Honeywell RTH9580WF Thermostat - Waiting for Update Deep Dive

I'm still having issues with the Honeywell wifi thermostat (RTH9580WF) displaying "waiting for update" on when the wifi is routed through my proxy server, so I decided to do a deep dive into what the thermostat is doing when it's getting the weather updates.

I also wanted to better understand how to trace traffic on my network.

Here's what I learned about the thermostats weather updates system by tracing the communication between the thermostat and servers. Currently:
I got this information by tracing the packets to and from the thermostat using the command:
tcpdump -i eth2 -n src 192.168.20.191 and port 80 or dst 192.168.20.191 -w Honeywell.pcap

I then inspected the file using tcpdump
tcpdump -qns 0 -A -r Honeywell.pcap

Below is the relevant request and the responses from the Honeywell server pulled for the tcpdump log when the squid cache wasn't enabled:

GET /WeatherAPIProd/api/weather/current?appKey=b9db7a3d469892e8&language=en-us&locationKey=36691_PC HTTP/1.0 

10:56:12.019826 IP 104.209.185.251.80 > 192.168.20.191.30934: tcp 458
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Cache-Control: no-cache
Pragma: no-cache
Content-Length: 180
Content-Type: application/json; charset=utf-8
Expires: -1
Server: Microsoft-IIS/8.5
X-AspNet-Version: 4.0.30319
X-Powered-By: ASP.NET
Date: Sun, 13 Dec 2015 17:56:11 GMT
Connection: close

{
  "currentWeather": {
    "dateTime": "2015-12-13T10:20:00-07:00",
    "weatherIcon": 1,
    "iconText": "Sunny",
    "temperature": 8.1,
    "relativeHumidity": 68
  }
}

GET /WeatherAPIProd/api/weather/forecasts/hourly/12hour?appKey=b9db7a3d469892e8&language=en-us&locationKey=36691_PC HTTP/1.0 

10:56:12.254178 IP 104.209.185.251.80 >192.168.20.191.30935: tcp 1460
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Cache-Control: no-cache
Pragma: no-cache
Content-Length: 2228
Content-Type: application/json; charset=utf-8
Expires: -1
Server: Microsoft-IIS/8.5
X-AspNet-Version: 4.0.30319
X-Powered-By: ASP.NET
Date: Sun, 13 Dec 2015 17:56:11 GMT
Connection: close

{
  "forecastWeather": [
    {
      "dateTime": "2015-12-13T11:00:00-07:00",
      "weatherIcon": 2,
      "iconPhrase": "Mostly sunny",
      "temperature": 9.9,
      "relativeHumidity": 49
    },
    {
      "dateTime": "2015-12-13T12:00:00-07:00",
      "weatherIcon": 2,
      "iconPhrase": "Mostly sunny",
      "temperature": 11.6,
      "relativeHumidity": 43
    },
    {
      "dateTime": "2015-12-13T13:00:00-07:00",
      "weatherIcon": 2,
      "iconPhrase": "Mostly sunny",
      "temperature": 12.5,
      "relativeHumidity": 37
    },
    {
      "dateTime": "2015-12-13T14:00:00-07:00",
      "weatherIcon": 2,
      "iconPhrase": "Mostly sunny",
      "temperature": 13.3,
      "relativeHumidity": 33
    },
    {
      "dateTime": "2015-12-13T15:00:00-07:00",
      "weatherIcon": 2,
      "iconPhrase": "Mostly sunny",
      "temperature": 13.7,
      "relativeHumidity": 31
    },
    {
      "dateTime": "2015-12-13T16:00:00-07:00",
      "weatherIcon": 2,
      "iconPhrase": "Mostly sunny",
      "temperature": 13.2,
      "relativeHumidity": 32
    },
    {
      "dateTime": "2015-12-13T17:00:00-07:00",
      "weatherIcon": 2,
      "iconPhrase": "Mostly sunny",
      "temperature": 12.2,
      "relativeHumidity": 35
    },
    {
      "dateTime": "2015-12-13T18:00:00-07:00",
      "weatherIcon": 34,
      "iconPhrase": "Mostly clear",
      "temperature": 10.7,
      "relativeHumidity": 42
    },
    {
      "dateTime": "2015-12-13T19:00:00-07:00",
      "weatherIcon": 34,
      "iconPhrase": "Mostly clear",
      "temperature": 9.1,
      "relativeHumidity": 51
    },
    {
      "dateTime": "2015-12-13T20:00:00-07:00",
      "weatherIcon": 34,
      "iconPhrase": "Mostly clear",
      "temperature": 7.5,
      "relativeHumidity": 59
    },
    {
      "dateTime": "2015-12-13T21:00:00-07:00",
      "weatherIcon": 34,
      "iconPhrase": "Mostly clear",
      "temperature": 6.2,
      "relativeHumidity": 67
    },
    {
      "dateTime": "2015-12-13T22:00:00-07:00",
      "weatherIcon": 34,
      "iconPhrase": "Mostly clear",
      "temperature": 5.7,
      "relativeHumidity": 75
    }
  ]
}

When the traffic is routed through the squid cache here is what the request and response looks like:

GET /WeatherAPIProd/api/weather/current?appKey=b9db7a3d469892e8&language=en-us&locationKey=36691_PC HTTP/1.0 

 11:26:11.876659 IP 104.209.185.251.80 > 192.168.20.191.30938: tcp 770
HTTP/1.1 400 Bad Request
Server: squid/3.5.11
Mime-Version: 1.0
Date: Sun, 13 Dec 2015 18:26:11 GMT
Content-Type: text/html;charset=utf-8
Content-Length: 2356
X-Squid-Error: ERR_INVALID_REQ 0
Vary: Accept-Language
Content-Language: en
X-Cache: MISS from trebacz-smoothwall
Via: 1.1 trebacz-smoothwall (squid/3.5.11)
Connection: close
ERROR

The requested URL could not be retrieved

Invalid Request error was encountered while trying to process the request:
GET /WeatherAPIProd/api/weather/current?appKey=b9db7a3d469892e8&language=en-us&locationKey=36691_PC HTTP/1.0 

 Some possible problems are:


  • Missing or unknown request method.
  • Missing URL.
  • Missing HTTP Identifier (HTTP/1.0).
  • Request is too large.
  • Content-Length missing for POST or PUT requests.
  • Illegal character in hostname; underscores are not allowed.
  • HTTP/1.1 Expect: feature is being asked from an HTTP/1.0 software.


    • Still not exactly sure what is causing squid to puke on the request, but I understand a lot better what is going on behind the scenes and learned a lot about tcpdump on Linux.

    Resources:
    http://blog.trebacz.com/2014/12/outdoor-temperature-waiting-for-update-honeywell-wifi-hermostat-RTH9580WF.html - Original Problem Post

    Comments

    1. SallySeptember 12, 2019 at 12:37 AM

      I have replaced my thermostat recently, and I did it after comparing the available options, so I tried to read thermostat reviews. I liked gaining complete information by visiting Mythermostatreviews.com so I would suggest all friends to check it out before installing a new thermostat.

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