reef-pi :: An opensource reef tank controller based on Raspberry Pi.

[Bigtrout]

Hello friends,
I have cut another release candidate for the 3.0 series. The primary reason for this release candidate was to address pca9685 and lighting ui bug. I think this is the last pre release and unless any other serious bugs are reported I'll cut 3.0 release., which will be same as this release candidate, except some documentation/cosmetic changes.

• Here is the summary of changes in this release:
• PCA9685 0 & 100 % incorrect behavior bug fix
• Lighting ui mixed mode and duplicate channel bug fix
• Internationalization: fix missing dutch translation
• temperature controller upper threshold breach bug fix
• allow editing driver name and address
• "reef-pi db buckets" will list all available buckets

Builds are available from usual location: https://github.com/reef-pi/reef-pi/releases/tag/3.0.0-rc1
If you are running pca9685 base Led controller, please help us testing this release. This is the last critical bug that I dont want in 3.0. I am not able to assess the impact of this bug due to my light (kessil) not showing any significant differences. I have double checked with scope and made one small change in the driver code which has made a very subtle change (detectable via scope) , but its not clear if this solved the bug or not, for those of you who encountered incorrect behavior at 0 or 100%.

thank you

I plan on a test run when i get some time

 

[Ranjib]

Ok.. too much tech stuff . Time to bring the corals
Fts of biocube 28

Goniopora

Lepto

Blue tubs

Forest fire digitata frag

 

[Mike Kearns]

Ok.. too much tech stuff . Time to bring the corals
Fts of biocube 28

Goniopora

Lepto

Blue tubs

Forest fire digitata frag

Nice tank! It's funny I have pink gonipora, blue tubs, and forest fire digitata in my fluval 13.5.

 

[Soulreefer]

Hello friends,
I have cut another release candidate for the 3.0 series. The primary reason for this release candidate was to address pca9685 and lighting ui bug. I think this is the last pre release and unless any other serious bugs are reported I'll cut 3.0 release., which will be same as this release candidate, except some documentation/cosmetic changes.

• Here is the summary of changes in this release:
• PCA9685 0 & 100 % incorrect behavior bug fix
• Lighting ui mixed mode and duplicate channel bug fix
• Internationalization: fix missing dutch translation
• temperature controller upper threshold breach bug fix
• allow editing driver name and address
• "reef-pi db buckets" will list all available buckets

Builds are available from usual location: https://github.com/reef-pi/reef-pi/releases/tag/3.0.0-rc1
If you are running pca9685 base Led controller, please help us testing this release. This is the last critical bug that I dont want in 3.0. I am not able to assess the impact of this bug due to my light (kessil) not showing any significant differences. I have double checked with scope and made one small change in the driver code which has made a very subtle change (detectable via scope) , but its not clear if this solved the bug or not, for those of you who encountered incorrect behavior at 0 or 100%.

thank you

thank you friend, this is working properly, the Light UI section is no longer duplicate, the relay works perfectly.

insert photo [just to test the power of the PWM led with a relay.]

 

[Ranjib]

thank you friend, this is working properly, the Light UI section is no longer duplicate, the relay works perfectly.

insert photo [just to test the power of the PWM led with a relay.]

hugs . thank you for testing

 

[Schreiber]

I've got all the configuration setup I could without connecting it yet, still need to work on temp, pH, & lighting. Everything looks good so far though! Was the bug with the temperature probes fixed?

 

[b4tn]

Hello friends,
I have cut another release candidate for the 3.0 series. The primary reason for this release candidate was to address pca9685 and lighting ui bug. I think this is the last pre release and unless any other serious bugs are reported I'll cut 3.0 release., which will be same as this release candidate, except some documentation/cosmetic changes.

