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Discussion topic: Watchman SENSiT Smart WiFi Tank Level Monitoring Kit

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This message was authored by maybe+jb This message was authored by: maybe+jb

Re: Watchman SENSiT Smart WiFi Tank Level Monitoring Kit


@blackcornish wrote:

After messing about with 5ghz and 2.4GHz, moving the position of the usb stick (all over the damn house), resetting and resetting;  It finally showed green this morning, and I have had a reading.  First time it's worked since 26th Feb.

 

I messaged Kingspan last week, but have had nothing from them.

 

Is the thinking, that they are doing something remotely that is causing/solving all our connection problems?


The red light seems to be a general connection problem light.  It retries every few hours (maybe every 6?). Readings only get into the app once every 24 hours.

It can indicate that it can't connect to your network, or that it can't connect to their server.  Most of us in this position have the second problem.  Unfortunately, if it's a new installation, it's hard to tell which it is unless you know how to look on your router setup.

It certainly only supports 2.4Ghz and has (perhaps in the past?) had problems with multiple wifi hubs that shared the same SSID.  I set up an SSID on a single access point only in my setup (non sky) to avoid that particular issue.   I may not have needed to, as that was before I realised there was a server issue also.

 

When you test the connection it makes (to sens-101.connectsensor.com) you can see that it often does consistently not present a TLS connection correctly; I'd wager this server is overloaded due to number of connections and all their customers are currently affected - but it's just intelligent guesswork on my part.

This message was authored by LunaM This message was authored by: LunaM

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@blackcornish  Yes... looks very much like that's what's happening!! 
mine actually went green for the first time the other day & I've had 2 readings. But nothing today & currently red 🙈

 

they are being quite cagey & and first indicated the issue was with me, but now I feed back the info from this forum, they have started to ask me to 'bear with them'. So definitely a backend issue not us. 

This message was authored by fancyabrew This message was authored by: fancyabrew

Re: Watchman SENSiT Smart WiFi Tank Level Monitoring Kit

I had to turn off wifi6 too

This message was authored by LunaM This message was authored by: LunaM

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I initially turned things off, but refuse to use a device that requires me to be messing about constantly... so they either fix it and it works with a general domestic set-up or I find a different device. 
they could also do with making their App a bit more useful, as the useage page is a bit useless & doesn't list previous reading just the graph.

only time will tell if this device is worth it! 

This message was authored by LunaM This message was authored by: LunaM

Re: Watchman SENSiT Smart WiFi Tank Level Monitoring Kit

@maybe+jb I was told it should give a reading every 12 hrs... but definitely no consistency,  doesn't follow a set pattern & can be 28 hrs or 10 or 1 week ... 😬

This message was authored by fancyabrew This message was authored by: fancyabrew

Re: Watchman SENSiT Smart WiFi Tank Level Monitoring Kit

Yeah agree all in all it's a bit poor, the app is pretty carp

This message was authored by maybe+jb This message was authored by: maybe+jb

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@LunaM wrote:

they are being quite cagey & and first indicated the issue was with me, but now I feed back the info from this forum, they have started to ask me to 'bear with them'. So definitely a backend issue not us. 


Speaking as someone who has designed, built and supported products I think their transparency needs something to be desired.

They should at least have a status page; and the light indicator should give some kind of 'flash' code or different colours for the various error conditions it currently represents.  It would make their (and our) diagnosis a lot easier and frankly both of these things are easy to implement.

 

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@LunaM wrote:

they could also do with making their App a bit more useful, as the useage page is a bit useless & doesn't list previous reading just the graph.


I'm all about the homeassistant integration where you get to see a more detail about the readings

This message was authored by fancyabrew This message was authored by: fancyabrew

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Yep be helpful if they responded to open tickets too, nearly as bad as our service desk 😂

This message was authored by maybe+jb This message was authored by: maybe+jb

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@fancyabrew wrote:

Yep be helpful if they responded to open tickets too, nearly as bad as our service desk 😂


It clearly doesn't help when there is a general problem and they don't have consistent up to date information. They'll just be generating more tickets and getting further behind.

 

This message was authored by fancyabrew This message was authored by: fancyabrew

Re: Watchman SENSiT Smart WiFi Tank Level Monitoring Kit

Finally just had this email, no explanation as to what's going on!

 

Thankyou for your enquiry regarding the sensit USB dongle, we do apologise this hadn’t been reading for a number of days we have checked the device and now appears to be calling in correctly.

 

We do apologise for this but if there are any queries or questions please do let us know

 

This message was authored by Kris2025 This message was authored by: Kris2025

Re: Watchman SENSiT Smart WiFi Tank Level Monitoring Kit

Unfortunately, I too am having the same issues as you all are. Red light and "reset your Sensit" error message from the app. Finally had a reading and a green light yesterday after nothing since the 26th March, but alas, today, nothing. I've tried everything that I can from my end. Moved the Sensit to be within 10ft of the router, Separate 2.5Ghz SSID & not hidden, Reset and resetup the Sensit multiple times. The plug-in Watchman Display works fine so I know the transmitter is working fine. All the other wifi hardware located on the 2.5GHz network is fine. I have no buffering on any streaming service so network bottleneck is not a problem. I only bought the new Watchman Sonic "Advanced" so that I could read the oil tank level remotely. It's ironic that I'm now no better off than using the original "non-sensit" Watchman Sonic. I too believe that they (Kingspan Sensor) have a big problem with their server S/w, H/w or Network etc, whichever it is,  it is not a quick easy fix and we're all being fobbed off. Telephone calls un-answered and no response to emails. Personally, it smells of "not interested in fixing this problem", "No money available to fix this problem", "Not enough staff", " the person that wrote the code has left the building". Take your pick. But in the meantime, I'm sending mine back for a refund.

This message was authored by blackcornish This message was authored by: blackcornish

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I used the 'contact us' option on the app, and got a reply next day.  The dongle has been working fine since 9.02 this morning.  The reply I recieved just said they'd checked the dongle, and were glad to see it was now 'calling in correctly',  fingers crossed it continues.

This message was authored by blackcornish This message was authored by: blackcornish

Re: Watchman SENSiT Smart WiFi Tank Level Monitoring Kit

Verbatim what my email said...............

This message was authored by fancyabrew This message was authored by: fancyabrew

Re: Watchman SENSiT Smart WiFi Tank Level Monitoring Kit

*sigh* so today no email notifications and I can't even login to the kingspan app! It just sits there with the circle of death 🤬

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