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I am happy to report back that everything is now working as it should [SignalK, etc.] after performing a Victron ‘factory reset’ on my Cerbo GX Mk2 running Venus 3.62.

19. Reset to factory defaults and Venus OS reinstall

(www.victronenergy.com)

Saillogger is now upgraded to 4.2.1 [~45min install time] and I was able to install the derived-data plug in as well. [Now that I have derived the required value for true wind direction, I can add to Windy’s collection of Wx data.]

I have no doubt that I would have accomplished the same [SignalK] results following your suggestion of SSH deleting the SignalK config file, but decided to use Victron’s full reset to rule out any other lurking issues that I hadn’t noticed. [After all, I hadn’t done anything with SignalK myself, but somehow the original install had issues.]

I look forward to leveraging SignalK on my boat; inspired in no small part by your excellent example of what can be accomplished.

Thank you for all of your guidance.

Warm regards, Bill

SV Denali Rose

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Thank you. I will report back regarding my efforts and results.

Cheers, Bill

@admin,

Thank you for your detailed response.

RE: rebooting the Cerbo: I have performed numerous cold and warm boots of the Cerbo during this process with the same end results.

Before seeing your response, I was pondering performing a ‘factory reset’ [and only that] on the Cerbo.

19. Reset to factory defaults and Venus OS reinstall

(www.victronenergy.com)

I am considering this in case other aspects of my Cerbo GX Mk2 Venus install also have issues I haven’t noticed yet… [All seems to perform normally sans the app store install/upgrade issue in SignalK…]

Your suggestion is a good one and more surgical in that it only resets SignalK. Do you know if Victron’s reset also deletes the SignalK directory [as per your SSH command?]

Since we are full time cruisers, and since we are on the cusp of shoving off again for a few months into very remote areas, I am being cautiously pragmatic in an effort to avoid bricking the Cerbo through my ineptitude. [It can take weeks to receive packages up here…]

Thanks again for your time.

Cheers, Bill

Nothing to be sorry about, Andrea.

We all try to assist each other on these forums, and I appreciate your feedback…

I have perused the Victron sites but not posted yet. Since Saillogger is working despite my ministrations, I figured I would hold out until the next Venus update is released [mentioned as impending in a Victron Professional update I received recently.]

Crossing fingers…

Cheers, Bill

Hi Andrea,

The irony is Saillogger is working well since I installed it. [Although something went wrong on the Saillogger end and they sent an email indicating they took care of it so my new account could go live.]

RE: Logging into Venus.local SignalK: Yes. It won’t let me see the app store until I log in to SignalK. It shows all installed apps and plug-ins, and those with updates. It shows the ‘installing’ status when an update is selected, but to date all have ‘failed’.

It could be something is fubared in my local SignalK install, but since Saillogger continues to operate despite not being able to upgrade, I’ll just let it slide for a while to see if it is me or my instance, or a fix is introduced along the way…

Thanks again.

Cheers, Bill

Hi Andrea,

Thanks for your inquiry.

I’ve tried every version of VenusOS from 3.55 through to the latest beta release candidate [3.70-7] with the same results. 3.62 was no different [and is where I started from with the first install failures.] Saillogger 4.21 fails installation [as does the derived-data plug-in…] in every attempt in every V OS tried so far…

I’ll be patient and see how things evolve on the Victron end…

Cheers, Bill

I am fairly new to Saillogger [~ 2weeks] and it performs very well. Nicely done!

I upgraded to Venus 3.62 on a Cerbo GX Mk2 after the initial Saillogger installation- before seeing this warning [which I found while researching reasons for consistent failed attempts to perform installs/upgrades from the venus.local SignalK app store.]

I discovered this issue when I tried to add true wind direction capability by installing the derived-data plug-in. [Likewise for Saillogger 4.21, etc.] Everything failed install from the venus.local SignalK app store.

After discovering this posting, I tried all of the above installs/updates via the venus.local app store after installing fresh copies of Venus 3.55, then 3.60, 3.62, and even the latest beta release candidates 3.70-6. [I tried iPadOS and MacOS-using both Safari and Chrome on each. All current.] Every attempt fails in every version of VenusOS- leading me to think either I have something drastically wrong with my set-up, or that Victron has fubared their SignalK instance- at least as pertains to installs/updates via the app store.

I offer all of this as feedback, and don’t believe it has anything to do with Saillogger [which continues to perform well through all of this…]

However, for me today, expanding/upgrading anything in the Venus.local SignalK environment is not possible, and this doesn’t bode well for my future reliance on your excellent Saillogger service. I hope this all changes in the near future.

Cordially, Bill on SV Denali Rose

PS: I should also mention I am no longer comfortable trying my skills using the command line interface to maintain Venus/SignalK app environment- and that isn’t really why I go cruising anyway… So for now I am content to wait a little longer to see if Victron tames their SignalK implementation [if my assumption is correct…]