New plugin for RFLink Gateway

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Hi,

I just added RFLinkData as an device Type.
Using this type one can display and log all sensor values decoded by RFLink

Have a look at my Github fork: https://github.com/Ivanverdonck/pimatic-rflink
(just add the “values” u want to log to the config)

p.s.: I am not an expert at coding, i did tis by trial and error so if there is something wrong, please let me know.

Greetz,
Ivan.

1. Example Xiron temp sensor:

{
      "id": "TemperatuurWoonkamer",
      "name": "Temperatuur Woonkamer",
      "class": "RFLinkData",
      "protocols": [
        {
          "name": "Xiron",
          "id": "C901"
        }
      ],
      "values": [
        "temp",
        "hum"
      ]
    },

2) Example Alecto WS3500:
{
      "id": "WeatherStationTuin",
      "name": "Weerstation Tuin",
      "class": "RFLinkData",
      "protocols": [
        {
          "name": "Alecto V1",
          "id": "0360"
        },
        {
          "name": "Alecto V1",
          "id": "0084"
        }
      ],
      "values": [
        "temp",
        "hum",
        "winsp",
        "wings",
        "rain"
      ]
    },

@ivan.verdonck : Looks great!

Sorry for not reacting earlier.

As you may have read before, I’m also not much of a Coffee developer myself. I only own a couple of switches/dimmers so did not feel confident in developing support for devices I’m not able to test myself. You’re contribution looks great to me so I’ve integrated it in the version on my Github and released it as 0.5.1.
(Additional patch version to incorporate support for Pimatic 0.9 and fixes for Coffeescript 1.9, thanks @sweebee)

RFLink Firmware Release R42 is available now.

R42:

• New Device: Mi-Light/LimitlessLED/Applamp bridge functionality (2.4 Ghz, NRF24L01 with Milight wiring required)
• New Device: Hama SD-UN5-RF switch set
• New Device: Acurite Tower sensors
• New Device: Pollin PFR-130 Temperature & Rain meter
• New Device: Gaposa Blind/Shutter control (a.o. model QCT3S)
• New Device: Byron BY35 / BY301
• Added: Command “echo” function to auto create devices without the need of remote controls
• Added: Command “rtsrecclean 9” function to clean a single rolling code table entry
• Added: Command to invert the ON/OFF handling of the Tristate protocol
• Fixed: improved Atlantic MD-210R detection
• Fixed: improved DKW2012 detection to cover variations of the signal
• Fixed: Smarthome YC-4000B detection
• Fixed: improved RTS packet detection to prevent false positives
• Fixed: improved FA500 packet detection to prevent false positives
• Fixed: Modified X10 security sensor packet detection
• Fixed: Modified maximum humidity limit
• Fixed: Improved signal ARC detection
• Fixed: Chacon EMW200 detection
• Fixed: Nexa WST-512 detection
• Fixed: Oregon UV800
• Fixed: CM113 ID
• Added: Support for another MiLight remote variant

seems, that the values are not correct

debug [pimatic-rflink]: data: "20;14;Cresta;ID=3201;TEMP=00db;HUM=73;BAT=OK;"
13:47:44debug [pimatic-rflink]: data: "20;13;Cresta;ID=6703;TEMP=00e3;HUM=68;BAT=OK;"
13:47:33warn [pimatic-rflink]: Could not decode value 00e2 for attribute winchl (Cannot read property 'temp' of undefined)
13:47:33warn [pimatic-rflink]: Could not decode value 00e2 for attribute wintmp (Cannot read property 'temp' of undefined)
13:47:33debug [pimatic-rflink]: data: "20;12;Cresta;ID=8201;WINDIR=0013;WINSP=002d;WINGS=002f;WINTMP=00e2;WINCHL=00e2;BAT=OK;"
13:47:32debug [pimatic-rflink]: data: "20;11;Cresta;ID=AB04;TEMP=00c3;HUM=79;BAT=OK;"
13:47:14debug [pimatic-rflink]: data: "20;10;Cresta;ID=3201;TEMP=00db;HUM=73;BAT=OK;"
13:47:00warn [pimatic-rflink]: Could not decode value 00e1 for attribute winchl (Cannot read property 'temp' of undefined)
13:47:00warn [pimatic-rflink]: Could not decode value 00e1 for attribute wintmp (Cannot read property 'temp' of undefined)

see e.g. values for temp. use rflink also for iobroker, and there are the values are correct

