Roomba i5 only works for 1 cleaning cycle

[nachodx21]

I am having trouble with the Roomba i5.
Firstly, thank you @Frank_Beetz for explaining pairing.

Irobot Roomba I5+ -- Integration does not accept password

So I got a brand new Roomba I5+ and thought it would be a piece of cake to get this up and running in HA – but boy was I wrong When I try to install the integration it works all the way until it tries and automatically detect the password. It then throws an error and says that it could not automatically be detected. I then worked my way through a ton of old posts on how to manually find your BLID and password — but when I enter that during the installation process it also does not lik…

I spent hours trying to pair before finding your post to just press the home button. I too was following the documentation pressing the home and spot buttons. Cannot thank you enough!

I have a different problem.
@Frank_Beetz , is your i5 still working? I can add the integration to HA, and pair the i5, but after initiating 1 vacuum session, I get the following error.

All entities stop communicating.

Here is the log.

Logger: roombapy.roomba
Source: /usr/local/lib/python3.12/site-packages/roombapy/roomba.py:195
First occurred: July 14, 2024 at 1:42:10 PM (5691 occurrences)
Last logged: 11:07:44 PM

Unexpectedly disconnected from Roomba 192.168.1.242, code Not authorised

This occurs after successful pairing, and initiating the first cleaning session.
Does anyone else out there have a working i5? Is anyone else having these issues?

[Frank_Beetz]

Unfortunately I can’t help you there.
While my logs sometimes show an unexpected disconnect of the Roomba - it continues to work as advertises.