Inputs not updating

I received a new sd card containing the latest build (thank you). I inserted the card and started up my emonpi EmonBase. I can see the Inputs but they just aren’t updating (or maybe they have updated once).
Any suggestions please?

It looks like the inputs are updating periodically, but I thought they should update every 10 seconds?
I created a feed to log the first input. As you can see the feed updates sporadically (not at even time intervals).


I noticed this error in the log file:
2022-09-29 21:21:56,210 ERROR MainThread Unable to create ‘RFM2Pi’ interfacer: ‘utf-8’ codec can’t decode byte 0xfb in position 0: invalid start byte

[edit] Edit by mod - this is an EmonBase not and EmonPi

@Gwil @TrystanLea

@Duncan Try running the update process - there might be an old file floating about. Do check the update log for issues.

[edit]
I wonder if there is a mismatch between the firmware on the EmonPi and the firmware the new card is setup for?

Thanks for your help Brian. I tried running a full update. The logs disappeared before I had time to capture them. Are they saved somewhere?

Running the update didn’t solve the issue unfortunately. How would I know if there was a mismatch in firmware between the new card and the emonbase? (Sorry I think I might have said in my original post it was an emonPi but I am running an emonBase). And how would I correct such a mismatch if that was the case?

Many Thanks
Duncan

image ?

Ah, that makes a big difference.

Did you import your old settings?

My apologies - it vanishes!!!

@TrystanLea - the log window vanishes as soon as the update completes so there is then no way to get the log!!! Update log window disappears · Issue #1815 · emoncms/emoncms · GitHub

@Duncan - you will find it at /var/log/emoncms/update.log
[edit]
If you click off the update page on to a different page and then back to it, the window appears briefly so you can click on the download button :slight_smile:

Starting update via service-runner-update.sh (v3.0) >
Filesystem      Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/root       4.1G  2.1G  1.9G  52% /
devtmpfs        430M     0  430M   0% /dev
tmpfs           463M     0  463M   0% /dev/shm
tmpfs           463M  6.2M  456M   2% /run
tmpfs           5.0M  4.0K  5.0M   1% /run/lock
tmpfs           463M     0  463M   0% /sys/fs/cgroup
tmpfs           1.0M     0  1.0M   0% /var/tmp
tmpfs            30M     0   30M   0% /tmp
tmpfs           1.0M  4.0K 1020K   1% /var/lib/php/sessions
/dev/mmcblk0p1  253M   48M  205M  19% /boot
/dev/mmcblk0p3  9.9G  4.2M  9.4G   1% /var/opt/emoncms
log2ram          50M  1.1M   49M   3% /var/log
- emonSD version: emonSD-21Jul21
- supported images: emonSD-21Jul21 emonSD-08May21 emonSD-24Jul20 emonSD-02Oct19 emonSD-17Oct19
- emonSD base image check passed...continue update
git pull /opt/openenergymonitor/EmonScripts
  master
* stable
On branch stable
Your branch is up to date with 'origin/stable'.

nothing to commit, working tree clean
Already up to date.
-------------------------------------------------------------
Main Update Script
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Date: Fri 30 Sep 11:12:42 BST 2022
EUID: 1000
openenergymonitor_dir: /opt/openenergymonitor
type: all
serial_port: ttyAMA0
firmware: none
Reading package lists...
Building dependency tree...
Reading state information...
python3-pip is already the newest version (18.1-5+rpt1).
The following package was automatically installed and is no longer required:
  python-colorzero
Use 'sudo apt autoremove' to remove it.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 138 not upgraded.
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Requirement already satisfied: redis in /usr/local/lib/python3.7/dist-packages (3.5.3)
Hardware detected: rfm2pi
Running apt-get update
Get:1 http://raspbian.raspberrypi.org/raspbian buster InRelease [15.0 kB]
Hit:2 http://archive.raspberrypi.org/debian buster InRelease
Get:3 http://raspbian.raspberrypi.org/raspbian buster/main armhf Packages [13.0 MB]
Fetched 13.0 MB in 20s (668 kB/s)
Reading package lists...
git pull /opt/openenergymonitor/emonpi
* master
On branch master
Your branch is up to date with 'origin/master'.

