Modules fetching online/network info fail to refresh

alex2

I have had an MM running for years. It was on a 3B+ and I just relaunched using a Pi 5. Currently I have my calendar, weather, notifications, a daily verse, and a WebView module installed. I noticed yesterday that the weather was not updating (just shows loading) and the WebView was showing an older image of our camera. Rebooted the pi and the WebView camera image updated, but the weather is still old. Network connection shows it’s active and at 63%. the mirror is in the same room as the WAP, but I’m guessing the signal is somewhat reduced by the Pi being behind my screen. Curious what folks have done to identify what causes issues like this. I don’t suspect it’s a wifi issue as the 63% signal should be suitable. Thoughts?

TAGinside

@alex2

Can you give us more information?
What’s your weather module ? The default one ?

I don’t think is a wifi issue if the camera module works

RonR

@TAGinside Using MMM-Config, many thanks to sdetweil/MMM-Config, I now have a new config.js that offers many more options for the default Weather modules. I wondered if mine was updating regularly so In kept notes of the temp and time I checked and things were working properly. Below is the contents of the default weather module config. Note they have an “updateInterval: 600000” in the second instance which should be about 10 minutes.

Hope this helps,
RonR

 {
        module: "weather",
        position: "top_right",
        header: "Weather Forecast",
        label: "instance 1",
        order: "*",
        index: 0,
        animateIn: "none",
        animateOut: "none",
        config: {
          weatherProvider: "openmeteo",
          lat: 28.560201,
          lon: -82.32106,
          apiBase: "https://api.open-meteo.com/v1",
          pastDays: 0,
          type: "current",
          units: "imperial",
          tempUnits: "imperial",
          windUnits: "imperial",
          timeFormat: "12",
          useBeaufort: true,
          lang: "en",
          useKmh: false
        },
        disabled: false,
        hiddenOnStartup: false,
        configDeepMerge: false
      },
      {
        module: "weather",
        position: "top_right",
        header: "Weather Forecast",
        label: "instance 2",
        order: "*",
        index: 1,
        animateIn: "none",
        animateOut: "none",
        config: {
          weatherProvider: "openmeteo",
          lat: 28.560201,
          lon: -82.32106,
          apiBase: "https://api.open-meteo.com/v1",
          maxNumberOfDays: 5,
          pastDays: 0,
          type: "forecast",
          units: "imperial",
          tempUnits: "imperial",
          windUnits: "imperial",
          updateInterval: 600000,
          animationSpeed: 1000,
          timeFormat: "12",
          showPeriod: true,
          showWindDirection: true,
          useBeaufort: true,
          lang: "en",
          showHumidity: "none",
          showSun: true,
          decimalSymbol: ".",
          maxEntries: 5,
          fade: true,
          fadePoint: 0.25,
          initialLoadDelay: 0,
          appendLocationNameToHeader: true,
          calendarClass: "calendar",
          tableClass: "small",
          showFeelsLike: true,
          roundTemp: false,
          useKmh: false,
          showPeriodUpper: false,
          showWindDirectionAsArrow: false,
          degreeLabel: false,
          showIndoorTemperature: false,
          showIndoorHumidity: false,
          ignoreToday: false,
          onlyTemp: false,
          showPrecipitationAmount: false,
          colored: false,
          absoluteDates: false
        },
        disabled: false,
        hiddenOnStartup: false,
        configDeepMerge: false
      },

sdetweil

@RonR

Please see this post about the code block

https://forum.magicmirror.builders/post/128761

alex2

@TAGinside I used the OneCallWeather module. Again, I’m unsure if it is wifi as the camera seemed to be stuck too until I rebooted the whole pi. Now the camera comes up, but the weather module still hasn’t re-loaded.
I’m unsure of how to start troubleshooting it to determine what the issue truly is. I will see if the camera has continued to work live and then post back.

alex2

camera was frozen up again. Rebooted the pi. I also can’t connect to the pi remote and see the mirror using IP:8080. Running iwconfig i see the link quality as 51/70. I do see power management is on for the wifi, and I read a report that this can be problematic. any other thoughts?

sdetweil

@alex2 just for test, if you disable the camera module does this still happen?

I just debugged a weird hardware problem that turned out to be a power problem.