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MrAsterisco / homebridge-hisense-tv

A Homebridge plugin to control RemoteNow-compatible HiSense TVs.
MIT License
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An error occurred while fetching inputs: TypeError: Cannot read properties of null (reading 'join') #34

Closed mensa84 closed 2 years ago

mensa84 commented 2 years ago

Hello,

my homebridge log is full with that error:

An error occurred while fetching inputs: TypeError: Cannot read properties of null (reading 'join')

How to fix that?

MrAsterisco commented 2 years ago

@mensa84 Hello and thanks for reporting this! This error usually indicates that there is something wrong with the configuration of your TV. Are you able to perform actions on your TV and see the state via Home?

mensa84 commented 2 years ago

I see the correct state, but turning off or on does not work. I am on Debian Linux. Must i install netifaces for newest release? Cause apt install netifaces does not work.

mensa84 commented 2 years ago

RemoteNow App from Hisense works without problems.

MrAsterisco commented 2 years ago

The newest release needs netifaces, yes: on Debian it should be available in the default repo:

apt install python3-netifaces

If you're unable to control the state of the TV, I can assume something is wrong in the configuration. Are you able to send command using the Python script directly?

mensa84 commented 2 years ago

You are right, thanks! The command line scripts also did not work anymore cause due to the update the ssl files were deleted from /usr/lib/node_modules/homebridge-hisense-tv-remotenow/. Is this normal behavior? Where do you suggest to store that ssl files to not get deleted by an update?

MrAsterisco commented 2 years ago

@mensa84 unfortunately, yes, but it's out of our hands. When npm (the package manager that Homebridge uses to install plugins) finds a new version, the entire folder is deleted and replaced with the version that's on the repo.

You can put your certificates anywhere else, outside of the /usr/lib/node_modules folder. The important thing is that wherever you move them, they are still readable from the Homebridge user.

I'll add this to the README file.

mensa84 commented 2 years ago

I have created following subfolder in the homebridge directory:

/var/lib/homebridge/hisense-ssl

Do you think this is a good idea and will survive all updates?

MrAsterisco commented 2 years ago

Is /var/lib/homebridge the folder where also the config.json file of Homebridge is? In that case, yes.

mensa84 commented 2 years ago

Yes, it is that folder.

MrAsterisco commented 2 years ago

Then it should be fine, because updates of Homebridge usually don't override the config.json.