Problems to config the HomeduinoRFGenericSensor

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I have built my first RF sensor with this sketch “https://github.com/incmve/generic-rfbox” and I used only the ultrasonic sensor. In the “Log messages” these values are displayed:

debug [pimatic-homeduino]: generic: { id: 1000, type: 3, positive: true, value: 34 }

Then I tried using the GUI to create a new device.

Name:             Ultraschall
ID:               ultraschall
Class:            HomeduinoRFGenericSensor

at protocols I typed

name:       generic
id:         1000
type:       3
positive:   yes
value:      300

What does the “value” value stand for?

and at attributes I tried this:

name:        distance
type:        3
decimals:    3
unit:        cm

Unfortunately, the result is:
Ultraschall: Unknown cm

May someone help me to configure the device correctly? The signals received via RF seem to be correct.

@hermannderuser said in Problems to config the HomeduinoRFGenericSensor:

I have built my first RF sensor with this sketch “https://github.com/incmve/generic-rfbox” and I used only the ultrasonic sensor. In the “Log messages” these values are displayed:

debug [pimatic-homeduino]: generic: { id: 1000, type: 3, positive: true, value: 34 }

What does the “value” value stand for?

Value is the distance what your sensor gives out. In your Example 34 (mm or cm?).
I think you have to leave the value in the GUI emty, but I don’t have set up a generic protocol yet.

@V1per

Yes, you are right, the distance is 34 cm. I changed the configuration now over the config.json and leave everything except id: 1000 under protocol. Then I set the type: 3 under attributes and now everything works as intended.

But I must wait for one cycle of the Arduino, until the first result is shown.

    {
      "id": "homeduino-generic-sensor",
      "name": "Abstandssensor rechts",
      "class": "HomeduinoRFGenericSensor",
      "protocols": [
        {
          "name": "generic",
          "options": {
            "id": 1000
          }
        }
      ],
      "attributes": [
        {
          "name": "distance",
          "type": 3,
          "decimals": 0,
          "baseValue": 0,
          "unit": " cm",
          "label": "Abstand"
        }
      ]
    },

Thanks…

How can I mark the topic as solved?

This is still an error in the GUI. @developer @mwittig Can someone fix this?

‘Type’, and ‘Value’ make no sense under Protocol in the edit dialog. ‘Positive’ is unclear for me. It shoud be optional with default value.