No data on emonTHs

mattjgalloway · 2016-11-21T14:27:09.247Z

I’ve just got my 3 emonTHs, and put batteries in them. But I don’t see any data for them on the inputs page on my emonPi. I see ‘emonth6’ appear, just after that send data I assume, but it just has ‘rssi’ and no temp, humidity and battery level data. Then when the emonth7 sends, the emonth6 input goes and emonth7 appears. Then the same for emonth8. But all have just ‘rssi’ and no other data.

Any ideas what I’m doing wrong?!

glyn.hudson · 2016-11-21T14:51:56.322Z

Pease run emoniupdate from local Emoncms to make sure you have the latest emonPi firmware (Setup > Admin > emonpiupdate).

Does the LED on the emonTH light up when you insert the batteries? Are these the new emonTH V2 with the si7021 sensors instead of DHT22?

Are the DIP switches differently on each emonTH to set different RF node ID’s?

mattjgalloway · 2016-11-21T14:54:03.128Z

glyn.hudson:

Pease run emoniupdate from local Emoncms to make sure you have the latest emonPi firmware (Setup > Admin > emonpiupdate).

Done - but nothing needed updating and hasn’t affected anything - still not working.

glyn.hudson:

Does the LED on the emonTH light up when you insert the batteries? Are these the new emonTH V2 with the si7021 sensors instead of DHT22?

Yep. Green light comes on, then goes off.

glyn.hudson:

Are the DIP switches differently on each emonTH to set different RF node ID’s?

Yep.

mattjgalloway · 2016-11-21T14:56:29.319Z

Oh, weird?! It’s now working?! I’ll keep monitoring…

glyn.hudson · 2016-11-21T15:26:36.933Z

that’s strange, let me know if you have any further issues.

margusv · 2017-01-17T18:50:47.625Z

I got similar problem, I trying but two new emonTh to my system,
first one the LED don’t light
but the second one LED works and from time to time shows new emonth8 in system, but only rssi, and disappears again.
When look from EmohHub log , then there is all parameters is shown like in emonth7 and emonth5 which already works in system like must work.

Any ideas ?

emnPi firmware updated just a two days ago.

glyn.hudson · 2017-01-17T19:13:33.382Z

If the LED on the emonTH does not light at all this could indicate a hardware failure. The LED should light for a few seconds when the batteries are inserted. Can you confirm the LED on the emonTH does not light at all even with fresh batteries?

Do all the battery terminal contacts look ok?

pb66 · 2017-01-17T19:17:20.296Z

margusv:

but the second one LED works and from time to time shows new emonth8 in system, but only rssi, and disappears again.

can you post some emonhub.log?
It sounds like 2 issues at play

weak signal or interference causing intermittent reception
newly added device not showing in emoncms via mqtt input

2 might be overcome with a reboot (known bug) and to debug 1 there may be useful info in the emonhub.log

margusv · 2017-01-17T19:18:35.618Z

Yes I confirm, that the LED light does nothing at all - I got from emon.Shop this some days ago - sticker “Func Pass” on it

But I got two of them, and second one lights ok and I see the information from emonHub log - but I don’t see this from “inputs” list

