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Post by pagerman on Jul 7, 2021 14:59:09 GMT -8
And still running.
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Post by rscalberlah on Jul 8, 2021 2:02:20 GMT -8
That's interesting. You are running the SkyWeather Dash App or the WeatherSense Dash App? BP i fellowed the steps in the menual from april 2021. And this mean it is the Skyweather Dash App
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Post by SDL on Jul 10, 2021 16:18:45 GMT -8
Would you start a new thread with this question?
BP
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Post by pagerman on Jul 11, 2021 5:49:25 GMT -8
Crashed at 9:07PM. No camera upload running. Only WU uploading. I will now try Dow's SD card. If it still crashes, I will be selling all of my SDL items. This has been an awful experience.
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Post by SDL on Jul 11, 2021 10:37:15 GMT -8
We are at our wits end trying to help you there. We have not been able to duplicate your problem. Our test units run for months.
Interesting that WU still uploads. Got something to do with WS transmitting through your network.
BP
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Post by pagerman on Jul 11, 2021 14:51:20 GMT -8
We are at our wits end trying to help you there. We have not been able to duplicate your problem. Our test units run for months. Interesting that WU still uploads. Got something to do with WS transmitting through your network. BP Sorry, wasn't clear. When it crashes nothing is uploading. I have only the WU upload box checked. No camera trying to upload anywhere. All I can do to fix it is a hard power off/on.
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Post by SDL on Jul 13, 2021 12:09:20 GMT -8
Pagerman,
Dow and I have worked hard on this and we can not figure this out. You could send your Raspberry Pi/ SDR/ Power supply to me and I could try running it to duplicate the crash.
BP
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Post by pagerman on Jul 15, 2021 7:30:16 GMT -8
Pagerman, Dow and I have worked hard on this and we can not figure this out. You could send your Raspberry Pi/ SDR/ Power supply to me and I could try running it to duplicate the crash. BP I could, however it has been running just fine for a few days now. It has to do with the camera. If I try to use the camera at all it crashes. I would love to have this work with the camera either on WeatherSTEM when you have it back again or with WU. WU is a pain in the a** for loading camera images to. I'm about to give up on them. I have a security camera business and I'm trying to use one to ftp to WU with zero luck. I have searched and I'm not alone on that. But, I digress..... I'd be willing to send it to you if it helps you sort it out and helps other people as well. You would get the whole base station shooting match as it's mounted in a case.
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Post by SDL on Jul 17, 2021 7:28:35 GMT -8
Pagerman,
Please summarize the issues. I'm lost.
If you don't use the camera, everything works?
Let's get a good summary of your findings and then let's decide what to do.
Sorry about this, too much data on the forum to tell where we are.
BP
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Post by pagerman on Jul 17, 2021 9:23:34 GMT -8
Ok. Here we go. The system was crashing pretty regularly in the beginning. Every day or so. After looking closer at what was and was not working I usually found that VNC would not connect with an error of "The server unexpectedly closed the connection" or just would not connect at all. SSH would work and the uploads to WU would work but uploads to WS did not. We thought at first it was the SDR. Replaced. No change Then I replaced the Pi Then I replaced the power supply. Then you replaced the camera. Then I turned off WiFi and BT and it's now wired ethernet. It would still crash. Then I connected it to a cellular hotspot modem to eliminate my network as an issue. Still crashed, so not my network. Somewhere in all of the testing I did image the OS to 2 different new SD cards, so those aren't it. I finally turned off everything except uploading to WU. It ran for many days. VNC did stop working, but the dash_appp and SSH did work so I let it run. I then restarted it and attempted to use the camera to upload to WU as a webcam. That never worked, but I believe that is a WU issue, but - it did crash within 48 hours. I then restarted with both WU and WS selected and no upload of the camera to WU. It crashed within minutes or would run for a day or so and then crash. It has now been running for approx 48 hours. I do expect it to crash soon. Historical data and blank spots after crashing can be found on my WU page: www.wunderground.com/dashboard/pws/KWIRACIN186My WeatherSTEM page is here: skyweather.weatherstem.com/racineAs a side note, many times the system would reboot. The 5 day reboot is off. Nothing I can find asked for the reboot, but it happened. 9 times out of 10 when a reboot happens - even by request via sudo reboot or the reboot command from the desktop - the system does not boot correctly. I have to do a power off/on cycle to get it back. Hope that helps.
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Post by pagerman on Jul 17, 2021 9:26:50 GMT -8
And. As I was typing this it crashed. Here's the message from VNC. Attachments:
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Post by dow4hurst on Jul 17, 2021 15:56:21 GMT -8
Pagerman, I'm back in town from helping family and curious if you got to try the card I sent. It does need your specific system JSON info to be added. If you send the system to SwitchDoc Labs for them to test, I'll be very interested in the outcome. I turned off the weatherstem function and am just using the dash app. My system won't crash in that configuration. The upcoming kickstarter for a solar powered remote camera unit sounds fun. Dow
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Post by pagerman on Jul 18, 2021 5:43:12 GMT -8
I haven't. Like you state, it crashes when using WS but not if it's just collecting data. I can't really see it crash while uploading to WU either as long as the camera isn't in use. I guess my disappointment is that I started this journey because if the camera and WS functionality. After well over 400 dollars, most of the system doesn't work.
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Post by dow4hurst on Jul 18, 2021 11:10:54 GMT -8
Pagerman, My system works just fine, except for the publicly accessible weatherstem and associated uploaded image. With the new software coming down the pike that saves images locally, I'll have what I want. I had wanted a local weatherstation just for me. Also, there are other ways to create the external public web page that weatherstem had provided. I want to look into Node Red and Grafana as the possibilities there are much more in line with my original vision. I have a lot to learn: python, electronics, 3D printing, and so on. I'm treating this project as the beginning of a longer term hobby. Dow
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Post by SDL on Jul 19, 2021 18:06:43 GMT -8
Pagerman,
Our systems work fine in terms of WU and WS and the camera. Months at a time.
I thought you said that the system works if you don't use the camera (and WS). Is that not true? It never bombs?
BP
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