answer than “not easily”, there will be several posts on this forum about making the change, but I do not recall the detail or which posts they are. Hopefully someone might jump in with some advice here.

Because the system is intact and the fault isn’t terminal or making the system unusable you are not under pressure to upgrade quickly or immediately. You might find it easier to start with a fresh image and migrate your data over. There were significant differences when upgrading emoncms <v8.5 to >v9 so it’s not going to be directly compatible, there will be changes required to your dashboards for example.

Since the fault only occurs once in a blue moon, it might even be worth considering sticking with what you have and crossing your fingers for a new emonSD image, I have not heard anything to suggest that be happening, but the current image is getting quite dated now and I wouldn’t want to recommend you convert to the current image, only to find a new one is released any time soon.

If the fault occurs again please try and catch the emonhub.log before it rotates out and use the following commands (instead of systemctl) to check the services

sudo service emonhub status

sudo service feedwriter status

sudo service mqtt_input status

[TrystanLea]

Yes, The update procedure from low-write-v8.5 to the latest is not straightforward unfortunately as there where a number of large updates to the operating system between the older version and more recent versions.

If your happy to do so, the recommended approach is to download the latest SD card image here free of charge https://github.com/openenergymonitor/emonpi/wiki/emonSD-pre-built-SD-card-Download-&-Change-Log and write it to a 8GB SD card yourself. There’s an easy to use tool called etcher that can be used to write the image to an SD card: https://etcher.io/.

Before doing this step you may want to use the emoncms backup tool for the data on your existing SD card see https://guide.openenergymonitor.org/setup/import/.

If your not comfortable with doing the above, please send us an email at [email protected] and Glyn, Gwil or I will try our best to help.

[stabuck (Jon Starbuck)]

Thank you, I have done all of the above, it was not so hard - backed up old database, put latest OS on new SD card, set up user and wifi, imported old database… all looks like it worked fine but unfortunately it is still not displaying that it is logging locally and is now also appears to not be uploading to EmonCMS.

emoncms.log

2018-03-20 19:27:58.344|ERROR|phpmqtt_input.php|exception 'Mosquitto\Exception' in /var/www/emoncms/scripts/phpmqtt_input.php:125
Stack trace:
#0 /var/www/emoncms/scripts/phpmqtt_input.php(125): Mosquitto\Client->connect('localhost', 1883, 5)
#1 {main}
2018-03-20 19:27:58.541|WARN|phpmqtt_input.php|Not connected, retrying connection
2018-03-20 19:28:04.002|WARN|phpmqtt_input.php|Not connected, retrying connection
2018-03-20 19:28:04.004|WARN|phpmqtt_input.php|Connecting to MQTT server: Connection Accepted.: code: 0
2018-03-20 19:28:11.957|WARN|phpmqtt_input.php|Not connected, retrying connection
2018-03-20 19:28:11.979|WARN|phpmqtt_input.php|Connecting to MQTT server: Connection Accepted.: code: 0