margusv · 2017-01-17T19:27:29.464Z

here some of log
emonth8 is this what don’t show’s on input list

2017-01-17 21:22:05,453 DEBUG    RFM2Pi     42736 NEW FRAME : OK 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 238 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 (-0)
2017-01-17 21:22:05,454 DEBUG    RFM2Pi     42736 Timestamp : 1484688125.45
2017-01-17 21:22:05,455 DEBUG    RFM2Pi     42736 From Node : 5
2017-01-17 21:22:05,455 DEBUG    RFM2Pi     42736    Values : [0, 0, 0, 0, 23.8, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0]
2017-01-17 21:22:05,455 DEBUG    RFM2Pi     42736 Sent to channel(start)' : ToEmonCMS
2017-01-17 21:22:05,456 INFO     RFM2Pi     Publishing: emon/emonpi/power1 0
2017-01-17 21:22:05,456 INFO     RFM2Pi     Publishing: emon/emonpi/power2 0
2017-01-17 21:22:05,457 INFO     RFM2Pi     Publishing: emon/emonpi/power1pluspower2 0
2017-01-17 21:22:05,458 INFO     RFM2Pi     Publishing: emon/emonpi/vrms 0
2017-01-17 21:22:05,472 INFO     RFM2Pi     Publishing: emon/emonpi/t1 23.8
2017-01-17 21:22:05,473 INFO     RFM2Pi     Publishing: emon/emonpi/t2 0
2017-01-17 21:22:05,474 INFO     RFM2Pi     Publishing: emon/emonpi/t3 0
2017-01-17 21:22:05,475 INFO     RFM2Pi     Publishing: emon/emonpi/t4 0
2017-01-17 21:22:05,475 INFO     RFM2Pi     Publishing: emon/emonpi/t5 0
2017-01-17 21:22:05,476 INFO     RFM2Pi     Publishing: emon/emonpi/t6 0
2017-01-17 21:22:05,477 INFO     RFM2Pi     Publishing: emon/emonpi/pulsecount 0
2017-01-17 21:22:05,477 INFO     RFM2Pi     Publishing: emon/emonpi/rssi 0
2017-01-17 21:22:05,478 INFO     RFM2Pi     Publishing: emonhub/rx/5/values 0,0,0,0,23.8,0,0,0,0,0,0
2017-01-17 21:22:05,479 INFO     RFM2Pi     Publishing: emonhub/rx/5/rssi 0
2017-01-17 21:22:05,480 DEBUG    RFM2Pi     42736 adding frame to buffer => [1484688125.453059, 5, 0, 0, 0, 0, 23.8, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0]
2017-01-17 21:22:05,480 DEBUG    RFM2Pi     42736 Sent to channel(end)' : ToEmonCMS
2017-01-17 21:22:05,583 DEBUG    RFM2Pi     Discarding RX frame 'unreliable content'? 29 5 149 192 8 108 96 3 185 32 159 28 168 160 51 129 48 161 82 64 64 (-97)
2017-01-17 21:22:05,687 DEBUG    RFM2Pi     Discarding RX frame 'unreliable content'? 25 130 0 74 29 65 0 38 20 0 224 97 168 160 51 129 48 161 82 64 64 (-94)
2017-01-17 21:22:06,402 DEBUG    RFM2Pi     Discarding RX frame 'unreliable content'? 24 97 40 45 156 72 32 160 32 89 32 96 5 0 32 22 32 128 49 2 145 (-97)
2017-01-17 21:22:06,606 DEBUG    RFM2Pi     Discarding RX frame 'unreliable content'? 8 0 128 32 59 72 32 160 32 89 32 96 5 0 32 22 32 128 49 2 145 (-97)
2017-01-17 21:22:07,110 DEBUG    RFM2Pi     Discarding RX frame 'unreliable content'? 14 236 150 128 128 96 193 165 93 64 66 1 224 54 9 16 135 234 137 99 161 (-95)
2017-01-17 21:22:08,019 DEBUG    RFM2Pi     Discarding RX frame 'unreliable content'? 8 16 17 138 129 32 7 32 89 160 22 96 113 32 208 244 133 48 156 47 46 (-95)
