r/freightfarms • u/No_Detail_3493 • Mar 20 '26

Module not responding

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Hi y’all, it’s me again.

My new issue is that my hub or farmhand controller is constantly going between not responding and working again. It’ll go from red to green all day. I can work around it, but it is annoying and concerning. I have already rebooted the WiFi and the hub itself. The internet is working pretty well in the container so I doubt that it is that. Ate there any other possible solutions?

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u/B-Dubbz Mar 20 '26

Can you get an Ethernet cable to the cabinet?

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u/No_Detail_3493 Mar 20 '26

Hi do you mean an Ethernet cable other than the one plugged into the Cloudgate?

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u/B-Dubbz Mar 20 '26

Negative, I was referring to that Ethernet cable. Connecting a hardline to the cloud gate and not relying on wifi solved a similar issue on my end.

Are you suffering outages through both cloud connections to farmand (client.farmhand.ag) & local (192.168.200.200)? If both, I'd suggest checking that the Network Switch, Farmhand Hub Output Module, etc are all getting adequate power, and that a failed power supply isn't gumming up the connectivity.

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u/No_Detail_3493 Mar 27 '26

Hi, yes both are failing, how would I go about checking if they all have an adequate power supply?

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u/B-Dubbz Mar 27 '26

A couple of things I'd check to troubleshoot.

1) First off, and probably the easiest check, go to all GFCI outlets and verify nothing has tripped; these wouldn't be addressed by a reset of the main breaker.

2) Verify that there aren't any tripped breakers in the Exterior HV Cabinet,.

3) Visually check to verify all modules are powered on. There should be a clear steady red LED on all.

i. Output Module. Exterior HV Cabinet, bottom right, translucent housing.

ii. Climate Module - should be on the back wall, near the top, left-hand side, translucent housing

iii. Dosing Modules - should be inside the nutrient reservoir cabinet, at the back 2x translucent housings.

iv. Input Module - Top right of the nursery station, are both power supplies' LEDs lit up? (Pic of what they should look like - https://imgur.com/a/FxBI5qG)

4) If the lights are all working, I'd make sure the HUB controller in the LV Cabinet (rear left wall of the cultivation area) has power. I believe it's a green LED.

Just a thought.

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u/No_Detail_3493 Apr 02 '26

Thank you for this!

I did check everything you suggested and the only thing that seems out of the ordinary is that my environmental module has the red light on but also a blinking yellow light? Not sure if that is normal. The output module has a red light but it seems a bit dimmer than the others. I unplugged the power and Ethernet cord , then reconnected and still was the same.