Control Unit offline more frequently

vanstinator / raincloudy

RainCloudy is a library written in Python 3.x that manages the Melnor RainCloud Smart Garden Watering Irrigation Timer.

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Control Unit offline more frequently #48

Open JangoBritt opened 4 years ago

JangoBritt commented 4 years ago

Hey all,

I'm trying to pin this down.

Since I installed this new Repo and re-added my second valve to the controller, the controller is frequently going offline, and I have to pull the plug to re-connect it.

I can't see anything in any logs that points to this plugin, but the correlation can't just be a coincidence.

Is anyone else seeing this with theirs?

mde1 commented 4 years ago

I added a second valve and was never able to get it to detect the controller. After de registering and reregistering the control it and valve unit, I cant get either online.

PiInMyFace commented 4 years ago

I have the same problem with several control units even though they worked correctly up to the end of last season. They are both only 2 years old. I registered a support issue with Melnor and the sent me 2 new units! Whats up with this? The CUs went on line, the VU, did not connect in raincloud to CU. They showed a blinking light on the VU which is supposed to indicate that they are connected to the CU. The new ones work correctly. Did they change something in some way that effected the CU firmware? I wonder.