PI will not start due to error

[palli]

Interestingly the conflict also affects the Harmony Hub PI, too much tcp port activity

[palli]

Thanks for that.
The other plugin is Global Cache Pro

[drule]

Yep, that sounds like the problem. Both plugins are trying to listen for the beacon signals sent by Global Cache devices. Which ever plugin gets there first wins! I've changed my plugin to "lose gracefully." If the plugin can't auto-discover GC devices, you can still enter them manually in the IR Devices page.

I'm not sure which other plugin you are running but I assume it is an HS3 plugin? Is it the UltraJones plugin? I don't know if the other plugin will also lock the tcp port, my plugin doesn't. If it does, running both plugins together may still not work but if it doesn't, you should be OK. Please confirm which other plugin you are using and I will do some testing with it.

Here's another fix.

HSPI_drhsIR.zip

[palli]

Ok so I see this



This indicates a conflict with another PI.
So disabled Global Cache Pro and get this



So it works ok but only with GC pro disabled.
Is it possible to run the two together with port changes?

Any how the original issue is sorted
Thanks for your help

[drule]

OK, good that we're getting further along. I can't reproduce this new error at the moment though. On my Windows 10 system, with HS 4.1.2.0 and the tz set to UK, I am seeing everything starting up OK now. Are there any further messages in the log? Can you also try disabling the plugin from the Plugins/Installed page by sliding the slider to off and then manually launching the plugin from a command window? This should give some more info. For instance I get this:

C:\Program Files (x86)\HomeSeer HS4>HSPI_drhsIR.exe
Connecting to HomeSeer...
Connected to HomeSeer
Host API Version: 4
Waiting for initialization...
InitIO called by HomeSeer
Loading settings from INI
Updating view
Updating view
Updating view
Updating view
29/07/2020 13:21:30:[IR Plugin]->Loaded 0 IR codes.
29/07/2020 13:21:30:[IR Plugin]->Loaded 0 IR receivers.
29/07/2020 13:21:30:[IR Plugin]->Enable RAW mode on IRTran device at 192.168.xxx.yyy...
29/07/2020 13:21:30:[IR Plugin]->Loaded 5 IR senders.
29/07/2020 13:21:30:[IR Plugin]->Start Global Cache IR Receivers...
29/07/2020 13:21:30:[IR Plugin]->Listening for IRTrans broadcasts...
29/07/2020 13:21:30:[IR Plugin]->Listening for Global Cache devices...
Initialized
29/07/2020 13:21:35:[IR Plugin]->Sending IRTrans UDP Discover...

[palli]

Thanks for that, it is loaded ok.
The PI seems to disconnect as soon as it has finished initialising

Below is what I see in log.

It loads at startup ok but immediately disconnects with the same dialogue as shown below.

Tried disable/enable and reinstall but same result.

It will not run for me!

Jul-29 17:42:08

Info

Plugin drhsIR with instance IR Plugin has connected. IP:127.0.0.1:64075

Jul-29 17:42:07

Warning

I/O interface IR Plugin is down, executable is not running, restarting ...

Jul-29 17:41:38

Info

Plugin IR Plugin with ID: drhsIR and Instance: has disconnected

Jul-29 17:41:37

Plug-In

Finished initializing plug-in IR Plugin

Jul-29 17:41:37

Starting Plug-In

IR Plugin loaded in 332 milliseconds

Jul-29 17:41:37

Starting Plug-In

Plugin IR Plugin started successfully in 31 milliseconds

Jul-29 17:41:37

Info

Loaded 0 IR senders.

Jul-29 17:41:37

Info

Loaded 0 IR receivers.

Jul-29 17:41:37

Info

Loaded 0 IR codes.

Jul-29 17:41:37

Starting Plug-In

Initializing plugin IR Plugin ...

Jul-29 17:41:37

Info

Plugin drhsIR with instance IR Plugin has connected. IP:127.0.0.1:63964

[drule]

Thanks for the report!

I tracked this down to a bug caused by the differences in the date/time format between the US and the UK. I'll upload a fix to the HomeSeer Updater but as that can sometimes take a while before it becomes available, here's a copy of the fixed executable file. Just override HSPI_drhsIR.exe in your HomeSeer directory with the one in this zip file.

-David

[palli]

No matter what I do I cannot get this plug in to run.
Have reinstalled it a couple of times but keep getting the error below.
Any advice welcomed

Jul-29 11:07:17

Plug-In

Finished initializing plug-in IR Plugin

Jul-29 11:07:17

Starting Plug-In

IR Plugin loaded in 319 milliseconds

Jul-29 11:07:17

Info

Plugin IR Plugin with ID: drhsIR and Instance: has disconnected

Jul-29 11:07:17

Error

Initializing plug-in(1): IR Plugin Instance::Error on InitIO: The string was not recognized as a valid DateTime. There is an unknown word starting at index 20. Time to load: 70 milliseconds

Jul-29 11:07:16

Starting Plug-In

Initializing plugin IR Plugin ...

Jul-29 11:07:16

Info

Plugin drhsIR with instance IR Plugin has connected. IP:127.0.0.1:62888

Jul-29 11:07:10

Updater

Copying file: C:\program files (x86)\Homeseer HS4\html\drhsIR\drhsIR-devices.html

Jul-29 11:07:10

Updater

Copying file: C:\program files (x86)\Homeseer HS4\html\drhsIR\drhsIR-codes.html

Jul-29 11:07:10

Updater

Making dir: C:\program files (x86)\Homeseer HS4\html\drhsIR\

Jul-29 11:07:10

Updater

Copying file: C:\program files (x86)\Homeseer HS4\HSPI_drhsIR.exe.config

Jul-29 11:07:10

Updater

Copying file: C:\program files (x86)\Homeseer HS4\HSPI_drhsIR.exe

Jul-29 11:07:09

Info

Plugin install for IR Plugin starting...