emonhub.log

2018-03-20 19:17:32,881 INFO     MainThread EmonHub emonHub emon-pi variant v2.1.1
2018-03-20 19:17:32,883 INFO     MainThread Opening hub...
2018-03-20 19:17:32,884 INFO     MainThread Logging level set to DEBUG
2018-03-20 19:17:32,885 INFO     MainThread Creating EmonHubJeeInterfacer 'RFM2Pi' 
2018-03-20 19:17:32,889 DEBUG    MainThread Opening serial port: /dev/ttyAMA0 @ 38400 bits/s
2018-03-20 19:17:34,896 INFO     MainThread RFM2Pi device firmware version & configuration: not available
2018-03-20 19:17:34,898 INFO     MainThread Setting RFM2Pi frequency: 433 (4b)
2018-03-20 19:17:35,900 INFO     MainThread Setting RFM2Pi group: 210 (210g)
2018-03-20 19:17:36,903 INFO     MainThread Setting RFM2Pi quiet: 0 (0q)
2018-03-20 19:17:37,905 INFO     MainThread Setting RFM2Pi baseid: 5 (5i)
2018-03-20 19:17:38,908 INFO     MainThread Setting RFM2Pi calibration: 230V (1p)
2018-03-20 19:17:39,911 DEBUG    MainThread Setting RFM2Pi subchannels: ['ToRFM12']
2018-03-20 19:17:39,912 DEBUG    MainThread Setting RFM2Pi pubchannels: ['ToEmonCMS']
2018-03-20 19:17:39,914 INFO     MainThread Creating EmonHubMqttInterfacer 'MQTT' 
2018-03-20 19:17:39,920 DEBUG    MainThread Setting MQTT subchannels: ['ToEmonCMS']
2018-03-20 19:17:39,922 DEBUG    MainThread Setting MQTT pubchannels: ['ToRFM12']
2018-03-20 19:17:39,923 INFO     MainThread Setting MQTT nodevar_format_enable: 1
2018-03-20 19:17:39,925 INFO     MainThread Setting MQTT node_format_enable: 1
2018-03-20 19:17:39,928 INFO     MainThread Setting MQTT nodevar_format_basetopic: emon/
2018-03-20 19:17:39,931 INFO     MainThread Creating EmonHubEmoncmsHTTPInterfacer 'emoncmsorg' 
2018-03-20 19:17:39,934 DEBUG    MainThread Setting emoncmsorg subchannels: ['ToEmonCMS']
2018-03-20 19:17:39,937 DEBUG    MainThread Setting emoncmsorg pubchannels: ['ToRFM12']
2018-03-20 19:17:39,938 INFO     MainThread Setting emoncmsorg url: https://emoncms.org
2018-03-20 19:17:39,940 INFO     MainThread Setting emoncmsorg senddata: 1
2018-03-20 19:17:39,943 WARNING  MainThread Setting emoncmsorg apikey: obscured
2018-03-20 19:17:39,945 INFO     MainThread Setting emoncmsorg sendstatus: 1
2018-03-20 19:17:40,003 DEBUG    RFM2Pi     device settings updated: E i5 g210 @ 433 MHz q1 USA 0
2018-03-20 19:17:40,111 DEBUG    RFM2Pi     device settings updated: E i5 g210 @ 433 MHz q1 USA 0
2018-03-20 19:17:40,218 DEBUG    RFM2Pi     1 NEW FRAME : OK 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 174 95 30 0 180 0 85 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 (-0)
2018-03-20 19:17:40,221 DEBUG    RFM2Pi     1 Timestamp : 1521573460.22
2018-03-20 19:17:40,222 DEBUG    RFM2Pi     1 From Node : 5
2018-03-20 19:17:40,223 DEBUG    RFM2Pi     1    Values : [0, 0, 0, 244.94, 3, 18, 8.5, 0, 0, 0, 1]
2018-03-20 19:17:40,224 DEBUG    RFM2Pi     1 Sent to channel(start)' : ToEmonCMS
2018-03-20 19:17:40,225 DEBUG    RFM2Pi     1 Sent to channel(end)' : ToEmonCMS
2018-03-20 19:17:40,329 DEBUG    RFM2Pi     device settings updated: E i5 g210 @ 433 MHz q0 USA 0
2018-03-20 19:17:40,432 DEBUG    RFM2Pi     device settings updated: E i5 g210 @ 433 MHz q0 USA 0
