Orange flash - Previous line repeats 200 times

davet123 · Mar 6th 2022

Hi everyone,

I'm having an issue with my setup that I can't find anyone else talking about, so I can only assume it's something I'm doing wrong. Everything works perfectly, but every so often my lights lose connection and revert to the default colour in WLED (usually orange) for a few seconds, and then go back to doing what theyre supposed to do. Sometimes it will work for a while without flashing orange, but other times it will happen multiple times in an hour. Here's what the log shows when it happens:

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2022-03-06T16:02:18.119Z [ LEDDEVICE] (WARNING) Previous line repeats 200 times
2022-03-06T16:11:21.439Z [ LEDDEVICE] (WARNING) Previous line repeats 200 times
2022-03-06T16:31:19.039Z [ LEDDEVICE] (WARNING) Previous line repeats 200 times
2022-03-06T16:32:21.759Z [ LEDDEVICE] (WARNING) Previous line repeats 200 times

Here's my setup (I'm assuming the video capturing part isn't relevant, but let me know if it is):

WS2812b (206 LEDs) powered by 5V 8A Power Adapter (for LEDs only)

ESP8266 v3 flashed with NodeMCU v2 (from here https://github.com/awawa-dev/HyperSerialWLED/releases)

Raspberry Pi 4b running Hyperion 2.0.12 set up to connect to ESP8266 through WLED

If anyone can offer any suggestions I'll be forever grateful!

Thanks.

davet123 · Mar 7th 2022

Here's some more of the log from this evening. I figured the first line may be relevant:

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2022-03-06T20:41:20.671Z [ LEDDEVICE] (WARNING) (192.168.1.177:19446) Write Error: (7) Unable to send a message
2022-03-06T20:42:23.588Z [ LEDDEVICE] (WARNING) Previous line repeats 200 times
2022-03-06T20:52:22.308Z [ LEDDEVICE] (WARNING) Previous line repeats 200 times
2022-03-06T21:11:22.949Z [ LEDDEVICE] (WARNING) Previous line repeats 200 times
2022-03-06T21:12:25.229Z [ LEDDEVICE] (WARNING) Previous line repeats 200 times
2022-03-06T21:32:22.628Z [ LEDDEVICE] (WARNING) Previous line repeats 200 times
2022-03-06T21:41:24.429Z [ LEDDEVICE] (WARNING) Previous line repeats 200 times
2022-03-06T21:42:25.709Z [ LEDDEVICE] (WARNING) Previous line repeats 200 times

pclin · Mar 7th 2022

HyperSerialWLED does not work with Hyperion!

And if you have problems with that, you're in the wrong place.

regards pclin

davet123 · Mar 7th 2022

Thanks for the suggestion - the only reason I'm using the HyperSerialWLED is from when I've been troubleshooting this very issue - it originally started happening when I used the standard WLED release, so I tried the beta WLED release, and then I tried HyperHDR to see if that would help. I then tried HyperSerialWLED to see if that would make a difference, which it didn't!

Having said all that I'll reflash the ESP8266 with official WLED release and update on here if it makes a difference

Lord-Grey · Mar 7th 2022

Could you enable debug logging, restart Hyperion and then provide the log before the errors occur?

Best with a Hyperion and official WLED combination.

davet123 · Mar 7th 2022

Absolutely - I reflashed the ESP8266 with the official version of WLED about an hour and half ago, and this is the log from then up until the first time the error occured:

