Watchdog talking to LocalDeck over ESPHome API

derobert

I did the initial Improv setup, and adopted the LocalDeck into ESPHome. It built the firmware, flashed, and booted. I went ahead and added the new device to Home Assistant… which added, but has 0 devices and services. Looks like the LocalDeck crashed off the network.

After trying a bunch of things:

if I delete most of the YAML, it “works” fine — it has no functionality, but it adds correctly in HA, and you can pull logs wirelessly with the ESPHome Buider Addon. It keeps pinging.
if I use the YAML from the Configurator (0.6), then it stays pinging as long as I disable the ESPHome config in HA (otherwise, it crashes the second HA connects to it)
if I’ve got the ESPHome config disabled, then try to pull logs wirelessly, it crashes too.
can use the device web page just fine… everything there seems to work.

I finally got sick of playing with it wirelessly, and plugged it into a laptop USB port. That let me grab logs. This is what happens when ESPHome tries to connect and pull logs wirelessly:

[D][binary_sensor:036]: 'Button 07': Sending state ON
[D][matrix_keypad:060]: key @ row 1, col 0 released
[D][matrix_keypad:065]: key 'G' released
[D][binary_sensor:036]: 'Button 07': Sending state OFF
[D][api:103]: Accepted 192.168.65.164
[W][component:170]: Component api cleared Warning flag
[D][api.connection:1446]: ESPHome Logs 2024.12.4 (192.168.65.164): Connected successfully
[I][app:100]: ESPHome version 2024.12.4 compiled on Feb 10 2025, 21:04:00
[C][wifi:600]: WiFi:
[C][wifi:428]:   Local MAC: F0:F5:BD:F5:13:74
[C][wifi:433]:   SSID: 'Bosworth'
[C][wifi:436]:   IP Address: 192.168.65.132
[C][wifi:439]:   BSSID: E4:38:83:2A:07:32
[C][wifi:441]:   Hostname: 'localdeck-f51374'
[C][wifi:443]:   Signal strength: -35 dB ▂▄▆█
[C][wifi:447]:   Channel: 1
[C][wifi:448]:   Subnet: 255.255.255.0
[C][wifi:449]:   Gateway: 192.168.65.24
[C][wifi:450]:   DNS1: 192.168.65.24
[C][wifi:451]:   DNS2: 0.0.0.0
[C][logger:185]: Logger:
[C][logger:186]:   Level: DEBUG
[C][logger:188]:   Log Baud Rate: 115200
[C][logger:189]:   Hardware UART: USB_SERIAL_JTAG
[C][esp32_rmt_led_strip:187]: ESP32 RMT LED Strip:
[C][esp32_rmt_led_strip:188]:   Pin: 8
[C][esp32_rmt_led_strip:189]:   Channel: 0
[C][esp32_rmt_led_strip:214]:   RGB Order: GRB
[C][esp32_rmt_led_strip:215]:   Max refresh rate: 0
[C][esp32_rmt_led_strip:216]:   Number of LEDs: 24
[C][template.number:050]: Template Number 'Brightness'
[C][template.number:051]:   Optimistic: NO
[C][template.number:052]:   Update Interval: 60.0s
[C][light:092]: Light 'Ledstrip'
[C][light:094]:   Default Transition Length: 1.0s
[C][light:095]:   Gamma Correct: 2.80
[C][light:092]: Light 'Button 01 Light'
[C][light:094]:   Default Transition Length: 1.0s
[C][light:095]:   Gamma Correct: 2.80
E (436390) task_wdt: Task watchdog got triggered. The following tasks/users did not reset the watchdog in time:
E (436390) task_wdt:  - loopTask (CPU 0)
E (436390) task_wdt: Tasks currently running:
E (436390) task_wdt: CPU 0: IDLE
E (436390) task_wdt: Aborting.

Core  0 register dump:
MEPC    : 0x40389184  RA      : 0x4038c2f2  SP      : 0x3fca4f70  GP      : 0x3fc96a00  
TP      : 0x3fc5c87c  T0      : 0x00000000  T1      : 0x4038925a  T2      : 0x00000000  
S0/FP   : 0x3fc9e000  S1      : 0x3fc99e28  A0      : 0x00000001  A1      : 0x3fca4868  
A2      : 0x00001158  A3      : 0x00000000  A4      : 0x3fc9e000  A5      : 0x00000000  
A6      : 0x00000000  A7      : 0x00000000  S2      : 0x3fca4868  S3      : 0x3fc9e000  
S4      : 0x00000000  S5      : 0x00000000  S6      : 0x00000000  S7      : 0x00000000  
S8      : 0x00000000  S9      : 0x00000000  S10     : 0x00000000  S11     : 0x00000000  
T3      : 0x00000000  T4      : 0x00000000  T5      : 0x00000000  T6      : 0x00000000  
MSTATUS : 0x00000000  MTVEC   : 0x00000000  MCAUSE  : 0x00000000  MTVAL   : 0x00000000  
MHARTID : 0x00000000  

