aesculus
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Historical data all comes from the server I think. The current values from the TEG.
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here are a couple screen shots
"Today" was yesterday. I did not get the extender installed until around 5pm.
1/16 was when I noticed it went offline again. From the app, it appeared offline all day or at least everytime I checked. I'm thinking the TEG must have been connecting to the WiFi intermittently? That's why there there is some data, but not continuous
"Today" was yesterday. I did not get the extender installed until around 5pm.
1/16 was when I noticed it went offline again. From the app, it appeared offline all day or at least everytime I checked. I'm thinking the TEG must have been connecting to the WiFi intermittently? That's why there there is some data, but not continuous
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aesculus
Still Trying to Figure This All Out
@getakey When it wanted you to connect to wifi did you have to go through the process of putting in the last 3 characters of the serial number and your pw and then toggle a powerwall switch? That is what I had to do last night and it never finished, even when it said it was connected. I shut the app down and recycled my extender and all was ok afterwards. Not sure what triggered the event but I had lots of outside electronics out after the last lightening rounds.
yes, that was the procedure. Before I got the 2.4 GHz specific extender, it would just hang on that last step. The main page in the app would say device not connected. Interestingly, I usually had to toggle PW switch twice for networks to show up. After installing extender, and picking it after the toggle, it connected pretty much straight away. Took several minutes whereas prior it just hung on that step
Perhaps a broken record here, but...
2.4GHz WiFi generally has pretty good range. Is there anyway that you can put your TEG on your 2.4GHz network directly? WiFi extenders don't always preserve the IP address for devices on their rebroadcast network. My observation is that Tesla's WiFi implementation is very picky, and has trouble with the IP address translation that accompanies most WiFi extenders.
All the best,
BG
thanks for the suggestion. I was hoping that the extender was the simplest. To put it on my 2.4GHz directly, I have to rename it. Don't know how many other devices are on that band and I did not want to go through that exercise
aesculus
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You can also go into your router and assign a fixed IP address for the gateway. That is what I have my system doing with my extender.
The issue is that with some extenders, they will answer the 10.10.10.23 that was reserved for the TEG, but when the extender transmits/receives from the TEG it is on a different net with an SSID of "Original-ext", say with and address range of say 10.10.11.XXX, and assigns the TEG to 10.10.11.2
If you are lucky enough to have a 2.5GHz extender that has its own pool of reservable addresses, then I think that you can reserve 10.10.10.23 in your main router for the TEG, and then in the extender reserve 10.10.11.2 for the TEG, and the assign 10.10.11.2 (or 10.10.10.23, if that option exists) in the TEG as its address on network "Original-Ext". However, not every extender does that.
All the best,
BG
My advice is if you can run Ethernet to the Gateway and turn off Wifi (i.e., did not configure it). We had a lot of drops with Wifi even with the Ubiquiti Access point 5 feet away. All of these went away when we made it Ethernet only.
aesculus
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I did not reserve or do anything with my Netgear extender but make sure both wireless APs were disabled. Then I reserved the MAC address of the TEG in my router.
Interestingly if both the WIFi and ethernet are configured in the TEG, my router shows 2 devices on the same MAC. But after this last fiasco of trying to comply with the apps WiFi request to connect, I am only seeing the Ethernet. The Wifi is reported as "Configured, but not connected", which is just fine with me.
This is a version 1.1? version?
aesculus
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Ouch. Why didn't you go through a knock-out? Or better yet, in conduit and through a knock-out?
FWIW: To me, that Ethernet cable looks pretty munched at the bottom. As long as it works for you great, but I have seen many cables with lesser damage fail to operate well.
All the best,
BG
aesculus
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It's was supposed to be temporary and I am supposed to go back through a knock out. Low priority.
aesculus
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Yeah. I have been waiting for it to fail. I certainly closed the lid gingerly. It's kind of like a ribbon cable at the lid.
For your consideration whenever it moves up your priority list;It's was supposed to be temporary and I am supposed to go back through a knock out. Low priority.
Cable Gland - Waterproof RJ-45 / Ethernet connector
We have some great waterproof and weather-proof items in the adafruit shop, but once you have a project built, you'll want to enclose it. But how to keep an enclosure weather/waterproof ...
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All the best,
BG
aesculus
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Thanks for that. What I need to do is to remove a knock out in the back and then drill through the wall to the other side. Then relocate my extender to a plug nearest the hole. Drilling blind into the wall has been the biggest resistance along with other higher priority activities, so it keeps getting sidelined.For your consideration whenever it moves up your priority list;
I have used these to pass the entire cable through, but depending on your ethernet cable (outdoor, plenum, heavy gauge) they may require editing or extra sealant;Cable Gland - Waterproof RJ-45 / Ethernet connector
We have some great waterproof and weather-proof items in the adafruit shop, but once you have a project built, you'll want to enclose it. But how to keep an enclosure weather/waterproof ...
All the best,
BG
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