Zwave module stopped work after upgrade of Openhab

Setup, Configuration and Use Installation
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Hi All,

did an upgrade from Openhab2.1 using the “sudo apt-get upgrade” command today…
Openhab is running on:
Release = Raspbian GNU/Linux 8 (jessie)

Kernel = Linux 4.9.35-v7+

Platform = Raspberry Pi 3 Model B Rev 1.2

After the upgrade I realized that the ZWAVE Module ( Z-Wave.Me RaZberry) running on dev/ttyAMA0
and the assigned Fibaro devices are switching the status:
from OFFLINE (BRIDGE_OFFLINE)–> UNINITIALIZED–>Online (PING)–>HANDLER_MISSING_ERROR etc.
Run basic functions (roller shutter) which worked fine the time the devices were online

After looking for a solution tried to reinstall the Zwave binding…
Steps I did (paperUI):
–>removed all ZWave devices except the controller
–>did a hardware reset of the controller
–>uninstalled ZWave binding
–>rebooted the Raspi
–>installed Zwave binding again
Didn’ add the additional devices just to check the controller behaviour.

The Zwave controller doesn’t go online anymore…
Entries from Log:
2019-12-16 14:45:00.408 [INFO ] [zwave.handler.ZWaveControllerHandler] - Attempting to add listener when controller is null
2019-12-16 14:45:00.760 [INFO ] [ing.zwave.handler.ZWaveSerialHandler] - Connecting to serial port ‘/dev/ttyAMA0’
2019-12-16 14:45:00.793 [INFO ] [ing.zwave.handler.ZWaveSerialHandler] - Serial port is initialized
2019-12-16 14:45:00.841 [INFO ] [ve.internal.protocol.ZWaveController] - Starting ZWave controller
2019-12-16 14:45:00.844 [INFO ] [ve.internal.protocol.ZWaveController] - ZWave timeout is set to 5000ms. Soft reset is false.
2019-12-16 14:45:54.877 [INFO ] [ing.zwave.handler.ZWaveSerialHandler] - Stopped ZWave serial handler
Current status: OFFLINE - BRIDGE_OFFLINE

Could someone give me a hint what is going wrong and where to look for more details related to that issue?

2

There have been reports of the zwave and other bindings reloading every minute. People have found an invalid add-on referenced in addons.cfg or addons.config causing the loader act this way.

3

Hi Bruce,
many thanks for the quick reply.
Just checked some posts but couldn’t find any idea to solve my issue.

Checked addons.cfg (located in /etc/openhab2/services) but cannot see any related entry there (ZWave binding installed using PAPER UI)
The installation package of this openHAB instance
# Note: This is only regarded at the VERY FIRST START of openHAB
# Note: If you want to specify your add-ons yourself through entries below, set the package to "minimal"
# as otherwise your definition might be in conflict with what the installation package defines.
#
# Optional. If not set, the dashboard (https://:8080/) will ask you to choose a package.
#
# Valid options:
# - minimal : Installation only with dashboard, but no UIs or other add-ons. Use this for custom setups.
# - simple : Setup for using openHAB purely through UIs - you need to expect MANY constraints in functionality!
# - standard : Default setup for normal users, best for textual setup
# - expert : Setup for expert users, especially for people migrating from openHAB 1.x
# - demo : A demo setup which includes UIs, a few bindings, config files etc.
#
# See https://www.openhab.org/docs/configuration/packages.html for a detailed explanation of these packages.
#
#package = minimal

# Access Remote Add-on Repository
# Defines whether the remote openHAB add-on repository should be used for browsing and installing add-ons.
# This not only makes latest snapshots of add-ons available, it is also required for the installation of
# any legacy 1.x add-on. (default is true)
#
#remote = true

# Include legacy 1.x bindings. If set to true, it also allows the installation of 1.x bindings for which there is
# already a 2.x version available (requires remote repo access, see above). (default is false)
#
#legacy = true

# A comma-separated list of bindings to install (e.g. “binding = sonos,knx,zwave”)
#binding =

# A comma-separated list of UIs to install (e.g. “ui = basic,paper”)
#ui =

# A comma-separated list of persistence services to install (e.g. “persistence = rrd4j,jpa”)
#persistence =

# A comma-separated list of actions to install (e.g. “action = mail,pushover”)
#action =

# A comma-separated list of transformation services to install (e.g. “transformation = map,jsonpath”)
#transformation =

# A comma-separated list of voice services to install (e.g. “voice = marytts,freetts”)
#voice =

# A comma-separated list of miscellaneous services to install (e.g. “misc = myopenhab”)
#misc =

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After several reboots
–>added one of the roller shutter devices to the Zwave network
–>the status changes again ofline -->online–>offline–>online…