2018-03-20 19:17:40,434 INFO     MQTT       Connecting to MQTT Server
2018-03-20 19:17:40,436 INFO     MQTT       Could not connect...
2018-03-20 19:17:40,541 DEBUG    RFM2Pi     Discarding RX frame 'unreliable content'? 6 121 255 192 234 131 220 68 64 217 69 179 3 109 211 221 120 16 194 6 111 (-100)
2018-03-20 19:17:40,554 DEBUG    emoncmsorg Buffer size: 1
2018-03-20 19:17:40,645 DEBUG    RFM2Pi     device settings updated: E i5 g210 @ 433 MHz q0 USA 0
2018-03-20 19:17:40,754 DEBUG    RFM2Pi     Discarding RX frame 'unreliable content'? 16 186 241 64 50 83 200 92 62 220 120 241 4 28 76 185 116 177 245 213 59 (-106)
2018-03-20 19:17:40,865 DEBUG    RFM2Pi     Discarding RX frame 'unreliable content'? 4 98 42 126 60 36 39 115 18 178 99 187 219 95 106 10 233 16 9 179 102 (-109)
2018-03-20 19:17:42,686 DEBUG    RFM2Pi     2 NEW FRAME : OK 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 96 30 0 180 0 85 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 (-0)
2018-03-20 19:17:42,689 DEBUG    RFM2Pi     2 Timestamp : 1521573462.69
2018-03-20 19:17:42,690 DEBUG    RFM2Pi     2 From Node : 5
2018-03-20 19:17:42,691 DEBUG    RFM2Pi     2    Values : [0, 0, 0, 245.87, 3, 18, 8.5, 0, 0, 0, 1]
2018-03-20 19:17:42,692 DEBUG    RFM2Pi     2 Sent to channel(start)' : ToEmonCMS
2018-03-20 19:17:42,693 DEBUG    RFM2Pi     2 Sent to channel(end)' : ToEmonCMS
2018-03-20 19:17:42,801 DEBUG    RFM2Pi     Discarding RX frame 'unreliable content'? 7 124 213 192 91 165 117 55 47 229 100 2 38 239 36 42 150 230 248 52 150 (-101)
2018-03-20 19:17:42,947 INFO     MQTT       Connecting to MQTT Server
2018-03-20 19:17:42,949 INFO     MQTT       Could not connect...
2018-03-20 20:14:53,557 DEBUG    emoncmsorg Buffer size: 1
2018-03-20 20:14:53,995 DEBUG    RFM2Pi     Discarding RX frame 'unreliable content'? 18 200 90 211 19 38 239 112 12 15 153 155 98 140 162 230 166 66 20 40 137 (-102)
2018-03-20 20:14:54,205 DEBUG    RFM2Pi     Discarding RX frame 'unreliable content'? 18 105 58 189 48 224 145 79 35 252 71 199 183 62 179 20 150 0 78 185 215 (-105)
2018-03-20 20:14:56,222 DEBUG    RFM2Pi     3 NEW FRAME : OK 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 175 95 30 0 180 0 85 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 (-0)
2018-03-20 20:14:56,225 DEBUG    RFM2Pi     3 Timestamp : 1521576896.22
2018-03-20 20:14:56,226 DEBUG    RFM2Pi     3 From Node : 5
2018-03-20 20:14:56,227 DEBUG    RFM2Pi     3    Values : [0, 0, 0, 244.95000000000002, 3, 18, 8.5, 0, 0, 0, 1]
2018-03-20 20:14:56,232 DEBUG    RFM2Pi     3 Sent to channel(start)' : ToEmonCMS
2018-03-20 20:14:56,233 DEBUG    RFM2Pi     3 Sent to channel(end)' : ToEmonCMS
2018-03-20 20:14:56,302 INFO     MQTT       Connecting to MQTT Server
2018-03-20 20:14:56,305 INFO     MQTT       Could not connect...
2018-03-20 20:14:59,055 DEBUG    RFM2Pi     Discarding RX frame 'unreliable content'? 5 73 164 32 146 237 227 175 21 104 192 75 100 152 164 32 30 127 107 226 189 (-105)
2018-03-20 20:14:59,669 DEBUG    RFM2Pi     Discarding RX frame 'unreliable content'? 24 208 159 52 243 141 160 34 136 106 40 240 100 152 164 32 30 127 107 226 189 (-110)
