Digital Aquatics Archon Owners Thread

[pwest]

I pulled it out and took a look. There were some issues, viz:

phil@phils-i5 ~ $ sudo fsck -r /dev/sdb1
fsck from util-linux 2.20.1
fsck.fat 3.0.26 (2014-03-07)
0x41: Dirty bit is set. Fs was not properly unmounted and some data may be corrupt.
1) Remove dirty bit
2) No action
? 1
Reclaimed 3 unused clusters (12288 bytes).
Free cluster summary wrong (1910071 vs. really 1910074)
1) Correct
2) Don't correct
? 1
Perform changes ? (y/n) y
/dev/sdb1: 138 files, 5374/1915448 clusters
phil@phils-i5 ~ $ sudo fsck -r /dev/sdb1
fsck from util-linux 2.20.1
fsck.fat 3.0.26 (2014-03-07)
/dev/sdb1: 138 files, 5374/1915448 clusters

The part about the filesystem not being properly unmounted makes me wonder if pulling it out while the Archon is running is really OK...

Looking at the file timestamps on the disk, they are all from October 8 or before, EXCEPT many of the files in the system\backups directory WHICH ARE DATED TODAY.

I'll put the thumb drive back in, restart and have a look at what's going on tomorrow.

 

[n2585722]

I have pulled mine while it was running and put it back in without restarting the controller. I had no issues doing this on the new software. Before the latest software it could not be done.

 

[pwest]

Right: I pulled it and put it back w/no apparent issues. But the file integrity check that I performed on another computer while the drive was out, suggested that it had been removed without properly unmounting it.

 

[ElementalJ]

Right: I pulled it and put it back w/no apparent issues. But the file integrity check that I performed on another computer while the drive was out, suggested that it had been removed without properly unmounting it.

It is running a version of Linux, isn't it?


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[pwest]

Yes

 

[n2585722]

I did have one graph that was not updating after the software updated. It was salinity. I just cleard it on the graph webpage and it worked from then on.

 

[illjoshlli]

Except for losing my Home Page settings, my upgrade seemed to go smoothly. Now, I've noticed a problem that may be related to the update. I believe that I did the upgrade on or about October 8. Now, whenever I restart my controller, I lose all plot data back to 10/8! That is, I now have temp/ORP/pH data going all the way back to July going up to 10/8. Then, it's flat-lined until it restarts a couple of days ago when I did the most recent restart. Same deal back on 10/15 when I restarted it.

In summary, the controller seems to be properly logging data, but upon restart, all data after 10/8 is lost.

Does anybody else have this problem?

-Phil

Sorry, I have not restarted since I updated the software at 1325 hours ago. It sounds like it is an issue with the memory stick since all the graphing data is kept there. The controller will continue to work if the memory stick is pulled but there won't be graphing data for the time the memry is pulled. All the other files are copied to the system on bootup each time you restart. You can try pulling the memory stick and check it for errors on your computer.

Interesting. I just noticed none of my graphs show anything at all. I wonder if i'm seeing something similar.. I'll try to pull it and check for errors tomorrow.

 

[pwest]

I checked mine this morning and, as expected, my graphs show data from July through Oct. 8, then it is blank (flat line) until last night. Then a short segment of data from when I rebooted until now. I'm confident that if I restart that new data will be lost.

 

[MJNTWise]

Yep mine did the same thing. No information on the graph's

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[Dolomiteclay]

I'm having the same issue but this happened to me today when I wasn't even doing anything to the Archon. I just cant' login at all. Did you have to reset your unit before it worked again?

 

[n2585722]

Is there a way for you to use a lan cable and hook to the Archon to see if you can login that way?

 

[pwest]

I'm having the same issue but this happened to me today when I wasn't even doing anything to the Archon. I just cant' login at all. Did you have to reset your unit before it worked again?

Dolomiteclay:

I'm not quite sure what you are asking. For me, I upgraded the software and that went smoothly except that I lost my default home page items. I clicked those back on and I thought all was OK. About a week later, I reset the unit and that's when I noticed that all the data (which had been showing up in the graphs) had been lost. That behavior continues--all data acquired after the software upgrade is lost upon reboot.

-Phil

 

[Pickupman66]

I'll do some testing on this with my system tonight. It has been very stable

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[Up2no6ood]

Haha. well I have a lumentek 240 pro. I bypassed the on board controls and since it uses inverted pwm, I bought an analog to pwm board Arduino board. I run the three channels off of this via my analog outputs. Works splendidly! initially though it would not kill the lights fully So i used the two PWM channels to operate a relay board to kill power to the ballasts but then it started lowering them to full off. I now have a 5.5 hour up and down with an hour of peak light. Plus moons. As for the other lights they make some may be abalog, some may be pwm and some use a reverse pwm. By that I mean my leds are at 100% brightness with a zero pwm signal. And they are off with a 100% pwm.