2017-01-17 21:22:08,825 DEBUG    RFM2Pi     42737 NEW FRAME : OK 8 236 2 248 0 231 1 0 0 50 96 212 0 184 11 184 11 184 11 184 11 184 11 1 0 0 0 (-51)
2017-01-17 21:22:08,827 DEBUG    RFM2Pi     42737 Timestamp : 1484688128.83
2017-01-17 21:22:08,827 DEBUG    RFM2Pi     42737 From Node : 8
2017-01-17 21:22:08,828 DEBUG    RFM2Pi     42737    Values : [748, 248, 487, 0, 246.26000000000002, 21.200000000000003, 300, 300, 300, 300, 300, 1]
2017-01-17 21:22:08,828 DEBUG    RFM2Pi     42737      RSSI : -51
2017-01-17 21:22:08,828 DEBUG    RFM2Pi     42737 Sent to channel(start)' : ToEmonCMS
2017-01-17 21:22:08,829 INFO     RFM2Pi     Publishing: emon/emontx3/power1 748
2017-01-17 21:22:08,829 INFO     RFM2Pi     Publishing: emon/emontx3/power2 248
2017-01-17 21:22:08,830 INFO     RFM2Pi     Publishing: emon/emontx3/power3 487
2017-01-17 21:22:08,831 INFO     RFM2Pi     Publishing: emon/emontx3/power4 0
2017-01-17 21:22:08,831 INFO     RFM2Pi     Publishing: emon/emontx3/vrms 246.26
2017-01-17 21:22:08,832 INFO     RFM2Pi     Publishing: emon/emontx3/temp1 21.2
2017-01-17 21:22:08,833 INFO     RFM2Pi     Publishing: emon/emontx3/temp2 300
2017-01-17 21:22:08,834 INFO     RFM2Pi     Publishing: emon/emontx3/temp3 300
2017-01-17 21:22:08,834 INFO     RFM2Pi     Publishing: emon/emontx3/temp4 300
2017-01-17 21:22:08,835 INFO     RFM2Pi     Publishing: emon/emontx3/temp5 300
2017-01-17 21:22:08,836 INFO     RFM2Pi     Publishing: emon/emontx3/temp6 300
2017-01-17 21:22:08,836 INFO     RFM2Pi     Publishing: emon/emontx3/pulse 1
2017-01-17 21:22:08,837 INFO     RFM2Pi     Publishing: emon/emontx3/rssi -51
2017-01-17 21:22:08,838 INFO     RFM2Pi     Publishing: emonhub/rx/8/values 748,248,487,0,246.26,21.2,300,300,300,300,300,1
2017-01-17 21:22:08,838 INFO     RFM2Pi     Publishing: emonhub/rx/8/rssi -51
2017-01-17 21:22:08,839 DEBUG    RFM2Pi     42737 adding frame to buffer => [1484688128.825569, 8, 748, 248, 487, 0, 246.26000000000002, 21.200000000000003, 300, 300, 300, 300, 300, 1, -51]
2017-01-17 21:22:08,840 DEBUG    RFM2Pi     42737 Sent to channel(end)' : ToEmonCMS
2017-01-17 21:22:08,943 DEBUG    RFM2Pi     Discarding RX frame 'unreliable content'? 6 130 180 163 112 68 8 128 132 228 168 82 0 5 10 168 33 64 0 35 0 (-96)
2017-01-17 21:22:09,454 DEBUG    RFM2Pi     42738 NEW FRAME : OK 23 205 0 0 0 60 1 31 0 1 0 0 0 (-61)
2017-01-17 21:22:09,456 DEBUG    RFM2Pi     42738 Timestamp : 1484688129.45
2017-01-17 21:22:09,456 DEBUG    RFM2Pi     42738 From Node : 23
2017-01-17 21:22:09,457 DEBUG    RFM2Pi     42738    Values : [20.5, 0, 31.6, 3.1, 1]
2017-01-17 21:22:09,457 DEBUG    RFM2Pi     42738      RSSI : -61
2017-01-17 21:22:09,458 DEBUG    RFM2Pi     42738 Sent to channel(start)' : ToEmonCMS
2017-01-17 21:22:09,459 INFO     RFM2Pi     Publishing: emon/emonth5/temperature 20.5
2017-01-17 21:22:09,461 INFO     RFM2Pi     Publishing: emon/emonth5/external temperature 0
2017-01-17 21:22:09,462 INFO     RFM2Pi     Publishing: emon/emonth5/humidity 31.6
2017-01-17 21:22:09,468 INFO     RFM2Pi     Publishing: emon/emonth5/battery 3.1
