Making my first plugin : ThinkingCleaner for Roomba

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Mon May 09, 2016 5:19 pm
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Re: Making my first plugin : ThinkingCleaner for Roomba

It looks like my stop/start/re-start issue has been fixed with a Thinnking Cleaner firmware update. Again the guys from Thinking Cleaner support were awesome.

There's a Roomba firmware difference between Roomba 600 series sold this year and older models. This difference was causing the issue. Mine is an older model and might explain why no one else had the problem?

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Thu Dec 01, 2016 5:40 am
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Re: Making my first plugin : ThinkingCleaner for Roomba

I am suddenly seeing a lot of errors related to my roomba in the log. I had no issues with this before upgrading to I7. Can this be related to that?
I have extracted log outputs for the ThinkingCleaner Plugin. Any idea how to fix this?

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01.12.2016 07:30   ThinkingCleaner Error   Roomba Hall is LOST !
01.12.2016 07:32   ThinkingCleaner Error   Roomba Hall is LOST !
01.12.2016 07:34   ThinkingCleaner   Roomba Hall: was lost, now FOUND !
01.12.2016 07:36   ThinkingCleaner Error   Roomba Hall is LOST !
01.12.2016 07:38   ThinkingCleaner Error   Roomba Hall is LOST !
2016-12-01 07:40:27.073   ThinkingCleaner   Roomba Hall: was lost, now FOUND !
01.12.2016 07:42   ThinkingCleaner Error   Roomba Hall is LOST !
01.12.2016 07:44   ThinkingCleaner Error   Roomba Hall is LOST !
01.12.2016 07:46   ThinkingCleaner Error   Roomba Hall is LOST !
01.12.2016 07:48   ThinkingCleaner Error   Roomba Hall is LOST !
2016-12-01 07:50:38.032   ThinkingCleaner Error   Roomba Hall is LOST !
2016-12-01 07:52:38.044   ThinkingCleaner Error   Roomba Hall is LOST !
01.12.2016 07:54   ThinkingCleaner   Roomba Hall: was lost, now FOUND !
01.12.2016 07:56   ThinkingCleaner Error   Roomba Hall is LOST !
01.12.2016 07:58   ThinkingCleaner Error   Roomba Hall is LOST !
01.12.2016 08:00   ThinkingCleaner Error   Roomba Hall is LOST !
01.12.2016 08:02   ThinkingCleaner Error   Roomba Hall is LOST !
01.12.2016 08:04   ThinkingCleaner Error   Roomba Hall is LOST !
2016-12-01 08:06:25.064   ThinkingCleaner   Roomba Hall: was lost, now FOUND !
01.12.2016 08:10   ThinkingCleaner Error   Roomba Hall is LOST !
2016-12-01 08:12:39.064   ThinkingCleaner Error   Roomba Hall is LOST !
01.12.2016 08:14   ThinkingCleaner Error   Roomba Hall is LOST !
01.12.2016 08:16   ThinkingCleaner Error   Roomba Hall is LOST !
01.12.2016 08:18   ThinkingCleaner Error   Roomba Hall is LOST !
01.12.2016 08:20   ThinkingCleaner   Roomba Hall: was lost, now FOUND !
01.12.2016 08:22   ThinkingCleaner Error   Roomba Hall is LOST !
01.12.2016 08:24   ThinkingCleaner   Roomba Hall: was lost, now FOUND !
01.12.2016 08:26   ThinkingCleaner Error   Roomba Hall is LOST !
01.12.2016 08:28   ThinkingCleaner Error   Roomba Hall is LOST !
01.12.2016 08:30   ThinkingCleaner Error   Roomba Hall is LOST !
01.12.2016 08:32   ThinkingCleaner Error   Roomba Hall is LOST !
01.12.2016 08:34   ThinkingCleaner Error   Roomba Hall is LOST !
2016-12-01 08:36:32.030   ThinkingCleaner   Roomba Hall: was lost, now FOUND !
01.12.2016 08:38   ThinkingCleaner   Roomba Hall: was lost, now FOUND !
01.12.2016 08:40   ThinkingCleaner Error   Roomba Hall is LOST !
01.12.2016 08:42   ThinkingCleaner Error   Roomba Hall is LOST !
01.12.2016 08:44   ThinkingCleaner Error   Roomba Hall is LOST !
01.12.2016 08:46   ThinkingCleaner   Roomba Hall: was lost, now FOUND !
01.12.2016 08:48   ThinkingCleaner Error   Roomba Hall is LOST !
01.12.2016 08:50   ThinkingCleaner   Roomba Hall: was lost, now FOUND !
01.12.2016 08:52   ThinkingCleaner Error   Roomba Hall is LOST !
01.12.2016 08:54   ThinkingCleaner   Roomba Hall: was lost, now FOUND !
01.12.2016 08:56   ThinkingCleaner   Roomba Hall: was lost, now FOUND !
2016-12-01 08:58:41.052   ThinkingCleaner   Roomba Hall: was lost, now FOUND !
01.12.2016 09:00   ThinkingCleaner   Roomba Hall: was lost, now FOUND !
01.12.2016 09:02   ThinkingCleaner   Roomba Hall: was lost, now FOUND !
01.12.2016 09:04   ThinkingCleaner   Roomba Hall: was lost, now FOUND !
01.12.2016 09:06   ThinkingCleaner   Roomba Hall: was lost, now FOUND !
01.12.2016 09:08   ThinkingCleaner   Roomba Hall: was lost, now FOUND !
