TeslaMate [megathread]

kitenski · Apr 29, 2022

Does anyone automate the backup of Teslamate within a script?

I've got it running fine when running the script from a command line within my archlinux on Raspberry PI.

However I have added the script as a service, and when it automatically runs at midnight, the created file is 0 bytes

The relevant part of the script file is simply

echo -e "Backup Teslamate"

docker-compose exec -T database pg_dump -U teslamate teslamate > /home/alarm/teslamate.bck

init6 · Apr 29, 2022

Check the error logs, but likely to be a path problem when you're running as a service.
See here:

Bash-script as linux-service won't run, but executed from terminal works perfectly

I have custom script to mount google drives. Part of this script, is following code: if [ ! "$(which google-drive-ocamlfuse)" ] then echo "Install google-drive-ocamlfuse first!" exit 1 fi

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cwanja · Apr 29, 2022

kitenski said:
Does anyone automate the backup of Teslamate within a script?

I've got it running fine when running the script from a command line within my archlinux on Raspberry PI.

However I have added the script as a service, and when it automatically runs at midnight, the created file is 0 bytes

The relevant part of the script file is simply

Bet the docker-compose automated command / script is not running in the directory that the docker YML file is located as @init6 points out.

kitenski · Apr 29, 2022

init6 said:
Check the error logs, but likely to be a path problem when you're running as a service.
See here:

Bash-script as linux-service won't run, but executed from terminal works perfectly

I have custom script to mount google drives. Part of this script, is following code: if [ ! "$(which google-drive-ocamlfuse)" ] then echo "Install google-drive-ocamlfuse first!" exit 1 fi

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thanks, which error logs am I checking?

init6 · Apr 29, 2022

kitenski said:
thanks, which error logs am I checking?

start with syslog, but adding the path command to your script will likely fix the issue.

bhanorthy · Apr 29, 2022

kitenski said:
Does anyone automate the backup of Teslamate within a script?

I've got it running fine when running the script from a command line within my archlinux on Raspberry PI.

However I have added the script as a service, and when it automatically runs at midnight, the created file is 0 bytes

The relevant part of the script file is simply

Why not run via Cron?

Dave EV · Apr 29, 2022

kitenski said:
Does anyone automate the backup of Teslamate within a script?

I've got it running fine when running the script from a command line within my archlinux on Raspberry PI.

However I have added the script as a service, and when it automatically runs at midnight, the created file is 0 bytes

The relevant part of the script file is simply

Yeah, here's my crontab entry for my pi user, along with the script I use - I use rclone to back up a copy every night to my Google drive (I'll leave the configuration of rclone as an exercise for the reader):

Code:

PATH=/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin
0 0 * * * /home/pi/docker/teslamate/teslamate-backup.sh > /home/pi/docker/teslamate/teslamate-backup.log 2>&1

Code:

#!/bin/bash
BASEDIR=`dirname $0`
NOW=`date +"%A"`
FILE="teslamate-backup-${NOW}.sql"
FILEZ="teslamate-backup-${NOW}.sql.xz"

cd "${BASEDIR}"

docker-compose exec -T database pg_dump -U teslamate teslamate > $FILE && \
    rm -f $FILEZ && \
    nice -20 pixz $FILE && \
    rclone copy --max-age 24h "${BASEDIR}" --include 'teslamate-backup*' gdrive:backups

kitenski · Apr 30, 2022

init6 said:
start with syslog, but adding the path command to your script will likely fix the issue.

cheers, the -f param appears to have worked.

echo -e "Backup Teslamate"

docker-compose -f /home/alarm/docker-compose.yml exec -T database pg_dump -U teslamate teslamate > /home/alarm/teslamate.bck

@bhanorthy cron would have the same issue (and the same fix of using the -f param)

@Dave EV - thanks for that,

acatwith12 · May 1, 2022

I don't think there's anything I can do at this point but - I'm on vacation and set it up so I can remotely check in on teslamate/my Pi and it's been working so far for the past few days... but all of a sudden last night pi disappeared off the network. I can't even ping it via host name and on Eset network scanner it says poor Pi has been last seen 8 horus ago. Is there any way to remotely send reboot command or something tot he Pi? Aside from physically being at the place and hard power off /on? A bit bummed out I'll be missing out on data collection

doats1 · May 1, 2022

I connect my Pi to a smart plug so I can remotely recycle it. But I guess that doesn’t help you on this occasion.

Can you ssh into it?

acatwith12 · May 1, 2022

doats1 said:
I connect my Pi to a smart plug so I can remotely recycle it. But I guess that doesn’t help you on this occasion.

Can you ssh into it?

Nope can't ping or ssh via its host name

Smart plug is so clever...

If I start TeslaFi (as emergency measure) and import it into TeslaMate once I get home, will it overwrite teslamate data or "pad" additional data on?

init6 · May 1, 2022

acatwith12 said:
Nope can't ping or ssh via its host name
Smart plug is so clever...

If I start TeslaFi (as emergency measure) and import it into TeslaMate once I get home, will it overwrite teslamate data or "pad" additional data on?

I think that the Teslafi Import scripts only allow you to import old data into a Teslamate DB. i.e. it's designed to allow you to migrate from Teslafi to Teslamate. The instructions suggest that it won't import data after existing Teslamate data:

NOTE
If there is an overlap between the already existing TeslaMate and TeslaFi data, only the data prior to the first TeslaMate data will be imported.

garylovesbeer · May 1, 2022

acatwith12 said:
I don't think there's anything I can do at this point but - I'm on vacation and set it up so I can remotely check in on teslamate/my Pi and it's been working so far for the past few days... but all of a sudden last night pi disappeared off the network. I can't even ping it via host name and on Eset network scanner it says poor Pi has been last seen 8 horus ago. Is there any way to remotely send reboot command or something tot he Pi? Aside from physically being at the place and hard power off /on? A bit bummed out I'll be missing out on data collection

Suppose this is one reason to set up on Google GCP or Amazon AWS I suppose.

kitenski · May 3, 2022

I've an issue with my Y not sleeping. I reset the Tesla password and it slept as expected.

