Emonpi.local access not available until reboot. Happened after install emonTH V2 (?)

[dmdrewitt (David Drewitt)]

My emonPi has been running fine and allowing local access either via its IP address or emonpi.local.

Yesterday I added a emonTH V2 temp node and all worked well initially.

Later last night local access suddenly was not available, although it is sending data ok to emoncms.org.

I rebooted the emonPi and it has been on for just under 1 day, and now I cannot access locally again, but emoncms.org works.

Any ideas of what to try? Does it just seem a co-incidence that it is after setting up a new emonTH?

I installed a fresh image of the software about a week ago using a spare 16GB microSD card. Does anyone think it could be a faulty microsSD card? - maybe buy a brand new one?

[borpin (Brian Orpin)]

@dmdrewitt

Later last night local access suddenly was not available

UI and SSH?

@dmdrewitt

although it is sending data ok to emoncms.org.

So emonhub was still running.

Have you looked at the emoncms logs?

[dmdrewitt (David Drewitt)]

@borpin

@dmdrewitt

Later last night local access suddenly was not available

UI and SSH?

UI (I am a novice here!)

@borpin

@dmdrewitt

although it is sending data ok to emoncms.org.

So emonhub was still running.

Have you looked at the emoncms logs?

Yes - the system must have still been running to supply data to emoncms.org

I don’t know what to look for in the logs. Any help / hints appreciated. I can post here if you let me know what details to post. (again, I am a novice! - sorry).

[borpin (Brian Orpin)]

@dmdrewitt

again, I am a novice! - sorry

Nothing to be sorry about - we all were once (just some quite a bit of time ago )

Start with this - but just go to the ‘I’m connected’ part. https://guide.openenergymonitor.org/technical/credentials/

Once connected we can take it from there.

[dmdrewitt (David Drewitt)]

@borpin

Start with this - but just go to the ‘I’m connected’ part. https://guide.openenergymonitor.org/technical/credentials/

Once connected we can take it from there.

I can now ssh into the emonPi

[borpin (Brian Orpin)]

Is the UI responsive?

[dmdrewitt (David Drewitt)]

Yes. ssh active and new UI window works fine too (at the moment!!)

[borpin (Brian Orpin)]

Ok, so wait until the UI stops. If the SSH is still OK that helps to narrow down the issue.

Meantime edit the settings.ini file.

nano /var/www/emoncms/settings.ini

and set the log level = 1 (INFO will give you what you need I hope).

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[dmdrewitt (David Drewitt)]

@borpin

nano /var/www/emoncms/settings.ini

and set the log level = 1 (INFO will give you what you need I hope).

Done and all noted. I hope it doesn’t happen again, but I will post if it does.

[dmdrewitt (David Drewitt)]

@borpin

Ok, so wait until the UI stops. If the SSH is still OK that helps to narrow down the issue.

UI has stopped this morning (was ok last night)

Unable to ssh into the pi…

The emoncms.org server data is updating fine. Shows realtime usage etc…

[dmdrewitt (David Drewitt)]

I checked again after lunch and both the UI and ssh working again. So it seems intermittent and self healing.

Please can you advise which specific log to post

[borpin (Brian Orpin)]

@dmdrewitt

I checked again after lunch and both the UI and ssh working again. So it seems intermittent and self healing.

I suspect a local network problem then. Is it on WiFi?

When it stops working, can you ‘ping’ the EmonPi?

To do that open a command window (type command in to the Windows search box - bottom left of screen) and type ping IP_ADDRESS where the IP Address is the address of the emonpi.

[dmdrewitt (David Drewitt)]

@borpin

I suspect a local network problem then. Is it on WiFi?

When it stops working, can you ‘ping’ the EmonPi?

I will check this when it happens again.

WiFi is usually about 44% signal strength.

But… if it is WiFi problem how does it still update to the emoncms.org server?

[dmdrewitt (David Drewitt)]

@borpin

I suspect a local network problem then. Is it on WiFi?

I have connected to a new WiFi network and router which is closer than our UniFi mesh.

The Pi is appears to be working fine on the new WiFi network, but on the Setup, WiFi page it shows

Status: Disconnected

What does this mean and how can I rectify. I took a screen shot before the change, and it did say Status:Connected.

[Bill.Thomson]

@borpin

(type command in to the Windows search box

cmd works too.

[dmdrewitt (David Drewitt)]

The pi appears to work ok now on the new stronger WiFi network, except for the disconnected message - see screenshot. Can anyone help with this message please? How to fix?