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2022-03-07T19:37:39.490Z [ DAEMON] (INFO) CEC handler created
2022-03-07T19:37:39.513Z [ EFFECTFILES] (INFO) 40 effects loaded from directory :/effects/
2022-03-07T19:37:39.521Z [ EFFECTFILES] (INFO) 22 effect schemas loaded from directory :/effects/schema/
2022-03-07T19:37:39.524Z [ EFFECTFILES] (INFO) 0 effects loaded from directory /home/pi/.hyperion/custom-effects/
2022-03-07T19:37:39.550Z [ SETTINGSMGR] (DEBUG) (SettingsManager.cpp:186:SettingsManager()) Settings database initialized
2022-03-07T19:37:39.553Z [ BLACKBORDER] (DEBUG) (BlackBorderProcessor.cpp:64:handleSettingsUpdate()) Set mode to: default
2022-03-07T19:37:39.553Z [ COMPONENTREG] (DEBUG) (ComponentRegister.cpp:41:setNewComponentState()) Blackborder detector: enabled
2022-03-07T19:37:39.576Z [ DAEMON] (INFO) set screen capture device to 'dispmanx'
2022-03-07T19:37:39.577Z [ DAEMON] (INFO) DISPMANX frame grabber created
2022-03-07T19:37:39.578Z [ V4L2] (DEBUG) (Grabber.cpp:141:setWidthHeight()) Set new width: 720, height: 480 for capture
2022-03-07T19:37:39.578Z [ V4L2] (INFO) Set new frames per second to: 30 fps
2022-03-07T19:37:39.582Z [ V4L2] (INFO) Set image size decimation to 1
2022-03-07T19:37:39.583Z [ V4L2] (INFO) Set flipmode to NO_CHANGE
2022-03-07T19:37:39.909Z [ V4L2] (DEBUG) (V4L2Grabber.cpp:151:init()) Set device (path) to: UVC Camera (534d:2109): USB Vid (/dev/video0)
2022-03-07T19:37:39.909Z [ V4L2] (DEBUG) (V4L2Grabber.cpp:488:init_device()) Set device input to: Camera 1
2022-03-07T19:37:39.910Z [ V4L2] (DEBUG) (V4L2Grabber.cpp:614:init_device()) Set resolution to width=720 height=480
2022-03-07T19:37:39.911Z [ V4L2] (DEBUG) (V4L2Grabber.cpp:631:init_device()) Set framerate to 30 fps
2022-03-07T19:37:39.911Z [ V4L2] (DEBUG) (V4L2Grabber.cpp:707:init_device()) Pixel format=YUYV
2022-03-07T19:37:39.917Z [ V4L2] (INFO) Started
2022-03-07T19:37:39.918Z [ DAEMON] (DEBUG) (hyperiond.cpp:608:handleSettingsUpdate()) V4L2 grabber created
2022-03-07T19:37:39.918Z [ JSONSERVER] (DEBUG) (JsonServer.cpp:28:JsonServer()) Created instance
2022-03-07T19:37:39.921Z [ JSONSERVER] (INFO) Started on port 19444
2022-03-07T19:37:39.580Z [ LEDDEVICE] (INFO) Start LedDevice 'wled'.
2022-03-07T19:37:39.580Z [ COMPONENTREG] (DEBUG) (ComponentRegister.cpp:41:setNewComponentState()) Smoothing: enabled
2022-03-07T19:37:39.580Z [ LEDDEVICE] (DEBUG) (LedDevice.cpp:148:init()) deviceConfig: [{"brightness":255,"colorOrder":"rgb","currentLedCount":206,"hardwareLedCount":206,"host":"ambilight.local","hostList":"NONE","latchTime":0,"overwriteBrightness":true,"overwriteSync":true,"restoreOriginalState":false,"type":"wled"}]
2022-03-07T19:37:39.580Z [ LEDDEVICE] (DEBUG) (LedDevice.cpp:414:setLatchTime()) LatchTime updated to 0ms
2022-03-07T19:37:39.580Z [ SMOOTHING] (DEBUG) (LinearColorSmoothing.cpp:687:selectConfig()) cfg [0]:  Type: linear - Time: 150 ms, outputRate 1.000000 Hz, interpolationRate: 1.000000 Hz, timer: 40 ms, Dithering: 1, Decay: 1.000000 -> HalfTime: 75.000000 ms
2022-03-07T19:37:39.580Z [ LEDDEVICE] (DEBUG) (LedDevice.cpp:445:setRewriteTime()) RewriteTime updated to 0ms
