Intellicenter Local Connection

[tagyoureit]

The Intellicenter allows for local network connections over websockets. I published a new branch and would appreciate some QA testing by others. These comms allow you to talk directly to your Intellicenter without any RS485 connectors. There is about 85% of the functionality via the web sockets.

Download the branch and try it out - https://github.com/tagyoureit/nodejs-poolController/tree/WS-ICv1-ICv3-Refactor
and also the dashPanel branch - https://github.com/rstrouse/nodejs-poolController-dashPanel/tree/WS-ICv1-ICv3-Refactor

To set the comms, change the network type to Intellicenter Network in the Settings->Controller->Comms section.

[jwtaylor310]

I have my system connecting via ethernet using the code in this branch. Connected easily and system show great promise as an alternative to using the RS-485 bus to connect to the pool equipment.

Issues I reported in a previous thread:

1. "Reload Config" fails.
2. Editing a schedule entry causes a different entry to be overwritten.

These appear to be fixed in the most recent patch, but may still need testing after fixing a new bug -- after installing that patch, my Intellicenter system is being reported incorrectly as a "Nixie Single Body":

And attempts to turn on or off the Pool results in an "HTTP 500: Internal Server Error". Turning on/off the Spa works without a problem. I started a capture and then restarted poolContoller. After it was running I tried to turn on/off the Pool. Here's the capture:

replay(194).zip

[tagyoureit]

Pull again. Pushed up a couple changes to capture these items.

WS doesn't reveal the expansion cards, so that will only be a rs485 option. But we should pick up the right board. And by "right" I mean whatever Pentair shows. Right now the i8PS is showing up in Pentair's app as an i5. 🤷 That's something they need to fix.

[jwtaylor310]

Several issues:

1. At startup of poolController/dashPanel, my system is detected as Intellicenter 5P which is as expected. If I then do a "Reload Configuration" it appears to do that without a problem. But if I start a capture with the "Capture Configuration Reload" option, the system immediately does a configuration reload AND switches from Intellicenter 5P to Nixie Single Body. Once that happens, I have to manually restart poolController to restore the correct configuration. Here's a capture where I do nothing except start the capture with the Reload option:

replay(205).zip

2. When packet capture is active, the console displays "Silly" level status information. This may be by design but I haven't noticed it before.

3. The system incorrectly displays existing daily schedule items as one-time items.

4. Editing a schedule item continues to cause problems. I changed the start time of the Pool daily schedule from 9:00 to 9:30 and dashPanel then showed the schedule item with no name, run time 12:00am-12:00am and no date or days. The WCP no longer displays the schedule item (it was deleted). I had to manually create a new schedule item using the WCP. Here's the capture:

replay(207).zip

5. Turning Lights on/off works, but changing the color scheme does not. Starting with the lights off and color set to blue, I started a capture, turned the lights on, then opened the color selection window. It showed no color selected. I changed the color to Red, then Green. dashPanel showed the correct color selection after each change but the lights actually remained blue. I then turned the lights off. Here's the capture:

replay(208).zip

[tagyoureit]

Pull again... these should all be fixed except 2. We want as much data as possible for the packet capture and this has always set the most detailed logging level.

[jwtaylor310]

That fixed all of the problems reported in my last post with a couple of minor remaining issues:

1. When editing a schedule that repeats there appears to be a problem indexing into the list of days. Turning on or off a day results in the prior day being turned on or off. For example, if I try to turn on Wednesday the result is Tuesday being turned on. It also appears that turning on or off any day will cause days previously turned on to be replaced by their 'previous days'. In other words, starting with Tuesday and Thursday on, if I add Saturday the result will be Monday, Wednesday and Friday being on.

2. Turning lights on and off and selecting a colors or light show works as expected. However, pressing either "Hold" or "Recall" causes the color to switch to White irrespective of the previous color setting.

3. A new issue: Information entered on the "General ... Personal Information" tab does not appear to be accepted by the OCP. Some of the dashPanel fields are populated with information which appears to come from the OCP while other fields are blank.

The following fields are populated and match what is entered on the OCP:

Pool Alias
e-mail
Country
City
State
Zip
Latitude (greyed out)
Longitude (greyed out)

The following fields are blank and I haven't found where they might be set on the OCP:

Owner
Phone
Alt e-mail
Address

And, the "Alt Phone" field is populated with "[Phone Number2] which I can't find on the OCP.

Thank you!

[tagyoureit]

V10 has been released with all the web socket functionality merged into master. Fixed the above 3 issues, as well.

[jwtaylor310]

Another issue with scheduling...when an existing schedule is deleted using dashPanel it results in a different schedule reverting to unconfigured. I started with three schedule items:

I then deleted the second item (Pool 11:00 PM - 12:00 AM) and the result was this:

The second entry has been deleted but the first entry (Pool 12:00 AM - 8:00 AM) now shows as an empty record. I tried to edit that record by populating it with the original settings for the Pool 12:00 AM - 8:00 AM record but that caused an error.

The OCP shows the correct information - the second item deleted and the first and third retained without alteration -- so this appears to be a display issue within dashPanel. Doing a "Reload Config" causes dashPanel to display the correct information (second schedule item deleted, first and third unaltered).

Here's a capture of the process:

replay(214).zip

[tagyoureit]

Fixed.

[jwtaylor310]

Last night I switched on "Nocturnal Cooling" for my pool's solar heating. The dashPanel display showed the correct setpoints but displayed the Heater Status as Off while the system was actually cooling. My WCP correctly showed cooling active with a "snowflake" icon.