2019-12-16 16:02:04.150 [hingStatusInfoChangedEvent] - ‘zwave:serial_zstick:f1caec1a’ changed from OFFLINE (BRIDGE_OFFLINE): Controller is offline to ONLINE
2019-12-16 16:02:04.177 [hingStatusInfoChangedEvent] - ‘zwave:device:f1caec1a:node2’ changed from OFFLINE (BRIDGE_OFFLINE): Controller is offline to ONLINE
2019-12-16 16:02:04.186 [me.event.ThingUpdatedEvent] - Thing ‘zwave:serial_zstick:f1caec1a’ has been updated.
2019-12-16 16:02:04.396 [hingStatusInfoChangedEvent] - ‘zwave:device:f1caec1a:node2’ changed from ONLINE to ONLINE: Node initialising: PING
2019-12-16 16:02:18.775 [vent.ItemStateChangedEvent] - Jallousie1_SensorPower changed from NULL to 0.7
2019-12-16 16:02:58.417 [vent.ItemStateChangedEvent] - Date changed from 2019-12-16T16:01:58.363+0100 to 2019-12-16T16:02:58.365+0100
2019-12-16 16:03:40.472 [hingStatusInfoChangedEvent] - ‘zwave:device:f1caec1a:node2’ changed from ONLINE: Node initialising: PING to UNINITIALIZED
2019-12-16 16:03:40.644 [hingStatusInfoChangedEvent] - ‘zwave:device:f1caec1a:node2’ changed from UNINITIALIZED to UNINITIALIZED (HANDLER_MISSING_ERROR)
2019-12-16 16:03:40.649 [hingStatusInfoChangedEvent] - ‘zwave:serial_zstick:f1caec1a’ changed from ONLINE to UNINITIALIZED
2019-12-16 16:03:43.805 [hingStatusInfoChangedEvent] - ‘zwave:serial_zstick:f1caec1a’ changed from UNINITIALIZED to UNINITIALIZED (HANDLER_MISSING_ERROR)
2019-12-16 16:04:00.175 [vent.ItemStateChangedEvent] - Date changed from 2019-12-16T16:02:58.365+0100 to 2019-12-16T16:04:00.157+0100
2019-12-16 16:04:06.952 [hingStatusInfoChangedEvent] - ‘zwave:device:f1caec1a:node2’ changed from UNINITIALIZED (HANDLER_MISSING_ERROR) to UNINITIALIZED (BRIDGE_UNINITIALIZED)
2019-12-16 16:04:07.362 [hingStatusInfoChangedEvent] - ‘zwave:serial_zstick:f1caec1a’ changed from UNINITIALIZED (HANDLER_MISSING_ERROR) to INITIALIZING
2019-12-16 16:04:07.395 [hingStatusInfoChangedEvent] - ‘zwave:serial_zstick:f1caec1a’ changed from INITIALIZING to OFFLINE (BRIDGE_OFFLINE): Controller is offline
2019-12-16 16:04:07.503 [hingStatusInfoChangedEvent] - ‘zwave:device:f1caec1a:node2’ changed from UNINITIALIZED (BRIDGE_UNINITIALIZED) to INITIALIZING
2019-12-16 16:04:07.524 [hingStatusInfoChangedEvent] - ‘zwave:device:f1caec1a:node2’ changed from INITIALIZING to OFFLINE (BRIDGE_OFFLINE): Controller is offline

5

Check addons.cfg and addons.config for invalid addons.
That causes addons to reload once a minute.

6

see the #2 post
you will see the entries of addons.cfg are in bold letters

7

nothing is specified there

8

And I said to also check addons.config which is a separate file.

9

where to find the second one?

10

This post indicates it is in your userdata folder.

11

cannot find anything wrong there:
:org.apache.felix.configadmin.revision:=L"4"
binding=",astro,ntp,weather1,zwave"
felix.fileinstall.filename=“file:/var/lib/openhab2/etc/org.openhab.addons.cfg”
misc=“restdocs”
package=“expert”
remote=“true”
service.pid=“org.openhab.addons”
transformation=“map,regex,xslt,exec,javascript,scale,xpath,jsonpath”
ui=“classic,basic,paper,habpanel,habmin”

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after checking twice:
org.openhab.addons.cfg is missing in the mentioned directory…

What is included in there?

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This is now a UI bundle. It’s in the release notes.

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That got moved. Delete that line & reinstall under “User Interface”.

EDIT: Mark beat me to it.

15

going to read the release notes (RTFM) :-((
Will update you once I’ll find the way to install it via UI
best thanks so far

16

Here. :wink:

17

I had the rest line in misc, and I had mail for actions as well listed in my addons. Mail looks to be a binding now as well.

Removed both those lines (noticed that mail kept failing to install as an action and reloading) and am rebooting a second time now to see if that ceases the reloads.

Maybe we need a mechanism in the future to auto scrub these files for things like this when they move around?

Quick update: removing those two lines did it for me it seems. knocking on wood z-wave and zigbee nice and stable for the time being.

18

It is called “Read the Release Notes”, shortened to RTFM. :smiley:

19

Hey man, I RTFMd (I actually did!) but still missed it…I’m only human after all :slight_smile:

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my issue is solved! Many thanks for the hints!

For those, which are not very similar with OPENHAB (as me), step by step:
–>check /etc/openhab2/services/addons.cfgfor entries (no one of cfg entries in there in my case, all uncommented)
–>check /var/lib/openhab2/config/org/openhab/addons.config
-from my system:
:org.apache.felix.configadmin.revision:=L"4"
binding=",astro,ntp,weather1,zwave"
felix.fileinstall.filename=“file:/var/lib/openhab2/etc/org.openhab.addons.cfg”
misc=“restdocs”
package=“expert”
remote=“true”
service.pid=“org.openhab.addons”
transformation=“map,regex,xslt,exec,javascript,scale,xpath,jsonpath”
ui=“classic,basic,paper,habpanel,habmin”

–>Delete the line misc=“restdocs”
–>add the entry “restdocs” to the line ui=“classic,basic,paper,habpanel,habmin”
-on my system:
:org.apache.felix.configadmin.revision:=L"4"
binding=",astro,ntp,weather1,zwave"
felix.fileinstall.filename=“file:/var/lib/openhab2/etc/org.openhab.addons.cfg”
package=“expert”
remote=“true”
service.pid=“org.openhab.addons”
transformation=“map,regex,xslt,exec,javascript,scale,xpath,jsonpath”
ui=“classic,basic,paper,habpanel,habmin,restdocs”
–>reboot
–>check http://YOURDEVICE:8080/paperui/index.html#/extensions?tab=ui for appearance of the RESTDOCS, install if needed (appeared as installed on my system)

Have FUN