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      salorob last edited by salorob

      I wil have to check in a minute.
      As far as I can remember from testing yesterday; even if I connect just 1 module, which I give a fixed address with the dipswitch (say; dip 1 = up, makes address = 1 (right?)), and configure the evok.conf accordingly, it won't work.

      So in my opinion, setting an address manually by dip-switch, causes something to go wrong. Either I don't understand how the dip's represent an address, or something else goes haywire...

      however; I didn't check with the ;neuron_uart_circuit = 1_01 commented like in your example, wil check that in a minute.

      What does this option do anyway ?

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        salorob last edited by

        So; another quick test:

        • If I connect just 1 xS50, which I give a fixed address with the dipswitch (dip 1 = up, makes address = 1 (right?)), and configure the evok.conf accordingly, and configure the serial speed, it won't work.

        • All dip's down, on evok address 15, it works.

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        • Martin Kudláček
          Martin Kudláček last edited by

          Hi,
          this really seems to be an issue on our part, probably related to the firmware of the extensions. You are not the only one having the exactly same problem (see https://forum.unipi.technology/topic/652/how-to-add-xs40-to-neuron-l203-using-custom-software/42). We will investigate it a bit more and let you know as soon as possible.

          Thank you for your patience,
          Martin

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            salorob last edited by

            Ah.. okay. Well, at least I'm not crazy.
            Please let me know, I need to get this setup running asap.

            Thanks!

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            • Martin Kudláček
              Martin Kudláček last edited by Martin Kudláček

              Hi,
              ok, to get your setup running ASAP - would it be possible to use Teamviewer or direct SSH to the controller so we can check what's happening? We will check the extension's firmware version and do the FW update if neccessary.

              The best time would be between 12:00 and 20:00 CEST.

              Thanks,
              Martin

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                salorob last edited by

                I can give you ssh access ? please mail me at robert at ropesolutions.nl, I will supply you the details.

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                  Martin Kudláček @salorob last edited by

                  @salorob I just sent you the mail.

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                    bsc101 @Martin Kudláček last edited by

                    @martin-kudláček Just a quick question, since I also do have this problem with my xS50: Will there be some easy way to upgrade the firmware of the extension? What is the procedure of updating the firmware? Thanks for your answer!
                    Regards,
                    Boris

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                      Martin Kudláček @bsc101 last edited by

                      @bsc101 The way to check and update the firmware is fairly easy - just connect the extension via RS485 to the controller, ssh into the controller and run a program. I will write down a tutorial how to do so. We just want to be extra sure, that this problem is tied down to the extension's firmware. I do apologize for this incovenience.

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                        bsc101 @Martin Kudláček last edited by

                        @martin-kudláček Sounds good, thanks for your efforts!

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                          Martin Kudláček @bsc101 last edited by Martin Kudláček

                          Ok, the issue is definitely with the extension firmware 5.6. The current version is 5.18 and for some reason, both of you received extension units with the old firmware... We do apologize for this, if it is even possible.

                          The @salorob was able to flash the firmware by his own via our Windows application tool. Unfortunately, the tool is also long time waiting for the update, so the firmware version in this tool is only 5.9, instead of 5.18.

                          So the official hacker's tutorial is:

                          1. SSH into your controller, the user "pi", the password (if not changed) is "raspberry". If your image is Raspbian, you need to install additional packages:
                          pi@raspberrypi:~ $ sudo bash
                          root@raspberrypi:/home/pi# echo "deb https://files.unipi.technology/debian stretch main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/unipi.list
                          root@raspberrypi:/home/pi# wget -O - https://files.unipi.technology/debian/unipi_pub.gpg | apt-key add
                          root@raspberrypi:/home/pi# apt update
                          root@raspberrypi:/home/pi# apt install -y neuron-firmware neuron-modbus-tools
                          
                          1. Connect the extension to the controller over RS485. If you have multiple extensions, connect only one at a time. Right now, all of them thinks they have address 15, so you need to avoid collisions.

