Trial: Beta feedback and discussions

[DCSBL]

Hi all 👋,

My name is Duco, one of the developers at HomeWizard. We’ve opened up this GitHub repo to streamline the beta-testing experience. Until now, we've been using email, but we want to open it up and make feedback more accessible for all testers.

Let's see what this brings us, but keep in mind this is also new to us; we can stop this experiment at any moment.

For more information, read the README.

[dotternetta]

English or Dutch here?

[DCSBL]

Both is fine, wat makkelijker is 😉

[jtebbens]

Gelukkig geen morsecode 😂

[Sungtroll]

My P1 is still at 5.09 beta 3 after the release of 6.0111. Trying to update manually but the android app says the beta i am running is the latest.

[Sungtroll]

My P1 id reported from homewizard app is starting with 5c2f that is its original MAC address. When i look in the router DHCP table the mac address start with F412. Windows also reports P1 MAC address as F412. After i updated firmware from 5.08 to 5.09-beta-3 the firmware upgrade reset the MAC address to p1 original MAC address. But then after the next first crash on 5.09-beta-3 the p1 changed its MAC address again to the F412 Mac address and then stuck with that MAC address the following next 11 months. I have requested support to force upgrade to 6.0111 but no answer from them and the homewizard app says i am on the latest firmware. I think after more than one year with the wifi crashes and MAC address issues its time to finally fix those problems.

[DCSBL]

@Sungtroll, can you e-mail us at [email protected] and send us your HomeWizard account ID (an e-mail address) and the serial number of your P1 Meter?

You have a very unique issue that is not related to the latest beta, but as your P1 Meter has 5.09-beta-3, I want to have a quick look into this.

[kegge13]

@kegge13 I can give some clarity: when you got the affirmation for the beta program AND you have at least one PIB connected you automatically get the latest beta-software installed on your devices.

I hope you get your battery soon😊

Gezien alle gerapporteerde problemen hier begin ik mij enigszins zorgen te maken over die PIB. Zijn die terecht of geeft dit forum een eenzijdig beeld?

[jtebbens]

Want? Mensen die geen problemen hebben hoor je niet, dus ja eenzijdig ben ik van mening.
Wifi is en blijft eeen lastig medium. Zoveel verschillende factoren die invloed hebben. Positief en negatief. Verschillende merken, verschillende implicaties van mesh netwerken (of juist niet, solo AP's).

[Hassio02023]

Ik zal maar even reageren dan. Ik heb geen problemen. Alleen dat na de laatste update de batterij blijft doorladen na 100% met 6 watt. Maar dat zie ik niet echt als een probleem. Geen wifi problemen op welke manier dan ook. Werkte out of the box met kpn v10a modem.

[shthpnz]

V6.0111 still makes my P1 wandering around the WiFi nodes. Poor reception is the result.

[DCSBL]

Thank you for the report, @shthpnz! While this issue isn’t directly related to the beta, we believe this is the best place to find a solution together!

📢 We need your help (everyone included!): Most users, including our team and the majority of the community, aren’t experiencing any issues with mesh/multi-ap setups. This makes it challenging to pinpoint the root cause. We suspect it might be linked to the stability issues mentioned here.

You can assist us by isolating the issue; try things like turning off some mesh points, adjusting settings like AP pinning, and let us know if you notice any changes. Your feedback, combined with our product knowledge, will help us uncover and fix the root of this problem.

Feedback like “I’ve turned off one of my two access points and now everything works stably” is incredibly valuable! Also tell us a bit about your network situation.

[jtebbens]

I have experience with unifi, pinning HW devices, P1, watermeter and even sockets to a particular AP (for me meterkast) helps a lot.

Further these settings in Network (in my case IOT) to align multicast discovery where my Homey sits in Default and all my HW devices in IOT network.

[johnvanderster]

Helaas kan ik geen instellingen in de wifipods wijzigen. Het hoppen van met name de P1 meter gebeurt nog steeds. Vaste IP nummers helpt ogenscijnlijk niet.

[Mausy5043]

@johnvanderster Een vast IP heeft ook helemaal niks met de verbinding te maken.

Een WiFi client springt over naar een ander AP als de verbinding met het ene AP wegvalt en de andere AP op dat moment een sterker signaal heeft. Ik zou de oorzaak dan ook eerder in de APs zoeken. Mss zijn er veel APs in de omgeving die op hetzelfde channel uitzenden? Channel 11 bijvoorbeeld is erg populair.
En dat hele Mesh-wifi helpt volgens mij ook niet. Devices die elke seconde naar elkaar staan te roepen merken natuurlijk veel meer van korte onderbrekingen als een mesh-zender van frequentie wisselt ofzo om plaats te maken voor een ander apparaat.

[jtebbens]

Weet je wat ook een leuke bron van problemen is, zigbee (Philips hue, ikea hub etc). AP kanalen uitzoeken die zo "min" mogelijk verstoringen hebben. Is sowieso niet eenvoudig gezien 2.4Ghz verschrikkelijk druk is in mening buurtje.

Maar goed, bron:

https://www.metageek.com/training/resources/zigbee-wifi-coexistence/

[kegge13]

My P1 is on v5.19, waiting for the PIB. The local API is essential to me because I use it for my home automation. V5.19 just returns a simple json string without user acount verification. It is pretty important for me. Does that change when the P1 is updated?

[jtebbens]

The P1 will keep its v1 API and get an additional v2 API upon your PIB addition to your household.

[DCSBL]

@kegge13, you can find all the details about the API (both v1 and v2) at https://api-documentation.homewizard.com. As @jtebbens said, the current (v1) API will stay active for a while.

[DCSBL]

Sorry, @kegge13. Dit is niet het juiste kanaal hiervoor. Ik raad je aan om je vraag te stellen op Tweakers of contact op te nemen met onze supportafdeling.

[jtebbens]

Even bij Homewizard support melden, staat los van beta P1 of Plugin Battery.

[mgdijkerman]

Just received my second battery and would like to keep them on the same versions. However beta registrations are closed now. Could you either add my second battery or remove me from the beta list?