Stange values like 21845 from all sensors

emontxv3 · 2019-12-17T16:40:51.010Z

Thx, I received the new emontx today.

Will this influence the older one that’s running as [[14]] ?
Can they work together on the same emonCMS ?

Robert.Wall · 2019-12-17T16:52:00.823Z

Yes - in exactly the same way that (say) an emonTH can work with an emonTx. The clue to the data encoding is
whitening = 1
If you don’t have that, you are back to the way the old “Discrete Sample” sketch works.

(In the new sketch, a long stream of unchanging data bits may allow the radios to lose synchronism. Therefore we ‘XOR’ each data byte with 0x55 before transmission and the same after reception to restore the original data. 0x5555 (two bytes, one integer) is 21845 decimal.)

emontxv3 · 2019-12-17T18:46:30.284Z

I tried several ways to update the emonhub.
But they all failed.
And the emonhub is not measuring anymore because of “MainThread RFM2Pi thread is dead”.

This happend after an attempt to update by SSH. But this stopped after 443 not authorised error.
Deleting the new lines in the CONF file doesn’t solves this and is still reporting “MainThread RFM2Pi thread is dead”.

What is the best way to update?
For instance: make a backup, create a new SD card and than importing the backup?
And if so, where can I read how to create a new SD card with the latest software?

Robert.Wall · 2019-12-17T19:10:42.404Z

I’m not an emonCMS expert, so I’m afraid I can’t help. I think Brian’s about to come to your rescue.

borpin · 2019-12-17T19:11:01.056Z

emontxv3:

What is the best way to update?

From what version?

Can you click on the button Copy as Markdown next to Server Information on the Admin page and paste here please (no further formatting required).

borpin · 2019-12-17T19:15:15.596Z

My advice is to upgrade to the lastest version. emonSD-17Oct19 release

get a new SD Card (you can always put the old one back in if there is an issue)
download & flash a new EmonSD image emonSD pre built SD card Download & Change Log · openenergymonitor/emonpi Wiki · GitHub
take a backup of the existing system. You may need to clone GitHub - emoncms/backup: emoncms backup module and do a manual export.
install the new SD card & power up
wait, wait, wait, make a cup of coffee, wait, wait, wait… (lots of updates etc)
import the backup

But look here first…

Backup module usb-import.sh script (beta) emonSD

After reading through @mjseeley’s thread on migrating from an old 2015 image to the latest (LCD Screen says "Updating - Do Not Unplug" (updating system from V8.5)) it got me thinking again about an idea for migrating that would avoid the need to update software or run a script on the original image. The idea is to take the original SD card and mount it as a ‘USB drive’ on to the Pi running the latest image, then run an import script on the new image to copy the files across directly. [2019-10…

emontxv3 · 2019-12-17T19:23:26.302Z

Emoncms Version low-write 9.8.3 2017.04.18

borpin · 2019-12-17T19:30:33.775Z

Yes update by SSH is not a good idea!

Best idea, Start with new SD card.

emontxv3 · 2019-12-19T21:02:45.346Z

I installed the image on a 16GB SD card.
The emonhub started.
But I can’t do the update under admin. (http://emonpi/admin/view)
How can I perform the update?

Starting update via service-runner-update.sh (v3.0) >

emonSD version: emonSD-17Oct19
ERROR: emonSD base image old or undefined…update will not continue
See latest verson: emonSD pre built SD card Download & Change Log · openenergymonitor/emonpi Wiki · GitHub
Stopping update

borpin · 2019-12-19T21:08:52.449Z

emontxv3:

I installed the image on a 16GB SD card.

Do you mean you downloaded a new EmonSD image from the link and flashed it to a new Card?

I have started a new Updating Guide here Updating with new SD Card · openenergymonitor/emonpi Wiki · GitHub

emontxv3 · 2019-12-23T18:05:14.795Z

Yes, I downloaded the stable version and burned it with win32diskImager on the 16 GB SD card.
Besides this error I also have the following two errors.

The second one is showing after reading the backup from the previous SD card.

