reef-pi :: An opensource reef tank controller based on Raspberry Pi.

ChrisNH · Aug 5, 2020

I am setting up my reef-pi for access externally while I am camping next week. I have it all set up using port forwarding but I would like to configure it for https. So, forward to 443 instead of 80. I am using an arbitrary port as my trigger.

It is not clear what I should be entering in Settings->Address to make this happen and I don't want to experiment with the field and lose access now that I have everything working!

So, assuming I have a pi running reef-pi at 192.168.0.xxx, would I select https and enter 192.168.0.xxx:443 in the field?

Cristian2281 · Aug 5, 2020

First time using reef-pi v3.4 , I'm getting this error on GPIO pin 7 (Socket 8 - refugium light in the picture) and GPIO pin 8 (Socket 7 -Ato ). The rest of the sockets, everything else is running as expected .How can I fix this?

Michael Lane · Aug 5, 2020

Cristian2281 said:
First time using reef-pi v3.4 , I'm getting this error on GPIO pin 7 (Socket 8 - refugium light in the picture) and GPIO pin 8 (Socket 7 -Ato ). The rest of the sockets, everything else is running as expected .How can I fix this?

This seems to be at a lower level than reef-pi. It looks like those GPIO were not exported. What else do you have running on this rpi? I'm just guessing, but something else might have claimed those gpio.

Michael Lane · Aug 5, 2020

Bufu11 said:
I see a few builds with amazon links, anyone done a build in Canada with amazon Canada links ? Seems some
Of the parts used are not available. Would love to tackle this project, but my electrical skills are not up to par in finding similar parts with a confidence that they will work

You might get better results by specifying which parts need alternative recommendations.

Michael Lane · Aug 5, 2020

Cristian2281 said:
First time using reef-pi v3.4 , I'm getting this error on GPIO pin 7 (Socket 8 - refugium light in the picture) and GPIO pin 8 (Socket 7 -Ato ). The rest of the sockets, everything else is running as expected .How can I fix this?

It could also be SPI0 is enabled. Make sure SPI is not enabled in raspi-config.

robsworld78 · Aug 6, 2020

Smin said:
Thanks @robsworld78 I'll get on! happy to test bit and see if we can come up with a solution as well...

No problem, hope you were able to get running again. Unfortunately a solution is above my head.

Cristian2281 · Aug 6, 2020

Michael Lane said:
This seems to be at a lower level than reef-pi. It looks like those GPIO were not exported. What else do you have running on this rpi? I'm just guessing, but something else might have claimed those gpio.

Thanks for answering, I have nothing else running. Just installed the OS, added ssh access and installed reef-pi. I have disabled spi but now I have the gpio 14 (socket 1-pump) just switching the relay on/off continuously. Luckily I have it wired as NC so I was able to turn the pi off and have the pump running.

robsworld78 · Aug 6, 2020

Cristian2281 said:
Thanks for answering, I have nothing else running. Just installed the OS, added ssh access and installed reef-pi. I have disabled spi but now I have the gpio 14 (socket 1-pump) just switching the relay on/off continuously. Luckily I have it wired as NC so I was able to turn the pi off and have the pump running.

I came across that, it seems the Pi is doing something with that pin causing it to go low and high, if you assign it as a piece of equipment it should stop as reef-pi will control it at that point. When the Pi starts that pin will always switch once until reef-pi actually gets running so if that's a problem use a different pin.

Cristian2281 · Aug 6, 2020

robsworld78 said:
I came across that, it seems the Pi is doing something with that pin causing it to go low and high, if you assign it as a piece of equipment it should stop as reef-pi will control it at that point. When the Pi starts that pin will always switch once until reef-pi actually gets running so if that's a problem use a different pin.

I think I already had it assigned, I’ll check that. If it is still acting up I might just reinstall the os and reef-pi .my setup is fairly simple atm, just relay control and a button to trigger a macro for feeding time.

Mikeneedsahobby · Aug 6, 2020

I am having an issue with a timer triggering a macro. I am on 3.3.1. I left a message with details in an existing issue post from May.

I can get a timer to start a simple macro, but when I try to have a timer trigger my real macro nothing happens.

