There are no WiFi problems in my home. I have multiple networks and a fail over. I use a third party software to monitor connections called solarwinds. My network is not the issue and was verified by bjorn that the issue was within the unit. At no point in the past 30 days has either of my networks gone down. The grobo is the only wireless device using 2.4 in my home.
The issue currently is the drain will not disengage as seen in the pictures. I cannot fill when the app will not kick out of drain mode
I have an open helpdesk ticket in.
I use distilled water, the chiller was added as it’s widely recognized that temps in the high 70’s encourage bad fungus as root rot. It seems like most of the failed grows in the grobo are directly related to the hot water temps.
My unit is in early veg day 16 - 5/14
Literally all of this info was posted above and as well in my tickets
Should I fill this unit manually again? @Chris
It is stuck in drain mode. Linda has been out of the water now for an hour.
If the pump was defective, why does it dispense both bottles 1 & 2? Why does it allow for draining? I’m not buying that at all. This is software or the unit. I’m literally sitting in front of my unit with the hose in the bucket with all of the water that was drained
The question arised about nutes when the OP had a pic posted with his dispensing and being a day behind my grow cycle his plant was significantly further along due to the nutes being dispensed In his device and the extra sleep mine recieved when the Inside LEDs did not come on while I was at work.
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I’ve fixed the drain/fill problem. Anyone remember contra cheat codes? Up up down down ect, for the grobo. I literally had to hit drain, pause, drain, pause, drain, pause, drain, pause like thirty times before it finally showed drained successfully and is currently filling. Keep in mind there was no water and only air being pushed by the internal pump. I fully expect these issues to be address or a replacement everything to be issued. No idea what the cause of this is and support does seem to know either. Suggesting WiFi is the issue seems to be a blanket response to any and all issues for me. If you want to shoot me a chat and let me know what ports I need to open or forward so this device better communicates so be it. The grobo is within 20 feet the router (measured it - 26 feet) and while I appreciate you trying to help @Chris I am completely disregarding WiFi as the issue
Also nutes finally dispensed once I was able to complete the fill. 3 4 and 5 all dispensed into the grobo. All of the bottles now appear to have the same amount of fluid gone, but it’s the WiFi… so… I have added to my support ticket and detailed the events of today and the 5 other issues I’ve had. Its only day 16 of ownership. Lights, buttons, pump, nutes, drain/fill cannot all be attributed to WiFi
Hopefully we can get this resolved and my plant is not going to die because I’ve done everything I can to secure an ideal environment for the grobo.
Just so we’re clear:
Grobo Inside temps are 76 degrees
Only distilled water has ever been added.
Water temps the first 4 days were 78 degrees.
A chiller was added to combat the inevitable failure keep temps at 66 currently.
The grobo is on a 2.4ghz connection and it’s signal strength is 98% at the grobo.
I would be happy to provide logs of solar winds, my routers arp tables ect however this is not the issue and would expect the logs of my device in return . The grobo is the only device in my home on that frequency and to be honest it shouldn’t have to be. 2.4 is used for old devices or devices that would be far away from your router which is not the case for my unit or 2.4 is better suited penetrating walls and doors ect which is the only reason I can come up with that Grobo would recommend this. 5ghz is also significantly faster throughput, but I’ll leave it on 2.4 and it will continue to be the only device on that frequency. Look forward to any answers the Grobo team will provide in chat, email, PM or the grobo support page. I am committed to growing with Grobo and I’m hopeful for a simple resolution.
Can the Grobo be “factory defaulted” without losing the current grow? I suspect the issue is software like a glitch and maybe something as simple as starting fresh resolves these weird issues. The hardware that I can easily test functions. Air stone, pump, glass, lights, button on back.
The grow continues