2017-01-17 21:22:09,472 INFO     RFM2Pi     Publishing: emon/emonth5/pulsecount 1
2017-01-17 21:22:09,476 INFO     RFM2Pi     Publishing: emon/emonth5/rssi -61
2017-01-17 21:22:09,478 INFO     RFM2Pi     Publishing: emonhub/rx/23/values 20.5,0,31.6,3.1,1
2017-01-17 21:22:09,479 INFO     RFM2Pi     Publishing: emonhub/rx/23/rssi -61
2017-01-17 21:22:09,481 DEBUG    RFM2Pi     42738 adding frame to buffer => [1484688129.453805, 23, 20.5, 0, 31.6, 3.1, 1, -61]
2017-01-17 21:22:09,482 DEBUG    RFM2Pi     42738 Sent to channel(end)' : ToEmonCMS
2017-01-17 21:22:10,487 DEBUG    RFM2Pi     42739 NEW FRAME : OK 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 238 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 (-0)
2017-01-17 21:22:10,489 DEBUG    RFM2Pi     42739 Timestamp : 1484688130.49
2017-01-17 21:22:10,489 DEBUG    RFM2Pi     42739 From Node : 5
2017-01-17 21:22:10,490 DEBUG    RFM2Pi     42739    Values : [0, 0, 0, 0, 23.8, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0]
2017-01-17 21:22:10,490 DEBUG    RFM2Pi     42739 Sent to channel(start)' : ToEmonCMS
2017-01-17 21:22:10,490 INFO     RFM2Pi     Publishing: emon/emonpi/power1 0
2017-01-17 21:22:10,491 INFO     RFM2Pi     Publishing: emon/emonpi/power2 0
2017-01-17 21:22:10,492 INFO     RFM2Pi     Publishing: emon/emonpi/power1pluspower2 0
2017-01-17 21:22:10,492 INFO     RFM2Pi     Publishing: emon/emonpi/vrms 0
2017-01-17 21:22:10,493 INFO     RFM2Pi     Publishing: emon/emonpi/t1 23.8
2017-01-17 21:22:10,494 INFO     RFM2Pi     Publishing: emon/emonpi/t2 0
2017-01-17 21:22:10,496 INFO     RFM2Pi     Publishing: emon/emonpi/t3 0
2017-01-17 21:22:10,498 INFO     RFM2Pi     Publishing: emon/emonpi/t4 0
2017-01-17 21:22:10,500 INFO     RFM2Pi     Publishing: emon/emonpi/t5 0
2017-01-17 21:22:10,501 INFO     RFM2Pi     Publishing: emon/emonpi/t6 0
2017-01-17 21:22:10,503 INFO     RFM2Pi     Publishing: emon/emonpi/pulsecount 0
2017-01-17 21:22:10,506 INFO     RFM2Pi     Publishing: emon/emonpi/rssi 0
2017-01-17 21:22:10,507 INFO     RFM2Pi     Publishing: emonhub/rx/5/values 0,0,0,0,23.8,0,0,0,0,0,0
2017-01-17 21:22:10,508 INFO     RFM2Pi     Publishing: emonhub/rx/5/rssi 0
2017-01-17 21:22:10,509 DEBUG    RFM2Pi     42739 adding frame to buffer => [1484688130.487609, 5, 0, 0, 0, 0, 23.8, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0]
2017-01-17 21:22:10,510 DEBUG    RFM2Pi     42739 Sent to channel(end)' : ToEmonCMS
2017-01-17 21:22:12,318 DEBUG    RFM2Pi     Discarding RX frame 'unreliable content'? 2 33 33 11 168 48 16 230 113 104 91 10 31 93 16 7 189 0 128 0 208 (-95)
2017-01-17 21:22:13,932 DEBUG    RFM2Pi     42740 NEW FRAME : OK 26 249 0 0 0 194 0 31 0 1 0 0 0 (-48)
2017-01-17 21:22:13,933 DEBUG    RFM2Pi     42740 Timestamp : 1484688133.93
2017-01-17 21:22:13,934 DEBUG    RFM2Pi     42740 From Node : 26
2017-01-17 21:22:13,934 DEBUG    RFM2Pi     42740    Values : [24.900000000000002, 0, 19.400000000000002, 3.1, 1]