**Notice** : Trying to get property 'gravatar' of non-object in **/var/www/emoncms/Theme/basic/menu_view.php** on line **144**

The thrid one occures when I look at the graphs in the graphs edit screen and shows the following error:

**Warning** : Illegal string offset 'path' in  **/var/www/emoncms/Theme/basic/sidebar_view.php**  on line  **210**
**Warning** : Illegal string offset 'href' in  **/var/www/emoncms/Theme/basic/sidebar_view.php**  on line  **211**
**Warning** : Cannot assign an empty string to a string offset in  **/var/www/emoncms/Theme/basic/sidebar_view.php**  on line  **211**
**Warning** : Illegal string offset 'path' in  **/var/www/emoncms/Theme/basic/sidebar_view.php**  on line  **213**
**Warning** : Cannot assign an empty string to a string offset in  **/var/www/emoncms/Theme/basic/sidebar_view.php**  on line  **213**
**Warning** : Illegal string offset 'href' in  **/var/www/emoncms/Theme/basic/sidebar_view.php**  on line  **215**

borpin · 2019-12-24T07:01:07.158Z

You must have a bad ‘flash’. Is it a new card?

Download a new image and try again following this guide Updating with new SD Card · openenergymonitor/emonpi Wiki · GitHub

emontxv3 · 2019-12-24T07:25:27.622Z

Thx, I will try the new build.
And yes, the SD card is a new Scandisk Ultra 16 GB card.

borpin · 2019-12-24T07:57:36.730Z

Remember to wait a good while for the updates to complete, that is where most folk fall down on initial startup.

emontxv3 · 2019-12-24T12:09:52.233Z

I’m already waiting more than one hour for the initial update.
The photo is showing what is shown the last hour.
The cursor is blinking (about 2 or three times per second).

Can I proceed now to import the data from the backup file or do I have to wait longer?

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emontxv3 · 2019-12-24T12:30:58.698Z

Hereby the outcome of the import with a Permission denied error:
Perhaps this was the reason?

Emoncms MYSQL database import...
Import feed meta data..
Restore phpfina and phptimeseries data folders...
Import emonhub.conf > /etc/emonhub/old.emohub.conf
mv: cannot move '/opt/openenergymonitor/data/import/emonhub.conf' to '/etc/emonhub/old.emonhub.conf': Permission denied
emonhub.conf files restored as old.emonhub.conf, original file not modified. Please merge manually.
Start with fresh config: copy NEW default emonpi.emonhub.conf:
cp /opt/openenergymonitor/emonhub/conf/emonpi.default.emonhub.conf /etc/emonhub/emonhub.conf
OK
Restarting emonhub...
Restarting feedwriter...
2019-10-17-12:30:37

borpin · 2019-12-24T15:38:15.791Z

Could be.

Is it all working now?

emontxv3 · 2019-12-30T07:58:28.100Z

No, nothing seems to help yet.

Is it possible to use the new purchased emonTx V3 with the older emonhub?
For instance by substracting or deviding the values with 21845?
Or is there an another alternative to update the emonhub for the old an new emonTx V3?

borpin · 2019-12-30T08:11:36.033Z

Let’s walk this back.

Can you explain exactly what your setup is? You started off with

emontxv3:

I installed a second emontx3.

To what? If you switch that off, does everything work as it did before?

emontxv3 · 2019-12-30T08:54:44.821Z

Just now I started all over again with only the older emontx V3 and emonhub with the new SD card (without the new emontx V3).
I waited for the updates.

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The next step was that I logged in with http://emonpi.local/ and choose the wifi and set the password for it.
This is shown in the log screen after the first run without any changes:

