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Thread: Clock stopped - February 8th 2018

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    Default Clock stopped - February 8th 2018

    Well, I had to resort to a full-on, battery-pull reset of the controller this morning in my dressing gown.

    I tried the recommended of manually resetting the clock (which at least put my heating on) clicking on and off the automatic Wi-Fi update button several times but no avail. The clock just solidly remained at the time I manually set it to. I waited an hour but with no change.

    I've read all the previous threads on this subject and saw that even I had such an issue way back in 2016 but there was no indication of how to cure this problem other than a battery removal.

    HONEYWELL, THIS IS A MAJOR SOFTWARE BUG IN THE CONTROLLER THAT HAS TO BE ADDRESSED. I really don't mind all the litte probelms that get raised here, in fact I quite enjoy reading about them but this is quite an unacceptable bug.

    Thank heavens I do not use EvoHome to controller my hot water heating is all I can say. My house is full of software clocks and with the addition of Amzazon Spots I have two more. In all the decades of their use I cannot remember another example of a clock sticking!

    It's the worst possible bug there can be - waiting for the noise of the HR92s to start at 07:02 and nothing happens.

    Please Honeywell try and get to the bottom of this. I'm a great fan and been a user since the b/w system but this is just an unacceptable problem in such a critically important consumer household tool. Chris

    Update: Looks like others had clock problems this morning - see thread: http://www.automatedhome.co.uk/vbull...0-17-03/page34 My clock was reading 05 something as well.
    Last edited by chrisgare; 8th February 2018 at 10:25 AM.

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    I too woke up to a cold house this morning (of all mornings). But my clock hadn't stopped. It was 30 mins slow! Made me think my alarm clock went made. I left it, and then an hour later every thing appeared to have gotten back to normal, the clock was back to the proper time.
    Wonder what happened there?

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    Seems that an old problem has returned.

    Perhaps it does not like the cold

    http://www.automatedhome.co.uk/vbull...-Clock-Stopped

    It is interesting that the screen saver shows a different time from the main display.

    Still getting it to show the outside temperature was such a vital important addition, not like keeping good time.
    Last edited by IM35461; 8th February 2018 at 10:13 AM.

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    Thank heaven; the heasting came on as expected this morning!

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    And my clock was the perfect time too, not the normal 2 mins out. We celebrate the small joys.

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    Despite having had this problem a few times over the last few years and having posted about it previously, this time I was not affected!

    It does seem to be a random software bug to me... it's not just that the time gets out, it stops altogether until a reboot.

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    It seems to me that quite a few individuals had problems with their clocks yesterday morning. This is too much of a coincidence so I suspect it is Honeywell systems issue - a bad data download perhaps in combination issue with bad coding in the controller that stalls the clock. So you are right Simon.

    No comment forthcoming from Honeywell though for such a major issue so far.

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    Had no problem with my clock stopping. It is as usual always 2 to 3 minutes out whether I reset it or not. The reason will be Honeywell’s server must be on a different planet similar to earth and when the Big Bang occurred it happened 2 minutes earlier for Mother Earth compared to Mother Honeywell.

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    Not had any problem with my clock, so far. Might be putting the mockers on it now, of course....

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    I went to alter my clock today as it is a few minutes slow and noticed the date/time is set to "Wifi auto update". Clearly it isn't! Does anyone know what the clock source is? Is this (S)NTP based or something proprietary?

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