[Ovmsdev] Module stops working after couple of days

[Wido den Hollander]

Hi,

On 03/01/2012 02:16 PM, Mark Webb-Johnson wrote:
>
> What version of the car firmware are you running?
>
> If the 1.2.0-rc? series, please ensure the switch on the PIC board is
> set to the GRPS position (not GSM only).

Yes, I'm running 1.2.0-rc6

I checked the switch is correct, I had this before. The GPRS works fine, 
but that stops working.

>
> Can you also try the main www.openvehicles.com
> <http://www.openvehicles.com> server to see if the same problem happens?

I'll try that later.

I'll try Sonny's suggestion first, sending a SMS with STAT to the module.

>
> This does remind me of problems we had many months ago with the modem
> losing signal lock but that not being able to be picked up by the
> module. But, I haven't seen it for many months.
>
> Regards, Mark.
>
> On 1 Mar, 2012, at 7:28 PM, Sonny wrote:
>
>> Wido,
>>
>> Green off is definitely strange. I suggest you to try reflashing the
>> firmware to rule out a bad flash.
>>
>> If it still drops out, try sending STAT via SMS. If it responds, then
>> we can narrow it down to a GPRS problem.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Sonny
>>
>> On Mar 1, 2012 5:14 PM, "Wido den Hollander" <wido at widodh.nl
>> <mailto:wido at widodh.nl>> wrote:
>>
>>     Hi,
>>
>>     About a week ago I was able to install the module and get my own
>>     server up and running. Everything seemed to work fine from the
>>     beginning, but after about 36 hours the module died.
>>
>>     First I thought my prepaid SIM-card had ran out of credits, but
>>     that was not the case.
>>
>>     A manual reboot of the module was needed and it started working again.
>>
>>     Yesterday I opened the app and saw "Last update 8 hours ago"
>>
>>     Again, a reboot of the module was enough.
>>
>>     I checked the LED's and the first time GREEN was solid ON and RED
>>     was flashing slowly, that is normal.
>>
>>     The second time the GREEN LED was off and only the RED one was
>>     blinking.
>>
>>     I don't think it's a problem of GSM reception, the module even
>>     worked without the antenna while lying on the floor of the car.
>>
>>     GSM reception is however very good here in the neighborhood, no
>>     high buildings and it's a very dense network.
>>
>>     It's also weird that the module doesn't come back online. If it
>>     was a short disruption it could be a connection problem, but being
>>     offline for 8 hours is long.
>>
>>     Has anyone seen this behavior?
>>
>>     Thanks,
>>
>>     Wido
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