Another Update:
I have a cron job that collects and logs data to my Mac over the network connection (HTTP). The cron job invokes a script every 30 minutes.
I modified this script to check if Internet access is working, and if not run 'wifimanager'...
but this does not seem to fix the problem.
@Douglas-Kryder There is only one instance. I am not sure what is going on.
Once the above described situation happens - when I recycle power to the Omega2+, it won't still connect to the Router.
The only way to make this work is to connect to the Omega over USB, log on and then run the 'wifimanager' again till the apcli interface shows up (that is running it first time may not work, may have to run the wifimanager again).
Different router same result
If I power cycle both - and if the Router is NOT up before the Omega2+ same thing - the wifimanager has probably already run and the Wi-Fi network was not up yet - so know it does not work.
I have been observing a consistent problem with the Omega2+ WiFi setup. The Omega2+ is connected to my Home Router over Wi-Fi.
Everything works absolutely fine till the time the Router either loses power and reboots.
The Omega2+ now does not connect to the Router over Wi-Fi - and the only way to get it back to work is to connect it over the USB port, use serial console to login and just run the 'wifimanager' - once you run it things go back to normal.
Important point to note the rebooting of Omega2+ does not show this behavior. It's only when the router loses power.
@György-Farkas Does that mean that from the Omega2+ prompt if I run a serial terminal that connects to the Arduino - I will be see the output? What serial port should I use to connect to the Arduino from the Omega2+ prompt?
I am still relatively new to the Arduino world - I am guessing that if I have an Arduino sketch that is collecting data from I2C sensors such as BME280 or Gas sensors then the sketch won't work in with the Arduino dock R2 + Omega 2+? I would have re-write those sketches?
I have the Arduino Dock2 setup - and I tried to follow these instructions: https://wiki.onion.io/Tutorials/Arduino-Dock/Initial-Setup#arduino-dock-setup
I wired up the Expansion board with Omega2+ and the Arduino Dock 2 expansion - BUT I could NOT get the Omega2+ to power up at all.
The whole Arduino Dock 2 is confusing.
I was able to follow instructions and upload a sketch but I keep getting the message "ash: telnet: not found" when I open the serial console.
The Arduino IDE shows the the sktech compiled and it was able to upload it to the board via the ssh / Omega networking port.
BUt not output on the serial console of the Arduino IDE?
@Steven-de-Salas Many thanks. I attempted to use it but unlike the Python code that can read & dump the GPS module - while I do get the serial port to open - I cannot get it to receive and print any data to the console. It seems slow as well to open the port. I will probably debug it more tomorrow.
Never heard of that BUT yesterday I got it working. I have enough storage because I am using the Overlay on the SD Card so I install PIP, and then installed pyserial and was able to make it work. Waiting for the NodeJS support to become available.
Do your Python and NodeJS packages support access to the USB/Serial port? For example how do I install the "pyserial" Python package to access the Serial Port / USB (/dev/ttyUSB as an e.g.) from the Python code?
I am running into this issue as well - the prebuilt SerialPort Module for MIPS does not exist. And I am still trying to figure out how to get the module to compile....
I discovered a thread talking about NodeJS support on the Omega2/1. While I have basic Node working - one of the main things to access is the hardware ports such as Serial (over the USB). Interfacing to devices using the USB port - I would like to interface using a "SerialPort" module. Unfortunately the MIPS ports for most modules are lacking. Here is the deal - hardware specific modules require on-platform compilation. So SerialPort (which has versions for x86 and ARM), does NOT currently compile and install. What is the plan to get this ported?
@patrick-gunderson I am trying to build a simple IoT project - and got stuck because the SerialPort module does NOT have a MIPS version. I am trying to get setup to attempt building it BUT it won't compile/build - get to the same stage as you are. Any instructions on how to get gcc / node-gyp installed on the Omega2?
Where can I buy the Hologram Cellular - it is not on the store at Onion.IO and Hologram DOES NOT offer it either... when will it be available?