• Here is the summary of changes in this release:
• PCA9685 0 & 100 % incorrect behavior bug fix
• Lighting ui mixed mode and duplicate channel bug fix
• Internationalization: fix missing dutch translation
• temperature controller upper threshold breach bug fix
• allow editing driver name and address
• "reef-pi db buckets" will list all available buckets

Builds are available from usual location: https://github.com/reef-pi/reef-pi/releases/tag/3.0.0-rc1
If you are running pca9685 base Led controller, please help us testing this release. This is the last critical bug that I dont want in 3.0. I am not able to assess the impact of this bug due to my light (kessil) not showing any significant differences. I have double checked with scope and made one small change in the driver code which has made a very subtle change (detectable via scope) , but its not clear if this solved the bug or not, for those of you who encountered incorrect behavior at 0 or 100%.

thank you

I updated from 2.4 to 3.0 RC1 last night and it broke everything. None of the equipment or macros worked anymore. I went ahead and rolled back to 2.4 and all is well but is there a specific way to upgrade? I just did a dpkg -I for the newer version.

 

[Schreiber]

I updated from 2.4 to 3.0 RC1 last night and it broke everything. None of the equipment or macros worked anymore. I went ahead and rolled back to 2.4 and all is well but is there a specific way to upgrade? I just did a dpkg -I for the newer version.

Did you delete your database before upgrading? If not, that's definitely your problem.

Use these 2 commands in terminal:

sudo systemctl stop reef-pi.service
sudo rm -rf /var/lib/reef-pi/reef-pi.db

Then dpkg your 3.0.0-rc1 again. See how that works out for you.

 

[b4tn]

Did you delete your database before upgrading? If not, that's definitely your problem.

Use these 2 commands in terminal:

sudo systemctl stop reef-pi.service
sudo rm -rf /var/lib/reef-pi/reef-pi.db

Then dpkg your 3.0.0-rc1 again. See how that works out for you.

Will 3.0 not upgrade an existing install? I mean will I have to start fresh and re build all the connectors and macros?

 

[Schreiber]

Will 3.0 not upgrade an existing install? I mean will I have to start fresh and re build all the connectors and macros?

Correct. @Ranjib can definitely give a more technical explanation, but I'm pretty sure there are relatively large differences in the databases between 2.x & 3.x builds.

It'd be like trying to copy & paste rows from an Excel spreadsheet for customer information to a different spreadsheet for transaction history. Sure, Excel will let you do it... but when you try to average your sales out, that row with a name instead of a sales price is really going to throw it for a loop.

 

[Ranjib]

Correct. @Ranjib can definitely give a more technical explanation, but I'm pretty sure there are relatively large differences in the databases between 2.x & 3.x builds.

It'd be like trying to copy & paste rows from an Excel spreadsheet for customer information to a different spreadsheet for transaction history. Sure, Excel will let you do it... but when you try to average your sales out, that row with a name instead of a sales price is really going to throw it for a loop.

Pretty much what you said. The only thing I can add is 3.0 ships with reef-pi dB command that you can use to list/get/update/delete data directly, so that tool can be used to dump data and reload them if needed.

 

[mk1scott]

With the latest pre-release, my temp probe disappears--Is there a log file I can access to see what is causing this to happen?

Edit. I should also note that lights are working correctly for me in auto mode (beta & rc01 only worked in manual mode).

 

[Ranjib]

With the latest pre-release, my temp probe disappears--Is there a log file I can access to see what is causing this to happen?

Check if the sensor is detected by raspbian/linux. If thats the case then this is not related to reef-pi upgrades.

ls /sys/bus/w1/devices

 

[mk1scott]

Thank you sir. I'll run that code this evening and report back.

 

[Bigtrout]

Check if the sensor is detected by raspbian/linux. If thats the case then this is not related to reef-pi upgrades.

ls /sys/bus/w1/devices

@Ranjib
I have loaded reef pi 3.0 rc1 and have a weird behavior with temp sensors. First off this is being tested on my bullet proof build that was happily running the 3.0 alpha release for months.
Upgrading from 3.0 alpha i had some temp sensors missing so I deleted them all and remade the sensors. All is good and they happily work.
Upon a reload of reef pi a temp sensor will randomly be missing once it reloads. If you delete and remake that sensor it works fine until you do another reef pi reload. I can see all sensors when ssh into pi and issue the command to see them on the onewire bus.

