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tagyoureit / nodejs-poolController

An application to control pool equipment from various manufacturers.
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Apparent failed install of controller and panel #353

Closed mzuniga51 closed 2 years ago

mzuniga51 commented 3 years ago

Hello folks. I am a noob in all things Raspberry Pi but gave it a try to install the Pool Controller following the very detailed instructions MyAZPool provided in TFP. Installation of both applications got hung after some errors and when launching the web interface I find several strange behaviors, maybe consistent with a failed installation. For instance, my pool appear off when it is actually on, and the pump is actually running. I can control light, circuits, pumps and I can see chemistry.

I've tried installation a few times, one fixing npm audit errors (I realize I should not do that now) but the errors persists in either cases.

Per tagyoureit instruction I'm attaching the packet capture plus the applications installation logs.

Any help will be much appreciated!

2021-10-10T01_51_47_875Z-debug.log 2021-10-10T01_58_16_401Z-debug.log replay.zip

136494302-d3c285b0-c35c-4ac1-a3a3-b1a7b3db2dff 136494320-716dcd14-b31b-408b-9301-7e8e973a6ae9

Pool Equipment

Raspberry Pi Raspberry Pi 3 B+ Raspberry Pi OS 5.10 USB to RS485 adapter https://www.amazon.com/dp/B081MB6PN2?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2_dt_b_product_details connected with Cat5e shielded cable to Intellicenter Com port

Desktop:

Smartphone:

mzuniga51 commented 2 years ago

Surely either of the three or a combination of all of them. I can change from C to F both in the OCP, app and web, as well as from 12 to 24h time format but solutions seem half baked. So much so that this time around I decided to stay in F and 12h. Is there any idea as to when the next firmware update will be released?

Thank you again for all your kind help and let's keep in touch.

Manuel

On Fri, Nov 19, 2021 at 9:34 AM rstrouse @.***> wrote:

Yeah your panel is a bit of a mystery. The reason why I say that is because the i5P is the base for all IntelliCenter systems. All the software and programming logic exists on that board and every IntelliCenter system has one. This means that an i10D is an i5P with some additional relays and sensors. All the other personality cards including the i10D do not contain any programming logic. The micro-controller, firmware, and base equipment control is the same on every system. The way the base controller knows which personality card is attached is simply by checking a circuit that has a different R value for each card.

Given all of the peripherals on the RS485 bus are universal no matter which personality card is attached so the communication over RS485 must be consistent or they will not work. So there are only 2 potential things that could be causing weirdness.

  1. Pentair doesn't honor its own status outputs and is acquiring the relay status from the other 2 message outputs. This is likely given the fact that indoor and wireless control panels would not work properly on an i10D if they didn't. It might also explain why the wireless controller loses the configuration sometimes when it sleeps and the wakeup process takes a bit of time to get its poop in a group. It has to ask for all the information that it didn't have when it was in slumber.
  2. There is a different hardware version of the i5P motherboard for your region. I do find it odd that on my IntelliCenter, I cannot change change from Fahrenheit to Celsius. Then again I have not messed with it at the OCP so perhaps it can only be done there. Can you change from C to F on the Pentair web interface.
  3. The i10D body control (circuit 1 & 6) functions have some unintended software features (bugs) that do not set the status bytes properly in i10D mode. This is probably what is going on. Depending on whether the personality card is Shared, Single, or Dual these two circuits are managed differently. The i10D team may be the folks with 6 fingers on the left hand and 4 on the right. Hopefully Pentair releases some fixes soon.

For the dashPanel stuff you can simply post enhancement requests or unintended software features on the repo dashPanel Issues https://github.com/rstrouse/nodejs-poolController-dashPanel/issues. Thanks for the offer to send me something but I really don't need anything at this time. I got involved in this project due to my own needs and as it turns out others seemed to have them as well. Bonus.

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rstrouse commented 2 years ago

I have no idea when the next firmware is going to be released. I also have no idea why the temperature units are not enabled for me. It is truly strange.

It seems so weird that the temps on the spa are so far out in left field. I know for a fact that your spa isn't 79C without a roast, carrots, and a few potatoes floating around in it. Certainly there are no people in it at that temperature unless they are simmering. It's almost as if half the temps are in C and half in F.

It could also just be a poor connection but you will have a heck of a time setting the spa temperature with sensor being so far off.

mzuniga51 commented 2 years ago

Weird in deed. Better work in F and just forget about it.

Hey, just a quick question. Are there specific parameters for using custom backgrounds? I'm trying to upload a photo of my pool but the "Uploading Background File" does nothing.

On Fri, Nov 19, 2021 at 2:20 PM rstrouse @.***> wrote:

I have no idea when the next firmware is going to be released. I also have no idea why the temperature units are not enabled for me. It is truly strange.

It seems so weird that the temps on the spa are so far out in left field. I know for a fact that your spa isn't 79C without a roast, carrots, and a few potatoes floating around in it. Certainly there are no people in it at that temperature unless they are simmering. It's almost as if half the temps are in C and half in F.

It could also just be a poor connection but you will have a heck of a time setting the spa temperature with sensor being so far off.

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rstrouse commented 2 years ago

No there aren't any except that it needs to be a valid image file (png, jpg, bmp, gif ...etc). When you click the Upload Image does the following dialog appear?

image

After that you need to click on the popup button at the end of the field to select a the file to upload. If this doesn't upload you can copy the file onto your nodejs-poolController-dashPanel/themes/images directory and it will become available in the dropdown.

mzuniga51 commented 2 years ago

Awsome. I will go ahead and close this issue. Have a great day.

On Fri, Nov 19, 2021 at 4:13 PM rstrouse @.***> wrote:

No there aren't any except that it needs to be a valid image file (png, jpg, bmp, gif ...etc). When you click the Upload Image does the following dialog appear?

[image: image] https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/47839015/142697709-fe94786b-5974-4b69-8235-24edd780875f.png

After that you need to click on the popup button at the end of the field to select a the file to upload. If this doesn't upload you can copy the file onto your nodejs-poolController-dashPanel/themes/images directory and it will become available in the dropdown.

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