How To - Power cycle the GEM with a network sr-201-relay

[ben]

As part of the Homeseer event to re-cycle the power on the GEM and Wiznets, I had to create a virtual device which changed state from On and OFF to show when the data was received.

Originally I was sending packets every 10 seconds, but the pattern displayed by my virtual device shows an inconsistent pattern.

It would send packets every 10 seconds for 90 seconds, then take a break for 20 seconds and resume with a longer first packet.

I tried 15 seconds and 20 second packet sent time, but the pattern is still there. Packetize Time, Packet Size and Idle Time settings on the wiznet do not seem to change this behavior.
Data pattern with 10 second sent.JPG
Data pattern 20 second sent.JPG

Does this mean anything, is it normal?

This was observed with both Wiznets, only things which made the pattern more consistent was turning off Com 2, and 20 second sents

When you turned off COM2, did you turn off the packet format?

[ben]

Yes, I turned off any packets on Com 2 in GEM settings

Can you post (or email me) your Adv section of the GEM Setup Webpage?

[ben]

Try changing:

Idle Time to 6
Counter debounce to 6000

[ben]

I don't see any change in the "Packet send" pattern after changing debounce and idle time settings as instructed.

Data pattern with 20 second sent 6000 debounce 6 idle time.JPG

What's your relay set to? Is it possible the GEM is being rebooted at the same interval? A reboot will reset the packet send timer.

[ben]

The relay is set to 3 minutes and I get a time stamp of when it triggers, so No it is not the relay which is cause this data pattern ??
Only time it has triggered has been when I access the GEM to change setting, GEM takes it's time coming back on line...

Could the GEM be having an internal Clock / Timer issue ??

When you send a command or make any change on the GEM it resets the packet send interval.

Entering Setup mode is a special circumstance which will pause the GEM for up-to 5 minutes to allow for configuration (this timer is canceled once Setup Mode is exited).

[ben]

It would appear that I solved the mystery of the inconsistent data pattern

Both wiznets with same idle time settings.JPG


I made two changes, both wiznets were on "Server" and I changed to "Mixed"
Also, One wiznet had an "Idle Time" setting of 8 and the other was set to 100.
Made them both 100

After these changes I got a perfect data pattern...

Idle Time 100 basically means it'll have a persistent connection. You'll have to lower it if you ever need to configure it.

[ben]

I have been using two Wiznets.

Today I was able to use btmon to feed the two end points; Grafana and Homeseer from just one wiznet.

Was the 2nd WizNET on the relay also? Weird that only one would lockup.