2022-03-07T19:37:39.580Z [ LEDDEVICE] (DEBUG) (LedDeviceWled.cpp:80:init()) DeviceType   : wled
2022-03-07T19:37:39.581Z [ LEDDEVICE] (DEBUG) (LedDeviceWled.cpp:81:init()) LedCount     : 206
2022-03-07T19:37:39.581Z [ LEDDEVICE] (DEBUG) (LedDeviceWled.cpp:82:init()) ColorOrder   : rgb
2022-03-07T19:37:39.581Z [ LEDDEVICE] (DEBUG) (LedDeviceWled.cpp:83:init()) LatchTime    : 0
2022-03-07T19:37:39.581Z [ LEDDEVICE] (DEBUG) (LedDeviceWled.cpp:97:init()) RestoreOrigState  : 0
2022-03-07T19:37:39.581Z [ LEDDEVICE] (DEBUG) (LedDeviceWled.cpp:98:init()) Overwrite Sync.   : 1
2022-03-07T19:37:39.581Z [ LEDDEVICE] (DEBUG) (LedDeviceWled.cpp:99:init()) Overwrite Brightn.: 1
2022-03-07T19:37:39.581Z [ LEDDEVICE] (DEBUG) (LedDeviceWled.cpp:100:init()) Set Brightness to : 255
2022-03-07T19:37:39.581Z [ SMOOTHING] (DEBUG) (LinearColorSmoothing.cpp:687:selectConfig()) Previous line repeats 1 times
2022-03-07T19:37:39.581Z [ EFFECTENGINE] (INFO) Run effect "Rainbow swirl fast" on channel 1
2022-03-07T19:37:39.656Z [ EFFECTENGINE] (DEBUG) (EffectEngine.cpp:181:runEffectScript()) Start the effect: name [Rainbow swirl fast], smoothCfg [2]
2022-03-07T19:37:39.656Z [ HYPERION] (DEBUG) (PriorityMuxer.cpp:165:registerInput()) Register new input 'System/EFFECT' with priority 1 as inactive
2022-03-07T19:37:39.656Z [ HYPERION] (INFO) Initial foreground effect 'Rainbow swirl fast' started
2022-03-07T19:37:39.657Z [ HYPERION] (DEBUG) (PriorityMuxer.cpp:165:registerInput()) Register new input 'System/V4L' with priority 240 as inactive
2022-03-07T19:37:39.657Z [ COMPONENTREG] (DEBUG) (ComponentRegister.cpp:41:setNewComponentState()) V4L capture device: enabled
2022-03-07T19:37:39.657Z [ BOBLIGHT] (DEBUG) (BoblightServer.cpp:28:BoblightServer()) Instance created
2022-03-07T19:37:39.936Z [ HYPERION] (INFO) Hyperion instance 'Ambilight' has been started
2022-03-07T19:37:39.688Z [ LEDDEVICE] (DEBUG) (LedDevice.cpp:148:init()) deviceConfig: [{"brightness":255,"colorOrder":"rgb","currentLedCount":206,"hardwareLedCount":206,"host":"ambilight.local","hostList":"NONE","latchTime":0,"overwriteBrightness":true,"overwriteSync":true,"port":19446,"restoreOriginalState":false,"type":"wled"}]
2022-03-07T19:37:39.688Z [ LEDDEVICE] (DEBUG) (LedDevice.cpp:414:setLatchTime()) LatchTime updated to 0ms
2022-03-07T19:37:39.688Z [ LEDDEVICE] (DEBUG) (LedDevice.cpp:445:setRewriteTime()) RewriteTime updated to 0ms
2022-03-07T19:37:39.924Z [ LEDDEVICE] (DEBUG) (ProviderUdp.cpp:51:init()) Successfully resolved IP-address (192.168.1.177) for hostname (ambilight.local).
2022-03-07T19:37:39.924Z [ LEDDEVICE] (DEBUG) (ProviderUdp.cpp:73:init()) UDP socket will write to 192.168.1.177 port: 19446
2022-03-07T19:37:39.925Z [ LEDDEVICE] (DEBUG) (LedDeviceWled.cpp:131:init()) Hostname/IP  : ambilight.local
2022-03-07T19:37:39.925Z [ LEDDEVICE] (DEBUG) (LedDeviceWled.cpp:132:init()) Port         : 19446
2022-03-07T19:37:39.933Z [ FLATBUFSERVER] (INFO) Started on port 19400
2022-03-07T19:37:39.933Z [ PROTOSERVER] (INFO) Started on port 19445
2022-03-07T19:37:39.936Z [ WEBSERVER] (DEBUG) (WebServer.cpp:33:initServer()) Initialize Webserver
