Received my Vera Plus today (3rd Jan 2018) powered up and added controller to portal. Then proceeded with the demanded firmware upgrade. BIG, BIG MISTAKE! >:(
Now same symptoms as reported elsewhere in this thread. All lights on power light flashing. No access to device via web interface. Wish I had read this thread beforehand, but why would I. This is gigantic balls up by Vera!
I am returning mine to Amazon - will certainly think twice before buying into Vera again.
@Svyazist - tried looking for a ticket by your name/email combination and could not find one. If this is still an ongoing issue please PM me so we can make sure this is sorted out ASAP.
@JimboS - while I’m really sorry for the trouble you’ve been through, gotta tell you that your issue is not related to this topic, as the affecting build has been reverted just hours later and hot fixed on 28th. Nonetheless, we would really love to turn this around for you and help you resuscitate the unit through our Customer Care team.
[quote=“Sorin M., post:42, topic:198044”]@Svyazist - tried looking for a ticket by your name/email combination and could not find one. If this is still an ongoing issue please PM me so we can make sure this is sorted out ASAP.
@JimboS - while I’m really sorry for the trouble you’ve been through, gotta tell you that your issue is not related to this topic, as the affecting build has been reverted just hours later and hot fixed on 28th. Nonetheless, we would really love to turn this around for you and help you resuscitate the unit through our Customer Care team.[/quote]
Hi Sorin,
I think Vera Support is not working very well on this topic! I have send several emails about my issues (same as in this threat) and about the fact that i cant upgrade to the latest firmware (according the vera site) all I receive is an email with the link to the Vera site to see the latest version available???
I have to read on the internet that there are serious issues with the firmware!!!
[quote=“JJ10, post:43, topic:198044”][quote=“Sorin M., post:42, topic:198044”]@Svyazist - tried looking for a ticket by your name/email combination and could not find one. If this is still an ongoing issue please PM me so we can make sure this is sorted out ASAP.
@JimboS - while I’m really sorry for the trouble you’ve been through, gotta tell you that your issue is not related to this topic, as the affecting build has been reverted just hours later and hot fixed on 28th. Nonetheless, we would really love to turn this around for you and help you resuscitate the unit through our Customer Care team.[/quote]
Hi Sorin,
I think Vera Support is not working very well on this topic! I have send several emails about my issues (same as in this threat) and about the fact that i cant upgrade to the latest firmware (according the vera site) all I receive is an email with the link to the Vera site to see the latest version available???
I have to read on the internet that there are serious issues with the firmware!!![/quote]
I was close to throw in the towel during this Christmas (after massive brake-down)…
BUT, Vera support shows once again that it’s not worth changing home controller.
The Support-team (many thanks to Magda 
) upgraded my Vera Plus to latest beta firmware and everything is running smoothly for 2 days!
Amusing, what we consider success sometimes. I would feel the same if I could get 2 straight days.
Amusing, what we consider success sometimes. I would feel the same if I could get 2 straight days.[/quote]
It has been a rough week
On Wednesday of this week my Vera Secure suffered a terminal failure. After several email messages back and forth, today I was able to speak to Mateo in Customer Service. We tried several basic reboot procedures, a couple factory resets and a few other things without success. With my consent, he established a remote connection to my computer. Again he tried several maneuvers without success. He was unable to connect to the device either through the Mios servers, directly via the web interface or by SSH. We tried a direct connection between my PC and the Vera controller and were still unable to connect.
After nearly 3 hours of troubleshooting, restarts. reboots, modem configuring and computer hardware setting changes Mateo determined that my Vera Secure had suffered an internal malfunction and deemed my unit defective. During all these changes I worried to myself that my entire home network may be a wreck before this was all done, but to his credit Mateo returned everything to its proper working condition (except my Vera Secure - which would have earned him Sainthood, considering its terminal status). Thank you Mateo for all your efforts today. Job well done even if you could not fix it.
