device no response, serial monitor find 0 clients

[loujiabin]

esp8266 works perfect once it connected in the beginning, but after several days, it will lost connections. just like those son-off devices i bought from TaoBao.
try to change modem settings such as , use certain channel, 2.4g only... the good news is: son-off devices never lose connections after i configure modem. but esp8266 still no response after a few weeks.
on esp8266 serial monitor, it saids: free heap: 42448, homekit clients:0

any suggestion what command i should use in serial monitor to figure our the problem?

[mrthiti]

I would like to try something. Can you try turn off modem and then turn on again please. I think it not work after that.

So, I think it is problem of the issue.

[L2Miko]

Same problem. It will lost control after a few days or weeks. Always clients:0. The only way is to turn off and turn on. unstable than son-off firmware.

[mrthiti]

@L2Miko I create PR (#184) for fix that issue.
Any way, You can try edit code follow PR in your local, I think is solve the issue. that it work for me.

[loujiabin]

Problem solved.
Found from other comments.
Erase mDNS restart from lib file then no more connection lose

[loujiabin]

No, only erase this line

MDNS.close();

It’s under library file which i cant remember the name.

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On 3 Nov 2022, at 6:05 am, Jason Wang ***@***.***> wrote:  Sorry. I can't seem to find any code related to "mDNS restart" from the library. Do you mean this code block? if (homekit_mdns_started) { MDNS.close(); MDNS.begin(name->value.string_value, staIP); INFO("MDNS restart: %s, IP: %s", name->value.string_value, staIP.toString().c_str()); MDNS.announce(); return; } and should the entire block be deleted? — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub, or unsubscribe. You are receiving this because you modified the open/close state.

[blahBlahhhJ]

thanks! works like a charm, at least for now.