2022-03-07T19:37:39.939Z [ WEBSERVER] (DEBUG) (WebServer.cpp:33:initServer()) Initialize Webserver
2022-03-07T19:37:39.958Z [ HYPERION] (DEBUG) (PriorityMuxer.cpp:271:setInputImage()) Priority 1 is now active
2022-03-07T19:37:39.958Z [ HYPERION] (DEBUG) (PriorityMuxer.cpp:374:setCurrentTime()) Set visible priority to 1
2022-03-07T19:37:39.958Z [ HYPERION] (DEBUG) (Hyperion.cpp:571:handleSourceAvailability()) priority[1], previousPriority[255]
2022-03-07T19:37:39.959Z [ HYPERION] (DEBUG) (Hyperion.cpp:582:handleSourceAvailability()) new source available -> Resume output processing and switch LED-Device on
2022-03-07T19:37:39.959Z [ WEBSERVER] (DEBUG) (WebServer.cpp:92:handleSettingsUpdate()) Apply Webserver settings
2022-03-07T19:37:39.959Z [ WEBSERVER] (DEBUG) (WebServer.cpp:92:handleSettingsUpdate()) Apply Webserver settings
2022-03-07T19:37:39.960Z [ WEBSERVER] (DEBUG) (WebServer.cpp:110:handleSettingsUpdate()) Set document root to: :/webconfig
2022-03-07T19:37:39.960Z [ WEBSERVER] (DEBUG) (WebServer.cpp:110:handleSettingsUpdate()) Set document root to: :/webconfig
2022-03-07T19:37:39.961Z [ WEBSERVER] (INFO) 'Hyperion Webserver' started on port 8090
2022-03-07T19:37:39.975Z [ WEBSERVER] (DEBUG) (WebServer.cpp:176:handleSettingsUpdate()) Setup SSL certificate
2022-03-07T19:37:39.976Z [ WEBSERVER] (DEBUG) (WebServer.cpp:192:handleSettingsUpdate()) Setup private SSL key
2022-03-07T19:37:39.976Z [ WEBSERVER] (INFO) 'Hyperion Webserver' started on port 8092
2022-03-07T19:37:40.012Z [ HYPERION] (DEBUG) (PriorityMuxer.cpp:271:setInputImage()) Priority 240 is now active
2022-03-07T19:37:40.072Z [ LEDDEVICE] (DEBUG) (LedDeviceWled.cpp:211:powerOn()) Disable synchronisation with other WLED devices
2022-03-07T19:37:40.344Z [ COMPONENTREG] (DEBUG) (ComponentRegister.cpp:41:setNewComponentState()) LED device: enabled
2022-03-07T19:37:40.345Z [ SMOOTHING] (DEBUG) (LinearColorSmoothing.cpp:687:selectConfig()) cfg [2]:  Type: linear - Time: 200 ms, outputRate 25.000000 Hz, interpolationRate: 25.000000 Hz, timer: 40 ms, Dithering: 0, Decay: 1.000000 -> HalfTime: 100.000000 ms
2022-03-07T19:37:42.940Z [ EFFECTENGINE] (INFO) effect finished
2022-03-07T19:37:43.053Z [ HYPERION] (DEBUG) (PriorityMuxer.cpp:337:setCurrentTime()) Timeout clear for priority 1
2022-03-07T19:37:43.053Z [ HYPERION] (DEBUG) (PriorityMuxer.cpp:374:setCurrentTime()) Set visible priority to 240
2022-03-07T19:37:43.057Z [ SMOOTHING] (DEBUG) (LinearColorSmoothing.cpp:687:selectConfig()) cfg [0]:  Type: linear - Time: 150 ms, outputRate 1.000000 Hz, interpolationRate: 1.000000 Hz, timer: 40 ms, Dithering: 1, Decay: 1.000000 -> HalfTime: 75.000000 ms
2022-03-07T19:37:43.057Z [ HYPERION] (DEBUG) (Hyperion.cpp:571:handleSourceAvailability()) priority[240], previousPriority[1]
2022-03-07T20:01:37.906Z [ LEDDEVICE] (DEBUG) (LedDeviceWled.cpp:211:powerOn()) Previous line repeats 1 times
2022-03-07T20:01:37.906Z [ LEDDEVICE] (WARNING) (192.168.1.177:19446) Write Error: (7) Unable to send a message
2022-03-07T20:02:40.105Z [ LEDDEVICE] (WARNING) Previous line repeats 200 times

