Hi folks,
I have a system running on a PI 4B.
It talks to a couple of PLC's and 4 energy meters via Modbus TCP.
One of the meters is RTU, remote, as in over the public network, and connected by a Waveshare RS485 to Ethernet Converter.
Each FlexGetter node is set to que, and is triggered from a common inject, every second. with a small delay, each being different.
The remote one is also rate limited at i message every 2 seconds.
All looks good and I get data at the rate I expect easily. However about once a day the node handling the remote meter will change its status to initializing and then hang untill the flow is redeployed.
I have searched for an explanation and even disconnected the meter to see if that triggers the behavior, which isn't the case. Obviously I get a timeout but reconnecting the meter causes the node to resume, as you would expect.
I haven't been able to force this error no matter what silly settings I give things.
Firstly, any thoughts?
Secondly... Is there a way to catch the aberrant state and re-initilise the node?
I am catching the timeout state so already have a trigger of sorts.
I ideally want to give the node a kick, disable and then enable perhaps, rather than redeploying the whole flow.
Looking at the GitHGub and WIKI hasnt suggested a way to force the node to do anything beyond 'normal' operating commands.
Its the last getter in the flow, indicator turns yellow. (Sorry no screenshot)
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