01.12.2016 09:10   ThinkingCleaner   Roomba Hall: was lost, now FOUND !
01.12.2016 09:12   ThinkingCleaner   Roomba Hall: was lost, now FOUND !
2016-12-01 09:14:38.086   ThinkingCleaner   Roomba Hall: was lost, now FOUND !
01.12.2016 09:18   ThinkingCleaner   Roomba Hall: was lost, now FOUND !
01.12.2016 09:20   ThinkingCleaner   Roomba Hall: was lost, now FOUND !
01.12.2016 09:22   ThinkingCleaner   Roomba Hall: was lost, now FOUND !
2016-12-01 09:24:35.077   ThinkingCleaner   Roomba Hall: was lost, now FOUND !
01.12.2016 09:29   Application   Reloading plugin "ThinkingCleaner 1.0.17"
01.12.2016 09:29   Application   Stopping plugin "ThinkingCleaner 1.0.17" (pid 72932)
2016-12-01 09:29:09.092   Application   Stopped plugin "ThinkingCleaner 1.0.17"
01.12.2016 09:29   Application   Starting plugin "ThinkingCleaner 1.0.17" (pid 5878)
01.12.2016 09:29   Application   Started plugin "ThinkingCleaner 1.0.17"
2016-12-01 09:30:06.017   ThinkingCleaner   Roomba Hall: was lost, now FOUND !
01.12.2016 09:32   ThinkingCleaner Error   Roomba Hall is LOST !
01.12.2016 09:34   ThinkingCleaner Error   Roomba Hall is LOST !
01.12.2016 09:36   ThinkingCleaner Error   Roomba Hall is LOST !
2016-12-01 09:38:12.006   ThinkingCleaner Error   Roomba Hall is LOST !
01.12.2016 09:40   ThinkingCleaner Error   Roomba Hall is LOST !
01.12.2016 09:42   ThinkingCleaner Error   Roomba Hall is LOST !
01.12.2016 09:44   ThinkingCleaner Error   Roomba Hall is LOST !
01.12.2016 09:46   ThinkingCleaner Error   Roomba Hall is LOST !
01.12.2016 09:48   ThinkingCleaner Error   Roomba Hall is LOST !
01.12.2016 09:49   ThinkingCleaner   Roomba Hall: was lost, now FOUND !
01.12.2016 09:52   ThinkingCleaner Error   Roomba Hall is LOST !
01.12.2016 09:54   ThinkingCleaner Error   Roomba Hall is LOST !
01.12.2016 09:56   ThinkingCleaner Error   Roomba Hall is LOST !
2016-12-01 09:58:13.022   ThinkingCleaner Error   Roomba Hall is LOST !
2016-12-01 10:00:13.042   ThinkingCleaner Error   Roomba Hall is LOST !
01.12.2016 10:02   ThinkingCleaner   Roomba Hall: was lost, now FOUND !
01.12.2016 10:04   ThinkingCleaner Error   Roomba Hall is LOST !
01.12.2016 10:06   ThinkingCleaner Error   Roomba Hall is LOST !
01.12.2016 10:08   ThinkingCleaner Error   Roomba Hall is LOST !
01.12.2016 10:09   ThinkingCleaner   Roomba Hall: was lost, now FOUND !
01.12.2016 10:12   ThinkingCleaner Error   Roomba Hall is LOST !
01.12.2016 10:14   ThinkingCleaner Error   Roomba Hall is LOST !
01.12.2016 10:16   ThinkingCleaner Error   Roomba Hall is LOST !
01.12.2016 10:18   ThinkingCleaner Error   Roomba Hall is LOST !
01.12.2016 10:20   ThinkingCleaner Error   Roomba Hall is LOST !
01.12.2016 10:22   ThinkingCleaner Error   Roomba Hall is LOST !
2016-12-01 10:24:14.036   ThinkingCleaner Error   Roomba Hall is LOST !
01.12.2016 10:26   ThinkingCleaner Error   Roomba Hall is LOST !
01.12.2016 10:28   ThinkingCleaner Error   Roomba Hall is LOST !
01.12.2016 10:30   ThinkingCleaner   Roomba Hall: was lost, now FOUND !
01.12.2016 10:32   ThinkingCleaner   Roomba Hall: was lost, now FOUND !
01.12.2016 10:34   ThinkingCleaner Error   Roomba Hall is LOST !
01.12.2016 10:36   ThinkingCleaner   Roomba Hall: was lost, now FOUND !
01.12.2016 10:38   ThinkingCleaner Error   Roomba Hall is LOST !
01.12.2016 10:40   ThinkingCleaner Error   Roomba Hall is LOST !
01.12.2016 10:42   ThinkingCleaner   Roomba Hall: was lost, now FOUND !
2016-12-01 10:44:15.005   ThinkingCleaner Error   Roomba Hall is LOST !
01.12.2016 10:46   ThinkingCleaner   Roomba Hall: was lost, now FOUND !
01.12.2016 10:48   ThinkingCleaner Error   Roomba Hall is LOST !
01.12.2016 10:50   ThinkingCleaner Error   Roomba Hall is LOST !
01.12.2016 10:52   ThinkingCleaner   Roomba Hall: was lost, now FOUND !
2016-12-01 10:54:15.058   ThinkingCleaner   Roomba Hall: was lost, now FOUND !
01.12.2016 10:56   ThinkingCleaner   Roomba Hall: was lost, now FOUND !
01.12.2016 10:58   ThinkingCleaner   Roomba Hall: was lost, now FOUND !
01.12.2016 11:00   ThinkingCleaner   Roomba Hall: was lost, now FOUND !
01.12.2016 11:02   ThinkingCleaner   Roomba Hall: was lost, now FOUND !
01.12.2016 11:04   ThinkingCleaner   Roomba Hall: was lost, now FOUND !
2016-12-01 11:10:11.000   ThinkingCleaner   Roomba Hall: was lost, now FOUND !
01.12.2016 11:12   ThinkingCleaner   Roomba Hall: was lost, now FOUND !
01.12.2016 11:18   ThinkingCleaner   Roomba Hall: was lost, now FOUND !
01.12.2016 11:20   ThinkingCleaner   Roomba Hall: was lost, now FOUND !