2019-10-17 10:48:54,633 INFO     MainThread Logging level set to DEBUG
2019-10-17 10:48:54,633 INFO     MainThread Creating EmonHubJeeInterfacer 'RFM2Pi' 
2019-10-17 10:48:54,638 DEBUG    MainThread Opening serial port: /dev/ttyAMA0 @ 38400 bits/s
2019-10-17 10:48:56,644 INFO     MainThread RFM2Pi device firmware version: [RF12demo.12]
2019-10-17 10:48:56,645 INFO     MainThread RFM2Pi device current settings:  E i5 g210 @ 433 MHz
2019-10-17 10:48:56,646 INFO     MainThread Setting RFM2Pi quiet: 0 (0q)
2019-10-17 10:48:57,648 INFO     MainThread Setting RFM2Pi calibration: 230V (1p)
2019-10-17 10:48:58,651 DEBUG    MainThread Setting RFM2Pi subchannels: ['ToRFM12']
2019-10-17 10:48:58,652 DEBUG    MainThread Setting RFM2Pi pubchannels: ['ToEmonCMS']
2019-10-17 10:48:58,653 INFO     MainThread Creating EmonHubMqttInterfacer 'MQTT' 
2019-10-17 10:48:58,656 DEBUG    RFM2Pi     acknowledged command: > 0q
2019-10-17 10:48:58,660 DEBUG    MainThread Setting MQTT subchannels: ['ToEmonCMS']
2019-10-17 10:48:58,660 DEBUG    MainThread Setting MQTT pubchannels: ['ToRFM12']
2019-10-17 10:48:58,661 INFO     MainThread Setting MQTT nodevar_format_enable: 1
2019-10-17 10:48:58,662 INFO     MainThread Setting MQTT node_format_enable: 1
2019-10-17 10:48:58,662 INFO     MainThread Setting MQTT nodevar_format_basetopic: emon/
2019-10-17 10:48:58,664 INFO     MainThread Creating EmonHubEmoncmsHTTPInterfacer 'emoncmsorg' 
2019-10-17 10:48:58,665 DEBUG    MainThread Setting emoncmsorg subchannels: ['ToEmonCMS']
2019-10-17 10:48:58,666 DEBUG    MainThread Setting emoncmsorg pubchannels: ['ToRFM12']
2019-10-17 10:48:58,667 INFO     MainThread Setting emoncmsorg url: https://emoncms.org
2019-10-17 10:48:58,667 INFO     MainThread Setting emoncmsorg senddata: 1
2019-10-17 10:48:58,668 WARNING  MainThread Setting emoncmsorg apikey: obscured
2019-10-17 10:48:58,668 INFO     MainThread Setting emoncmsorg sendstatus: 1
2019-10-17 10:48:58,759 DEBUG    RFM2Pi     device settings updated: E i5 g210 @ 433 MHz
2019-10-17 10:48:58,861 DEBUG    RFM2Pi     acknowledged command: > 1p
2019-10-17 10:48:59,168 DEBUG    RFM2Pi     acknowledged command: <nn> i     - set node ID (standard node ids are 1..30)
2019-10-17 10:48:59,273 DEBUG    RFM2Pi     acknowledged command: <n> b      - set MHz band (4 = 433, 8 = 868, 9 = 915)
2019-10-17 10:48:59,379 DEBUG    RFM2Pi     acknowledged command: <nnnn> o   - change frequency offset within the band (default 1600)
