In 99% of the cases the answer is to try a different USB cable. The connector on the photon isn’t great.
You are right - It was the cable 
From BrewBlox I got a “Waiting for Datastore” error after running the update?
I executed “brewblox-ctl up” which solved the issue, however, I still got an error within BrewBlox saying “update firmware” which I already did?
Did you do a fresh install of the raspberry pi os?
It looks like both brewblox and the system are on a version from 2022.
brewblox-ctl update will update brewblox. Were you running on brewblox after all?
I already had BrewBlox running on a PI 4 but everything is update to most recent version.
Then why is it saying it is updating to a version from 2022?
First run ‘brewblox-ctl update’
Then run ‘brewblox-ctl flash’ again.
Check for any errors reported during the process.
We recently dropped support for Debian Buster and Python 3.7. If you’re still using that, you need to do a fresh install.
To check, run python3 --version. If it reports something like “Python 3.7.xxx”, then follow the install guide to do a fresh install.
Hi Bob,
I got reported Python 3.7.3.
BR Ken
That explains the problem then. You’ll need to re-flash the SD card, and install the latest version of Raspberry Pi OS.
Is it this version you recommend
Raspberry Pi OS Lite
- Release date: March 15th 2024
- System: 32-bit
- Kernel version: 6.6
- Debian version: 12 (bookworm)
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Yes, that’s the right one
Everything is now installed succesfully all 8 containers in the docker are running, however, after a reboot I still got the message in the middle of the BrewBlox screen saying “Waiting for datastore” Datastore error: url=undefined, status=undefined, response=Network? Please advise
Are your services running again after the reboot?
Have you hard refreshed the web page (ctrl-F5)?
Hi Bob,
CTRL-F5 seems to be working on my Windows Chrome terminal, it might be something within Windows since everything did work from my Iphone?
If I do the installation on an 120 GB SSD rather than the SD card with PI 4 set to boot from USB, will this then be working more stable over time than booting from the SD which only works a few year?
Yes. This will be more stable. SSDs don’t last forever either, but it will last much longer than a typical SD card.