I have an Iotawatt that is at a remote location monitoring usage. I use it to calculate a meter reading to submit to the utility company every month as there’s rarely anyone there so no way to physically get a reading. Sometime in the last month the device started rebooting constantly. I just realized it tonight when trying to get this months reading. It also started re-uploading data to my emonCMS instance due to whatever corruption occurred as last month emon read ~9000kWh, and it’s currently reading over 22,000kWh which there’s no way that’s accurate. The 9000kWh is all that’s been used in the 13 months the Iota has been in place.
Is there anyway I can restore this without having to drive an hour and a half to the site? I suspect corruption occurred during a power outage a couple weeks ago. I don’t have the Iota connected to a battery backup as I read something that said it could be a hazard if the Iota was powered and there was no flow through the CTs? Is there a risk if I connect the Iota to a battery backup if there’s an hours long power outage? The site frequently has power flickers (it’s in the middle of the woods) and sometimes has outages that last 4+ hours. There isn’t much connected to the battery backup and it could easily last 2-3 hours during an extended outage.
Here is the log
SD initialized.
9/26/20 02:45:06z Real Time Clock is running. Unix time 1601088306
9/26/20 02:45:06z Reset reason: Software/System restart
9/26/20 02:45:06z Trace: 18:2, 18:3, 18:2, 18:3, 18:2, 18:3, 18:2, 18:3, 18:2, 18:3, 18:2, 18:3, 18:2, 18:3, 18:2, 18:3, 18:2, 18:3, 18:2, 18:3, 18:2, 18:3, 18:4, 18:5, 1:6, 1:3, 1:4, 1:5[21], 21:0, 21:1, 21:10, 21:10
9/26/20 02:45:06z ESP8266 ChipID: 2527501
9/26/20 02:45:06z IoTaWatt 5.0, Firmware version 02_05_09
9/26/20 02:45:06z SPIFFS mounted.
9/25/20 22:45:06 Local time zone: -5:00
9/25/20 22:45:06 Using Daylight Saving Time (BST) when in effect.
9/25/20 22:45:06 device name: IotaWatt
9/25/20 22:45:06 HTTP server started
9/25/20 22:45:06 timeSync: service started.
9/25/20 22:45:07 statService: started.
9/25/20 22:45:07 dataLog: service started.
9/25/20 22:45:09 dataLog: Last log entry 09/25/20 22:45:05
9/25/20 22:45:11 EmonService: started. url=HTTP://192.168.1.30:7080, node=MudRidge, interval=5, encrypted
9/25/20 22:45:12 Updater: service started. Auto-update class is MINOR
9/25/20 22:45:12 WiFi connected. SSID=Brandon, IP=192.168.128.105, channel=11, RSSI -66db
9/25/20 22:45:12 MDNS responder started for hostname IotaWatt
9/25/20 22:45:12 LLMNR responder started for hostname IotaWatt
9/25/20 22:45:13 EmonService: Start posting at 09/29/19 00:09:45
9/25/20 22:45:13 Updater: Auto-update is current for class MINOR.
9/25/20 22:45:16 Heap memory has degraded below safe minimum, restarting.
** Restart **
SD initialized.
9/26/20 02:45:17z Real Time Clock is running. Unix time 1601088317
9/26/20 02:45:17z Reset reason: Software/System restart
9/26/20 02:45:17z Trace: 18:3, 18:2, 18:3, 18:2, 18:3, 18:2, 18:3, 18:2, 18:3, 18:4, 18:5, 1:6, 1:1[1], 1:2[2], 9:0[2], 9:0, 9:1, 8:4, 8:6, 8:8, 8:9, 9:3, 9:5, 9:9, 1:2, 1:3, 1:4, 1:5[21], 21:0, 21:1, 21:10, 21:10
9/26/20 02:45:17z ESP8266 ChipID: 2527501
9/26/20 02:45:17z IoTaWatt 5.0, Firmware version 02_05_09
9/26/20 02:45:17z SPIFFS mounted.
9/25/20 22:45:17 Local time zone: -5:00
9/25/20 22:45:17 Using Daylight Saving Time (BST) when in effect.
9/25/20 22:45:17 device name: IotaWatt
9/25/20 22:45:17 HTTP server started
9/25/20 22:45:17 timeSync: service started.
9/25/20 22:45:18 statService: started.
9/25/20 22:45:18 dataLog: service started.