Håvard

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Sun Dec 04, 2016 7:18 pm
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Re: Making my first plugin : ThinkingCleaner for Roomba

haavarda wrote:
I am suddenly seeing a lot of errors related to my roomba in the log. I had no issues with this before upgrading to I7. Can this be related to that?
I have extracted log outputs for the ThinkingCleaner Plugin. Any idea how to fix this?


I see these from time to time too. I put it down to ThinkingCleaner having issues connecting to my WIFI but after further investigation I can ping it but can't get to the ThinkingCleaner web interface. I get this form the browser:

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404: File not found


The ThinkingCleaner App shows that it's trickle charging but is otherwise non-responsive.

This might be a ThinkingCleaner issue and not the plugin?

I'd reset the cleaner but I'm not at home at the moment. If it's still lost when I get home I'll report back.

This only happens to me from time to time. It's not permanent.

Pete

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Sun Dec 04, 2016 11:14 pm
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Re: Making my first plugin : ThinkingCleaner for Roomba

I restarted the cleaner module and the error disappeared for now. I will wait and see if it returns....


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Håvard

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Re: Making my first plugin : ThinkingCleaner for Roomba

Nothing worked for me until I did a reset of Roomba by holding the clean and dock buttons down at the same time. All appears fine again. Will report back if it returns.

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Re: Making my first plugin : ThinkingCleaner for Roomba

I just bought 5 of these for my various Roombas and holy crap I love this device! Talk about taking "geek my home" to a whole new level! Thank you for the plugin too, everything is working well at the moment.

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HomeKit Bridge | Device Extensions | Security Manager | LCD Creator | Room-O-Matic | Smart Dimmer | Scene Toggle | Powermiser | Homebridge Buddy

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Nice! I can only imagine how cool it must be to have 5 of these starting up at the same time


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Re: Making my first plugin : ThinkingCleaner for Roomba

haavarda wrote:
I can only imagine how cool it must be to have 5 of these starting up at the same time


Yea, it's my robot army rising up! This really has opened up a whole new world for my Roomba's, instead of the static schedules they can now run when I leave the house or when something in Indigo triggers. Brilliant!

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HomeKit Bridge | Device Extensions | Security Manager | LCD Creator | Room-O-Matic | Smart Dimmer | Scene Toggle | Powermiser | Homebridge Buddy

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Re: Making my first plugin : ThinkingCleaner for Roomba

Yeah I've got mine setup to run 10 mins after the alarm is set to away then dock again when disarmed. ITS BRILLIANT. I've not had to hoover the house in weeks.

Computer says no.

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Re: Making my first plugin : ThinkingCleaner for Roomba

Just FYI folks looks like ThinkingCleaner are no longer manufacturing their device:

We are out of stock and there will be no new production. We did try but the problem is that some of the components we use in the Thinking Cleaner are not available anymore or if you can find them (or substitutes), those parts are very expensive. For a new production series we would have to redesign with new components and this is very expensive because of certifications and minimum order quantities.


Dang shame as I was about to buy another one for use with my upstairs Roomba. If anyone has one going spare let me know ;)

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