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Lord-Grey · Mar 7th 2022

This is an indication that the network was not available.

`7`	An error occurred with the network (e.g., the network cable was accidentally plugged out).

The WLED device is currently not able to automatically recover from that state.

You could try to switch off and on the LED device via the Remote Control UI in the given situation.

Does it also happen, if you disable smoothing?

Looks like you need to work on your WiFi stability.

davet123 · Mar 8th 2022

I haven't tried disabling smoothing, but I'll give that a go and see if it makes a difference.

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The WLED device is currently not able to automatically recover from that state.

As for that, it does recover itself after the error - the lights only go orange for a second or two before reverting back to what they're supposed to be doing. I haven't had any problems with my wifi before, and the ESP8266 and RasPi are both in the same room as the router, so I'm not sure what more I can do to make it more stable! I'll have a tinker and see if anything helps.

Thanks for taking the time to help - I really appreciate it.

pclin · Mar 8th 2022

How is the channel utilization in WLAN?

It doesn't work with USB serial control either?

regards pclin

Lord-Grey · Mar 8th 2022

Quote from davet123

the lights only go orange for a second or two before reverting back to what they're supposed to be doing.

Good to hear that the devices does not stop. That WLED is moving to default (orange) state is related to WLED.

For that I opened this issue at WLED a while ago, but no feedback.

Maybe you would like checking there too.

davet123 · Mar 8th 2022

Quote from Lord-Grey

Does it also happen, if you disable smoothing?

Yes it does - I disabled it last night, but it's still hapenning.

Quote from Lord-Grey

For that I opened this issue at WLED a while ago, but no feedback.

Maybe you would like checking there too.

I've checked that - not great that they haven't addressed it since you raised it in November! If that's the issue that I'm dealing with is there nothing I can do?

Quote from pclin

How is the channel utilization in WLAN?
It doesn't work with USB serial control either?

How do I find the channel utilization in WLAN? I've had a look through the settings but I can't find anything.

And how do I go about setting it up with USB serial control? Not sure that's something I'm aware of!

pclin · Mar 8th 2022

It is best to create a new instance, select adalight, default 115200 baud rate, create LED layout and control WLED via USB. The baud rate is not optimal for some stripes, some ESPs also allow a higher baud rate, can be set in WLED, must be set the same in Hyperion and WLED. If the baud rate for the stripe is too low, there may be delays, but it should be enough to test whether your problem no longer occurs.

Look in your router. radio channel, possibly select a different channel there. If a lot of WiFi is used in your area, this could be a problem if many are on the same channel.

regards pclin

You can also view the signal strength in WLED Info. In some cases it also helps to select Disable WiFi sleep: in the Wifi setup.

davet123 · Mar 9th 2022

Quote from pclin

It is best to create a new instance, select adalight, default 115200 baud rate, create LED layout and control WLED via USB. The baud rate is not optimal for some stripes, some ESPs also allow a higher baud rate, can be set in WLED, must be set the same in Hyperion and WLED. If the baud rate for the stripe is too low, there may be delays, but it should be enough to test whether your problem no longer occurs.

This solved the flashing light problem, but the delay is quite bad! Is there a way to decrease the delay? Do I just increase the baud rate, or can that cause problems?

pclin · Mar 9th 2022

OK, that's good. This makes it clear that the ESP and your LED's and installation are in order.

You can try increasing the baud rate, the only thing that can happen is that it doesn't work because the baud rate is wrong/too high.

If that does not bring the desired success with the baud rate, then you should continue to look at the WLAN to see if you can improve it (channel).

regards pclin

davet123 · Mar 9th 2022

Ok cool - I'll give that a go. Thanks again for all your help!

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