2018-03-20 20:15:01,285 DEBUG    RFM2Pi     4 NEW FRAME : OK 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 135 95 30 0 180 0 85 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 (-0)
2018-03-20 20:15:01,289 DEBUG    RFM2Pi     4 Timestamp : 1521576901.28
2018-03-20 20:15:01,290 DEBUG    RFM2Pi     4 From Node : 5
2018-03-20 20:15:01,291 DEBUG    RFM2Pi     4    Values : [0, 0, 0, 244.55, 3, 18, 8.5, 0, 0, 0, 1]
2018-03-20 20:15:01,292 DEBUG    RFM2Pi     4 Sent to channel(start)' : ToEmonCMS
2018-03-20 20:15:01,293 DEBUG    RFM2Pi     4 Sent to channel(end)' : ToEmonCMS
2018-03-20 20:15:01,334 INFO     MQTT       Connecting to MQTT Server
2018-03-20 20:15:01,337 INFO     MQTT       Could not connect...
2018-03-20 20:15:01,420 DEBUG    RFM2Pi     Discarding RX frame 'unreliable content'? 6 101 114 205 59 214 137 161 167 102 157 20 24 97 244 238 156 0 211 131 228 (-101)
2018-03-20 20:15:01,631 DEBUG    RFM2Pi     Discarding RX frame 'unreliable content'? 23 114 232 221 92 3 2 153 133 23 157 20 24 97 244 238 156 0 211 131 228 (-103)
2018-03-20 20:15:04,048 DEBUG    RFM2Pi     Discarding RX frame 'unreliable content'? 19 109 50 178 132 55 6 43 139 245 143 9 145 131 55 151 252 116 16 111 83 (-101)
2018-03-20 20:15:04,158 DEBUG    RFM2Pi     Discarding RX frame 'unreliable content'? 8 55 98 173 8 21 6 43 139 245 143 9 145 131 55 151 252 116 16 111 83 (-108)
2018-03-20 20:15:05,184 DEBUG    RFM2Pi     Discarding RX frame 'unreliable content'? 5 96 61 144 169 70 227 76 134 209 10 88 19 211 16 6 128 28 63 185 64 (-111)
2018-03-20 20:15:06,297 DEBUG    RFM2Pi     5 NEW FRAME : OK 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 159 95 31 0 180 0 85 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 (-0)
2018-03-20 20:15:06,301 DEBUG    RFM2Pi     5 Timestamp : 1521576906.3
2018-03-20 20:15:06,302 DEBUG    RFM2Pi     5 From Node : 5
2018-03-20 20:15:06,302 DEBUG    RFM2Pi     5    Values : [0, 0, 0, 244.79, 3.1, 18, 8.5, 0, 0, 0, 1]
2018-03-20 20:15:06,303 DEBUG    RFM2Pi     5 Sent to channel(start)' : ToEmonCMS
2018-03-20 20:15:06,304 DEBUG    RFM2Pi     5 Sent to channel(end)' : ToEmonCMS
2018-03-20 20:15:06,364 INFO     MQTT       Connecting to MQTT Server
2018-03-20 20:15:06,469 INFO     MQTT       connection status: Connection successful
2018-03-20 20:15:06,471 DEBUG    MQTT       CONACK => Return code: 0
2018-03-20 20:15:06,573 INFO     MQTT       on_subscribe
2018-03-20 20:15:07,230 DEBUG    RFM2Pi     Discarding RX frame 'unreliable content'? 0 208 118 175 196 206 42 121 76 233 240 213 237 224 5 161 234 82 106 120 111 (-99)
2018-03-20 20:15:07,943 DEBUG    RFM2Pi     Discarding RX frame 'unreliable content'? 11 37 202 50 150 205 200 57 221 128 48 143 6 45 96 147 120 40 87 108 112 (-102)
2018-03-20 20:15:08,155 DEBUG    RFM2Pi     Discarding RX frame 'unreliable content'? 17 224 151 111 11 117 17 143 249 96 230 28 123 59 223 176 99 160 23 12 144 (-101)
2018-03-20 20:15:08,570 DEBUG    RFM2Pi     Discarding RX frame 'unreliable content'? 4 17 208 34 248 23 126 94 20 232 216 46 32 28 181 193 5 136 30 15 249 (-102)
2018-03-20 20:15:11,305 DEBUG    RFM2Pi     6 NEW FRAME : OK 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 177 95 30 0 180 0 85 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 (-0)