If I missed something explaining this here let me know. Maybe I missed it.

Thanks,
Mike

ChrisNH · Aug 6, 2020

Concerning the address field..

ChrisNH said:
assuming I have a pi running reef-pi at 192.168.0.xxx, would I select https and enter 192.168.0.xxx:443 in the field?

Can I get some help with this? I would really like to access my reef pi via https when I am travelling.

Ranjib · Aug 6, 2020

ChrisNH said:
Concerning the address field..

Can I get some help with this? I would really like to access my reef pi via https when I am travelling.

Use ip:443 in the address field (in reef-pi ui ).

ChrisNH · Aug 6, 2020

Ranjib said:
Use ip:443 in the address field (in reef-pi ui ).

Thank you, that worked. It seemed like what it wanted but I didn't want to have to reset my reef-pi this close to travelling if I screwed it up. Hands off the pi now!

What made it weird to me is that I thought it should already know what the IP address is but I guess there ~~could be~~ is more than one connection and I could specify using this field.

Smin · Aug 6, 2020

robsworld78 said:
No problem, hope you were able to get running again. Unfortunately a solution is above my head.

Yes thanks, it is indeed a pi4. it is a bit frustrating as at some point it's going to need to be updated!

Smin · Aug 6, 2020

So I've been doing some playing.
If I monitor errors and restart reef pi I get the following

Code:

Aug 06 18:15:04 homecontrol systemd[1]: Stopped raspberry pi based reef tank controller.
Aug 06 18:15:04 homecontrol systemd[1]: Started raspberry pi based reef tank controller.
Aug 06 18:15:04 homecontrol reef-pi[1012]: 2020/08/06 18:15:04 ERROR: failed to initialize drivers. Error: can't build hal pin 6: embd: your host ": ARMv7 Processor rev 3 (v7l)" is not supported at this moment. request support at https://github.com/kidoman/embd/issues
Aug 06 18:15:04 homecontrol reef-pi[1012]: 2020/08/06 18:15:04 Successfully started subsystem: temperature
Aug 06 18:15:04 homecontrol reef-pi[1012]: 2020/08/06 18:15:04 Successfully started subsystem: lightings
Aug 06 18:15:04 homecontrol reef-pi[1012]: 2020/08/06 18:15:04 lighting subsystem: Setting Light:  Cool White Channel: Channel-1 Value: 2
Aug 06 18:15:04 homecontrol reef-pi[1012]: 2020/08/06 18:15:04 lighting-subsystem: Setting PWM value: 2  at channel: 0
Aug 06 18:15:04 homecontrol reef-pi[1012]: 2020/08/06 18:15:04 ERROR: lighting-subsystem: Failed to set pwm value. Error: pin 0 on jack 1 has no driver: driver 11 for jack Cool White not found: driver by id 11 not available
Aug 06 18:15:04 homecontrol reef-pi[1012]: 2020/08/06 18:15:04 lighting subsystem: Setting Light:  Warm White Channel: Channel-1 Value: 7.763657143074572
Aug 06 18:15:04 homecontrol reef-pi[1012]: 2020/08/06 18:15:04 lighting-subsystem: Setting PWM value: 7.763657143074572  at channel: 1
