hello,
it’s it possible to control a switch via wlan?
a switch if mine have a distance from 80m, too far way for my transmitter, but I’ve wlan there. it’s a intertechno switch
Control switch via wlan
hello,
it’s it possible to control a switch via wlan?
a switch if mine have a distance from 80m, too far way for my transmitter, but I’ve wlan there. it’s a intertechno switch
@noxx
wifi and 433mhz are pretty different, so you cant switch your existing 433mhz switch simply with wifi.
What you can do is just buy a wifi-switch (just google it or type in at amazon) and then use the wifi switch with pimatic. I don’t know which brand is best for pimatic so maybe some different can help or you investigate on your own.
do you have a wired wlan router there - wired means connected to the ethernet via cable?
80m distance is much to far for a stable wlan connection for peer to peer unless you’re having a directional antenna imho.
a possible solution is yet to come for a RF forwarding. there are devs like @icesory or @koffienl who are working on that with esp8266 chips.
check this threat here for example https://forum.pimatic.org/topic/1198/ad-hoc-network-for-pimatic-necessary-update-proof-of-concept-working
at the moment i would suggest to install a second pi with pimatic and homeduino and then send the switch commands from the regular pi to the remote pi for switching.
or you can take ESPimatic and use a relay to switch whatever you want to switch.
this could work too if the wlan is stable.
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The work done by @koffienl currently, sounds very promising, but it is not yet available to users. Have a look at the following thread to track progress -http://forum.pimatic.org/topic/1198/ad-hoc-network-for-pimatic-necessary-update-proof-of-concept-working/16
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80m-Wlan is no Problem
i use at home this device:
http://www.amazon.de/dp/B000N9B66U
my farm warehouse is 80m away. there i ve a some 433-MHZ switches and one 433-MHZ dimmer.
on my garret is the pimatic server.
no 433-MHZ connection to my warehouse. but wlan connection with the TP-Link antenna is good.
Pimatic have no Server-Client Support, so i cant use a pimatic client in my warehouse and a pimatic server
on my garret.
so, now my idea to use wlan
pimatic --> router --> wlan --> (80m) --> 433mhz transmitter --> 433mhz switch / 433mhz dimmer
technically you can use two pimatics in the same network.
If you set up a second raspberry pi with homeduino in your farm warehouse which you connect to your wifi you have two running pimatic systems running in one network.
You then can add DummySwitches or Dimmer to your main pimatic installation and create rules (or use ShellSwitch) to call the API of the second pimatic installation
would be:
pimatic -> router -> wifi -> pimatic -> homeduino -> 433mhz switch
isnt the best solution, but in my opinion the easiest. best solution would be an esp8266 used as homeduino gateway: link which mwittig already posted