                          2. Confirm, you have a connection to extension

                          root@L503-sn101:/home/pi# /opt/neuron-bin/fwserial -p /dev/extcomm/0/0 
                          Boardset:     5 E-14Ro_P-11DiR485              (v1.0)
                          Baseboard:    2 E-14Ro                         (v1.0)
                          Firmware: v5.6
                          Modbus timeout set
                          
                          1. Flash the firmware
                          root@L503-sn101:/opt/fw# /opt/neuron-bin/fwserial -p /dev/extcomm/0/0 -PR
                          Boardset:     5 E-14Ro_P-11DiR485              (v1.0)
                          Baseboard:    2 E-14Ro                         (v1.0)
                          Firmware: v5.6
                          Modbus timeout set
                          Programming page 00 ...Finished programming chunk 0, ret: 64 err: 0
                          Finished programming chunk 1, ret: 64 err: 0
                          Finished programming chunk 2, ret: 64 err: 0
                          Finished programming chunk 3, ret: 64 err: 0
                          Finished programming chunk 4, ret: 64 err: 0
                          Finished programming chunk 5, ret: 64 err: 0
                          Finished programming chunk 6, ret: 64 err: 0
                          Finished programming chunk 7, ret: 64 err: 0
                          Page written OK.
                          
                          Programming page 01 ...Finished programming chunk 0, ret: 64 err: 0
                          ..........
                          
                          1. Verify the firmware. Since the flashed firmware now accepts address set by DIP switches, you need to specify the address in the parameter -u. My extension has address 3
                          root@L503-sn101:/opt/fw# /opt/neuron-bin/fwserial -p /dev/extcomm/0/0 -u 3
                          Boardset:     5 E-14Ro_P-11DiR485              (v1.0)
                          Baseboard:    2 E-14Ro                         (v1.0)
                          Firmware: v5.18
                          Modbus timeout set
                          
                          1. Repeat the process for all of the extensions

                          Let me know, how it worked. If you don't want to flash the firmware yourself, let me know and we can arrange some remote session with you.

                          Thanks,
                          Martin

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                            bsc101 @Martin Kudláček last edited by

                            @martin-kudláček Thanks a lot, it works now :) I can set another address than default now!
                            Firmware is now 5.9 (it was 5.6 as you said), is there any need to upgrade to 5.18?

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                              Martin Kudláček @bsc101 last edited by

                              @bsc101 So I guess you used the Windows firmware update tool as @salorob. There are definitely a bugfixes from version 5.9 with some new functionality as well. You have the tutorial above, so you can update it, if you find out you need it.

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                                bsc101 @Martin Kudláček last edited by bsc101

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                                  bsc101 @Martin Kudláček last edited by

                                  @martin-kudláček My fault, did not do step 1 in your decsription above since fwserial and firmware files were already present. It's 5.18 now, thank you!

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                                    Boy Lenssen last edited by Boy Lenssen

                                    Ok, took a while before I had time to do this, but now the downloads don't seem to work anymore, check below (btw, I'm using an own build image, not the Neuron image):

                                    root@L203-sn81:/home/pi# wget -O - https://files.unipi.technology/debian/unipi_pub.gpg | apt-key add\
                                    > ^C
                                    root@L203-sn81:/home/pi# wget -O - https://files.unipi.technology/debian/unipi_pub.gpg | apt-key add
                                    --2019-09-12 08:05:48--  https://files.unipi.technology/debian/unipi_pub.gpg
                                    Resolving files.unipi.technology (files.unipi.technology)... 86.49.170.141
                                    Connecting to files.unipi.technology (files.unipi.technology)|86.49.170.141|:443... connected.
                                    HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 302 Found
                                    Location: https://kb.unipi.technology/debian/unipi_pub.gpg [following]
                                    --2019-09-12 08:05:49--  https://kb.unipi.technology/debian/unipi_pub.gpg
                                    Resolving kb.unipi.technology (kb.unipi.technology)... 86.49.170.141
                                    Connecting to kb.unipi.technology (kb.unipi.technology)|86.49.170.141|:443... connected.
                                    HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
                                    Length: unspecified [text/html]
                                    Saving to: 'STDOUT'
                                    