[tagyoureit]

Fixed. Good find.

[jwtaylor310]

I did "git pull" on both the poolController and dashPanel. After doing so, the system reverted to a "Nixie Single Body" controller and lost connection with error "ECONNREFUSED 172.16.31.231:9801". I did a packet capture with a restart of poolController:
replay(216).zip

I think I got the main branch of the project. Here is the display of the versions currently running on my system:

[tagyoureit]

The logs are saying that njsPC couldn't connect to the Elfin over Socat. None of that code was changed as part of this.

[jwtaylor310]

Thanks. I didn't catch that it was trying to use the Elfin. When I did the update it defaulted Comms back to the Local port . I mistakenly switched it to Network instead of IntelliCenter Network. I just changed to IntelliCenter Network and it now connects as expected and identifies the system as an i5P. I'll go through and test the recent changes tomorrow and let you know what I find.

[jwtaylor310]

The scheduling issues are mostly fixed. I can now add, edit and delete schedule items without a problem. Thank you! However, when adding or editing a Pool or Spa schedule, when I set the Heat Source to "Don't Change" it is recorded in the OCP as "Off". The result is that the Heat Source is turned off when the schedule runs.

There continues to be a problem with solar nocturnal cooling. The dashPanel shows the Heater Status "Off" when it is actually in cooling mode. A possibly related item is that dashPanel and the WCP show different values for the Solar temperature. Right now, the WCP shows 91 degrees but dashPanel shows 88 degrees.

[tagyoureit]

Pull again. I think all of these are resolved but pls test.

[jwtaylor310]

Thanks for working on this on the 4th of July. I hope you enjoyed the holiday!

There are still problems with scheduling. Although new schedule items get posted to the OCP, it looks like edits to existing schedule items do not. Also, when editing or adding a Pool or Spa item the edit window allows only "No Change" for the Heat Source. And, the day assignment in schedules continues to be off by one. For example, turning of Wednesday for a scheduled item using dashPanel causes Tuesday to be turned off on the WCP.

I did a capture with the following events:

1. Attempted to modify the last schedule item (Pool) from 3:45 PM start to 3:55 PM start. The edit screen shows the change but the main screen does not and the WCP continues to show the original start time. Going back i into the edit screen continues to show the edited value (3:55 PM start).

2. Attempted to add a schedule item for Pool - 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM. Edit screen lists only "No Change" for the Heat Source. I cancelled the new schedule item.

3. I clicked on the main screen Pool button and it started as expected. However, the IntelliChlor1 Output % field is blank.

End of capture
replay(220).zip

The system is now correctly handling solar Nocturnal Cooling. The Heat Point, Cool Point and Heat Mode all show correct information and the Heater Status now shows "Cooling" when solar cooling is active. The Solar Temp display now shows the correct value. The only remaining issue is the snowflake icon isn't being displayed.

The "lights" on the Chemistry and Pumps element panels don't turn green when the Pool is running. With the exception of chlorinator output %, the panels do show the correct information but the "lights" remain grey:

[tagyoureit]

Pushed up some changes for this. Pull 10.0.1.

[jwtaylor310]

Looks good!

Fixed:
Schedule edits now get recorded.
Day of Week assignments in schedules are now correct, not offset by 1 day
"Lights" on chemistry and pump section now turn green when running
Chlorinator output percentage now displays correctly

Remaining Issues:
When adding/editing a pool or spa schedule only "No Change" is allowed for Heat Source

Unknown:
Unable to test whether "Snowflake" icon appears when nocturnal cooling is active. Will check when solar temp gets below water temp (maybe tonight).

Thanks!

[tagyoureit]

Pushed up a fix for your missing heat sources. There was an edge case that was guarded behind a combustion heat source. Now your heat sources should show up.

[jwtaylor310]

That fixed the missing heat sources. Thanks!

[jwtaylor310]

System has been working well since the last update. A minor issue is that the green "lights" in the Schedules window don't refresh reliably. Here's an example where no schedules are active (6:11 PM) but three out of the four schedules have green lights:

This was with the Dashboard open continuously throughout the day. When I close it and reopen, all of the schedules show grey.

[tagyoureit]

Pushed up a fix for this. Pull again.

d6823cc

[jwtaylor310]

The update didn't fix it. The problem appears to be restricted to the Schedules "lights' - the Chemistry and Pumps lights track correctly. And it is a refresh issue, not a failure to set the status properly as manually refreshing the web page or exiting and reloading it causes the correct lights to be displayed.

Another example at 7:15 AM. The top Pool schedule is active but the display also shows the Vacuum and bottom Pool schedule "lights" on:

This isn't a major issue as I expect most people open the web page, view and/or make changes and then close the page. In my case I have a Raspberry Pi with a small display that shows the web page 24/7. In that mode the problem becomes apparent.

[tagyoureit]

Pull dashPanel and try this again.

[jwtaylor310]

That fixed it. Thanks!

[jwtaylor310]

A new issue: When I try to increase the temperature set point for the pool using dashPanel I get the error "IntelliCenterWS: 'SetParamList' rejected by OCP (response=400)". However, I am able to increase the temperature at the OCP and using the WCP and when I do that dashPanel correctly displays the new setting.

I have attached a capture starting before I try to increase the temp using dashPanel (fails), then using the OCP (successful), and finally using the WCP (successful)..

replay(1).zip
PoolController_Error.pdf

[tagyoureit]

Fixed. 539223f

[jwtaylor310]

That fixed it. Thanks!