BrewBlox update problem

BrewOfJohn · August 28, 2020, 9:12am

Hi folks,
I am not able to connect to BrewBlox UI.
I ran update.
Entering UI there was notice of firmware update. I ran it from the widget in the Spark controller. There were error messages and the sequence paused. I shut the system down, reentered and ran brewblox-ctl flash via putty.
As said, I am unable to connect the UI via the IP address.

Where do I go from here?

Bob_Steers · August 28, 2020, 9:21am

brewblox-ctl flash stops containers. Run brewblox-ctl up to start again.

BrewOfJohn · August 28, 2020, 9:37am

It’s been stuck here for more than 5 min.

BrewOfJohn · August 28, 2020, 9:39am

I seem to be impatient today.
Now I have

Bob_Steers · August 28, 2020, 9:41am

Hangups during create are often caused by swap memory overflow.
See https://brewblox.netlify.app/user/troubleshooting.html#known-issues-workarounds for how to disable that.

Afterwards, run sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade -y and restart brewblox-ctl up.

BrewOfJohn · August 28, 2020, 9:51am

Happy to say: It’s working again.
Thanks, cheers

bartv80 · August 28, 2020, 5:30pm

Hi guys,

I ran in some trouble too I guess…
Both my sparks show they run the new software when I start them up, but I can not control them.
My screen shows the services are running, but no handshake etc. is performed.
Leds on the Sparks breath green, but on my iPad they stay red…

What can I do? I did a couple of reboots, brewblox-ctl restart, but no luck…

Thanks,

Bart

Bob_Steers · August 28, 2020, 5:54pm

How are they connected? Do they show up in brewblox-ctl discover-spark?

BrewOfJohn · August 28, 2020, 6:03pm

Hi again, I’m back,
Been working, successfully, on BrewBlox all day. Turned it off for an hour or two, restartet. Now the UI will not connect on The IP.
Where do I go from here?

Bob_Steers · August 28, 2020, 6:04pm

Can you ping it? Can you go to it with SSH? Otherwise just restart the Pi.

BrewOfJohn · August 28, 2020, 6:06pm

SSH works fine. Have restarted several times.

hackrsackr · August 28, 2020, 6:10pm

had something similar,
only one of my sparks had the device id in docker-compose.yml. adding the second device id seemed to fix it for me.

bartv80 · August 28, 2020, 6:13pm

Connected via USB and they show up using brewblox-ctl discover-spark.

BrewOfJohn · August 28, 2020, 6:18pm

I am in contact thru SSH Did a successful discover_spark, so there is contact vi SSH
We seem to be two problem-people here. Would you suggest a restart for me?

Bob_Steers · August 28, 2020, 6:30pm

@bartv80 You can run docker-compose up -d --force-recreate spark-one to reset your spark service. If that doesn’t work, can you please run brewblox-ctl log?

@BrewOfJohn You also have USB devices?

BrewOfJohn · August 28, 2020, 6:34pm

restart did the trick, I am back in B.

What is the meaning behind Desired setting, setting and value.
On the graph I sometimes see labels in brackets. Why is this.

I thank for all the wonderful help I am getting.

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BrewOfJohn · August 28, 2020, 6:36pm

I am not sure what you mean by USB devices. I have the spark + mouse & keyboard on the Pi.

Bob_Steers · August 28, 2020, 6:38pm

Desired setting / setting / value is explained here: https://brewblox.netlify.app/user/all_blocks.html#analog-actuator-constraints

The default formatter for graph values is [block name] value unit => [Cellar temperature] Value C.
This is just a default. You can edit the label yourself by clicking on the node in the settings.

USB devices meant whether you’re connected to the Spark(s) over USB, but never mind if it’s online already =)

bartv80 · August 28, 2020, 6:43pm

Thanks for your help Bob, but recreating did not do the trick.

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Bob_Steers · August 28, 2020, 6:45pm

Edit: nvm, it seems your services are currently out of date. You’ll want to run brewblox-ctl update first.

Controller firmware is latest. You don’t need to flash that. Both controllers are being discovered, so everything should work after running update.