nothing to commit, working tree clean
Fetching origin
Already up to date.
git pull /opt/openenergymonitor/RFM2Pi
* master
On branch master
Your branch is up to date with 'origin/master'.

nothing to commit, working tree clean
Fetching origin
Already up to date.
Start emonhub update script:
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emonHub update
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Updating /opt/openenergymonitor/emonhub
- current branch: stable
- local changes: no
From https://github.com/openenergymonitor/emonhub
   8e47ee0..1485a2d  master     -> origin/master
- git fetch: Fetching origin
Already on 'stable'
- git checkout: Your branch is up to date with 'origin/stable'.
- git pull: Already up to date.
- database update: no changes
- running module install/update script
Reading package lists...
Building dependency tree...
Reading state information...
python3-configobj is already the newest version (5.0.6-3).
python3-pymodbus is already the newest version (2.1.0+dfsg-1).
python3-serial is already the newest version (3.4-4).
bluetooth is already the newest version (5.50-1.2~deb10u2+rpt1).
libbluetooth-dev is already the newest version (5.50-1.2~deb10u2+rpt1).
python3-pip is already the newest version (18.1-5+rpt1).
The following package was automatically installed and is no longer required:
  python-colorzero
Use 'sudo apt autoremove' to remove it.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 138 not upgraded.
Looking in indexes: https://pypi.org/simple, https://www.piwheels.org/simple
Requirement already satisfied: paho-mqtt in /usr/local/lib/python3.7/dist-packages (1.5.1)
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Looking in indexes: https://pypi.org/simple, https://www.piwheels.org/simple
Requirement already satisfied: RPi.GPIO in /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages (0.7.0)
The user `emonhub' is already a member of `gpio'.
Unit /etc/systemd/system/[email protected] is masked, ignoring.
useradd: user 'emonhub' already exists
- installing emonhub.service
- Service ActiveState=active
- component updated

Start emoncms update:
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Update Emoncms Core
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Updating /var/www/emoncms
- current branch: stable
- local changes: no
- git fetch: Fetching origin
Already on 'stable'
- git checkout: Your branch is up to date with 'origin/stable'.
- git pull: Already up to date.
- database update: no changes
- component updated
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Update Emoncms Services
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emoncms_mqtt.service already installed
feedwriter.service already installed
service-runner.service already installed

Reloading systemctl deamon
Restarting Services...
- sudo systemctl restart feedwriter.service
--- ActiveState=active ---
- sudo systemctl restart emoncms_mqtt.service
--- ActiveState=active ---
- sudo systemctl restart emonhub.service
--- ActiveState=active ---
/opt/openenergymonitor/EmonScripts/sudoers.d/emoncms-rebootbutton: parsed OK
emonPi emoncms admin reboot button sudoers updated

