HC Power outage

[jasedk 7]

Hi,

 

I have a HC running firmware 4.544 Beta.

 

In the past I have experienced some issues getting the HC2 to restart properly following a power outage. The HC2 did boot once the power returned but  it hanged during the boot process. When this happend I would either have to turn the HC2 off and back on using the power button the the rear, or I would have to go though the recovery process.

 

I have attached my HC2 to a 500 W UPS, which solves the problem of short outages. However, the utility company have just announced a planned 4 hour outage during my holliday.

 

Do anybody know if the above mentioned issue have been addressed by Fibaro, or do anybody have a suggestion on how to mitigate longer power outages (other than buying a really large UPS)?

 

I was considering shutting down the HC2 in a controlled manner shortly before the planned outage but I guess that there is no way to restart the HC2 remotely?

 

Best regards

 

JASE-DK

 

[10der 832]

Please do not llaugh  

1) HC2 do not support UPS monitoring directly. considering that fact HC2 has usb and installing Debian package it’s 5 min. Ok. forgot it

2) my UPS connected to NAS QNAP and my mini VD time to time grab information about UPS status. If UPS in batt mode more than 15 HC2 makes himself a harakiri and shutdowns 

3) cuz HC2 sometime as you can say may hang on start... HC2 plugged into.... (not laugh) China 10$ Socket from ali express - SONOFF. And I can reset power when HC2 die on start via Sonof relay 

4) cuz I am old paranoiac  SONOFF port is private and controlled by rPI. So rPI time time ping 80 port of HC2 and if HC2 is not responded - reset HC2 via SONOFF socket locally.

 

 

[Sjakie 156]

Hi @10der,

Thanks for the idea!

I had one Sonof laying, prsent by another purchase. I had no idea whaat to do with it.

This will be a handy tool for in case.

Nice weekend

 

[10der 832]

23 hours ago, Sjakie said:

I had no idea whaat to do with it.

Update SonOff FW with FW without clouds 

plug HC2 into this socket 

configure (ha ha) another pc like rPI (raspberry pi) for running in cron tab script 

ping HC2 if not pinging curl get SonOff turnoff sleep curl get SonOff turnon 

thats should works like a charm 

[Sjakie 156]

Update SonOff FW with FW without clouds >>> my Sonoff is on HiSmart app, what is FW?

plug HC2 into this socket >> most easy part to execute

configure (ha ha) another pc like rPI (raspberry pi) for running in cron tab script >>>how to, do you have direction?

ping HC2 if not pinging curl get SonOff turnoff sleep curl get SonOff turnon 

thats should works like a charm >>>I hope so

 

Thanks in advance

[10der 832]

simple shell script for rebooting HC with Sonof (tasmota FW)

 

HC2-check.sh

Please login or register to see this code.

do not forget  chmod 777 ./HC2-check.sh

 

[AutoFrank 372]

Hi @10der

thanks for sharing. 

How do you manage the scenario where you  harikari the HC2 but the power comes back. 

What triggers the HC2 to power back up?

 

thanks

-f

[10der 832]

Frank hi

1) this script only for checking dead HC2 (HC2 unresponsive. At all)

2) crontab

3) after power outages UPS up HC2 automatically 

Edited July 21, 2019 by 10der