Aug 06 18:15:04 homecontrol reef-pi[1012]: 2020/08/06 18:15:04 ERROR: lighting-subsystem: Failed to set pwm value. Error: pin 1 on jack 2 has no driver: driver 11 for jack Warm White not found: driver by id 11 not available
Aug 06 18:15:04 homecontrol reef-pi[1012]: 2020/08/06 18:15:04 lighting subsystem: Setting Light:  Very Warm White Channel: Channel-1 Value: 8.84254682066007
Aug 06 18:15:04 homecontrol reef-pi[1012]: 2020/08/06 18:15:04 lighting-subsystem: Setting PWM value: 8.84254682066007  at channel: 2
Aug 06 18:15:04 homecontrol reef-pi[1012]: 2020/08/06 18:15:04 ERROR: lighting-subsystem: Failed to set pwm value. Error: pin 2 on jack 3 has no driver: driver 11 for jack Very Warm White not found: driver by id 11 not available
Aug 06 18:15:04 homecontrol reef-pi[1012]: 2020/08/06 18:15:04 lighting subsystem: Setting Light:  Red Channel: Channel-1 Value: 0
Aug 06 18:15:04 homecontrol reef-pi[1012]: 2020/08/06 18:15:04 lighting-subsystem: Setting PWM value: 0  at channel: 3
Aug 06 18:15:04 homecontrol reef-pi[1012]: 2020/08/06 18:15:04 ERROR: lighting-subsystem: Failed to set pwm value. Error: pin 3 on jack 4 has no driver: driver 11 for jack Red not found: driver by id 11 not available
Aug 06 18:15:04 homecontrol reef-pi[1012]: 2020/08/06 18:15:04 lighting subsystem: Setting Light:  Green Channel: Channel-1 Value: 0
Aug 06 18:15:04 homecontrol reef-pi[1012]: 2020/08/06 18:15:04 lighting-subsystem: Setting PWM value: 0  at channel: 4
Aug 06 18:15:04 homecontrol reef-pi[1012]: 2020/08/06 18:15:04 ERROR: lighting-subsystem: Failed to set pwm value. Error: pin 4 on jack 5 has no driver: driver 11 for jack Green not found: driver by id 11 not available
Aug 06 18:15:04 homecontrol reef-pi[1012]: 2020/08/06 18:15:04 Successfully started subsystem: macro
Aug 06 18:15:04 homecontrol reef-pi[1012]: 2020/08/06 18:15:04 lighting subsystem: Setting Light:  Blue Channel: Channel-1 Value: 0
Aug 06 18:15:04 homecontrol reef-pi[1012]: 2020/08/06 18:15:04 lighting-subsystem: Setting PWM value: 0  at channel: 5
Aug 06 18:15:04 homecontrol reef-pi[1012]: 2020/08/06 18:15:04 ERROR: lighting-subsystem: Failed to set pwm value. Error: pin 5 on jack 6 has no driver: driver 11 for jack Blue not found: driver by id 11 not available
Aug 06 18:15:04 homecontrol reef-pi[1012]: 2020/08/06 18:15:04 Successfully started subsystem: timers
Aug 06 18:15:04 homecontrol reef-pi[1012]: 2020/08/06 18:15:04 Successfully started subsystem: system
Aug 06 18:15:04 homecontrol reef-pi[1012]: 2020/08/06 18:15:04 INFO: equipment subsystem: Finished syncing all equipment
Aug 06 18:15:04 homecontrol reef-pi[1012]: 2020/08/06 18:15:04 Successfully started subsystem: equipment
Aug 06 18:15:04 homecontrol reef-pi[1012]: 2020/08/06 18:15:04 Successfully started subsystem: ato
Aug 06 18:15:04 homecontrol reef-pi[1012]: 2020/08/06 18:15:04 reef-pi is up and running