2017-01-17 21:22:13,934 DEBUG    RFM2Pi     42740      RSSI : -48
2017-01-17 21:22:13,934 DEBUG    RFM2Pi     42740 Sent to channel(start)' : ToEmonCMS
2017-01-17 21:22:13,935 INFO     RFM2Pi     Publishing: emon/emonth8/temperature 24.9
2017-01-17 21:22:13,936 INFO     RFM2Pi     Publishing: emon/emonth8/external temperature 0
2017-01-17 21:22:13,936 INFO     RFM2Pi     Publishing: emon/emonth8/humidity 19.4
2017-01-17 21:22:13,937 INFO     RFM2Pi     Publishing: emon/emonth8/battery 3.1
2017-01-17 21:22:13,938 INFO     RFM2Pi     Publishing: emon/emonth8/pulsecount 1
2017-01-17 21:22:13,939 INFO     RFM2Pi     Publishing: emon/emonth8/rssi -48
2017-01-17 21:22:13,939 INFO     RFM2Pi     Publishing: emonhub/rx/26/values 24.9,0,19.4,3.1,1
2017-01-17 21:22:13,940 INFO     RFM2Pi     Publishing: emonhub/rx/26/rssi -48
2017-01-17 21:22:13,941 DEBUG    RFM2Pi     42740 adding frame to buffer => [1484688133.932369, 26, 24.900000000000002, 0, 19.400000000000002, 3.1, 1, -48]
2017-01-17 21:22:13,941 DEBUG    RFM2Pi     42740 Sent to channel(end)' : ToEmonCMS
2017-01-17 21:22:14,248 DEBUG    RFM2Pi     Discarding RX frame 'unreliable content'? 7 185 41 45 225 157 71 242 56 97 251 104 49 184 203 134 114 145 169 178 176 (-102)
2017-01-17 21:22:15,468 DEBUG    RFM2Pi     42741 NEW FRAME : OK 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 238 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 (-0)
2017-01-17 21:22:15,485 DEBUG    RFM2Pi     42741 Timestamp : 1484688135.47
2017-01-17 21:22:15,486 DEBUG    RFM2Pi     42741 From Node : 5
2017-01-17 21:22:15,486 DEBUG    RFM2Pi     42741    Values : [0, 0, 0, 0, 23.8, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0]
2017-01-17 21:22:15,487 DEBUG    RFM2Pi     42741 Sent to channel(start)' : ToEmonCMS
2017-01-17 21:22:15,488 INFO     RFM2Pi     Publishing: emon/emonpi/power1 0
2017-01-17 21:22:15,490 INFO     RFM2Pi     Publishing: emon/emonpi/power2 0
2017-01-17 21:22:15,491 INFO     RFM2Pi     Publishing: emon/emonpi/power1pluspower2 0
2017-01-17 21:22:15,492 INFO     RFM2Pi     Publishing: emon/emonpi/vrms 0
2017-01-17 21:22:15,494 INFO     RFM2Pi     Publishing: emon/emonpi/t1 23.8
2017-01-17 21:22:15,495 INFO     RFM2Pi     Publishing: emon/emonpi/t2 0
2017-01-17 21:22:15,497 INFO     RFM2Pi     Publishing: emon/emonpi/t3 0
2017-01-17 21:22:15,499 INFO     RFM2Pi     Publishing: emon/emonpi/t4 0
2017-01-17 21:22:15,500 INFO     RFM2Pi     Publishing: emon/emonpi/t5 0
2017-01-17 21:22:15,501 INFO     RFM2Pi     Publishing: emon/emonpi/t6 0
2017-01-17 21:22:15,503 INFO     RFM2Pi     Publishing: emon/emonpi/pulsecount 0
2017-01-17 21:22:15,504 INFO     RFM2Pi     Publishing: emon/emonpi/rssi 0
2017-01-17 21:22:15,507 INFO     RFM2Pi     Publishing: emonhub/rx/5/values 0,0,0,0,23.8,0,0,0,0,0,0
2017-01-17 21:22:15,509 INFO     RFM2Pi     Publishing: emonhub/rx/5/rssi 0
2017-01-17 21:22:15,510 DEBUG    RFM2Pi     42741 adding frame to buffer => [1484688135.468536, 5, 0, 0, 0, 0, 23.8, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0]