@noxx I just published release 0.7.1.
As my Javascript skills are very limited and I don’t have such a device and thus can’t reproduce: can you check if that works?

no, sorry.

debug [pimatic-rflink]: data: "20;11;Cresta;ID=6703;TEMP=00e2;HUM=64;BAT=OK;"
20:27:57warn [pimatic-rflink]: Could not decode value 00a8 for attribute winchl (temp is not defined)
20:27:57warn [pimatic-rflink]: Could not decode value 00a8 for attribute wintmp (temp is not defined)
20:27:57debug [pimatic-rflink]: data: "20;10;Cresta;ID=8201;WINDIR=0012;WINSP=000f;WINGS=001a;WINTMP=00a8;WINCHL=00a8;BAT=OK;"
20:27:50debug [pimatic-rflink]: data: "20;0F;Cresta;ID=3201;TEMP=00b5;HUM=75;BAT=OK;"
20:27:42debug [pimatic-rflink]: data: "20;0E;Cresta;ID=AB04;TEMP=00ad;HUM=76;BAT=OK;"
20:27:37debug [pimatic-rflink]: data: "20;0D;Cresta;ID=8001;RAIN=45c6;BAT=OK;"
20:27:24warn [pimatic-rflink]: Could not decode value 00a8 for attribute winchl (temp is not defined)
20:27:24warn [pimatic-rflink]: Could not decode value 00a8 for attribute wintmp (temp is not defined)
20:27:24debug [pimatic-rflink]: data: "20;0C;Cresta;ID=8201;WINDIR=0012;WINSP=000e;WINGS=0011;WINTMP=00a8;WINCHL=00a8;BAT=OK;"
20:27:14debug [pimatic-rflink]: data: "20;0B;Cresta;ID=6703;TEMP=00e2;HUM=64;BAT=OK;"
20:27:07debug [pimatic-rflink]: data: "20;0A;Cresta;ID=3201;TEMP=00b4;HUM=75;BAT=OK;"
20:26:53debug [pimatic-rflink]: data: "20;09;Cresta;ID=AB04;TEMP=00ad;HUM=75;BAT=OK;"
20:26:51warn [pimatic-rflink]: Could not decode value 00a8 for attribute winchl (temp is not defined)
20:26:51warn [pimatic-rflink]: Could not decode value 00a8 for attribute wintmp (temp is not defined)
20:26:51debug [pimatic-rflink]: data: "20;08;Cresta;ID=8201;WINDIR=0012;WINSP=000f;WINGS=0027;WINTMP=00a8;WINCHL=00a8;BAT=OK;"
20:26:18warn [pimatic-rflink]: Could not decode value 00a8 for attribute winchl (temp is not defined)
20:26:18warn [pimatic-rflink]: Could not decode value 00a8 for attribute wintmp (temp is not defined)

@noxx Try 0.7.2?

Yes, Same Result
Can Post tomorrow my Log

Good night

here the LOG
no warnings, but some wrong values.
ID, TEMP, WIND (Wind Direction, Windspeed, Wind Gus Speed, Wind Temperatur, Windchil) and RAIN are HEX Values
Humanity seems correct

debug [pimatic-rflink]: data: "20;DD;Cresta;ID=8201;WINDIR=0005;WINSP=0001;WINGS=0000;WINTMP=00ca;WINCHL=00ca;BAT=OK;"
07:48:00debug [pimatic-rflink]: data: "20;DC;Cresta;ID=AB04;TEMP=0079;HUM=93;BAT=OK;"
07:47:58debug [pimatic-rflink]: data: "20;DB;Cresta;ID=6703;TEMP=00ca;HUM=79;BAT=OK;"
07:47:58debug [pimatic-rflink]: data: "20;DA;Cresta;ID=3201;TEMP=007f;HUM=90;BAT=OK;"
07:47:47debug [pimatic-rflink]: data: "20;D9;Cresta;ID=8001;RAIN=45c6;BAT=OK;"
07:47:44debug [pimatic-rflink]: data: "20;D8;Cresta;ID=8201;WINDIR=0005;WINSP=0001;WINGS=0000;WINTMP=00c9;WINCHL=00c9;BAT=OK;"
07:47:15debug [pimatic-rflink]: data: "20;D7;Cresta;ID=3201;TEMP=007f;HUM=90;BAT=OK;"
07:47:11debug [pimatic-rflink]: data: "20;D6;Cresta;ID=8201;WINDIR=0003;WINSP=0001;WINGS=000c;WINTMP=00ca;WINCHL=00ca;BAT=OK;"
07:47:11debug [pimatic-rflink]: data: "20;D5;Cresta;ID=AB04;TEMP=0078;HUM=93;BAT=OK;"

@noxx
No warning means that the fix I made to decoding logic seems to be working.

