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Ray, mine is running 2.1.9(7). To troubleshoot, I pointed it to my NTP server and the problem came back soon after. I then pointed it to time-d-b.nist.gov 132.163.96.4 a few days ago and the same issue started occurring after a couple days.
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I changed the ntp server on mine a few days ago and it was good for a little while. Last night, I noticed my OS controlled landscape lighting was off at 9 PM. Checked just now and the time shows 3/31/2021 17:28 but it’s currently 4/1/2021 10:30.
I have the 2.3 AC hardware and the time on mine keeps drifting even though NTP is enabled. It’s currently about 1 day behind now. Any luck resolving this?
It’s March 23rd 22:08 currently but OpenSprinkler shows March 22nd 22:31.
Something’s not working properly somewhere.
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I’ve been losing my network as well. I’m now running Firmware 2.1.9 (7) on Hardware Version 2.3 – AC. I upgraded the Firmware recently hoping that would help but the problem persists. Originally, I was plugged into a TP-Link Wireless Mini Router. It would go offline often so I thought it was because the WiFi signal was weak in the garage but the router never lost connectivity so it wasn’t that. I then ran a cat5e cable to the garage, added an access point and plugged OS in to the access point. Same issue. Offline every few days. I now have OS plugged directly into my switch but the problem persists.
When this happens, I still see activity on the OS NIC port. OS screen still shows as online with the correct IP address. It no longer responds to connections. Sometimes, I’ll start responding again on its own but usually, I just have to unplug the power and plug it back it in.
I’ve been on FW 2.1.7 on Hardware 2.3 for a long time. The only time I had issues with network drops was when I was running wireless and the signal was way too weak in the garage. Solid inch of stucco is difficult for just about any wireless signal to penetrate.
I have a bundle of cables (including serveral Cat5e) run to the semi detached garage where OS is located but they are in the attic and I didn’t feel like moving everything so I could get a ladder in place. I ended up going with a TP-Link AV1000 Powerline Ethernet Adapter. It took me a while to find an outlet near one of my ethernet ports that was on the same bus bar in the same power box as the garage service panel. I have no issues with drops since plugging directly into the Powerline Adapter.
Have you looked at the official OpenSprinkler App? I run it from a web server but you can just run it by opening index.html. It worked fine for me as is last week when lightning struck my cable and damaged the tap at the road. My internet was down for almost a week due to all the storm damage techs had to fix ahead of mine. I’m guessing you’ll need an ntp server running that it can access if it’s not connected to the internet.
It’s highly likely that anyone who buys your home won’t have a clue how a sprinkler system works, has never changed their own car oil, calls the repair person when something breaks and has never touch a lawn mower.
If they do change their own oil, repair their own appliances, mow their own lawn, have rebuilt their own transmission and have installed a 16 zone irrigation system like I have, they’ll be able to figure it out themselves. Otherwise, they’ll just call someone.
Once the papers are signed, it’s their house and not your problem.
I ran into something similar but if I left it for several minutes it eventually did login. It had something to do with changing the port number after I had already logged into the cloud service. When I logged out of the cloud service, it loaded instantly. I can’t remember what I did to resolve the problem, however.
A lot of these WiFi electrical outlets use ESP8266 modules. The modules can be flashed with custom code to perform on/off/status/etc by accessing the device directly via IP.
A google search for ESP8266 outlet will give you several sites where people have already done this and have published their code.
Some other options are to use an ESP8266 and a relay, a prebuilt ESP8266 relay board module, a raspberry PI and relay, etc.
I compiled the 2.1.6 firmware demo last night and conneccted to it via http://IP_Address:8080. I also compiled the 2.1.7 firmware demo last night to play around with it. I had to connect to it using http://IP_Address even through the advanced options shows 8080 as the listen port.
The interface is pretty much self explanatory but https://opensprinkler.freshdesk.com/support/home has all the information you need to test it.
