Plugin blocks Homebridge (updating)

[bxlouis]

Unfortunately, this plugin does not work for me, as the original homebridge-stv one :( I tested all the combinations possibles with Auto-Refresh and Keep Alive and every time, after a while or when turning on the Roomba from the Home app, all Homebridge accessory become unresponsive and are marked as "Updating" and then "Failed".

As soon as I disable the plugin, everything is back to normal and Homebridge behaves normally. I don't know what is wrong with this and I am willing to help debug if it helps.

[bxlouis]

Note that I am also experiencing the issue described in #5 before the plugin makes Homebridge bug. The "docked", "bin full" and "running" sensors are always marked as closed

[iRayanKhan]

Are you able to provide logs?

[bxlouis]

I'll share more extensive logs tomorrow when the issue happen but the first odd thing I notice is that the sensors seem to refresh way too often although I defined "cacheTTL" to 60.

[11/18/2020, 7:10:48 PM] Homebridge v1.2.3 is running on port 51023. [11/18/2020, 7:10:48 PM] [eDomoticz] Successfully connected to MQTT broker. [11/18/2020, 7:10:51 PM] [Roomba] Running status requested [11/18/2020, 7:10:51 PM] [Roomba] Battery level requested [11/18/2020, 7:10:51 PM] [Roomba] Charging status requested [11/18/2020, 7:10:51 PM] [Roomba] Battery status requested [11/18/2020, 7:10:51 PM] [Roomba] Docked status requested [11/18/2020, 7:10:51 PM] [Roomba] Running status requested [11/18/2020, 7:10:51 PM] [Roomba] Bin status requested [11/18/2020, 7:10:54 PM] [Roomba] Running status requested [11/18/2020, 7:10:54 PM] [Roomba] Battery level requested [11/18/2020, 7:10:54 PM] [Roomba] Charging status requested [11/18/2020, 7:10:54 PM] [Roomba] Battery status requested [11/18/2020, 7:10:54 PM] [Roomba] Docked status requested [11/18/2020, 7:10:54 PM] [Roomba] Running status requested [11/18/2020, 7:10:54 PM] [Roomba] Bin status requested [11/18/2020, 7:11:06 PM] [Roomba] Bin status requested [11/18/2020, 7:11:06 PM] [Roomba] Running status requested [11/18/2020, 7:11:06 PM] [Roomba] Docked status requested [11/18/2020, 7:11:06 PM] [Roomba] Running status requested [11/18/2020, 7:11:06 PM] [Roomba] Battery status requested [11/18/2020, 7:11:12 PM] [Roomba] Running status requested [11/18/2020, 7:11:12 PM] [Roomba] Bin status requested [11/18/2020, 7:11:12 PM] [Roomba] Docked status requested [11/18/2020, 7:11:12 PM] [Roomba] Docked status requested [11/18/2020, 7:11:12 PM] [Roomba] Bin status requested [11/18/2020, 7:11:12 PM] [Roomba] Running status requested [11/18/2020, 7:11:13 PM] [Roomba] Docked status requested [11/18/2020, 7:11:13 PM] [Roomba] Bin status requested [11/18/2020, 7:11:13 PM] [Roomba] Running status requested [11/18/2020, 7:11:17 PM] [Roomba] Running status requested [11/18/2020, 7:11:17 PM] [Roomba] Bin status requested [11/18/2020, 7:11:17 PM] [Roomba] Docked status requested [11/18/2020, 7:11:32 PM] [Roomba] Running status requested [11/18/2020, 7:11:32 PM] [Roomba] Bin status requested [11/18/2020, 7:11:32 PM] [Roomba] Docked status requested [11/18/2020, 7:11:35 PM] [Roomba] Running status requested [11/18/2020, 7:11:35 PM] [Roomba] Battery level requested [11/18/2020, 7:11:35 PM] [Roomba] Charging status requested [11/18/2020, 7:11:35 PM] [Roomba] Battery status requested [11/18/2020, 7:11:35 PM] [Roomba] Docked status requested [11/18/2020, 7:11:35 PM] [Roomba] Running status requested [11/18/2020, 7:11:35 PM] [Roomba] Bin status requested [11/18/2020, 7:11:39 PM] [Roomba] Running status requested [11/18/2020, 7:11:39 PM] [Roomba] Battery level requested [11/18/2020, 7:11:39 PM] [Roomba] Charging status requested [11/18/2020, 7:11:39 PM] [Roomba] Battery status requested [11/18/2020, 7:11:39 PM] [Roomba] Docked status requested [11/18/2020, 7:11:39 PM] [Roomba] Running status requested [11/18/2020, 7:11:39 PM] [Roomba] Bin status requested [11/18/2020, 7:13:07 PM] [Roomba] Running status requested [11/18/2020, 7:13:07 PM] [Roomba] Battery level requested [11/18/2020, 7:13:07 PM] [Roomba] Charging status requested [11/18/2020, 7:13:07 PM] [Roomba] Battery status requested [11/18/2020, 7:13:07 PM] [Roomba] Docked status requested [11/18/2020, 7:13:07 PM] [Roomba] Running status requested [11/18/2020, 7:13:07 PM] [Roomba] Bin status requested [11/18/2020, 7:13:11 PM] [Roomba] Running status requested [11/18/2020, 7:13:11 PM] [Roomba] Battery level requested [11/18/2020, 7:13:11 PM] [Roomba] Charging status requested [11/18/2020, 7:13:11 PM] [Roomba] Battery status requested [11/18/2020, 7:13:11 PM] [Roomba] Docked status requested [11/18/2020, 7:13:11 PM] [Roomba] Running status requested [11/18/2020, 7:13:11 PM] [Roomba] Bin status requested [11/18/2020, 7:13:38 PM] [Roomba] Running status requested [11/18/2020, 7:13:38 PM] [Roomba] Battery level requested [11/18/2020, 7:13:38 PM] [Roomba] Charging status requested [11/18/2020, 7:13:38 PM] [Roomba] Battery status requested [11/18/2020, 7:13:38 PM] [Roomba] Docked status requested [11/18/2020, 7:13:38 PM] [Roomba] Running status requested [11/18/2020, 7:13:38 PM] [Roomba] Bin status requested [11/18/2020, 7:13:41 PM] [Roomba] Running status requested [11/18/2020, 7:13:41 PM] [Roomba] Battery level requested [11/18/2020, 7:13:41 PM] [Roomba] Charging status requested [11/18/2020, 7:13:41 PM] [Roomba] Battery status requested [11/18/2020, 7:13:41 PM] [Roomba] Docked status requested [11/18/2020, 7:13:41 PM] [Roomba] Running status requested [11/18/2020, 7:13:41 PM] [Roomba] Bin status requested