Debug logs with data: “20;<MESSAGE>” are the raw messages sent by the RF-Link device. These messages may have different fields and the values are encoded differently (sometimes using HEX values) in order to reduce the amount of transmitted bytes.

If you are interested, you can read about it on their website: http://www.nemcon.nl/blog2/protref

Please check the decoded values in your Pimatic webinterface as they are not logged.

hmm, ok. but i need values is decimal not in hex.

here a short dedug message from iobroker

rflink.0   2017-07-07 15:15:35.989   debug   Set state "rflink.0.channels.Cresta_1.BAT": false
rflink.0   2017-07-07 15:15:35.968   debug   Set state "rflink.0.channels.Cresta_1.HUM": 65
rflink.0   2017-07-07 15:15:35.964   debug   Set state "rflink.0.channels.Cresta_1.TEMP": 26.8
rflink.0   2017-07-07 15:15:35.956   debug   inMem message rflink.0.* rflink.0.channels.Cresta_1 _id=rflink.0.channels.Cresta_1, name=Cresta 1, role=, ID=12801, brand=Cresta, attrs=BAT;HUM;TEMP, index=1, autoRepair=true, type=channel,

you see, this values are correct

@noxx The values should be decoded to decimal, but you won’t see them in the log.

Check the values for the devices you’ve configured in the webinterface. You can see the current decoded values in the variables section.

thx
you r right. i the gui the values seems correct

but i get a error for my windsensor (winchil --> winchl ?, …)

Oops…
Values should be one of: temp, hum, baro, hstatus, bforecast, uv, lux, bat, rain, raintot, winsp, awinsp, wings, windir, winchil, wintmp, co2, sound, kwatt, watt, dist, meter, volt, current

@noxx Looking at the code I can imagine that no values for windchil will actually be processed. I’m guessing that the winchil value definition is actually a typo and it should instead accept a value with name winchl.

Can you verify if it is actually getting values or not?

are this not values ?

WINCHL=00ca --> ca = 202 --> 20,2°C

20;D6;Cresta;ID=8201;WINDIR=0003;WINSP=0001;WINGS=000c;WINTMP=00ca;WINCHL=00ca;BAT=OK;

Last week I did build my own RFLINK with a NRF24L01 and 433mhz. Now the 433mhz is suported in the plugin and working fine but the NRF24L01 for milight is not added (yet?). Can someone add the milight part to the pimatic plugin?

@Moustaggio or @mwittig ? Can you guys help with above?

Hey,

is it possible to connect two RF-link modules to one pimatic?

• one directly at usb port
• one remote using and esp8266 serial over wifi

kind regards,
Ivan.

Hello to all,

I just built de rflink hardware to replace my 3 years old homeduino setup. I saw the plugin listed before I started, so I was quite hopeful that it would provide a working solution. It seems however as though development has stopped 2 years ago. That shouln’t have to be a problem, but when trying to install the plugin, an error message tells me it has trouble compiling the serialport module. Upon further investigation it appears it wants version 2.0.6 of named module. That version can not be compiled with the nodejs v10.0.x that I was advised to build my pimatic on as per the wiki.

I tried to modify the plugin to work with a later version of serialport I have had no succes yet. I am in no way a programmer, but do sometimes manage to fix simple things. In this case it is out of reach for me. It would be great if someone with coffee script knowledge could figure out a way to run rflink with a more recent serialport module. The rest of the plugin seem to have worked fine after its last update.

Would be nice to see this plugin revive, as the hardware of rflink is quite awesome, and it works perfectly in Domotcz

@woodhouse said in New plugin for RFLink Gateway:

and it works perfectly in Domotcz

…But domoticz doesn’t do it for me. Pimatic is super flexible and a more modern interface. I have loved and used it for over 3 years now!