Stack memory:
3fca4f70: 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000
3fca4f90: 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0xa5a5a5a5 0xa5a5a5a5 0xa5a5a5a5
3fca4fb0: 0xa5a5a5a5 0xa5a5a5a5 0xa5a5a5a5 0xa5a5a5a5 0x00000154 0x3fca4ef0 0x3fca1954 0x3fc99e80
3fca4fd0: 0x3fc99e80 0x3fca4fc4 0x3fc99e78 0x00000019 0xdba4d33e 0x76a9e0cc 0x3fca4fc4 0x00000000
3fca4ff0: 0x00000000 0x3fca49c0 0x454c4449 0xf5abc700 0x964024a8 0x003b994f 0x00000000 0x3fca4fb0
3fca5010: 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x3fca1f1c 0x3fca1f84 0x3fca1fec
3fca5030: 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000001 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x421193ae 0x00000000
3fca5050: 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000
3fca5070: 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000
3fca5090: 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000
3fca50b0: 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000
3fca50d0: 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000
3fca50f0: 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000
3fca5110: 0x00000000 0x3f000200 0x0000000c 0x094a000a 0x00000000 0x3fca5198 0x00000054 0x00000000
3fca5130: 0x3fca512c 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x3fca5144 0xffffffff 0x3fca5144 0x3fca5144
3fca5150: 0x00000000 0x3fca5158 0xffffffff 0x3fca5158 0x3fca5158 0x00000001 0x00000001 0x00000000
3fca5170: 0xc500ffff 0x00000000 0xb33fffff 0x00000000 0x00000010 0x3fc99dbc 0x3fca9c44 0x00000000
3fca5190: 0x00000001 0x0000000c 0x084e0008 0x00000000 0x3fca9c2c 0x0000000c 0x3c131d20 0x00000001
3fca51b0: 0x3fca51a0 0x00000054 0x00000000 0x3fca51b8 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x3fca51d0
3fca51d0: 0xffffffff 0x3fca51d0 0x3fca51d0 0x00000000 0x3fca51e4 0xffffffff 0x3fca51e4 0x3fca51e4
3fca51f0: 0x00000001 0x00000001 0x00000000 0xe500ffff 0x00000000 0xb33fffff 0x00000000 0x00000028
3fca5210: 0x3c15c8d8 0x3fca7aa0 0x3fcbfe94 0x00000003 0x3fca545c 0x3fca545c 0x00000001 0x3fca5294
3fca5230: 0x3fca5294 0x00000001 0x00000054 0x00000000 0x3fca523c 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000
3fca5250: 0x3fca5254 0xffffffff 0x3fca5254 0x3fca5254 0x00000000 0x3fca5268 0xffffffff 0x3fca5268
3fca5270: 0x3fca5268 0x00000001 0x00000001 0x00000000 0xcb00ffff 0x00000000 0xb33fffff 0x00000000
3fca5290: 0x0000001c 0x3c15c8a8 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x3fca5424 0x3fca5424 0x3fca1954 0x3fca528c
3fca52b0: 0x0000002c 0x00180000 0x00180000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000012 0x00000000
3fca52d0: 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x3fca52e4 0x3fc9d480 0x0000002c 0x00800000 0x00800000 0x00000000
3fca52f0: 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000012 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x3fca52d8
3fca5310: 0x0000001c 0x00000000 0x3fca7a20 0x68707365 0x00656d6f 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x3fca5301
3fca5330: 0x0000000c 0x3fca9c2c 0x00000000 0x3fca532c 0x00000034 0x3fc97e7c 0x00000001 0x00000000
3fca5350: 0x00009000 0x00002000 0x00001000 0x6461746f 0x00617461 0x00000000 0x00000000 0x00000000



ELF file SHA256: 5ccc9667cfea7e3d

Rebooting...
ESP-ROM:esp32c3-api1-20210207
Build:Feb  7 2021
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Enabling HA gets different logs… really all that is there is keepalive timeouts, after the device dropped off the network.

derobert

I removed all the Improv, captive portal, and web server stuff from the YAML… now it works. Wonder if it was running out of memory (though the stats at the end of the build suggest plenty of RAM available).

Anyway, that just leaves me with one problem — the bag with the clear keycaps was short one.

RebeccaH

@derobert

Thanks for the detailed info! Really helpful.

Please contact me directly re your missing key cap and I will get that sorted for you: help@mylocalbytes.com 🙂