2019-10-17 10:48:59,590 DEBUG    RFM2Pi     acknowledged command: <nnn> g    - set network group (RFM12 only allows 212, 0 = any)
2019-10-17 10:48:59,695 DEBUG    RFM2Pi     acknowledged command: <n> c      - set collect mode (advanced, normally 0)
2019-10-17 10:48:59,904 DEBUG    RFM2Pi     acknowledged command: ...,<nn> a - send data packet to node <nn>, request ack
2019-10-17 10:49:00,009 DEBUG    RFM2Pi     acknowledged command: ...,<nn> s - send data packet to node <nn>, no ack
2019-10-17 10:49:00,115 DEBUG    RFM2Pi     acknowledged command: <n> q      - set quiet mode (1 = don't report bad packets)
2019-10-17 10:49:00,221 DEBUG    RFM2Pi     acknowledged command: <n> x      - set reporting format (0: decimal, 1: hex, 2: hex+ascii)
2019-10-17 10:49:00,533 DEBUG    RFM2Pi     acknowledged command: <hchi>,<hclo>,<addr>,<cmd> f     - FS20 command (868 MHz)
2019-10-17 10:49:00,639 DEBUG    RFM2Pi     acknowledged command: <addr>,<dev>,<on> k              - KAKU command (433 MHz)
2019-10-17 10:49:00,844 DEBUG    RFM2Pi     device settings updated: E i5 g210 @ 433 MHz
2019-10-17 10:49:00,950 DEBUG    RFM2Pi     Discarding RX frame 'unreliable content'? 14 226 87 10 183 6 121 1 248 1 15 1 145 0 132 0 146 0 168 0 69 (-39)
2019-10-17 10:49:01,258 DEBUG    RFM2Pi     Discarding RX frame 'unreliable content'? 30 106 95 67 235 127 250 56 109 199 222 125 189 146 217 31 231 94 252 239 179 (-96)
2019-10-17 10:49:07,225 DEBUG    RFM2Pi     Discarding RX frame 'unreliable content'? 179 243 152 56 125 (-96)
2019-10-17 10:49:07,432 DEBUG    RFM2Pi     Discarding RX frame 'unreliable content'? 14 226 59 10 122 6 112 1 246 1 26 1 145 0 132 0 148 0 168 0 70 (-37)
2019-10-17 10:49:08,768 DEBUG    RFM2Pi     Discarding RX frame 'unreliable content'? 165 88 161 186 231 96 83 227 247 90 134 111 95 111 163 46 206 (-94)
2019-10-17 10:49:13,381 DEBUG    RFM2Pi     Discarding RX frame 'unreliable content'? 179 109 132 164 206 75 147 57 185 229 139 14 78 85 48 245 197 171 75 254 188 (-89)
2019-10-17 10:49:15,009 DEBUG    RFM2Pi     7 NEW FRAME : OK 14 222 0 182 2 194 6 113 1 247 1 37 1 145 0 132 0 151 0 168 0 71 1 140 0 12 0 168 0 160 0 156 0 156 0 149 1 254 255 216 0 214 1 71 2 130 0 42 0 236 0 138 0 220 0 115 0 138 0 1 0 (-38)
2019-10-17 10:49:15,011 WARNING  RFM2Pi     7 RX data length: 60 is not valid for datacodes ['h', 'h', 'h', 'h', 'h', 'h', 'h', 'h', 'h', 'h', 'h', 'L']```