Btw, ballasts will say pwm or analog on them

Can you show me how you did this? I am having the same issue with reverse pwm

 

[Dolomiteclay]

Dolomiteclay:

I'm not quite sure what you are asking. For me, I upgraded the software and that went smoothly except that I lost my default home page items. I clicked those back on and I thought all was OK. About a week later, I reset the unit and that's when I noticed that all the data (which had been showing up in the graphs) had been lost. That behavior continues--all data acquired after the software upgrade is lost upon reboot.

-Phil

Sorry. I should have been more specific. In an earlier thread, there was some discussion about folks having an issue with not being able to login to the unit at all. Just recently, my unit continually produces an error when logging in basically saying that I don't have the right password, yet the default is the only one that I have ever used. I'm now having this problem even after trying to replace the accesslit file and downloading all of the retail files from the DA website while also using a new thumb drive. Furthermore resetting will prompt the unit to produce a wifi signal but I'm still prompted for a password which brings me back to my original problem. All of the timers and everything seem to be working ok, but I basically can't control the thing or see any of my graphs, check ORP/PH, etc. To top it all off, my attempts to contact DA have ignored by them. So I'm starting to get concerned that I now have a very expensive power strip.

 

[fishguy306]

Hello all, not to change the subject from issues people are having, but I'm hoping for some guidance on setting something up. I got my Archon running last night finally after a few issues. I had to format the drive and redownload the firmware, but I seem to be doing ok now.

I have some special requirements for my heating, I'm hoping they shouldn't be too hard to set up. I'm using my water heater for a loop to heat the water, I have a solenoid and a pump on the loop. They can obviously share an outlet as they both need to go on at the same time. But I want to set up two things. From 5 am to 9:15 am I want to set it so the loop wont kick on, when people are showering during the week. One way I've seen that would make this possible is making night mode from 5am to 9:15am and set it so it doesn't run at night. Not sure if there is a better way than this?

The second thing, I'd like to set it so the loop will run for 60 seconds regardless of temp once per day to clear the lines. I dont think I'll ever have issues with the water sitting in the line due to it being in my basement, but just as a precaution. What is the best way to set this up? I'm really hoping it is possible to have these three conditions on it, temp, a time limiter and setting it to run regardless of temp. Thanks!

 

[n2585722]

Hello all, not to change the subject from issues people are having, but I'm hoping for some guidance on setting something up. I got my Archon running last night finally after a few issues. I had to format the drive and redownload the firmware, but I seem to be doing ok now.

I have some special requirements for my heating, I'm hoping they shouldn't be too hard to set up. I'm using my water heater for a loop to heat the water, I have a solenoid and a pump on the loop. They can obviously share an outlet as they both need to go on at the same time. But I want to set up two things. From 5 am to 9:15 am I want to set it so the loop wont kick on, when people are showering during the week. One way I've seen that would make this possible is making night mode from 5am to 9:15am and set it so it doesn't run at night. Not sure if there is a better way than this?

The second thing, I'd like to set it so the loop will run for 60 seconds regardless of temp once per day to clear the lines. I dont think I'll ever have issues with the water sitting in the line due to it being in my basement, but just as a precaution. What is the best way to set this up? I'm really hoping it is possible to have these three conditions on it, temp, a time limiter and setting it to run regardless of temp. Thanks!

Use virtual outputs to setup the timer once a day for the time you don't want it to come on. Then set a alarm for when this output is on. Just don't set any notifications on the alarm. Set up another virtual output for when you want it on reguardless and do the same with the alarm as you did with the other. Now go in and set the alarms on the output or outputs for you pump and solenoid. set it to off when the alarm is on for the time you want it off. The set the alarm to on for the alarm for the time you want it on reguardless. There is a priority to the alarms. If i remember correctly the priority is basically from first created to last created. This sould not matter in this case unless the times overlap or other alarms are used on these outputs.

 

[n2585722]

Dolomiteclay, I left a message on the beta site for Eric about your issue.

 

[fishguy306]

Use virtual outputs to setup the timer once a day for the time you don't want it to come on. Then set a alarm for when this output is on. Just don't set any notifications on the alarm. Set up another virtual output for when you want it on reguardless and do the same with the alarm as you did with the other. Now go in and set the alarms on the output or outputs for you pump and solenoid. set it to off when the alarm is on for the time you want it off. The set the alarm to on for the alarm for the time you want it on reguardless. There is a priority to the alarms. If i remember correctly the priority is basically from first created to last created. This sould not matter in this case unless the times overlap or other alarms are used on these outputs.

Thank you, I will look into this tonight. This is quite a step up from the lite I was using previously.

 

[n2585722]

It is a big step up from either the RKE or RKL. The virtual module is at the bottom of the Outputs page. Just click show to get the channels to show.