2017-01-17 21:22:15,511 DEBUG    RFM2Pi     42741 Sent to channel(end)' : ToEmonCMS
2017-01-17 21:22:15,617 DEBUG    RFM2Pi     Discarding RX frame 'unreliable content'? 4 15 72 0 0 0 1 224 0 136 162 155 1 184 203 134 114 145 169 178 176 (-96)
2017-01-17 21:22:15,922 DEBUG    RFM2Pi     Discarding RX frame 'unreliable content'? 11 76 180 1 16 225 32 2 20 8 224 40 10 128 0 0 2 32 6 178 176 (-95)
2017-01-17 21:22:16,828 DEBUG    RFM2Pi     Discarding RX frame 'unreliable content'? 2 152 0 184 102 34 200 38 162 134 53 40 10 128 0 0 2 32 6 178 176 (-97)
2017-01-17 21:22:18,144 DEBUG    RFM2Pi     Discarding RX frame 'unreliable content'? 17 17 6 32 0 8 10 0 11 130 18 3 30 129 44 3 27 10 192 48 0 (-93)
2017-01-17 21:22:18,749 DEBUG    RFM2Pi     42742 NEW FRAME : OK 8 235 2 250 0 16 2 0 0 117 96 212 0 184 11 184 11 184 11 184 11 184 11 1 0 0 0 (-61)
2017-01-17 21:22:18,751 DEBUG    RFM2Pi     42742 Timestamp : 1484688138.75
2017-01-17 21:22:18,751 DEBUG    RFM2Pi     42742 From Node : 8
2017-01-17 21:22:18,751 DEBUG    RFM2Pi     42742    Values : [747, 250, 528, 0, 246.93, 21.200000000000003, 300, 300, 300, 300, 300, 1]
2017-01-17 21:22:18,751 DEBUG    RFM2Pi     42742      RSSI : -61
2017-01-17 21:22:18,752 DEBUG    RFM2Pi     42742 Sent to channel(start)' : ToEmonCMS
2017-01-17 21:22:18,752 INFO     RFM2Pi     Publishing: emon/emontx3/power1 747
2017-01-17 21:22:18,753 INFO     RFM2Pi     Publishing: emon/emontx3/power2 250
2017-01-17 21:22:18,754 INFO     RFM2Pi     Publishing: emon/emontx3/power3 528
2017-01-17 21:22:18,755 INFO     RFM2Pi     Publishing: emon/emontx3/power4 0
2017-01-17 21:22:18,756 INFO     RFM2Pi     Publishing: emon/emontx3/vrms 246.93
2017-01-17 21:22:18,756 INFO     RFM2Pi     Publishing: emon/emontx3/temp1 21.2
2017-01-17 21:22:18,757 INFO     RFM2Pi     Publishing: emon/emontx3/temp2 300
2017-01-17 21:22:18,758 INFO     RFM2Pi     Publishing: emon/emontx3/temp3 300
2017-01-17 21:22:18,759 INFO     RFM2Pi     Publishing: emon/emontx3/temp4 300
2017-01-17 21:22:18,760 INFO     RFM2Pi     Publishing: emon/emontx3/temp5 300
2017-01-17 21:22:18,760 INFO     RFM2Pi     Publishing: emon/emontx3/temp6 300
2017-01-17 21:22:18,762 INFO     RFM2Pi     Publishing: emon/emontx3/pulse 1
2017-01-17 21:22:18,763 INFO     RFM2Pi     Publishing: emon/emontx3/rssi -61
2017-01-17 21:22:18,764 INFO     RFM2Pi     Publishing: emonhub/rx/8/values 747,250,528,0,246.93,21.2,300,300,300,300,300,1
2017-01-17 21:22:18,765 INFO     RFM2Pi     Publishing: emonhub/rx/8/rssi -61
2017-01-17 21:22:18,766 DEBUG    RFM2Pi     42742 adding frame to buffer => [1484688138.749206, 8, 747, 250, 528, 0, 246.93, 21.200000000000003, 300, 300, 300, 300, 300, 1, -61]
2017-01-17 21:22:18,766 DEBUG    RFM2Pi     42742 Sent to channel(end)' : ToEmonCMS
2017-01-17 21:22:20,500 DEBUG    RFM2Pi     42743 NEW FRAME : OK 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 238 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 (-0)