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Update Emoncms Modules
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Updating /var/www/emoncms/Modules/app
- current branch: stable
- local changes: no
- git fetch: Fetching origin
Already on 'stable'
- git checkout: Your branch is up to date with 'origin/stable'.
- git pull: Already up to date.
- database update: no changes
- component updated
Updating /var/www/emoncms/Modules/config
- current branch: stable
- local changes: no
- git fetch: Fetching origin
Already on 'stable'
- git checkout: Your branch is up to date with 'origin/stable'.
- git pull: Already up to date.
- database update: no changes
- component updated
Updating /var/www/emoncms/Modules/dashboard
- current branch: stable
- local changes: no
- git fetch: Fetching origin
Already on 'stable'
- git checkout: Your branch is up to date with 'origin/stable'.
- git pull: Already up to date.
- database update: no changes
- component updated
Updating /var/www/emoncms/Modules/device
- current branch: stable
- local changes: no
- git fetch: Fetching origin
Already on 'stable'
- git checkout: Your branch is up to date with 'origin/stable'.
- git pull: Already up to date.
- database update: no changes
- component updated
Updating /var/www/emoncms/Modules/graph
- current branch: stable
- local changes: no
- git fetch: Fetching origin
Already on 'stable'
- git checkout: Your branch is up to date with 'origin/stable'.
- git pull: Already up to date.
- database update: no changes
- component updated
Updating /var/www/emoncms/Modules/setup
- current branch: stable
- local changes: no
- git fetch: Fetching origin
Already on 'stable'
- git checkout: Your branch is up to date with 'origin/stable'.
- git pull: Already up to date.
- database update: no changes
- component updated
Updating /var/www/emoncms/Modules/wifi
- current branch: stable
- local changes: no
- git fetch: Fetching origin
Already on 'stable'
- git checkout: Your branch is up to date with 'origin/stable'.
- git pull: Already up to date.
- database update: no changes
- component updated
Updating /opt/emoncms/modules/backup
- current branch: stable
- local changes: no
- git fetch: Fetching origin
Already on 'stable'
- git checkout: Your branch is up to date with 'origin/stable'.
- git pull: Already up to date.
- database update: no changes
- running module install/update script
- config.cfg already exists, left unmodified
- creating /etc/php/7.3/mods-available/emoncmsbackup.ini
post_max_size = 3G
upload_max_filesize = 3G
upload_tmp_dir = /var/opt/emoncms/backup/uploads
- phpenmod emoncmsbackup
- restarting apache
- component updated
Updating /opt/emoncms/modules/demandshaper
- current branch: stable
- local changes: no
- git fetch: Fetching origin
Already on 'stable'
- git checkout: Your branch is up to date with 'origin/stable'.
- git pull: Already up to date.
- database update: no changes
- running module install/update script
- reinstalling demandshaper.service
- demandshaper service: ActiveState=active
- component updated
Updating /opt/emoncms/modules/postprocess
- current branch: stable
- local changes: no
- git fetch: Fetching origin
Already on 'stable'
- git checkout: Your branch is up to date with 'origin/stable'.
- git pull: Already up to date.
- database update: no changes
- component updated
Updating /opt/emoncms/modules/sync
- current branch: stable
- local changes: no
- git fetch: Fetching origin
Already on 'stable'
- git checkout: Your branch is up to date with 'origin/stable'.
- git pull: Already up to date.
- database update: no changes
- component updated
Updating /opt/emoncms/modules/usefulscripts
- current branch: stable
- local changes: no
- git fetch: Fetching origin
Already on 'stable'
- git checkout: Your branch is up to date with 'origin/stable'.
- git pull: Already up to date.
- database update: no changes
- component updated
/opt/openenergymonitor/EmonScripts/sudoers.d/wifi-sudoers: parsed OK
wifi sudoers entry updated

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EmonPi LCD Update
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Reading package lists...
Building dependency tree...
Reading state information...
i2c-tools is already the newest version (4.1-1).
python3-smbus is already the newest version (4.1-1).
python3-gpiozero is already the newest version (1.6.2-1).
python3-rpi.gpio is already the newest version (0.7.0-0.1~bpo10+4).
The following package was automatically installed and is no longer required:
  python-colorzero
Use 'sudo apt autoremove' to remove it.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 138 not upgraded.
Looking in indexes: https://pypi.org/simple, https://www.piwheels.org/simple
Requirement already satisfied: redis in /usr/local/lib/python3.7/dist-packages (3.5.3)
Requirement already satisfied: paho-mqtt in /usr/local/lib/python3.7/dist-packages (1.5.1)
Requirement already satisfied: xmltodict in /home/pi/.local/lib/python3.7/site-packages (0.12.0)
Requirement already satisfied: requests in /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages (2.21.0)
- reinstalling emonPiLCD.service
Removed /etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/emonPiLCD.service.
Removed /etc/systemd/system/emonPiLCD.service.
- installing emonPiLCD.service
Created symlink /etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/emonPiLCD.service → /opt/openenergymonitor/emonpi/lcd/emonPiLCD.service.
Created symlink /etc/systemd/system/emonPiLCD.service → /opt/openenergymonitor/emonpi/lcd/emonPiLCD.service.
- Service ActiveState=active
Stopping emonPiLCD service
Display update message on LCD

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System update done: Fri 30 Sep 11:14:31 BST 2022
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restarting service-runner

No I didn’t import my old settings. I just put in my sd card and plugged in the emonBase.
How do I import my old settings?

