Hello, I would like to share my build and problems with reef-pi, hoping that someone can help me solving. First of all i will explain my setup : Raspberry pi 3 B+ running every function i need on reef pi. I have been trying using many function over the years but the basics I always used is Power Controller and Lighting system. The system worked consinstently from years, since reef-pi 2.2 or similar. Now i run into some problems that i will try to explain, i don't know if they are correlated but i assume they are not.
1) every time RPi shut down (reboot, power outage etc...) the lighting system don't work anymore ( the physical pwm pin outputs constantly 0V), until i set manually pwm mode from LX terminal. Strange : from reboot I see from 'gpio readall' that the pin is ALREADY in pwm mode, but i have to write the line command to 'change' it to pwm (nothing changes in reality). From that setting the lighting works (until the next shut off).
2) using temperature sensors DS18B20, strangely i have good readings until a certain point where i begin to receive -1°C signal and then the sensor is no more found in the wire folder (neither from LX terminal neither from reef-pi). The sensor begins HEATING up too (im testing in mid-air). If i disconnect/reconnect random wires from the header some times it get working again, some times i have to reboot (losing lighting system from what i explained early). The problem occurs when i turn ON/OFF repeatedly Equipement or lights, but not always, some times it seems random error.
Having explained the problems, if you have further questions please ask, i will upload some photos of circuit connections, but i don't think it's related to hardware problem. I have tried purging reef pi and back-grading to older versions but errors still occurs so it doesn't seems to be related to sofware ... Please help!
1) every time RPi shut down (reboot, power outage etc...) the lighting system don't work anymore ( the physical pwm pin outputs constantly 0V), until i set manually pwm mode from LX terminal. Strange : from reboot I see from 'gpio readall' that the pin is ALREADY in pwm mode, but i have to write the line command to 'change' it to pwm (nothing changes in reality). From that setting the lighting works (until the next shut off).
2) using temperature sensors DS18B20, strangely i have good readings until a certain point where i begin to receive -1°C signal and then the sensor is no more found in the wire folder (neither from LX terminal neither from reef-pi). The sensor begins HEATING up too (im testing in mid-air). If i disconnect/reconnect random wires from the header some times it get working again, some times i have to reboot (losing lighting system from what i explained early). The problem occurs when i turn ON/OFF repeatedly Equipement or lights, but not always, some times it seems random error.
Having explained the problems, if you have further questions please ask, i will upload some photos of circuit connections, but i don't think it's related to hardware problem. I have tried purging reef pi and back-grading to older versions but errors still occurs so it doesn't seems to be related to sofware ... Please help!