If I enable dev mode in the gui the error on the gui under connectors goes away and it shows the connectors, there are no logged errors, however the lights don't come on!

Code:

Aug 06 18:16:21 homecontrol systemd[1]: Stopped raspberry pi based reef tank controller.
Aug 06 18:16:21 homecontrol systemd[1]: Started raspberry pi based reef tank controller.
Aug 06 18:16:21 homecontrol reef-pi[1058]: 2020/08/06 18:16:21 RPI Driver using DEV Mode
Aug 06 18:16:21 homecontrol reef-pi[1058]: 2020/08/06 18:16:21 driver-subsystem: registering driver id: rpi Name: Raspberry Pi
Aug 06 18:16:21 homecontrol reef-pi[1058]: 2020/08/06 18:16:21 driver-subsystem: registering driver id: 11 Name: PCA9685
Aug 06 18:16:21 homecontrol reef-pi[1058]: 2020/08/06 18:16:21 Successfully started subsystem: ato
Aug 06 18:16:21 homecontrol reef-pi[1058]: 2020/08/06 18:16:21 Successfully started subsystem: temperature
Aug 06 18:16:21 homecontrol reef-pi[1058]: 2020/08/06 18:16:21 Successfully started subsystem: lightings
Aug 06 18:16:21 homecontrol reef-pi[1058]: 2020/08/06 18:16:21 lighting subsystem: Setting Light:  Cool White Channel: Channel-1 Value: 2
Aug 06 18:16:21 homecontrol reef-pi[1058]: 2020/08/06 18:16:21 lighting-subsystem: Setting PWM value: 2  at channel: 0
Aug 06 18:16:21 homecontrol reef-pi[1058]: 2020/08/06 18:16:21 onTime  0  offTime  81
Aug 06 18:16:21 homecontrol reef-pi[1058]: 2020/08/06 18:16:21 lighting subsystem: Setting Light:  Warm White Channel: Channel-1 Value: 7.99876716342604
Aug 06 18:16:21 homecontrol reef-pi[1058]: 2020/08/06 18:16:21 lighting-subsystem: Setting PWM value: 7.99876716342604  at channel: 1
Aug 06 18:16:21 homecontrol reef-pi[1058]: 2020/08/06 18:16:21 onTime  0  offTime  327
Aug 06 18:16:21 homecontrol reef-pi[1058]: 2020/08/06 18:16:21 lighting subsystem: Setting Light:  Very Warm White Channel: Channel-1 Value: 9.424655217591969
Aug 06 18:16:21 homecontrol reef-pi[1058]: 2020/08/06 18:16:21 lighting-subsystem: Setting PWM value: 9.424655217591969  at channel: 2
Aug 06 18:16:21 homecontrol reef-pi[1058]: 2020/08/06 18:16:21 onTime  0  offTime  385
Aug 06 18:16:21 homecontrol reef-pi[1058]: 2020/08/06 18:16:21 lighting subsystem: Setting Light:  Red Channel: Channel-1 Value: 0
Aug 06 18:16:21 homecontrol reef-pi[1058]: 2020/08/06 18:16:21 lighting-subsystem: Setting PWM value: 0  at channel: 3
Aug 06 18:16:21 homecontrol reef-pi[1058]: 2020/08/06 18:16:21 onTime  0  offTime  4096
Aug 06 18:16:21 homecontrol reef-pi[1058]: 2020/08/06 18:16:21 lighting subsystem: Setting Light:  Green Channel: Channel-1 Value: 0
Aug 06 18:16:21 homecontrol reef-pi[1058]: 2020/08/06 18:16:21 lighting-subsystem: Setting PWM value: 0  at channel: 4
Aug 06 18:16:21 homecontrol reef-pi[1058]: 2020/08/06 18:16:21 onTime  0  offTime  4096
Aug 06 18:16:21 homecontrol reef-pi[1058]: 2020/08/06 18:16:21 lighting subsystem: Setting Light:  Blue Channel: Channel-1 Value: 0
Aug 06 18:16:21 homecontrol reef-pi[1058]: 2020/08/06 18:16:21 lighting-subsystem: Setting PWM value: 0  at channel: 5
Aug 06 18:16:21 homecontrol reef-pi[1058]: 2020/08/06 18:16:21 onTime  0  offTime  4096
Aug 06 18:16:21 homecontrol reef-pi[1058]: 2020/08/06 18:16:21 Successfully started subsystem: macro
Aug 06 18:16:21 homecontrol reef-pi[1058]: 2020/08/06 18:16:21 Successfully started subsystem: timers
Aug 06 18:16:21 homecontrol reef-pi[1058]: 2020/08/06 18:16:21 Successfully started subsystem: system
Aug 06 18:16:21 homecontrol reef-pi[1058]: 2020/08/06 18:16:21 INFO: equipment subsystem: Finished syncing all equipment
Aug 06 18:16:21 homecontrol reef-pi[1058]: 2020/08/06 18:16:21 Successfully started subsystem: equipment
Aug 06 18:16:21 homecontrol reef-pi[1058]: 2020/08/06 18:16:21 reef-pi is up and running

I'm guessing the following driver is to blame
ERROR: failed to initialize drivers. Error: can't build hal pin 6: embd: your host ": ARMv7 Processor rev 3 (v7l)" is not supported at this moment. request support at https://github.com/kidoman/embd/issues
Though I'm not sure it helps us resolve it!

Ranjib · Aug 6, 2020

ChrisNH said:
Thank you, that worked. It seemed like what it wanted but I didn't want to have to reset my reef-pi this close to travelling if I screwed it up. Hands off the pi now!

