Controller Not Running Profile without Server?

Troubleshooting
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Hi All,

I have brewPi spark 3 running the latest firmware and brewpi server also running latest. On two occasions now I have noticed that if i take my laptop (which has the server on it in a docker container) away from my network, that the controller doesn’t continue the profile it’s running. It just maintains the last temperature it was on… I was under the impression that the controller operated completely independently of the server?

For example, I have/had a profile running last week which had my brew sitting at 19c for a week before crashing to 0c over 4 days. During the this time I went away for the weekend and returned 2 days into the cooling period, however the brew was still sitting on 19c and the controller had ‘Beer Set: 19’ displayed on it… ? as soon as my laptop connected to the network, the controller updated and immediately tried to chill the brew to ~8c…

I noticed but hadn’t really paid attention to this same behaviour a little earlier in the same brew as well - at the time i thought i’d just misread something.

Is the controller supposed to continue the profile (if in profile mode) without being connected to the server?

EDIT: incidentally this is the first brew i have done on the latest firmware - I’m fairly sure but not 100% positive that this is not how it worked on the previous firmware i was running (not sure what version that was)

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A beer profile has never run on the controller. It’s always been controlled by the script. I’ve had a few times where my controller has lost WiFi and the profile has stopped. I also recently changed a profile and didn’t clicked “apply” and wondered why the profile was showing something different to hat the beer setting was.

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oh ok, I thought when you ‘applied’ it, it sent it to the controller and it could run by itself, just obviously not logging it back to the server.
I guess I’ve learned something today :slight_smile:

Cheers.
Mike

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Hi,

I can’t find the option to create a new post, possibly because I’m a new user.

I’ve got a similar problem.

I’ve got the software running on a Pi, the problem is the beer setting is not keeping up with the profile.

See the attached photo

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I’ve tried applying the profile again and restarting the Pi.

The profile is indicating 21 degrees, and the beer is still set to 18.

Jon

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Check the system time on the pi.

We’ll move profiles onto the spark in the new release, so they’ll keep tracking without the server

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Did you edit the profile? I found that you have to click “Apply” after modifying a profile

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Thanks Elco, it was still set to UTC.