9/25/20 22:45:20 dataLog: Last log entry 09/25/20 22:45:15
9/25/20 22:45:22 EmonService: started. url=HTTP://192.168.1.30:7080, node=MudRidge, interval=5, encrypted
9/25/20 22:45:23 Updater: service started. Auto-update class is MINOR
9/25/20 22:45:23 WiFi connected. SSID=Brandon, IP=192.168.128.105, channel=11, RSSI -66db
9/25/20 22:45:23 MDNS responder started for hostname IotaWatt
9/25/20 22:45:23 LLMNR responder started for hostname IotaWatt
9/25/20 22:45:24 EmonService: Start posting at 09/29/19 00:18:30
9/25/20 22:45:24 Updater: Auto-update is current for class MINOR.
9/25/20 22:45:27 Heap memory has degraded below safe minimum, restarting.
** Restart **
SD initialized.
9/26/20 02:45:29z Real Time Clock is running. Unix time 1601088329
9/26/20 02:45:29z Reset reason: Software/System restart
9/26/20 02:45:29z Trace: 18:2, 18:3, 18:2, 18:3, 18:2, 18:3, 18:2, 18:3, 18:2, 18:3, 18:2, 18:3, 18:2, 18:3, 18:2, 18:3, 18:2, 18:3, 18:2, 18:3, 18:2, 18:3, 18:4, 18:5, 1:6, 1:3, 1:4, 1:5[21], 21:0, 21:1, 21:10, 21:10
9/26/20 02:45:29z ESP8266 ChipID: 2527501
9/26/20 02:45:29z IoTaWatt 5.0, Firmware version 02_05_09
9/26/20 02:45:29z SPIFFS mounted.
9/25/20 22:45:29 Local time zone: -5:00
9/25/20 22:45:29 Using Daylight Saving Time (BST) when in effect.
9/25/20 22:45:29 device name: IotaWatt
9/25/20 22:45:29 HTTP server started
9/25/20 22:45:29 timeSync: service started.
9/25/20 22:45:30 statService: started.
9/25/20 22:45:30 dataLog: service started.
9/25/20 22:45:32 dataLog: Last log entry 09/25/20 22:45:25
9/25/20 22:45:34 EmonService: started. url=HTTP://192.168.1.30:7080, node=MudRidge, interval=5, encrypted
9/25/20 22:45:35 Updater: service started. Auto-update class is MINOR
9/25/20 22:45:35 WiFi connected. SSID=Brandon, IP=192.168.128.105, channel=11, RSSI -66db
9/25/20 22:45:35 MDNS responder started for hostname IotaWatt
9/25/20 22:45:35 LLMNR responder started for hostname IotaWatt
9/25/20 22:45:36 EmonService: Start posting at 09/29/19 00:27:15
9/25/20 22:45:36 Updater: Auto-update is current for class MINOR.
9/25/20 22:45:39 Heap memory has degraded below safe minimum, restarting.
** Restart **
SD initialized.
9/26/20 02:45:40z Real Time Clock is running. Unix time 1601088340
9/26/20 02:45:40z Reset reason: Software/System restart
9/26/20 02:45:40z Trace: 18:2, 18:3, 18:2, 18:3, 18:2, 18:3, 18:2, 18:3, 18:2, 18:3, 18:2, 18:3, 18:2, 18:3, 18:2, 18:3, 18:2, 18:3, 18:2, 18:3, 18:2, 18:3, 18:4, 18:5, 1:6, 1:3, 1:4, 1:5[21], 21:0, 21:1, 21:10, 21:10
9/26/20 02:45:40z ESP8266 ChipID: 2527501
9/26/20 02:45:40z IoTaWatt 5.0, Firmware version 02_05_09
9/26/20 02:45:40z SPIFFS mounted.
9/25/20 22:45:40 Local time zone: -5:00
9/25/20 22:45:40 Using Daylight Saving Time (BST) when in effect.
9/25/20 22:45:40 device name: IotaWatt
9/25/20 22:45:40 HTTP server started
9/25/20 22:45:40 timeSync: service started.
9/25/20 22:45:41 statService: started.
9/25/20 22:45:41 dataLog: service started.
9/25/20 22:45:43 dataLog: Last log entry 09/25/20 22:45:35
9/25/20 22:45:45 EmonService: started. url=HTTP://192.168.1.30:7080, node=MudRidge, interval=5, encrypted
9/25/20 22:45:46 Updater: service started. Auto-update class is MINOR
9/25/20 22:45:46 WiFi connected. SSID=Brandon, IP=192.168.128.105, channel=11, RSSI -66db
9/25/20 22:45:46 MDNS responder started for hostname IotaWatt
9/25/20 22:45:46 LLMNR responder started for hostname IotaWatt
9/25/20 22:45:47 EmonService: Start posting at 09/29/19 00:36:00
9/25/20 22:45:47 Updater: Auto-update is current for class MINOR.