Xdrip version corrupted?

[Osoblu]

I recently downloaded an update a few days ago. Yesterday I started a new sensor. I now notice error on the status page.

Connection Status:FW: null
Version : Information corrupted

[Osoblu]

Glucose readings seem ok. Any ideas on how to resolve this?
Thanks.

[Trying]

Are you using G6? Did you change your transmitter, too? The G6 ID usually starts with an 8. The FW message could be referring to not understanding the transmitter id.

[Osoblu]

It’s a G5 and is 60 days old. I downloaded the update “thinking” that I had Stable- tried and tested version selected. It was actually set to Beta. Oops. Xdrip has so many settings that I prefer to keep things simple. I wish there was a good tutorial to help me totally understand it.

[Trying]

So glad you resolved it!!

[Osoblu]

No. It’s not resolved. Same issues. I think reverting back to my last software version will solve it but I don’t know how.

[docslotnick]

Have you tried restarting the collector? Hit the button three times. That solves a myriad of connection problems , and some info from the transmitter is screwed up.

[docslotnick]

@Osoblu

I think reverting back to my last software version will solve it but I don’t know how.

You can revert simply by downloading and installing the desired version. But I don’t think xDrip+ is the problem.

[Osoblu]

Thanks very much.
I did revert back to the last version 5-18-2019. Everything looks fine now. I wish I had tried your 3X button press first. I only pressed that button once.
How did you learn that? Is there a good tutorial out there somewhere? I’d be more inclined to get the latest builds.

[docslotnick]

I’ve been lazy about this. I’m about half way through, but no ETA. I was able to figure out the three times by trial and error. Now I use the Tasker plugin for restarting the collector every hour, so my collection rate is 99-100%.

I think, since it’s so easy to revert, that updating to the nightlies involves very minimal risk.

[jbowler]

@Osoblu

I did revert back to the last version 5-18-2019.

That was the beta channel version until a few days ago, then 20191027 dropped. The “System Status”/“G5/G6 Status” page is markedly different between G5 and G6, here’s a piccie of what shows with G6 on the same page with the same (October) xDrip+ version:

So far as I can see so far the 20191027 version contains certain changes to fix the new messages emitted by the G6 ‘8G’ (and, maybe, later) transmitters and it contains a patch to disable preemptive restarts on those transmitters: “Preemptive restarts: Not capable”

I suspect there is nothing new for G5 users, but that’s a hypothesis and therefore subject to disproval. The May (20190518) version was the previous version in the beta channel; I don’t know what is in stable.

[docslotnick]

There is significant new info on the G5/G6 System Status page for the G5.

We got 2 firmware versions, ASIC, and transmitter shelf life. I have no idea what firmware is being referred to, nor do I know what ASIC is.

[jbowler]

@docslotnick

I have no idea what firmware is being referred to

In the transmitter; there is no other firmware. Interesting that the G5 transmitter reports a shelf life yet the G6 does not (so far as the authors of xDrip+ know).

FWIW the version of xDrip+ is on the “classic status page”; right drag off the above pages, and the relevant information is the second “Code” line, which is an ISO format date/time of the build of the software. (The bit above seems to be a unique number tagging the source code of the software - a “git tag” in software gobbledigook).

[docslotnick]

Thanks @jbowler. I knew the Classic System Status Page had the version number and “git-tag”, (from searching for various versions), but I don’t know what ASIC refers to. I certainly can’t correlate the number it gives to an Application-Specific Integrated Circuit. And JamOrHam seems to get scarce when somebody brings it up.