In short:
Sensors created and work fine but upon reef pi reload they will randomly quit working. After deleting and recreating the sensor it will again work fine until a reef pi reload.

This is definitely reef pi software related as going back to 3.0 alpha everything works.

The lighting in reef pi 3.0rc1 seems to be working !

 

[Bigtrout]

@Ranjib
I have loaded reef pi 3.0 rc1 and have a weird behavior with temp sensors. First off this is being tested on my bullet proof build that was happily running the 3.0 alpha release for months.
Upgrading from 3.0 alpha i had some temp sensors missing so I deleted them all and remade the sensors. All is good and they happily work.
Upon a reload of reef pi a temp sensor will randomly be missing once it reloads. If you delete and remake that sensor it works fine until you do another reef pi reload or reboot. I can see all sensors when ssh into pi and issue the command to see them on the onewire bus.

In short:
Sensors created and work fine but upon reef pi reload they will randomly quit working. After deleting and recreating the sensor it will again work fine until a reef pi reload/reboot

 

[Ranjib]

@Ranjib
I have loaded reef pi 3.0 rc1 and have a weird behavior with temp sensors. First off this is being tested on my bullet proof build that was happily running the 3.0 alpha release for months.
Upgrading from 3.0 alpha i had some temp sensors missing so I deleted them all and remade the sensors. All is good and they happily work.
Upon a reload of reef pi a temp sensor will randomly be missing once it reloads. If you delete and remake that sensor it works fine until you do another reef pi reload. I can see all sensors when ssh into pi and issue the command to see them on the onewire bus.

In short:
Sensors created and work fine but upon reef pi reload they will randomly quit working. After deleting and recreating the sensor it will again work fine until a reef pi reload.

This is definitely reef pi software related as going back to 3.0 alpha everything works.

The lighting in reef pi 3.0rc1 seems to be working !

Thank you for the detailed response. Let me run through some tests. We'll not ship 3.0 with such bugs,

 

[Ranjib]

@Ranjib
I have loaded reef pi 3.0 rc1 and have a weird behavior with temp sensors. First off this is being tested on my bullet proof build that was happily running the 3.0 alpha release for months.
Upgrading from 3.0 alpha i had some temp sensors missing so I deleted them all and remade the sensors. All is good and they happily work.
Upon a reload of reef pi a temp sensor will randomly be missing once it reloads. If you delete and remake that sensor it works fine until you do another reef pi reload. I can see all sensors when ssh into pi and issue the command to see them on the onewire bus.

In short:
Sensors created and work fine but upon reef pi reload they will randomly quit working. After deleting and recreating the sensor it will again work fine until a reef pi reload.

This is definitely reef pi software related as going back to 3.0 alpha everything works.

The lighting in reef pi 3.0rc1 seems to be working !

By reload you mean just reef-pi reload, no reboot right?

 

[Bigtrout]

By reload you mean just reef-pi reload, no reboot right?

It happens on both a reload or a reboot

I also noticed that when i would just create a temp sensor, if i tried to create a temp controller controlling equipment it wouldnt save...it wouls tell me there were validation errors. If i controlled nothing and just created a temp sensor it would save it(pending a reload or reboot).
If it helps, one sensor out of my 3 would always survive a reboot or reload...

 

[Bigtrout]

It happens on both a reload or a reboot

I also noticed that when i would just create a temp sensor, if i tried to create a temp controller controlling equipment it wouldnt save...it wouls tell me there were validation errors. If i controlled nothing and just created a temp sensor it would save it(pending a reload or reboot).
If it helps, one sensor out of my 3 would always survive a reboot or reload...

This is repeatable even on a clean reef pi load meaning deleting my database and loading 3.0rc1. Creating nothing except my 3 temp sensors, on a reboot or a reload only one sensor survives.

On a side note im getting pretty good with linux commands as long as you save your database its easy to get back to 3.0 alpha and running again!