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I'm running Wheezy on my Raspberry-Pi and the v2.2.2 of the Z-Way server. There have been a number of posts about an endless Starting Server/Stopping Server loop message following a reboot after an upgrade to v2.2.2. The endless looping is actually coming from a script in /etc/init.d called "readKey". The description from the script is below:

Description: Read key on RaZberry plate. 0.5 sec press = activate webif, 5 sec press = factory reset

In looking at /etc/init.d, I see three scripts that are associated with Z-Way. readKey, z-way-server, and zbw_connect. I'm also noticing the sequence in /etc/rc#.d for the startup of z-way-server and mongoose (the webserver the UIs use). It looks like z-way-server is starting before mongoose. I have two questions:

1. Can anyone tell me the sequence in which the readKey, z-way-server, zbw_connect and mongoose should start or does it make any difference?
2. What is a more detailed description for "readKey" which apparently isn't completing properly?

I still have a broken system and am currently focusing on the startup scripts. Any help would be much appreciated.

UPDATE: I seem to be getting closer to a functional system. In order for the z-way-server script to start and allow me to add devices, I have to first "kill" the "readKey" autostart script that runs on startup and reboots. That script is hanging and stopping and restarting the server. After I kill/stop that script, the endless looping stops and I can manually run the /etc/init.d/z-way-server script to start the server with the sudo command.

I would like to understand what is failing in the readKey script so I can have this server automatically startup.

Thanks in advance!

UPDATE: My looping problem with starting and stopping the z-way-server is a result of a script called "readKey" that gets automatically started on startup or reboot. For some reason, a variable in the script continues to increment until it calls a few routines that resets the z-way-server folder back to factory. It's actually labeled "Factory Reset" in the script. I removed that script from the autostart folder (/etc/init.d) and the z-way-server starts normally. Everything seems to work but that script must have some function. I've posted a couple posts in different areas to find out the purpose and normal, intended operations but no one has replied yet. Contact me if you want more details. Thanks.

FYI
Zway Issue #105 has been raised on the developers github.

Thanks pz1.... What I found is that Issue 105 may be somewhat misleading. The "readKey" script first performs an "echo 4 > /sys/class/gpio/unexport" command on line 16 of my script. The error message is normal because Pin 4 hasn't been exported yet..I believe. The next command is the export command (echo 4 > /sys/class/gpio/export) which is successful. The problem is that the "value" (/sys/class/gpio/gpio4/value) for that pin after it's been exported never changes to a non-zero value. That causes a Factory Reset about every 5 seconds. I've been trying to find out what in the RPi or Razberry board is suppose to change that value to nonzero.

Please remove the /etc/init.d/readKey script until we fix it