Than I changed the [[14]] setup in the config screen as mentioned above in the first question 13 days ago.
This shows the following values of the first emontx V3 of all attached sensors.

2019-10-17 10:57:53,806 INFO     MainThread Setting RFM2Pi quiet: 0 (0q)
2019-10-17 10:57:53,908 DEBUG    RFM2Pi     acknowledged command: > 0q
2019-10-17 10:57:54,011 DEBUG    RFM2Pi     device settings updated: E i5 g210 @ 433 MHz
2019-10-17 10:57:54,809 INFO     MainThread Setting RFM2Pi calibration: 230V (1p)
2019-10-17 10:57:54,815 DEBUG    RFM2Pi     acknowledged command: > 1p
2019-10-17 10:57:55,123 DEBUG    RFM2Pi     acknowledged command: <nn> i     - set node ID (standard node ids are 1..30)
2019-10-17 10:57:55,228 DEBUG    RFM2Pi     acknowledged command: <n> b      - set MHz band (4 = 433, 8 = 868, 9 = 915)
2019-10-17 10:57:55,334 DEBUG    RFM2Pi     acknowledged command: <nnnn> o   - change frequency offset within the band (default 1600)
2019-10-17 10:57:55,545 DEBUG    RFM2Pi     acknowledged command: <nnn> g    - set network group (RFM12 only allows 212, 0 = any)
2019-10-17 10:57:55,650 DEBUG    RFM2Pi     acknowledged command: <n> c      - set collect mode (advanced, normally 0)
2019-10-17 10:57:55,860 DEBUG    RFM2Pi     acknowledged command: ...,<nn> a - send data packet to node <nn>, request ack
2019-10-17 10:57:55,965 DEBUG    RFM2Pi     acknowledged command: ...,<nn> s - send data packet to node <nn>, no ack
2019-10-17 10:57:56,071 DEBUG    RFM2Pi     acknowledged command: <n> q      - set quiet mode (1 = don't report bad packets)
2019-10-17 10:57:56,178 DEBUG    RFM2Pi     acknowledged command: <n> x      - set reporting format (0: decimal, 1: hex, 2: hex+ascii)
2019-10-17 10:57:56,491 DEBUG    RFM2Pi     acknowledged command: <hchi>,<hclo>,<addr>,<cmd> f     - FS20 command (868 MHz)
2019-10-17 10:57:56,597 DEBUG    RFM2Pi     acknowledged command: <addr>,<dev>,<on> k              - KAKU command (433 MHz)
2019-10-17 10:57:56,802 DEBUG    RFM2Pi     device settings updated: E i5 g210 @ 433 MHz
2019-10-17 10:57:56,906 DEBUG    RFM2Pi     Discarding RX frame 'unreliable content'? 157 70 244 45 200 219 28 18 (-96)
2019-10-17 10:57:57,716 DEBUG    RFM2Pi     Discarding RX frame 'unreliable content'? 1 222 72 190 79 20 214 44 61 196 174 7 100 247 159 91 214 246 198 103 161 (-94)
2019-10-17 10:57:57,831 DEBUG    RFM2Pi     57 NEW FRAME : OK 14 212 0 72 3 174 6 147 7 246 1 185 1 145 0 133 0 196 0 167 0 52 1 138 0 15 0 175 0 160 0 157 0 11 1 179 1 0 0 222 0 199 1 51 2 130 0 63 0 226 0 141 0 220 0 107 0 140 0 1 0 (-40)
2019-10-17 10:57:57,836 DEBUG    RFM2Pi     57 Timestamp : 1571306277.83
2019-10-17 10:57:57,837 DEBUG    RFM2Pi     57 From Node : 14
2019-10-17 10:57:57,838 DEBUG    RFM2Pi     57    Values : [212, 840, 1710, 213.29, 5.0200000000000005, 44.1, 14.5, 13.3, 19.6, 16.7, 30.8, 13.8, 1.5, 17.5, 16, 15.700000000000001, 26.700000000000003, 43.5, 0, 22.200000000000003, 45.5, 56.300000000000004, 13, 6.300000000000001, 22.6, 14.100000000000001, 22, 10.700000000000001, 14, 1]
2019-10-17 10:57:57,838 DEBUG    RFM2Pi     57      RSSI : -40
2019-10-17 10:57:57,839 DEBUG    RFM2Pi     57 Sent to channel(start)' : ToEmonCMS
2019-10-17 10:57:57,840 DEBUG    RFM2Pi     57 Sent to channel(end)' : ToEmonCMS
2019-10-17 10:57:57,893 INFO     MQTT       Connecting to MQTT Server
2019-10-17 10:57:57,997 INFO     MQTT       connection status: Connection successful
2019-10-17 10:57:57,998 DEBUG    emoncmsorg Buffer size: 1
2019-10-17 10:57:57,999 DEBUG    MQTT       CONACK => Return code: 0
2019-10-17 10:57:58,129 INFO     MQTT       on_subscribe
2019-10-17 10:57:58,348 DEBUG    RFM2Pi     Discarding RX frame 'unreliable content'? 4 183 170 206 128 242 13 141 215 254 157 149 232 140 186 32 152 196 60 68 95 (-96)
2019-10-17 10:58:00,866 DEBUG    RFM2Pi     Discarding RX frame 'unreliable content'? 0 197 50 238 71 130 194 210 242 237 15 146 127 248 34 249 175 152 113 218 24 (-93)