What made it weird to me is that I thought it should already know what the IP address is but I guess there ~~could be~~ is more than one connection and I could specify using this field.

I prefer to put address as 0.0.0.0, which instructs Linux to bind the web server in all ip, so even if your pi pi changes, it will work. Address 127.0.0.1 does the opposite and only local things Running on the pi itself can access , I.e. no access even from home network

Ranjib · Aug 6, 2020

Smin said:

So I've been doing some playing.
If I monitor errors and restart reef pi I get the following

Code:

Aug 06 18:15:04 homecontrol systemd[1]: Stopped raspberry pi based reef tank controller.
Aug 06 18:15:04 homecontrol systemd[1]: Started raspberry pi based reef tank controller.
Aug 06 18:15:04 homecontrol reef-pi[1012]: 2020/08/06 18:15:04 ERROR: failed to initialize drivers. Error: can't build hal pin 6: embd: your host ": ARMv7 Processor rev 3 (v7l)" is not supported at this moment. request support at https://github.com/kidoman/embd/issues
Aug 06 18:15:04 homecontrol reef-pi[1012]: 2020/08/06 18:15:04 Successfully started subsystem: temperature
Aug 06 18:15:04 homecontrol reef-pi[1012]: 2020/08/06 18:15:04 Successfully started subsystem: lightings
Aug 06 18:15:04 homecontrol reef-pi[1012]: 2020/08/06 18:15:04 lighting subsystem: Setting Light:  Cool White Channel: Channel-1 Value: 2
Aug 06 18:15:04 homecontrol reef-pi[1012]: 2020/08/06 18:15:04 lighting-subsystem: Setting PWM value: 2  at channel: 0
Aug 06 18:15:04 homecontrol reef-pi[1012]: 2020/08/06 18:15:04 ERROR: lighting-subsystem: Failed to set pwm value. Error: pin 0 on jack 1 has no driver: driver 11 for jack Cool White not found: driver by id 11 not available
Aug 06 18:15:04 homecontrol reef-pi[1012]: 2020/08/06 18:15:04 lighting subsystem: Setting Light:  Warm White Channel: Channel-1 Value: 7.763657143074572
Aug 06 18:15:04 homecontrol reef-pi[1012]: 2020/08/06 18:15:04 lighting-subsystem: Setting PWM value: 7.763657143074572  at channel: 1
Aug 06 18:15:04 homecontrol reef-pi[1012]: 2020/08/06 18:15:04 ERROR: lighting-subsystem: Failed to set pwm value. Error: pin 1 on jack 2 has no driver: driver 11 for jack Warm White not found: driver by id 11 not available
Aug 06 18:15:04 homecontrol reef-pi[1012]: 2020/08/06 18:15:04 lighting subsystem: Setting Light:  Very Warm White Channel: Channel-1 Value: 8.84254682066007
Aug 06 18:15:04 homecontrol reef-pi[1012]: 2020/08/06 18:15:04 lighting-subsystem: Setting PWM value: 8.84254682066007  at channel: 2
Aug 06 18:15:04 homecontrol reef-pi[1012]: 2020/08/06 18:15:04 ERROR: lighting-subsystem: Failed to set pwm value. Error: pin 2 on jack 3 has no driver: driver 11 for jack Very Warm White not found: driver by id 11 not available
Aug 06 18:15:04 homecontrol reef-pi[1012]: 2020/08/06 18:15:04 lighting subsystem: Setting Light:  Red Channel: Channel-1 Value: 0
Aug 06 18:15:04 homecontrol reef-pi[1012]: 2020/08/06 18:15:04 lighting-subsystem: Setting PWM value: 0  at channel: 3
Aug 06 18:15:04 homecontrol reef-pi[1012]: 2020/08/06 18:15:04 ERROR: lighting-subsystem: Failed to set pwm value. Error: pin 3 on jack 4 has no driver: driver 11 for jack Red not found: driver by id 11 not available
Aug 06 18:15:04 homecontrol reef-pi[1012]: 2020/08/06 18:15:04 lighting subsystem: Setting Light:  Green Channel: Channel-1 Value: 0
Aug 06 18:15:04 homecontrol reef-pi[1012]: 2020/08/06 18:15:04 lighting-subsystem: Setting PWM value: 0  at channel: 4
Aug 06 18:15:04 homecontrol reef-pi[1012]: 2020/08/06 18:15:04 ERROR: lighting-subsystem: Failed to set pwm value. Error: pin 4 on jack 5 has no driver: driver 11 for jack Green not found: driver by id 11 not available
Aug 06 18:15:04 homecontrol reef-pi[1012]: 2020/08/06 18:15:04 Successfully started subsystem: macro
Aug 06 18:15:04 homecontrol reef-pi[1012]: 2020/08/06 18:15:04 lighting subsystem: Setting Light:  Blue Channel: Channel-1 Value: 0
Aug 06 18:15:04 homecontrol reef-pi[1012]: 2020/08/06 18:15:04 lighting-subsystem: Setting PWM value: 0  at channel: 5
Aug 06 18:15:04 homecontrol reef-pi[1012]: 2020/08/06 18:15:04 ERROR: lighting-subsystem: Failed to set pwm value. Error: pin 5 on jack 6 has no driver: driver 11 for jack Blue not found: driver by id 11 not available
Aug 06 18:15:04 homecontrol reef-pi[1012]: 2020/08/06 18:15:04 Successfully started subsystem: timers
Aug 06 18:15:04 homecontrol reef-pi[1012]: 2020/08/06 18:15:04 Successfully started subsystem: system
Aug 06 18:15:04 homecontrol reef-pi[1012]: 2020/08/06 18:15:04 INFO: equipment subsystem: Finished syncing all equipment
Aug 06 18:15:04 homecontrol reef-pi[1012]: 2020/08/06 18:15:04 Successfully started subsystem: equipment
Aug 06 18:15:04 homecontrol reef-pi[1012]: 2020/08/06 18:15:04 Successfully started subsystem: ato
Aug 06 18:15:04 homecontrol reef-pi[1012]: 2020/08/06 18:15:04 reef-pi is up and running

