Anyone got a stable Homebridge & Wiser1 setup?

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  1. arrikhan

    arrikhan

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    Hi,

    I've setup homebridge and cgate on a raspberry pi some time ago and have been running it to integrate with apple homekit and alexa. My connection to the CBUS is via a wiser, forcing its UI into transparent mode.

    After a while, and its random, my Wiser rejects the connection from the CGATE server. Rebooting the Wiser often resolves this until it starts failing again.

    Has anyone any clue as to why the Wiser would stop talking to CGATE in this manner?

    Code:
    2020-02-22T11:27:38.050Z cbus:client rx event { time: '20200222-222738', code: 911, processed: false, message: '//<projectnamemasked>/254 d22b87a0-263f-1038-b5c9-c8a175eba989 Can\'t open: C-Bus interface (port failure (Connection refused (Connection refused))):10.1.0.240:10001', type: 'event', raw: '#e# 20200222-222738 911 //<projectnamemasked>/254 d22b87a0-263f-1038-b5c9-c8a175eba989 Can\'t open: C-Bus interface (port failure (Connection refused (Connection refused))):10.1.0.240:10001' }
    BenC
     
    arrikhan, Feb 22, 2020
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    Are you running Homebridge CBUS or Homebridge Wiser? I found Wiser was unreliable at best and
    switched the CBUS version.

    Just set the cgate service to restart every 48 or 72hours and the issue should be mitigated.


    At the end of the day the wiser1 was never designed for this kind of punishment. Chances are it's CNI is on its last legs anyway, mine finally died a few months ago (I had the original white + cni version).
     
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    I'm running Wiser1, and I'm using Homebridge CGATE. Homebridge Wiser wouldn't start for me due to an invalid character.

    What did you replace the Wiser with? I need to find an upgrade path that will be reliable. I've had the CNI on my wiser die the first time I bought it.

    What's the best CNI for this purpose do you think? The Wiser 2 with two CNIs sounds good but I'm not planning to invest in a product as stable as the first iteration.

     
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