pb66 · 2017-01-17T19:36:25.743Z

This section shows the emonth8 being published to MQTT, if it isn’t showing in emoncms it is the emoncms’s mqtt_input thats not subscribing or not procesing that data. I have seen this and found a reboot overcome the issue, it may even be possible to restart the mqtt_input service or some other service rather than reboot, but I cannot confirm that to be the case. Have you tried a reboot?

2017-01-17 21:22:13,934 DEBUG    RFM2Pi     42740 Sent to channel(start)' : ToEmonCMS
2017-01-17 21:22:13,935 INFO     RFM2Pi     Publishing: emon/emonth8/temperature 24.9
2017-01-17 21:22:13,936 INFO     RFM2Pi     Publishing: emon/emonth8/external temperature 0
2017-01-17 21:22:13,936 INFO     RFM2Pi     Publishing: emon/emonth8/humidity 19.4
2017-01-17 21:22:13,937 INFO     RFM2Pi     Publishing: emon/emonth8/battery 3.1
2017-01-17 21:22:13,938 INFO     RFM2Pi     Publishing: emon/emonth8/pulsecount 1
2017-01-17 21:22:13,939 INFO     RFM2Pi     Publishing: emon/emonth8/rssi -48
2017-01-17 21:22:13,939 INFO     RFM2Pi     Publishing: emonhub/rx/26/values 24.9,0,19.4,3.1,1
2017-01-17 21:22:13,940 INFO     RFM2Pi     Publishing: emonhub/rx/26/rssi -48
2017-01-17 21:22:13,941 DEBUG    RFM2Pi     42740 adding frame to buffer =&gt; [1484688133.932369, 26, 24.900000000000002, 0, 19.400000000000002, 3.1, 1, -48]

An rssi of -48 should be strong enough so once you have the input visible in emoncms check the “updated” column, it should update every 60secs, give or take.

margusv · 2017-01-17T20:39:15.605Z

I tried - update what doing reboot to system, and that’s was helpful.
emonTH8 appeared to input list, and all works.
thanks

glyn.hudson · 2017-01-18T08:58:35.593Z

Please contact the shop via support email to arrange a replacement for the faulty emonTH: support@openenergymonitor.zendesk.com

davidski · 2017-07-06T00:11:30.639Z

Was there any additional diagnosis on what caused emoncms not to pick up these messages?

I just experienced the same issue. Two new EmonTH devices, both powered up and publishing to MQTT. I changed the nodenames in emonhub.conf, restarted the emonhub service, and confirmed that the messages were coming in and getting published to the proper topics in MQTT. Using mosquitto_sub, I subscribed to my emon/emonth1/# and emon/emonth2/# topics and saw data values come across, yet emoncms showed only a single rssi input and only that for one of my two devices (the second one never appeared at all). A full restart cleared things up, but that’s an awfully heavy hammer.

I’ve published all kinds of new inputs to this instance before with the straight input API, so I wonder if there’s an edge case in the phpmqtt_input script that needs squashing.

pb66 · 2017-07-06T10:25:56.615Z

This is a long standing issue that hasn’t yet been addressed.

See the “Newly created inputs not appearing in emonCMS via MQTT” thread from around post 10/27.

The issue has been confirmed to only exist within emoncms MQTT implementation, all data can always be seen via mosquitto_sub which points to either the mqtt_service or more likely phpmqtt_input.php.

davidski:

A full restart cleared things up, but that’s an awfully heavy hammer.

Agreed, but to date the only sure advice to overcome what has sadly become “expected behaviour” when adding new nodes on an emonPi/emonSD, is to reboot

However, in the “MQTT Strangeness” thread @TrystanLea confirms he had no issue having “only just started the mqtt service script” so it maybe that the emonPi doesn’t need a full reboot, I haven’t tested this theory yet.

As for restarting emonHub, that shouldn’t be necessary, emonhub was written to run continuously, it shouldn’t ever need restarting unless a revised version is installed/updated etc. All settings should be picked up during normal running.