Restarting the bot resets setup

Troubleshooting
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Hi All,

I recently downgraded to version 9 based on another thread. I notice that all my calibration settings go for a toss after restart.

When I try to run a sequence, the Y axis tries to move in a negative direction. I then invert motor and encoders and recalibrate and it tends to work.

Question: Is it expected behavior that settings are reset on powering off and powering on the device? I have to power off an on as I get econnrefused as the error that never goes away.

Thanks for any suggestions.

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@happyfarmer in order to help, we’d need more detail about your hardware.

In the meantime, have you tried this :slight_smile:

  • Choose the correct firmware for your FarmBot Hardware
  • Reset all the machine parameters to Default values
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@jsimmonds apologies for missing details. It’s a Genesis XL that’s been scaled down to a 10x10 bed. I have the main arm as Y, the the rails that attach to the bed as X. The biggest issue until now is setting the Y to behave. Every time I program it, I invariably have to set invert motors and encoders for it to run in the correct direction and water the plants. When I turn-off power and turn it on, I would expect it to bring back settings and run. But it fails needing recalibration. I am unsure what I am doing wrong or if this is expected behavior.

Yes, the firmware is correct.
I have not reset to default as I was concerned the plants I had positioned will be lost.

Thanks for your thoughts.

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Taking a look now @happyfarmer.

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@happyfarmer

I don’t see anything too telling after logging in to your device. A few things to note:

You have auto-sync turned off with very low WiFi connectivity. Turning off auto-sync is not a bad idea if your device’s wifi strength is under 65% (this is probably also the cause of the :econrefused errors). Did you press the sync button after making changes to your device settings? I would highly recommend improving your WiFi connectivity before debugging other issues, either by switching to ethernet or by purchasing a WiFi signal booster. FarmBot software is designed and tested in an environment with > 65% WiFi connectivity.

There was a service outage last night. Our servers saw a spike in traffic last night that led to degraded API/server performance for a few hours. It may be possible that this is related.

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@RickCarlino thanks for the quick reply. Good to know about the WiFi connectivity. That is surprising and will investigate.

Regards
Uday

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@happyfarmer By the way, FarmBot v10.1.2 was just released if you would like to try that version instead.

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Thanks for the note. It looks like the Device Menu got moved under the Farm designer settings tab :slight_smile:

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@happyfarmer you spotted that too :slight_smile:
@RickCarlino WebApp commit 49D8B0DC