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Omnik-Data-Logger no longer working
Posted: Thursday 22 June 2023 12:19
by manjh
I have been using this logger for years, but it has stopped providing data since february (only noticed today).
Error is ConfigParser not found.
I found somewhere that this module has been renamed to configparser. That solves the original error, but now gives me new errors about print statements. Correcting leads from one error to the next.
First: does anyone have an idea about what caused this?
Second, and more important: how can I solve this?
I noticed that there is an alternative, using the local web UI of the inverter. But I think my inverter may be a bit too old (about 10 years), I cannot find any local UI that displays data about power generation. The only thing I can find is related to network settings.
Please advise...
Re: Omnik-Data-Logger no longer working
Posted: Monday 03 July 2023 12:30
by manjh
I found a workaround by using Inverter-Data-Logging... works good!
Re: Omnik-Data-Logger no longer working
Posted: Wednesday 06 September 2023 11:07
by manjh
Unfortunately, this method has worked for a while but now stopped again. No idea why.
Is there a "working" alternative, that can be based on an old Omnik inverter?
Re: Omnik-Data-Logger no longer working
Posted: Wednesday 06 September 2023 16:54
by waltervl
What does not work? What error did you get?
See also topic
viewtopic.php?p=305303
Re: Omnik-Data-Logger no longer working
Posted: Wednesday 06 September 2023 17:40
by manjh
Can't see an error. It simply stopped sending data.
Solution in that other post seems strange. If the wifi unit does not connect to the inverter, how can i then still see valid data in the Solarman website?
Re: Omnik-Data-Logger no longer working
Posted: Wednesday 06 September 2023 17:42
by manjh
This afternoon I removed the whole lot and started fresh. Installed the plugin, but now ran into lots of python syntax errors. It seems the code has not been maintained since 2016...
Re: Omnik-Data-Logger no longer working
Posted: Wednesday 06 September 2023 18:27
by waltervl
Don't change anything that works. It does not seem to be that complex.
By the way, it is not a plugin but a python script that pushes data to domoticz.
Google the errors and you probably find the solution.
Re: Omnik-Data-Logger no longer working
Posted: Wednesday 06 September 2023 18:31
by manjh
waltervl wrote: Wednesday 06 September 2023 18:27
Don't change anything that works. It does not seem to be that complex.
By the way, it is not a plugin but a python script that pushes data to domoticz.
Google the errors and you probably find the solution.
Exactly what I did, and solved several. But I'm stuck on a missing decode attribute...
Re: Omnik-Data-Logger no longer working
Posted: Thursday 07 September 2023 11:35
by waltervl
What is the exact error you get? On what line in the code?
Re: Omnik-Data-Logger no longer working
Posted: Thursday 07 September 2023 12:19
by manjh
waltervl wrote: Thursday 07 September 2023 11:35
What is the exact error you get? On what line in the code?
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python LiveStats.py
2023-09-07 12:18:32,780 DEBUG Importing output plugin ConsoleOutput
2023-09-07 12:18:32,792 INFO connecting to 10.0.0.198 port 8899
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/home/pi/Omnik-Data-Logger/LiveStats.py", line 17, in <module>
omnik_exporter.run()
File "/home/pi/Omnik-Data-Logger/OmnikExport.py", line 72, in run
inverter_socket.sendall(OmnikExport.generate_string(wifi_serial))
File "/home/pi/Omnik-Data-Logger/OmnikExport.py", line 159, in generate_string
hex_list = [double_hex[i:i + 2].decode('hex') for i in
File "/home/pi/Omnik-Data-Logger/OmnikExport.py", line 159, in <listcomp>
hex_list = [double_hex[i:i + 2].decode('hex') for i in
AttributeError: 'str' object has no attribute 'decode'. Did you mean: 'encode'?
Re: Omnik-Data-Logger no longer working
Posted: Thursday 07 September 2023 16:35
by waltervl
Ok I thought you were using the Inverter-Data-Logger script and not the Omnik-Data-Logger....
I think the Omnik-Data-Logger is a python2 script and not python3
There is a python3 version:
https://github.com/clmcavaney/Omnik-Dat ... on3-change
Re: Omnik-Data-Logger no longer working
Posted: Thursday 07 September 2023 22:26
by manjh
I installed that, but am getting the same error starting with the invalid name "ConfigParser"...
Re: Omnik-Data-Logger no longer working
Posted: Thursday 07 September 2023 22:35
by waltervl
Re: Omnik-Data-Logger no longer working
Posted: Friday 08 September 2023 12:47
by manjh
Thanks for the tip! I installed it, and it worked OK.
Had a little trouble setting up the crontab, but that is my own fault. I need to understand the difference between using sudo or not....\
As for the Omnik interface: it is now working again!
The bad news is why the previous setup suddenly stopped working. But I guess we'll never find out...
Re: Omnik-Data-Logger no longer working
Posted: Friday 08 September 2023 20:26
by waltervl
manjh wrote: Monday 03 July 2023 12:30
I found a workaround by using Inverter-Data-Logging... works good!
This is what you said in June so perhaps the temperature in the Netherlands causes some brain damage
Re: Omnik-Data-Logger no longer working
Posted: Saturday 09 September 2023 7:42
by manjh
waltervl wrote: Friday 08 September 2023 20:26
manjh wrote: Monday 03 July 2023 12:30
I found a workaround by using Inverter-Data-Logging... works good!
This is what you said in June so perhaps the temperature in the Netherlands causes some brain damage
You may be right there...
Nevertheless, it stopped working early August. Re-installing fixed it. I'll keep an eye on this.
Re: Omnik-Data-Logger no longer working
Posted: Monday 11 September 2023 13:33
by manjh
It is still working like a charm.
I guess the installation of a newer version fixed the problem.
One question, though: I noticed new "mail" coming in to /var/mail and var/pi.
Nothing serious, looks like status info. At first there was a lot of debug lines, but after changing the lof level it decreased.
But still, over the day, it builds up to quite a large file.
What can I change to prevent this?
This is my current setting in config.cfg:
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[log]
# Log:Output
# Possible options: none,console,file (combinations are possible)
# Use none to disable logging
type = console
# Log:level
# Possible options: critical, error, warning, info, debug, notset
level = notset
# Log:filename
# Output file for file logger
filename = inverter-export.log
Re: Omnik-Data-Logger no longer working
Posted: Monday 11 September 2023 13:46
by PieterS
What about changing:
type = none
Re: Omnik-Data-Logger no longer working
Posted: Monday 11 September 2023 13:49
by waltervl
You are one of the few using this I suppose.
Ask the author in the github repository to be sure or just try it out and see what happens....
Re: Omnik-Data-Logger no longer working
Posted: Monday 11 September 2023 15:24
by PieterS
Yes, I am one of them.
Dont be scared! Just try and see what happens