Here is my current configuration: { "name": "Roomba", "model": "s9+", "blid": "ABC", "robotpwd": "ABC", "ipaddress": "10.0.1.48", "autoRefreshEnabled": true, "dockContactSensor": true, "runningContactSensor": true, "binContactSensor": true, "cacheTTL": 60, "accessory": "Roomba2" }

[iRayanKhan]

If you have discord, I'd like to work one-on-one with you to resolve this. You can email me your discord at rayankhan04 [@] iCloud . com

[solbadguy2010]

Hi, I had the same error with the STV. Now trying yours. You can simply reproduce the error by depleting the battery of your Roomba. As soon as he does. Ot respont the plugin freezes homebridge. I think there is some kind of timeout missing...

[bxlouis]

@iRayanKhan I checked the logs and there is nothing else happening there different than what I already provided. No error, nothing, the plugin just keeps polling the 3 sensors.

[iRayanKhan]

What model of Roomba do y'all have?

[bxlouis]

S9+

[bxlouis]

@iRayanKhan i sent you an email with my discord username a couple of days ago as you asked.

[solbadguy2010]

Model 896

[dvcrn]

Same problem here with i7+, and had the same problem with stv. I disabled keep alive in the hope that it works, but no good.

I think the culprit are these lines here: https://github.com/iRayanKhan/homebridge-roomba2/blob/60b26441c6f556ceb8515cca2219bbdc6fc958be/index.js#L171-L181

It should probably fetch the status asynchronously every few seconds and cache that, then just return the cached value when requesting status. Right now it looks (just skimmed over it) that it waits for the api call to succeed/fail, which yeah, blocks homebridge

/edit: Sorry, saw that it's using a cache already https://github.com/iRayanKhan/homebridge-roomba2/blob/60b26441c6f556ceb8515cca2219bbdc6fc958be/index.js#L252-L271

[Duggy252]

Hi I have the same issue on a room a 671. Any resolution?

[dvcrn]

Submitted a PR that should fix this 👍