If I enable dev mode in the gui the error on the gui under connectors goes away and it shows the connectors, there are no logged errors, however the lights don't come on!

Code:

Aug 06 18:16:21 homecontrol systemd[1]: Stopped raspberry pi based reef tank controller.
Aug 06 18:16:21 homecontrol systemd[1]: Started raspberry pi based reef tank controller.
Aug 06 18:16:21 homecontrol reef-pi[1058]: 2020/08/06 18:16:21 RPI Driver using DEV Mode
Aug 06 18:16:21 homecontrol reef-pi[1058]: 2020/08/06 18:16:21 driver-subsystem: registering driver id: rpi Name: Raspberry Pi
Aug 06 18:16:21 homecontrol reef-pi[1058]: 2020/08/06 18:16:21 driver-subsystem: registering driver id: 11 Name: PCA9685
Aug 06 18:16:21 homecontrol reef-pi[1058]: 2020/08/06 18:16:21 Successfully started subsystem: ato
Aug 06 18:16:21 homecontrol reef-pi[1058]: 2020/08/06 18:16:21 Successfully started subsystem: temperature
Aug 06 18:16:21 homecontrol reef-pi[1058]: 2020/08/06 18:16:21 Successfully started subsystem: lightings
Aug 06 18:16:21 homecontrol reef-pi[1058]: 2020/08/06 18:16:21 lighting subsystem: Setting Light:  Cool White Channel: Channel-1 Value: 2
Aug 06 18:16:21 homecontrol reef-pi[1058]: 2020/08/06 18:16:21 lighting-subsystem: Setting PWM value: 2  at channel: 0
Aug 06 18:16:21 homecontrol reef-pi[1058]: 2020/08/06 18:16:21 onTime  0  offTime  81
Aug 06 18:16:21 homecontrol reef-pi[1058]: 2020/08/06 18:16:21 lighting subsystem: Setting Light:  Warm White Channel: Channel-1 Value: 7.99876716342604
Aug 06 18:16:21 homecontrol reef-pi[1058]: 2020/08/06 18:16:21 lighting-subsystem: Setting PWM value: 7.99876716342604  at channel: 1
Aug 06 18:16:21 homecontrol reef-pi[1058]: 2020/08/06 18:16:21 onTime  0  offTime  327
Aug 06 18:16:21 homecontrol reef-pi[1058]: 2020/08/06 18:16:21 lighting subsystem: Setting Light:  Very Warm White Channel: Channel-1 Value: 9.424655217591969
Aug 06 18:16:21 homecontrol reef-pi[1058]: 2020/08/06 18:16:21 lighting-subsystem: Setting PWM value: 9.424655217591969  at channel: 2
Aug 06 18:16:21 homecontrol reef-pi[1058]: 2020/08/06 18:16:21 onTime  0  offTime  385
Aug 06 18:16:21 homecontrol reef-pi[1058]: 2020/08/06 18:16:21 lighting subsystem: Setting Light:  Red Channel: Channel-1 Value: 0
Aug 06 18:16:21 homecontrol reef-pi[1058]: 2020/08/06 18:16:21 lighting-subsystem: Setting PWM value: 0  at channel: 3
Aug 06 18:16:21 homecontrol reef-pi[1058]: 2020/08/06 18:16:21 onTime  0  offTime  4096
