TypeError unknown encoding iso-8859-1 when running cwmp

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I have installed the latest genieacs by using the git clone method in the github README. My operating system is Ubuntu 18.04.2LTS, clean install.

I then start all the services by issuing command ./dist/bin/genieacs-cwmp, etc. I then connect my device to try to talk to genieacs-cwmp - and the device does not show up listed on the device subtab of the gui. However when I look at the status of genieacs-cwmp (I have screen installed, rather than tmux), I see error messages about uncaught exception and the TypeError is [ERR_UNKNOWN_ENCODING] with reference to iso-8859-1.

So t thought that I will try 1.2 beta again on a clean install of Ubuntu 18.04.2LTS. Followed the instructions as per the new documentation - except I had to install the services at /lib/systemd/system, rather than /etc/systemd/system. I can enable and start all services. After connecting the device, I check the status of all services and they are OK, again except for geneiacs-cwmp. Again, everytime the device tries to connect with the service (via isc-dhcp-server with proper changes made to the configuration file to point to acs port), I get the same error as above which is unknown encoding and referenced to iso-8859-1

Is there anything I can try to overcome this?

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Can you capture the incoming HTTP request (including headers) so I can reproduce and hopefully implement a fix?

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https://pastebin.com/bWJvzhdx

or

http://dpaste.com/13BTJ3F

I selected a section of the tcpdump which was appropriate. The request is repeated every 1 minute or so. Even though the http capture headers are not the time stamp as the tcp dump, they should match.

Hopefully I did it correctly. Had to learn a slight bit about tcpdump to do this

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I have just implemented a fix for this in master. I had to introduce a new dependency so make sure to run ‘npm install’.

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Thank you very much! That fixed it. Not that I use GenieACS much, but I hope the fix also gets implemented in 1.2beta and going forward - I like the new method of calling GenieACS better in the beta

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We’re also seeing a similar error:

Jul 27 23:16:59 acs genieacs-cwmp[23935]: 2020-07-27T23:16:59.716Z [ERROR] Uncaught exception; pid=24586 exceptionName="TypeError" exceptionMessage="Unknown encoding: iso-8859-1" exceptionStack="TypeError [ERR_UNKNOWN_ENCODING]: Unknown encoding: iso-8859-1\n at Buffer.toString (buffer.js:799:11)\n at listenerAsync (/usr/lib/node_modules/genieacs/bin/genieacs-cwmp:2:129798)\n at processTicksAndRejections (internal/process/task_queues.js:93:5)"

This is from a new install using the latest 1.2 beta as per the install docs. Is this the same issue or something different?

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Did you install the beta from npm? If so, try installing from the latest master branch instead.

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I followed the docs at http://docs.genieacs.com/en/latest/installation-guide.html from the home page.

When you refer to master, are you saying 1.1.3 instead?

Thanks

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No, I meant install from source rather than from npm.