Vera Alerts LAN Socket Error

Plugins & Plugin Development VeraAlerts
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Hello,

I’ve recently started to get the message “Vera Alerts LAN Socket Error” appear on my Vera Alerts app. Does anyone have any idea what this message means?

Thanks for the help

2

I added more error message because folks were reporting LAN mode alert losses …
This means that the Android phone is reporting an error in trying to read LAN mode messages.
What was happening on your phone at the time ?

3

Nothing that I know of. It happened a couple of times when I got up this morning - maybe the phone was busy syncing with stuff that had changed over night? It also happened at 03:20 this morning, and I was asleep at the time.

Thanks for the reply.

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I assume you have a reservation for your Wifi Address for your phone.
Does your router reset ? You might check it’s logs.

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There is a DHCP reservation, yes.

I’ve checked my routers logs, and on the last two occasions the LAN socket error popped up, the phone was firing off a DHCPREQUEST:

[tt]
May 3 12:59:02 dnsmasq-dhcp[3688]: DHCPREQUEST(br0) 192.168.1.64 b4:52:7e:68:82:c1
May 3 12:59:02 dnsmasq-dhcp[3688]: DHCPACK(br0) 192.168.1.64 b4:52:7e:68:82:c1 stuart-phone

May 3 22:10:58 dnsmasq-dhcp[3688]: DHCPREQUEST(br0) 192.168.1.64 b4:52:7e:68:82:c1
May 3 22:10:58 dnsmasq-dhcp[3688]: DHCPACK(br0) 192.168.1.64 b4:52:7e:68:82:c1 stuart-phone
[/tt]

My current message limit is 5 (which I have now increased to 20), so I don’t have any other occasions I can check against the router. When it happens again, I’ll post some more logs.

Thanks for the help.

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I will see if there is a way to trap the specific error related to DHCP reservation.
In the past this would cause the code to stop listening … Now it will restart listening.
So I found the reason why some folks would stop hearing Vera Alerts … it was probably linked to the time time interval for a DHCP reservation which is different for different routers (default) or user (manual) settings.

For now you can increase your reservations time.

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I’m seeing similar issues, with a statically assigned IP address.
However I don’t have a lan-profile configured (only a mobile one).

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Check your phone … it’s not the VERA PLUGIN that generates this error.

It’s the config in the ANDROID APP … you must have a NON BLANK/ZERO LAN port.

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Thanks Richard. that makes more sense that its an app error. I’ve been troubleshooting vera restarts and linked it as a possible cause/indicator incorrectly.
yes, a port number is configured (default? 2048). I previously wan’t aware of any errors per say - but knew i was missing delivery of the odd message.
I’ll monitor over time - as its less a concern than the restarts.

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With a port# define the phone/tablet will use power much more quickly as well.

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so, to try clarify…

  1. if lan is disabled in plugin, on the app set no port number for most efficient battery use.
  2. if lan is enabled, you need the port configured in the app and will receive direct messages. But when roaming, you may use more battery?
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Yep

But you really do not disable it in the PLUGIN … you either define/use it or you down’t.