Error: <name> hardware (<idx>) thread seems to have ended unexpectedly
Posted: Wednesday 17 December 2025 10:46
Hello,
I have a plugin (hardware item) supported by a Python script, that stops working after several days, and reports every 10 to 15 seconds in the log:
The script polls a dongle every X seconds via HTTP. The HTTP reply is a JSON-formatted reading. The script then feeds some Domoticz counters.
The dongle is attached to an electricity meter used in Europe (aka P1- smart meter).
There is no evidence of any malfunction of the dongle.
When this happens, if I go in the settings, Hardware, select that item, slide the switch in order to disable it, Domoticz becomes completely unresponsive (although the domoticz process is still there and consumes some CPU ticks.)
I have no crash log, nothing that could help tracing the defect.
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The script is here: https://github.com/gettevan/HomeWizard-Wifi-p1-plugin
The dongle is from HomeWizard.com.
I have a plugin (hardware item) supported by a Python script, that stops working after several days, and reports every 10 to 15 seconds in the log:
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The dongle is attached to an electricity meter used in Europe (aka P1- smart meter).
There is no evidence of any malfunction of the dongle.
When this happens, if I go in the settings, Hardware, select that item, slide the switch in order to disable it, Domoticz becomes completely unresponsive (although the domoticz process is still there and consumes some CPU ticks.)
I have no crash log, nothing that could help tracing the defect.
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The script is here: https://github.com/gettevan/HomeWizard-Wifi-p1-plugin
The dongle is from HomeWizard.com.
- How can I diagnose the problem ?
- Is there any better way to recover, other than stopping and restarting Domoticz ?