Aug 06 18:16:21 homecontrol reef-pi[1058]: 2020/08/06 18:16:21 lighting subsystem: Setting Light:  Green Channel: Channel-1 Value: 0
Aug 06 18:16:21 homecontrol reef-pi[1058]: 2020/08/06 18:16:21 lighting-subsystem: Setting PWM value: 0  at channel: 4
Aug 06 18:16:21 homecontrol reef-pi[1058]: 2020/08/06 18:16:21 onTime  0  offTime  4096
Aug 06 18:16:21 homecontrol reef-pi[1058]: 2020/08/06 18:16:21 lighting subsystem: Setting Light:  Blue Channel: Channel-1 Value: 0
Aug 06 18:16:21 homecontrol reef-pi[1058]: 2020/08/06 18:16:21 lighting-subsystem: Setting PWM value: 0  at channel: 5
Aug 06 18:16:21 homecontrol reef-pi[1058]: 2020/08/06 18:16:21 onTime  0  offTime  4096
Aug 06 18:16:21 homecontrol reef-pi[1058]: 2020/08/06 18:16:21 Successfully started subsystem: macro
Aug 06 18:16:21 homecontrol reef-pi[1058]: 2020/08/06 18:16:21 Successfully started subsystem: timers
Aug 06 18:16:21 homecontrol reef-pi[1058]: 2020/08/06 18:16:21 Successfully started subsystem: system
Aug 06 18:16:21 homecontrol reef-pi[1058]: 2020/08/06 18:16:21 INFO: equipment subsystem: Finished syncing all equipment
Aug 06 18:16:21 homecontrol reef-pi[1058]: 2020/08/06 18:16:21 Successfully started subsystem: equipment
Aug 06 18:16:21 homecontrol reef-pi[1058]: 2020/08/06 18:16:21 reef-pi is up and running

I'm guessing the following driver is to blame
ERROR: failed to initialize drivers. Error: can't build hal pin 6: embd: your host ": ARMv7 Processor rev 3 (v7l)" is not supported at this moment. request support at https://github.com/kidoman/embd/issues
Though I'm not sure it helps us resolve it!

Are you using pi 4 ?

Smin · Aug 6, 2020

Ranjib said:
Are you using pi 4 ?

Yes, @Ranjib it's a pi4

Ranjib · Aug 6, 2020

Smin said:
Yes, @Ranjib it's a pi4

Kernel 4.9 introduced a change thats causing the cpu detection plumbing in one of reef-pi dependency. This bug was discovered relatively recently, I am in process of patching it right now. Will ship with the fix (hopefully its the same bug) this weekend. Hang tight.

@Michael Lane , let me know if you have anything in mind that i should look out for the release

Cristian2281 · Aug 7, 2020

I have installed reef-pi using this guide here . However I cannot start ntp service with sudo systemctl start ntp.service and I suspect that’s the reason why I cannot use timers to trigger macros. Just looking to have some equipment off during the night. Everything else is working as expected. Is there any other way to start that service via SSH?