[Solved] Orvibo plugin giving invalid hex error.

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Hey all,

When I am trying to add a orvibo s20 I am getting the following error.

*10:52:02.071 [pimatic] Error loading device "orvibo-garage": Invalid hex string
10:52:02.895 [pimatic] New device "PC-Dave"...
10:52:03.679 [pimatic] A uncaught exception occured: TypeError: Invalid hex string
10:52:03.679 [pimatic]>    at Buffer.write (buffer.js:348:25)
10:52:03.679 [pimatic]>    at new Buffer (buffer.js:215:28)
10:52:03.679 [pimatic]>    at createBuffer (/home/pi/pimatic-app/node_modules/pimatic-orvibo/orvibo-node.js:138:19)
10:52:03.679 [pimatic]>    at createSubscribeBuffer (/home/pi/pimatic-app/node_modules/pimatic-orvibo/orvibo-node.js:124:10)
10:52:03.679 [pimatic]>    at [object Object].<anonymous> (/home/pi/pimatic-app/node_modules/pimatic-orvibo/orvibo-node.js:352:19)
10:52:03.679 [pimatic]>    at [object Object].wrapper [as _onTimeout] (timers.js:252:14)
10:52:03.679 [pimatic]>    at Timer.listOnTimeout [as ontimeout] (timers.js:110:15)
10:52:03.679 [pimatic]> This is most probably a bug in pimatic or in a module, please report it!

Below is the relevant part of the config file (I have modified the mac address for posting):

 {
      "id": "orvibo-garage",
      "name": "Garage Outlet",
      "class": "OrviboOutlet",
      "ip": "10.0.0.8",
      "mac": "AC:CF:23:35:XX:XX"
    },

Also can someone tell me how to post code on these forums nicely? I worked out the “```json” but not how to end the code.

Thank you!

@daveaus145 said in Orvibo plugin giving invalid hex error.:

AC:CF:23:35:XX:XX

Hi.

You need to provide the MAC address without the colon dividers, e.g. ACCF2335XXXX

Regarding how to post code see https://forum.pimatic.org/topic/1179/how-to-post-code-on-the-forum

@mwittig Perfect, all working. Thank you.

Can anyone paste an example of a rule to switch the switch on/off?

@daveaus145 You can use the Rule Editor to create a new rule as follows

• Select “Rules” from the menu
• Click on the “gear” icon in trhe upper left corner
• Click on “Add new rule” at the bottom

Here is an example of a rule which switches a SwitchDevice on when some PresenceSensor changes to its state “present”. The screen shot is from pimatic 0.9, but the changes compared to pimatic 0.8 are minimal.

@mwittig That works great, thanks again mwittig.