Bottom line is this: Many of the symptoms described earlier in this thread were present on my machine in the hours prior to its demise. While I still could, I opened a terminal session with RBrowser (Mac ssh client) and it ‘appeared’ that many of the folders were either unaccessible or empty when I am SURE that was not the case days earlier. See this post:
Posted by: rafale77 ? on: December 24, 2017, 03:56:10 am ? Insert Quote I managed to SSH into my unit and it was painful. It now looks like a barebone OpenWRT OS. All the MIOS, CMH, Lua related files and folders are gone. I am doing a factory reset to see if I can recover this myself... How could this happen just by rebooting the unit????
Were the files REALLY gone or were the folders simply not accessible? Was there a ‘runaway process’ slowly wreaking havoc, locking up resources and making the unit unstable and unpredictable? Just before dying, my last reboot reported “Unable to load the Z-wave and ZigBee Implementation XML files”. (Not the exact wording, but you get the gist). Why would they get deleted or corrupted doing a simple Luup reload?
Lastly, at no time did I ever attempt to upgrade to the latest firmware (1.7.3452) or the recent Beta release (7.025b). I was on 1.7.3233 and it was running mostly stable after the odd issue several weeks ago. http://forum.micasaverde.com/index.php/topic,52569.msg336766.html#msg336766.
Customer Service has begun a RMA process to exchange my unit for a new replacement. For that I am thankful. I’m a bit worried about rebuilding my unit from scratch or if they can port over the back-ups from the dead unit to the new one. I can’t decide if a fresh rebuild (with all the extra work) or a full restore is the best option. To be certain, there are several plug-ins I will not be adding if I do a full manual rebuild and several, such as PLEG, that I can not live without.
I only wish there was some explanation or understanding of what exactly the cause was. I would hate to have to rebuild again, several weeks or months from now, because the issue still lurks somewhere inside Vera.
You should have some backups on the vera server of your first unit. When you get your new unit they will be visible in the backup section.
Not sure how one checks the integrity of a backup. I would worry about bringing over whatever wrecked the first Vera. I am guessing the chances of this are VERY slim to impossible?
I installed the 7.025b last night. Very impressed. My secure ran but there were some nagging issues on 3452 with connectivity. Rock solid right now.
I’m new to home automation in this scale and also a new Vera user. I’ve been struggling for three weeks to get my controller working without result. I’ve got only the power led on, every other led is black and the unit is not responding to the pinhole factory reset.
Have had long mail conversations with Vera support and they claim that last firmware update has big issues and causes a lot of troubles. I actually got it to work for a whole day. I received a link with a firmware downgrade from support, uploaded it to my Vera and now the thing is completely dead again. Just the power led and no response to the 6 clicks pinhole reset sequence.
[quote=“paros, post:44, topic:198044”][quote=“JJ10, post:43, topic:198044”][quote=“Sorin M., post:42, topic:198044”]@Svyazist - tried looking for a ticket by your name/email combination and could not find one. If this is still an ongoing issue please PM me so we can make sure this is sorted out ASAP.
@JimboS - while I’m really sorry for the trouble you’ve been through, gotta tell you that your issue is not related to this topic, as the affecting build has been reverted just hours later and hot fixed on 28th. Nonetheless, we would really love to turn this around for you and help you resuscitate the unit through our Customer Care team.[/quote]
Hi Sorin,
I think Vera Support is not working very well on this topic! I have send several emails about my issues (same as in this threat) and about the fact that i cant upgrade to the latest firmware (according the vera site) all I receive is an email with the link to the Vera site to see the latest version available???
I have to read on the internet that there are serious issues with the firmware!!![/quote]
I was close to throw in the towel during this Christmas (after massive brake-down)…
BUT, Vera support shows once again that it’s not worth changing home controller.
The Support-team (many thanks to Magda ) upgraded my Vera Plus to latest beta firmware and everything is running smoothly for 2 days![/quote]
Thanks @paros, they would love to see the love they’re getting.
Hi.
I am new Vera Plus user. Connected it today for the first time to have it stuck on upgrade 
Can’t do anything. Poking the reset hole does not seem to work.
I think that I see the device on my routers IP table, but don’t know how to ssh to it (don’t know that much about linux commands)
Hello Kanczug,
Am really sorry to hear about the trouble with your Vera unit.
