plugin kills Hoobs service about homebridge-panasonic-air-conditioner HOT 15 CLOSED

It seems HOOBS stores the plugins in a different location. I found them here:

/home/hoobs/.hoobs/node_modules/homebridge-panasonic-air-conditioner

Just commented out that line. Hopefully it works. Thanks

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I posted the same issue a couple of weeks back (issue #18).

The index.js script runs the following every 3 hours (10800000 milliseconds):

// Refresh the login token every 3 hours
setInterval(function() {this._login();}, 10800000);

Which somehow causes the script to crash. I don't know how to code in node.js so I wouldn't know how to go about fixing it.

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That semicolon after this.login() doesn't look right...

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Just remove the line (or make it a comment). Works fine for me

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Any idea where I can find the index.js? I'm running HOOBS on a Pi

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You can check this location:
/usr/local/lib/node_modules/homebridge-panasonic-air-conditioner

Than restart the service, working fine for over a day right over here without any issue.

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@miguelsasso does it work?

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@miguelsasso does it work?

Hi! Thanks for the solution, it works since 2 days for me. :)

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My colleague checked the script. A small modification seems to solve the problem. I make a PR.

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Can you please try with the latest update? 5c4262a

Note: that this update has a fairly major change. The plugin used to call the server every time you open the Home app (which delays all plugins responses) and will now poll the server every 10 minutes or so. If you are using just the Home app (i.e. not the Comfort Cloud app or the remote) then your information will always be current and this will not be an issue, otherwise it will refresh every ten minutes.

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It is up and running since 12 hours, so the previously reported problem doesn’t exist anymore. Thank you very much for your efforts!

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Glad I could help :)

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Noted the latest version is configured to poll the server every "10 minutes or so".

I have multiple users in my household so 10 minutes may not be frequent enough. Could you perhaps provide a user configured parameter to define polling frequency?

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That’s only necessary if you’re using the remote or the Panasonic app. If they’re all using the Home app it should be updated live. Can you please confirm?

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Some members of my household still use the remote control. Also, the current temperature is required to be fetched from the Panasonic servers.

Is there any reason why Panasonic wouldn't allow us to poll their server say, every minute?

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