                                    -                                                     [ <=>                                                                                                       ]  13.43K  --.-KB/s    in 0.03s   
                                    
                                    2019-09-12 08:05:49 (385 KB/s) - written to stdout [13757]
                                    
                                    gpg: no valid OpenPGP data found.
                                    root@L203-sn81:/home/pi# apt update
                                    Get:1 http://archive.raspberrypi.org/debian stretch InRelease [25.4 kB]
                                    Get:2 http://raspbian.raspberrypi.org/raspbian stretch InRelease [15.0 kB]
                                    Get:3 http://raspbian.raspberrypi.org/raspbian stretch/contrib Sources [75.2 kB]      
                                    Get:5 http://raspbian.raspberrypi.org/raspbian stretch/non-free Sources [125 kB]                            
                                    Get:6 http://archive.raspberrypi.org/debian stretch/main armhf Packages [221 kB]                                                         
                                    Get:7 http://raspbian.raspberrypi.org/raspbian stretch/main Sources [9721 kB]                                                            
                                    Get:8 http://archive.raspberrypi.org/debian stretch/ui armhf Packages [45.0 kB]
                                    Err:4 https://kb.unipi.technology/debian stretch InRelease  
                                      Clearsigned file isn't valid, got 'NOSPLIT' (does the network require authentication?)
                                    Get:9 http://raspbian.raspberrypi.org/raspbian stretch/main armhf Packages [11.7 MB]
                                    Get:10 http://raspbian.raspberrypi.org/raspbian stretch/contrib armhf Packages [56.9 kB]                                                                                                            
                                    Get:11 http://raspbian.raspberrypi.org/raspbian stretch/non-free armhf Packages [95.5 kB]                                                                                                           
                                    Fetched 22.1 MB in 18s (1192 kB/s)                                                                                                                                                                  
                                    Reading package lists... Done
                                    E: Failed to fetch https://files.unipi.technology/debian/dists/stretch/InRelease  Clearsigned file isn't valid, got 'NOSPLIT' (does the network require authentication?)
                                    E: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead.
                                    root@L203-sn81:/home/pi# apt install -y neuron-firmware neuron-modbus-tools
                                    Reading package lists... Done
                                    Building dependency tree       
                                    Reading state information... Done
                                    Note, selecting 'unipi-modbus-tools' instead of 'neuron-modbus-tools'
                                    E: Unable to locate package neuron-firmware
                                    root@L203-sn81:/home/pi# /opt/neuron-bin/fwserial -p /dev/extcomm/0/0 
                                    bash: /opt/neuron-bin/fwserial: No such file or directory
                                    
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                                      Boy Lenssen last edited by Boy Lenssen

                                      So I tried with an official Unipian image, but still same problem. Some security issue (gpg: no valid OpenPGP data found). Please help @tomas_hora @Martin-Kudláček

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                                        tomas_hora administrators last edited by tomas_hora

                                        The files has been moved into a new repostirory: https://repo.unipi.technology/debian/ The FW tool for extension can be found here https://kb.unipi.technology/files:software:tools:00-start#extension_firmware_update_tool

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                                          Boy Lenssen last edited by Boy Lenssen

                                          Thanks! I was able to flash the device using the FW update tool and now it says it v5.36 on it.

                                          Too bad I'm not able to try it out now, as on my test Unipi I accidentally plugged in the power supply on the RS485 port and now I get

                                          root@L203-sn81:/home/pi# /opt/unipi-bin/fwserial -p /dev/extcomm/0/0
                                          Read version failed: Connection timed out
                                          

                                          Will need to get a new Neuron for this.
                                          Thanks for the help! :)

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                                            tomas_hora administrators @Boy Lenssen last edited by

                                            @boy-lenssen Yeah, that's something we are working on to protect bricking the units during the FW upgrade process. If the RUN led is dead, send it to us so we can reflash the FW.

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