RFXtrx shared over LAN interface - Firmware upgrade not possible?

[MacJL]

Hello,

I've set up a Rfxcom through LAN interface with 'socat'. All is working fine, except I can't upgrade the Rfxcom firmware anymore. Is that normal?

Here is my conf on the remote Rfxcom side :

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socat -ls -d -d FILE:/dev/ttyUSB1,b38400,raw,echo=0 TCP-LISTEN:1234,reuseaddr

And at the domoticz side :

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Name: RFXCOM
Type: RFXCOM - RFXtrx shared over LAN interface
Data Timeout: 1 minute
Remote Address: socat-rfxcom
Port: 1234

When I trie to upgrade firmware to version 1_1006a, I have this error message : "Problem updating firmware", but nothing more in the logs.

Does someone have the same issue?

[MacJL]

Nobody is using rfxcom over LAN interface?

[b_weijenberg]

Is it an option to disconnect the RFXtrx temporarily from Domoticz and use RFXflash on a Windows system?

[MacJL]

I'm not using Windows. I found another solution for the update, by temporary connecting the RFXCOM directly to domoticz with USB. But I'm sure the fact I can't update the RFXCOM when it's shared via LAN interface is a bug, that should be addressed.

[ben53252642]

Here is my conf on the remote Rfxcom side :

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socat -ls -d -d FILE:/dev/ttyUSB1,b38400,raw,echo=0 TCP-LISTEN:1234,reuseaddr

And at the domoticz side :

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Name: RFXCOM
Type: RFXCOM - RFXtrx shared over LAN interface
Data Timeout: 1 minute
Remote Address: socat-rfxcom
Port: 1234

Thank you for sharing this, it's been extremely useful.

I noticed that the socat session terminates when Domoticz stops so I wrote this bash script to automatically restart it.

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#!/bin/bash
while true; do

# Check if socat is running for RFXCOM
if pgrep -f 'rfxcomsocatserver' >/dev/null 2>&1; then
echo "rfxcom socat server is running"
else
echo "starting rfxcom socat server..."
/usr/bin/screen -S rfxcomsocatserver -d -m socat -ls -d -d FILE:/dev/ttyUSB0,b38400,raw,echo=0 TCP-LISTEN:1234,reuseaddr
fi

sleep 1
done