+Al_Nafuur Posted January 1, 2021 Author Share Posted January 1, 2021 1 minute ago, Fierodoug5 said: Have to get to bed me too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Al_Nafuur Posted January 2, 2021 Author Share Posted January 2, 2021 @Fierodoug5 Can you test with the attached binary. I have increased the connection time to 10 seconds PlusCart.elf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fierodoug5 Posted January 2, 2021 Share Posted January 2, 2021 Will do when I get home, thanx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fierodoug5 Posted January 3, 2021 Share Posted January 3, 2021 Very wierd Put the new code on one of my carts. Cart was working perfect. Able to play high score club games many times. Rebooted system/cart numerous times, all was working perfect Turned off system went to eat dinner, came back and now cart has same connection issues as before Putt the new code on my other cart, same connection issues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fierodoug5 Posted January 3, 2021 Share Posted January 3, 2021 when the cart hangs between menu switching, I get no blue lights, and instead of timeout errors I just get a blank menu with the ". ." on the the top line Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fierodoug5 Posted January 3, 2021 Share Posted January 3, 2021 Just got a request timeout on a menu change, and sometimes the cart still wont connect on power-up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Al_Nafuur Posted January 3, 2021 Author Share Posted January 3, 2021 38 minutes ago, Fierodoug5 said: Very wierd Put the new code on one of my carts. Cart was working perfect. Able to play high score club games many times. Rebooted system/cart numerous times, all was working perfect Turned off system went to eat dinner, came back and now cart has same connection issues as before Putt the new code on my other cart, same connection issues. Do you have connection issues with other devices in this network? like websites loading (starting) not as fast as before the power outage, APPs on your smartphone are slower or start slower? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fierodoug5 Posted January 3, 2021 Share Posted January 3, 2021 No, everything runs fine, including all my other ardunio, ESP32 and 8266 units Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fierodoug5 Posted January 3, 2021 Share Posted January 3, 2021 I'm gonna see it Xfinity will swap my router out, this ones many years old anyway 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Al_Nafuur Posted January 3, 2021 Author Share Posted January 3, 2021 20 minutes ago, Fierodoug5 said: I'm gonna see it Xfinity will swap my router out, this ones many years old anyway Maybe their hardware was affected/harmed by the power outage too? If you contact them you should asked them if there are issues or complains by other customers in your area too. It's all very unlikely, but just to be sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fierodoug5 Posted January 3, 2021 Share Posted January 3, 2021 New router on its way. No other reported issues in my area they say. Should have it in a few days Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fierodoug5 Posted January 6, 2021 Share Posted January 6, 2021 Got the new router hooked up. Cart is working but not 100%. Sometimes boots up to no menu and no wifi/pluscart connect. Reboot and will normally work on second or 3 reboot. Once connected it seems to stay connected and work fine. I will use it for a few more days and update status Next problem is only like 50% at best of the High Score Club games I play report results. Games like bowling, dragonfire, tapper, and stampede for example I played a few games of each today, and none reported scores. No games were reporting when I was using the Dev firmware you had me try, got a lot better when I went back to normal current firmware(1.6?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Al_Nafuur Posted January 7, 2021 Author Share Posted January 7, 2021 13 hours ago, Fierodoug5 said: Got the new router hooked up. Cart is working but not 100%. Sometimes boots up to no menu and no wifi/pluscart connect. Reboot and will normally work on second or 3 reboot. Once connected it seems to stay connected and work fine. Maybe the ESP8266 and your new router need more time to negotiate the connection? The ESP8266 is connecting independently to the WiFi. The STM firmware is only waiting about 6 seconds for the ESP to connect. If the ESP (and the router) need more time to connect the STM firmware is booting without the PlusStore entries. Just the "WiFi Retry" and "Setup" entries are available then. "WiFi Retry" is just a check if the ESP is connected now and if it is connected the PlusStore entries are loaded. 16 hours ago, Fierodoug5 said: Next problem is only like 50% at best of the High Score Club games I play report results. Games like bowling, dragonfire, tapper, and stampede for example I played a few games of each today, and none reported scores. it seems that a few routers don't like the kind of connection the PlusROM function tries to open Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fierodoug5 Posted January 7, 2021 Share Posted January 7, 2021 31 minutes ago, Al_Nafuur said: it seems that a few routers don't like the kind of connection the PlusROM function tries to open Wow, that stinks, finally get my carts back up and running, and still can't play high score club. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Al_Nafuur Posted January 7, 2021 Author Share Posted January 7, 2021 12 minutes ago, Fierodoug5 said: Wow, that stinks, finally get my carts back up and running, and still can't play high score club. Check your router for settings about "persistent HTTP connections", it should not close them automatically. Like Browsers the ESP8266 reopens it's connections, but this sometimes fails if it happens to often or the connection is closed/reconnecting when the ROM wants to send a request. This all might be reasons for not working PlusROM functions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fierodoug5 Posted January 8, 2021 Share Posted January 8, 2021 Nope, do not see anything like that in settings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Al_Nafuur Posted January 8, 2021 Author Share Posted January 8, 2021 14 hours ago, Fierodoug5 said: Nope, do not see anything like that in settings Which model and firmware version is your new router? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fierodoug5 Posted January 8, 2021 Share Posted January 8, 2021 Its a Xfinity Xb7 router. Will get firmware when I get home Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Al_Nafuur Posted January 8, 2021 Author Share Posted January 8, 2021 make sure that 2.4ghz and 5ghz are not merged. https://forums.xfinity.com/t5/Your-Home-Network/Cant-connect-any-smart-home-devices-to-Xb7-gateway/m-p/3346977/highlight/true#M326550 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fierodoug5 Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Al_Nafuur Posted January 9, 2021 Author Share Posted January 9, 2021 @Fierodoug5 you might use the FTDI and ESPlorer to sniff the responses the ESP8266 gives to the PlusCart. Just connect it like described here: And plug the USB to your PC after you powered up the VCS with the PlusCart. I suspect that some time after you start a PlusROM you will see a message like "CLOSED" or "CONNECTION CLOSED" in the ESPlorer terminal, but maybe we will get some more information. btw. if you swap RX and TX you can sniff the commands the PlusCart sends to the ESP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fierodoug5 Posted January 10, 2021 Share Posted January 10, 2021 Ok, hopefully I will get time to try this later today Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fierodoug5 Posted January 13, 2021 Share Posted January 13, 2021 Little behind on getting this tested, my Shop PC died and getting a new system setup today Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fierodoug5 Posted January 18, 2021 Share Posted January 18, 2021 Looks like my problem is still the same as before, just much better with this router. The ESP just loses connection often when using the cart. When you exit the game sometimes you have to reboot the cart once or twice to get it back. Still loses connection between menu changes from time to time. During some games it goes to "connection closed". This thing just does not like my ISP at all. Everything works fine using my hotspot on my phone, but I have terrible weak Cell service in my rural town. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fierodoug5 Posted March 1, 2021 Share Posted March 1, 2021 Just a update to my ESP8266-01s connection problems to my Xfinity Router I had gotten (5) ESP's from a vendor on Aliexpress, all newer single blue LED units. Updated all to 1.7.4 firmware. Only 1 of the 5 will connect to my wifi without issues. This week I got (5) ESP single LED units from Amazon. Updated all to 1.7.4 firmware. All 5 connect to my Wifi without issues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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