2019-10-17 10:58:05,438 DEBUG    RFM2Pi     58 NEW FRAME : OK 14 213 0 100 3 169 6 124 7 254 1 185 1 145 0 133 0 196 0 167 0 52 1 138 0 15 0 175 0 160 0 157 0 11 1 179 1 0 0 222 0 199 1 53 2 130 0 63 0 226 0 141 0 220 0 107 0 138 0 1 0 (-40)
2019-10-17 10:58:05,443 DEBUG    RFM2Pi     58 Timestamp : 1571306285.44
2019-10-17 10:58:05,444 DEBUG    RFM2Pi     58 From Node : 14
2019-10-17 10:58:05,445 DEBUG    RFM2Pi     58    Values : [213, 868, 1705, 210.76, 5.1000000000000005, 44.1, 14.5, 13.3, 19.6, 16.7, 30.8, 13.8, 1.5, 17.5, 16, 15.700000000000001, 26.700000000000003, 43.5, 0, 22.200000000000003, 45.5, 56.5, 13, 6.300000000000001, 22.6, 14.100000000000001, 22, 10.700000000000001, 13.8, 1]
2019-10-17 10:58:05,446 DEBUG    RFM2Pi     58      RSSI : -40
2019-10-17 10:58:05,446 DEBUG    RFM2Pi     58 Sent to channel(start)' : ToEmonCMS
2019-10-17 10:58:05,447 DEBUG    RFM2Pi     58 Sent to channel(end)' : ToEmonCMS
2019-10-17 10:58:05,698 DEBUG    MQTT       Publishing: emon/emontx1/P1 213
2019-10-17 10:58:05,700 DEBUG    MQTT       Publishing: emon/emontx1/P2 868
2019-10-17 10:58:05,701 DEBUG    MQTT       Publishing: emon/emontx1/P3 1705
2019-10-17 10:58:05,703 DEBUG    MQTT       Publishing: emon/emontx1/P4 210.76
2019-10-17 10:58:05,704 DEBUG    MQTT       Publishing: emon/emontx1/batt 5.1
2019-10-17 10:58:05,706 DEBUG    MQTT       Publishing: emon/emontx1/temp1 44.1
2019-10-17 10:58:05,708 DEBUG    MQTT       Publishing: emon/emontx1/temp2 14.5
2019-10-17 10:58:05,710 DEBUG    MQTT       Publishing: emon/emontx1/temp3 13.3
2019-10-17 10:58:05,712 DEBUG    MQTT       Publishing: emon/emontx1/temp4 19.6
2019-10-17 10:58:05,713 DEBUG    MQTT       Publishing: emon/emontx1/temp5 16.7
2019-10-17 10:58:05,714 DEBUG    MQTT       Publishing: emon/emontx1/temp6 30.8
2019-10-17 10:58:05,716 DEBUG    MQTT       Publishing: emon/emontx1/temp7 13.8
2019-10-17 10:58:05,718 DEBUG    MQTT       Publishing: emon/emontx1/temp8 1.5
2019-10-17 10:58:05,720 DEBUG    MQTT       Publishing: emon/emontx1/temp9 17.5
2019-10-17 10:58:05,721 DEBUG    MQTT       Publishing: emon/emontx1/temp10 16
2019-10-17 10:58:05,723 DEBUG    MQTT       Publishing: emon/emontx1/temp11 15.7
2019-10-17 10:58:05,724 DEBUG    MQTT       Publishing: emon/emontx1/temp12 26.7
2019-10-17 10:58:05,726 DEBUG    MQTT       Publishing: emon/emontx1/temp13 43.5
2019-10-17 10:58:05,727 DEBUG    MQTT       Publishing: emon/emontx1/temp14 0
2019-10-17 10:58:05,729 DEBUG    MQTT       Publishing: emon/emontx1/temp15 22.2
2019-10-17 10:58:05,730 DEBUG    MQTT       Publishing: emon/emontx1/temp16 45.5
2019-10-17 10:58:05,732 DEBUG    MQTT       Publishing: emon/emontx1/temp17 56.5
2019-10-17 10:58:05,732 DEBUG    MQTT       Publishing: emon/emontx1/temp18 13
2019-10-17 10:58:05,733 DEBUG    MQTT       Publishing: emon/emontx1/temp19 6.3
2019-10-17 10:58:05,734 DEBUG    MQTT       Publishing: emon/emontx1/temp20 22.6
2019-10-17 10:58:05,735 DEBUG    MQTT       Publishing: emon/emontx1/temp21 14.1
2019-10-17 10:58:05,736 DEBUG    MQTT       Publishing: emon/emontx1/temp22 22
2019-10-17 10:58:05,736 DEBUG    MQTT       Publishing: emon/emontx1/temp23 10.7
2019-10-17 10:58:05,737 DEBUG    MQTT       Publishing: emon/emontx1/temp24 13.8
2019-10-17 10:58:05,738 DEBUG    MQTT       Publishing: emon/emontx1/pulse 1
2019-10-17 10:58:05,739 DEBUG    MQTT       Publishing: emon/emontx1/rssi -40
2019-10-17 10:58:05,740 INFO     MQTT       Publishing: emonhub/rx/14/values 213,868,1705,210.76,5.1,44.1,14.5,13.3,19.6,16.7,30.8,13.8,1.5,17.5,16,15.7,26.7,43.5,0,22.2,45.5,56.5,13,6.3,22.6,14.1,22,10.7,13.8,1,-40

And finally I created 3 feeds in the Inputs menu:

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But I can not create a graph from this. (and also not if I import the backup from the former SD card)

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