My colleagues from Customer Care are already trying to touch base with you, through your existing ticket. Please check your email for further details.
New customer here, in Europe, bought a Vera Plus today and it asked to upgrade firmware. It has been in what seems like a boot loop for hours (power light on for a few minutes, wifi light comes up, they all switch off, repeat).
Resetting with the 6 presses seems to do nothing, unplugging, nothing.
If customer support is US hours only I’m pretty screwed
I am having the same problem. Did a firmware upgrade on a new vera plus. Now it keeps rebooting and responding to ping for a few seconds. i can’t access it. I have tried to press reset button 6 times in 6 seconds. Nothing helps. ’
Does anyone know of a fix for this issue?
[quote=“Vilar, post:53, topic:198044”]New customer here, in Europe, bought a Vera Plus today and it asked to upgrade firmware. It has been in what seems like a boot loop for hours (power light on for a few minutes, wifi light comes up, they all switch off, repeat).
Resetting with the 6 presses seems to do nothing, unplugging, nothing.
If customer support is US hours only I’m pretty screwed[/quote]
Please call, it’s a toll-free number, and although not officially announced because we are still in trials, our team is mostly 24/7 on duty.
If you prefer to be called back please shoot me your number in a PM message. We want to turn this around for you, ASAP.
[quote=“dxmone, post:54, topic:198044”]I am having the same problem. Did a firmware upgrade on a new vera plus. Now it keeps rebooting and responding to ping for a few seconds. i can’t access it. I have tried to press reset button 6 times in 6 seconds. Nothing helps. ’
Does anyone know of a fix for this issue?[/quote]
Could be the same issue that other users experiencing with low storage left on the 8.6 MB partition. Hope Vera is fixing this soon?
TL;dr: fixable with patience!
I bought a new Vera Plus from Amazon, set it up, then tried to do a firmware update and got the symptoms described in this thread. Initial call to Vera support they tried to connect to the device and failed. Offered RMA, but since it was Amazon I just returned it and got a new one… fresh out of box firmware update and same issue! Rather than a continuous return-reorder cycle, I spent a few hours on the phone with Vera Support and got it resolved.
Here’s some insight:
I am having similar issue… bought a new Vera Plus from Amazon… hooked it up… got to software update (current version 1.7.1786) and nada… single power led… controller offline… occasional ping response… got in once via ssh, but quickly disconnected 
tried network reset, factory reset (6x in 6sec), unplugging (for hours)
sent a support ticket via Vera website
left couple messages for Vera tech support
I understand they are probably very busy… I just want to start using this controller… I’m hoping Vera can remote in and resolve this like others have experienced… I also fear that exchanging with Amazon will just get me back to the same place
== Update ==
I had a troubleshooting session with Raluca from Vera Control… after a couple hours, all we could get was a few seconds of connectivity at a time before reboot cycle - not quite enough to copy in and fix some missing files. I’m exchanging with another unit from Amazon. I must say that Vera Tech Support is A+ in my books - Raluca was way more patient than me! She even offered to connect up with the new unit when it arrives to make sure that the firmware upgrade will go smoothly in the future.
Exact same issue as TimD described. Received my Vera Plus two days ago with firmware 1.7.1786. I was able to connect my Ecobee thermostats and a generic IP camera. Tried to upgrade firmware today. Now only the power light comes on. Sometimes it responds to a ping, mostly it doesn’t. Scanning the vera plus with Nmap shows port 22 and 53 are sometimes open, but mostly down. Tried the reset button 6x in 6 seconds. Unplugged it for about an hour and tried again. I have sent an email to support.
Killed my new Vera Plus tonight with tonight’s new firmware update. It does not respond to 6 pushes of the reset button within six seconds.
***Update - I called customer care and they were outstanding. Santiago dialed in and restored the firmware from a server. It looks like this will be a problem for all Vera Plus units.
For those who are about to go through it, they need to take control of your computer, Vera needs to be directly connected to your computer by ethernet and you need to connect to your network by wifi. I’m someone who NEVER let any support share my computer, but even if you got a new unit from the store it would likely have the same problem.
Vera customer care (Santiago) was outstanding.
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