I think this has been discussed before, but when Blue Iris server is auto updated and restarted, the Node Server stops working. A restart of the node server for Blue Iris fixes this. There was a solution to add code to possibly make it fix itself on a disconnect on a previous thread. I tried it, didn't seem to work (adding the suggested line makes the node server stay in disconnected state and won't connect). It appears this node server isn't actively being maintained. @bpwwer - I have seen you comment on others who would like the functionality of being able to restart a single node server either by a schedule or command line. I do understand your comments that it's just a band aid, but it would be nice to either have a real fix here, or this ability. You also indicated you are willing to help when the author might not be responsive or can't help (I believe the author here indicated they don't use Blue Iris anymore and can't test). Bottom line, any help here would be appreciated. I do code alot, I just don't use python, so I don't think I can easily figure out a solution . . . Thanks!

First off, my comments and reasons for not wanting to allow for automated restarts of node servers/PG3 are really because that tends to be used as a band-aid to handle poorly behaving node servers. The right way to do things is to get the node servers to not behave badly. In this case, the node server isn't really behaving badly, it's behaving mostly as intended. When it can't communicate with Blue Iris, it goes into a disconnected state and waits for someone to take action to resolve the issue. Now it could and should handle this better. It should try to re-connect, the code is mostly there, just not the logic to attempt that. In cases like this, where the author has pretty much abandoned the node server, I'll typically take a look if I have time. Unfortunately, I don't always have time to dig into someone else code to figure out how it works and what can be done to resolve any issues. You happened to ask at a time when I'm not real busy so I'm going to try and make some changes. Version 2.0.3 should try to re-connect when it fails to query the Blue Iris server. I have no way to test this.