This has been working very well since last summer, but last days/weeks I noticed some gaps in my graphs. These graphs show hourly data and also totals per day of the last month. During the last months there were some days missing, so there have been multiple days without correct data readings.
I started digging around a bit and found out that at this moment the device itself in Homey quite often reports “Apparaat Onbeschikbaar request to http://192.168.1.87:82/smartmeter/api/read? failed, reason: connect EHOSTUNREACH 192.168.1.87:82”
At the moment when this error is present, I am able to connect to the device via its webinterface (by browsing manually to above url).
I investigated a bit further and concluded that at this moment the Homey app only does the first reading correct and the next readings give above connections issues (see above). This conclusion is based on:
If I change the polling interval in the app the first reading goes fine again, the second one after the given time interval gives again connection issues (I can check it with the stopwatch). During this time the webinterface keeps working.
If I restart the app, the first reading is fine again, the rest is exactly the same as by 1.
So my conclusion is that the app itself only does the first reading correct with the current version. I only don’t understand why
For now my workaround is to restart the app manually once a day (in an automated flow), so I have at least one correct reading per day (this is required for the daily graphs).
I wanted to report this here because some others might have the same issue and either look for a solution or know a solution. I’ll try to inform the app and/or device developer as well.
Note added 1 day later: the 1st reading is not show the actual values. Homey gives the last successfully read values (which are now 2 days old) and gives a connection error when the 1st (and subsequent) updates fail. This also means my workarounds don’t do anything…
There are other apps that also run into this issue (the Shelly app for instance, and HomeyKit also has similar issues). They don’t seem to be caused by the apps themselves.
Ah, good to know. I don’t see it with other apps I use but then it is likely to be a Homey issue and not a specific app issue. I use the Shelly app to read 2 Shelly 3EM, this app or these devices luckily still work well.
Another update: originally I thought the first read of the smart meter was going well, but actually it isn’t. It uses the latest successfully read value (without an error message) and then the next attempt to update the value end with the connection error message.
Looking at my graphs a think the issue started on the 30th of November or the 1st of December.
So I had a look at the software updates done around that time. The timeline only shows 5 days history. Is this somewhere written in a logfile where I can find it?
I notice that there was a Homey Update to 8.1.0 on 23th Nov, but I’m not sure when it was actually installed.
Thanks for your reaction, and good to know. Not sure if this apps uses Homey cloud (but don’t see a reason for it). And shouldn’t this give (much) more users with the same issue?
I am not the developer, is this something the developer should check and what do you mean with app 6.11.11? Or did you mean to type APK?
No worries, I could (should) have added that to my post. I have the Homey Pro early 2019 model. So it all runs locally.
I’ve updated the first post with this info.
I was unable to investigate further the last days. For some reason it seems te be working for the last 2 days. But I did not do any changes the last week.
Ive noticed the following when checking the data from the smart gateways p1 through homey insights:
My total gas consumption is still correct but the actual usage has been stuck on the same value for a few months. Nothing i do seems to have any effect on this nr. Obviously tried rebooting etc.
I also notice some unexpected behaviour in the values Smart Gateways Smartmeter reports:
Energie (meter_power.saldo) - is not updated for at least a month. Normally this value updated together with other values. But somehow this one stopped. Others are still updated.
Gas (measure_gas) - the same, not updated for at least a month. While Gasmeter (meter_gas) is still updated. Same as @Emile_Mathlener and @Ad_Hoofs report.
I’ll try to reach out to the supplier. I don’t think they follow this forum.
Added a bit later:
I do notice this in the changelog, not sure if it can be related: 3.1.1Dec 11, 2022
Removed small bugs. Please remove the devices and re-add it
Second edit:
In Homey Insights I see that for me around 23/24 January above issue started
Sorry for the late respons. Already a few months ago I was in contact with the supplier of the Smart Gateway and they replied quit quick. They expect the issue is caused by Homey and not the device or the app.I was unable to give any followup after that.
On my side the issue is still there. Any changes with others who have/had the same issue?
It’s been a while (and the issue doesn’t bother me much), but I had a look again today.
I noticed that the 1st one is now updating again “Energie (meter_power.saldo)”. But the 2nd one is still not updated,the latest update for “Gas (measure_gas)” was now 2 years ago.
Cannot remember that I changed much in this device, but I did switch to the new Homey Pro one year ago.
