System restored, now problems

[Bestgear]

Guys - I hope you can help.

I had to do a complete restore of my HS system from backups thankfully, and I cannot get 1-wire devices to update in HS.

So, from the ground up...

I am using XAPMCS1WIRE and xAP hub v1.2.1.6.

The hub shows xapmcs1wire connected and all my 1 wire devices appear in the hub window, scrowling away as they update.

Now, I did use the old MCS XAP conduit plugin, but chose to go for the new v2.2.0.3 mcsXAP plugin this time.

When I run up the setup page, I can see all my devices, complete with the "A" - accepted already ticked, which I assume it has picked up from my previous config.

Looking at the hub window, however, there is no entry for the HS mcsXAP plugin. I am assuming that it should appear in the hub (left hand) window just as the old version did?

Now, looking in the hub right hand window, I am getting regular errors stating

"Problem reading xAP message", with the full error text shown below. All message are the same cause.



Error Message: Invalid name/value pairing. The length of the UID value is incorrect
Message Line#: 5 - uid=FF.000E:00
Received From: 10.0.1.1:4828
xap-hbeat
{
v=13
hop=1
uid=FF.000E:00
class=xap-hbeat.alive
source=mcs.Xap.SPEEDY
interval=60
port=4590
}
The error that was generated is as follows:
Problem reading xAP message.
Source: xAPMessage
Problem reading xAP message.
Invalid name/value pairing
The length of the UID value is incorrect.
KCS.xAP.Framework.xAPMessageReaderException: Problem reading xAP message. ---> KCS.xAP.Framework.xAPInvalidMessageException: Invalid name/value pairing
The length of the UID value is incorrect
at KCS.xAP.Framework.Message.xAPMessageReader.ReadHeaderPair(xA PMessage message, String line)
at KCS.xAP.Framework.Message.xAPMessageReader.ReadMessage()
--- End of inner exception stack trace ---
at KCS.xAP.Framework.Message.xAPMessageReader.ReadMessage()
at KCS.xAP.Framework.Transport.xAPListener.OnReceive(IAsyncResu lt ar)

Looking at the HS log, I am getting...

21/12/2007 21:13:33 - mcsXap - xapASP FormatScreen Line 2930 Object reference not set to an instance of an object.


Now, I did read earlier that there may be a problem with spaces in names... surely not!?!?!?[/I]

So - what am I doing wrong?[/I]

Should I go back to the old plugin?[/I]

Thanks in advance for the help.[/I]

David

PS - I have around 26 1-wire devices all done through a HB hub.[/I][/I]

[Bestgear]

Guys
Fixed the problem after a while digging around.

It seems that the new xap plugin requires a hub upgrade, so I got the xFx framework and hub and now all is well!

Hope that helps someone...

DJ

[Bestgear]

Hi Folks

Well, I thought all was well, but it seems that the XAPMCS1Wire is now erroring out into the hub. It sees all the 1 wire devices but the hub reports:

"Message format problem: XXXX is not a valid UID"

The xxxx is obviously the address of the 1wire device.

I have downloaded the latest xapmcs1wire from Mike's website.

Any ideas?


DJ

[Michael McSharry]

The message "Message format problem: XXXX is not a valid UID" should be associated with a specific message. What is the actual UID field for this message?

From xapmcs1wire I will see a UID that is something like FF.0005:010A
From mcsXap I will see a UID that is the same as your FF.000E:00

xapmcsHub simply routes messages and does no protocol validation as is done by the xAP Framework hubs. The validation is useful to help achieve interoperabilty feedback information.

[Bestgear]

Hi - and thanks for the reply.

The message states FF0005, followed by and ID that I assume comes from the "mac" address of the one wire device....

I really thought this would be a version problem, much like I had before upgrading the hub...

As I watch the 1-wire data monitor window scross with devices as they appear, the HUB winodw updatesinline with errors.

DJ

[Bestgear]

Here is the full error message from the Viewer....

Error Message: FF00050058 is not a valid UID
Message Line#: 5 - uid=FF00050058
Received From: 127.0.0.1:3740
xap-header
{
v=13
hop=1
uid=FF00050058
class=xAPBSC.event
source=mcs.OneWire.SPEEDY:xapmcs1Wire_.8F000000AA0B5C28.Temp erature
}
input.state
{
State=OFF
DisplayText=<table><td><img alt='Temperature' src='/images/temperatures/23.gif' height='16' width='16'><img alt=' ' src='/images/sensors/blank3.gif'></td><td valign='middle' align='left'>23.6&#176;C</td></table>
Text=23.625
}

[Bestgear]

Update....

If I go back to the old xAP HubGUI V 1.2.1.6 - the message below appears - hope that helps!




Error Message: Invalid name/value pairing. The length of the UID value is incorrect
Message Line#: 5 - uid=FF00050070
Received From: 10.0.1.1:32768
xap-header
{
v=13
hop=1
uid=FF00050070
class=xAPBSC.event
source=mcs.OneWire.SPEEDY:xapmcs1Wire_.E2000000AA74DB28.Temp erature
}
input.state
{
State=OFF
DisplayText=<table><td><img alt='Temperature' src='/images/temperatures/62.gif' height='16' width='16'><img alt=' ' src='/images/sensors/blank3.gif'></td><td valign='middle' align='left'>62.6&#176;C</td></table>
Text=62.5625
}
The error that was generated is as follows:
Problem reading xAP message.
Source: xAPMessage
Problem reading xAP message.
Invalid name/value pairing
The length of the UID value is incorrect.
KCS.xAP.Framework.xAPMessageReaderException: Problem reading xAP message. ---> KCS.xAP.Framework.xAPInvalidMessageException: Invalid name/value pairing
The length of the UID value is incorrect
at KCS.xAP.Framework.Message.xAPMessageReader.ReadHeaderPair(xA PMessage message, String line)
at KCS.xAP.Framework.Message.xAPMessageReader.ReadMessage()
--- End of inner exception stack trace ---
at KCS.xAP.Framework.Message.xAPMessageReader.ReadMessage()
at KCS.xAP.Framework.Transport.xAPListener.OnReceive(IAsyncResu lt ar)

[Michael McSharry]

In the xapmcs1wire setup screen change the UID from
FF000500
to
FF.0005:00

[Bestgear]

Michael - THANK YOU!

That fixed it - back running great!

Have a good xmas!

DJ