2018-03-20 20:15:11,309 DEBUG    RFM2Pi     6 Timestamp : 1521576911.31
2018-03-20 20:15:11,310 DEBUG    RFM2Pi     6 From Node : 5
2018-03-20 20:15:11,311 DEBUG    RFM2Pi     6    Values : [0, 0, 0, 244.97, 3, 18, 8.5, 0, 0, 0, 1]
2018-03-20 20:15:11,311 DEBUG    RFM2Pi     6 Sent to channel(start)' : ToEmonCMS
2018-03-20 20:15:11,312 DEBUG    RFM2Pi     6 Sent to channel(end)' : ToEmonCMS
2018-03-20 20:15:11,401 DEBUG    MQTT       Publishing: emon/emonpi/power1 0
2018-03-20 20:15:11,403 DEBUG    MQTT       Publishing: emon/emonpi/power2 0
2018-03-20 20:15:11,404 DEBUG    MQTT       Publishing: emon/emonpi/power1pluspower2 0
2018-03-20 20:15:11,406 DEBUG    MQTT       Publishing: emon/emonpi/vrms 244.97
2018-03-20 20:15:11,407 DEBUG    MQTT       Publishing: emon/emonpi/t1 3
2018-03-20 20:15:11,409 DEBUG    MQTT       Publishing: emon/emonpi/t2 18
2018-03-20 20:15:11,410 DEBUG    MQTT       Publishing: emon/emonpi/t3 8.5
2018-03-20 20:15:11,412 DEBUG    MQTT       Publishing: emon/emonpi/t4 0
2018-03-20 20:15:11,417 DEBUG    MQTT       Publishing: emon/emonpi/t5 0
2018-03-20 20:15:11,419 DEBUG    MQTT       Publishing: emon/emonpi/t6 0
2018-03-20 20:15:11,421 DEBUG    MQTT       Publishing: emon/emonpi/pulsecount 1
2018-03-20 20:15:11,423 INFO     MQTT       Publishing: emonhub/rx/5/values 0,0,0,244.97,3,18,8.5,0,0,0,1
2018-03-20 20:15:11,428 DEBUG    RFM2Pi     Discarding RX frame 'unreliable content'? 0 20 246 167 178 205 247 114 227 131 242 203 126 147 74 159 249 239 31 228 155 (-110)
2018-03-20 20:15:11,641 DEBUG    RFM2Pi     Discarding RX frame 'unreliable content'? 22 62 160 31 218 9 234 20 73 172 171 144 131 183 113 48 112 128 196 239 40 (-105)
2018-03-20 20:15:11,852 DEBUG    RFM2Pi     Discarding RX frame 'unreliable content'? 27 206 74 108 176 243 144 223 161 48 115 38 116 160 241 242 90 61 20 202 96 (-107)
2018-03-20 20:15:14,710 DEBUG    RFM2Pi     Discarding RX frame 'unreliable content'? 10 36 121 108 121 149 185 219 166 2 100 54 112 214 50 101 239 78 235 77 123 (-100)

I’m rery much at the limit of my understanding, please help.

[borpin (Brian Orpin)]

Did you run an update on the new image? Not sure if the image is the latest release.

Can you go into the admin page and click on ‘Copy to Clipboard’ next to the Server line and then paste it in a reply please.

Again try the commands, and post the results please,

@pb66

sudo systemctl status emonhub

sudo systemctl status feedwriter

sudo systemctl status mqtt_input

[pb66 (Paul)]

2018-03-20 19:17:39,943 WARNING  MainThread Setting emoncmsorg apikey: obscured

That line tells me you haven’t added your emoncmsorg write apikey to emonhub.conf.

If you add that you should see data at emoncms.org, from there you can see what data is present or missing.

You could try restarting the mqtt_input service as sometimes that needs restarting when new nodes are added (old fault but service may not have been restarted since update)

sudo systemctl restart mqtt_input

In fact, if you haven’t already, try a reboot to reset everything after the updates.