Try a clean shutdown and power up.

From the Admin page I pressed the Shutdown button and then after a couple of ,minutes I unplugged the power to the Pi and plugged it back in again 1 minute later. Still not seeing input data refresh. Then I just did a Reboot from the Admin page and same result.

Is it the same error on the emonhub log?

@TrystanLea - any ideas?

@Duncan, can you post your emonhub config please?

How do I post my emonhub config please?

Go to Setup → Emonhub in your browser, click ‘Edit config’, copy and paste.

To format it nicely, put 3 ‘backticks’ (normally found at the [top left of the keyboard] (typing - How do I type the tick and backtick characters on Windows? - Super User)) on a line of their own before the code, and 3 more backticks on a line of their own after the code.

```
code
```

If it is something like php you can add a language identifier after the first 3 backticks so ```php or
```text for no highlighting.

#######################################################################
#######################      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)


[[MQTT]]

    Type = EmonHubMqttInterfacer
    [[[init_settings]]]
        mqtt_host = 127.0.0.1
        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/

        # Single JSON payload published  - use with Emoncms MQTT
        node_JSON_enable = 0
        node_JSON_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

@Duncan - how old is the EmonBase? I’m just wondering if the RFM board has gone bad.

The fact you get data sometimes tends to suggest the emonhub is fine.

Have you tried a complete shutdown of the EmonTX in case it is the sending end?

@TrystanLea - I’m a bit stumped.

Clutching at straws, but the Power Supply for the EmonBase, perhaps?

I’ve been watching here - and me too. It’s clearly not something obvious.

I think the new SD card is coincidental - but possibly connected because something got disturbed when it was changed.

It may well be a power supply problem - also the emonTx, not just the emonBase, or a bad soldered joint (after a few years, more likely), or maybe radio reception is just on the edge, and somebody/something moving about creates a reflection or blocks an interfering path so there’s just enough to get through. Can you send RSSI to a feed and watch it - more negative than about -75 could explain it, more positive than -60 and it should be fine.

Is the RFM board clear of the rest of the pins on the RPi header?

What is the exact version of emonTx?

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I bought the emonBase in June 2020. I tried disconnecting and then reconnecting the power from the Tx. I noticed that as soon as it is reconnected then the inputs are refreshed but then it hangs.

I tried changing the power supply on the emonBase and BINGO - it appears to be working ok now. Input values seem to be refreshed every 30 seconds or so (not 10s as I thought it should be). I have a V2G charger which does seem to fluctuate quite a bit so if I could get 10s updates that would be perfect - but I can certainly live with the 30s updates.

Is there any way to (easily) copy over my feeds which I setup previously - either from emonecms or from my old emonBase sd card? If it’s very technical or a lot of bother I can just recreate the feeds manually.

Thank you so much for all your help.

That is progress!

Ok, to check is this the Inputs or Feeds? Check the emonhub log and see how often it shows a packet is received.

Yes!

https://guide.openenergymonitor.org/setup/update/

Unfortunately I didn’t create a backup before. Is there a file or files which I could copy over from the old sd card to the new one please? I see some files like 1.meta, are these the feed definitions?

I am still missing inputs intermittently. I am very tempted to buy a new emonBase from you. I already ordered a new power supply from you. (I have borrowed a power supply temporarily which I thought had fixed the problem - but it hasn’t really). I don’t want to waste anymore of your or my time.
Does that sound sensible?

It does indeed sound like a power supply problem.

What you need to be careful of is the difference between a decent power supply and a phone battery charger - the latter could have quite a lot of interference - conducted and radiated - that isn’t helping.

I’d be sorely tempted to see what happens when the new power supply is put to work before doing anything more.

Your emonBase is a RPi with the RFM69Pi sitting on it. If the new power supply doesn’t solve the problem, and your Pi is fine (and there’s nothing to indicate it isn’t), then maybe it’s only the RFM69Pi that you need, not the RPi as well.