I've slowly been enabling things, and then last night it stopped sleeping again. I see these warnings & disconnects in the Teslamate log, could it be a communication issue that is causing the issues?

Code:

alarm-teslamate-1  | 2022-05-02 18:28:45.546 [info] GET https://owner-api.teslamotors.com/api/1/vehicles/123456789/vehicle_data -> 408 (9085.457 ms)
alarm-teslamate-1  | 2022-05-02 18:28:45.547 [warning] TeslaApi.Error / %{"error" => "{\"error\": \"timeout\"}", "error_description" => "", "response" => nil}
alarm-teslamate-1  | 2022-05-02 18:28:45.547 car_id=1 [error] Error / :unknown
alarm-teslamate-1  | 2022-05-02 18:29:15.762 car_id=1 [info] Vehicle is still online. Falling asleep for: 33 min
alarm-teslamate-1  | 2022-05-02 18:29:16.085 car_id=1 [warning] Received stale stream data: %TeslaApi.Stream.Data{elevation: 153, est_heading: 21, est_lat: xx.yy, est_lng: zz.xx, est_range: 124, heading: 21, odometer: 2103.5, power: 0, range: 135, shift_state: nil, soc: 42, speed: nil, time: ~U[2022-05-02 18:29:15.635Z]}
alarm-teslamate-1  | 2022-05-02 18:40:42.174 car_id=1 [info] Charging detected: -3 kW
alarm-teslamate-1  | 2022-05-02 18:40:42.178 car_id=1 [info] Charging detected: -4 kW
alarm-teslamate-1  | 2022-05-02 18:40:42.178 car_id=1 [info] Fetch already in progress ...
[[[GAP CUT OUT - THIS MORNING LOGS]]]
alarm-teslamate-1  | 2022-05-03 07:19:26.245 [warning] Too many disconnects from streaming API
alarm-teslamate-1  | 2022-05-03 07:19:26.245 car_id=1 [info] Creating new connection …
alarm-teslamate-1  | 2022-05-03 07:19:26.246 car_id=1 [info] Disconnecting ...
alarm-teslamate-1  | 2022-05-03 07:19:26.261 car_id=1 [info] Connecting ...
alarm-teslamate-1  | 2022-05-03 07:33:32.542 car_id=1 [info] Vehicle is still online. Falling asleep for: 3 h 3 min
alarm-teslamate-1  | 2022-05-03 07:37:13.245 [warning] Too many disconnects from streaming API
alarm-teslamate-1  | 2022-05-03 07:37:13.245 car_id=1 [info] Creating new connection …
alarm-teslamate-1  | 2022-05-03 07:37:13.245 car_id=1 [info] Disconnecting ...
alarm-teslamate-1  | 2022-05-03 07:37:13.261 car_id=1 [info] Connecting ...
alarm-teslamate-1  | 2022-05-03 07:53:29.729 [warning] Too many disconnects from streaming API
alarm-teslamate-1  | 2022-05-03 07:53:29.729 car_id=1 [info] Creating new connection …
alarm-teslamate-1  | 2022-05-03 07:53:29.729 car_id=1 [info] Disconnecting ...
alarm-teslamate-1  | 2022-05-03 07:53:29.744 car_id=1 [info] Connecting ...
alarm-teslamate-1  | 2022-05-03 08:03:33.061 car_id=1 [info] Vehicle is still online. Falling asleep for: 3 h 33 min

init6 · May 3, 2022

Teslamate just records whatever the car streams. It won't ever keep the car awake.
Was the car plugged in at this time? Looks like charging was detected.

kitenski · May 3, 2022

init6 said:
Was the car plugged in at this time? Looks like charging was detected.

yes charging was overnight, it finished at 530am, car hasn't slept since then. Reset the password and it's slept straight away! Re-auth'd Teslamate and it's stayed asleep......only Intelligent Octopus or Watch for Tesla left as culprits now!

Tony Hoyle · May 3, 2022

Intelligent octopus is known to keep the car awake

browellm · May 3, 2022

Tony Hoyle said:
Intelligent octopus is known to keep the car awake

Incomplete answer. I've answered fully in the IO thread.

Daaaavvveee · May 4, 2022

kitenski said:
yes charging was overnight, it finished at 530am, car hasn't slept since then. Reset the password and it's slept straight away! Re-auth'd Teslamate and it's stayed asleep......only Intelligent Octopus or Watch for Tesla left as culprits now!

Intelligent Octopus polls the car regularly, it also caused mine issues where it would not sleep. When you finish charging if you hit the toggle to stop Octopus from being able to control the car it should then sleep. Just remember to enable it again before you next plug in

DrJFoster · May 4, 2022

My teslamate account had logged me out, I tried to log back in again with new tokens and it failed.
I'd read there have been some changes to the API including the length of the API token so I upgraded Teslamate
Now it won't start, the error being

clock_gettime(CLOCK_MONOTONIC, _) failed

I'm regressed Teslamate to a version that works, but the tokens don't work again.

EDIT: Solved with 1.25.0 (anything higher and it seems to fail with the above, anything lower and the tokens fail)

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