Connect a Brennenstuhl RF Switch with homeduino.....or the "eternal fight"

agentjk

Hello,

my first post here, (thnx for the great software and this forum )

the last days i try to connect a Brennenstuhl RCR 1000 N Comfort switch (with dip´s) , that i found in a drawer, to my pimatic, and that was not funny at all.

i searched the whole internet, and try to collect all important infos, but this damm switch didn´t work as thought.

my last try was to play a little bit with the setting an the protocols and to my surprise i found a working setup !

I use the doorbell01 protocol and the switch is working perfect

maybe this helps some one…

Next challenge
Connect a self -learning Brennenstuhl RCR 1000 Comfort switch ?
Did´t this anybody with success ?

mwittig

@agentjk said in Connect a Brennenstuhl RF Switch with homeduino.....or the "eternal fight":

my first post here, (thnx for the great software and this forum )

Welcome to pimatic Forum!

I am sorry to hear about the difficulties you had in connecting the socket switch to pimatic. The problem is that there are so many variations and some vendors even change the protocol within two releases of a single model!

According to https://forum.pimatic.org/topic/35/supported-devices-plug-and-play we only had Brennenstuhl RCS-N1000 on file so far. So, it is great you’re sharing your findings with us! Btw, are you sure you did not mix-up with model names? You wrote you have managed to integrate RCR 1000 N and now you next challenge is to integrate RCR 1000?! Are you sure the model name “RCR 1000 N” is correct as it does not show up in Brennenstuhl’s product database?! Please clarify

Do you have a Brennenstuhl remote to switch the socket(s)? In this case you can use the learning mode of pimatic which should be a lot easier.

agentjk

hello and thnx for the welcome,

as far as i know, i didn´t mix up the model names, they are printedt on the back of the switch and the box.

i have one bundle brennenstuhl here, it includes 2 receiver (RCR 1000 N) and one transmitter (RCS 1000 N)

and another brennenstuhl bundle , it includes 4 receiver (RCR CE1 1011 IP20 DE 3726 and one transmitter (RCT CE1 3726)

“…Do you have a Brennenstuhl remote to switch the socket(s)? In this case you can use the learning mode of pimatic which should be a lot easier.”…

i use a raspberry + arduino nano the communicat with the Brennenstuhl remote control switch…

I was not able to get this switches running with the “learning mode of pimatic”, any tips or help ?

mwittig

@agentjk said in Connect a Brennenstuhl RF Switch with homeduino.....or the "eternal fight":

I was not able to get this switches running with the “learning mode of pimatic”, any tips or help ?

Unfortunately the “how to” articles do not cover the learning mode (aka. device discovery) for 433 Mhz devices. Generally it should work as follows.

Make sure the remote is paired with the sockets you have (depending on the mode you have either DIP switch/turn-wheel configuration or product-specific learning mode)
Login into pimatic UI and open the Settings / Devices page
Now, click on the “Discover Devices” button in the upper right corner of the UI.
When he discovery mode has started press a button on the remote.
After the discovery period has passed (20 seconds) you should see a list of candidate devices discovered. There may be multiple candidates for your socket. Suitable candidates should use a switch<N> protocol. Add the device which appears to be must applicable and give it a try. If the device works as expected (it is possible to change the socket state from pimatic, status changes performed with the remote are reflected in pimatic) you can repeat the discovery for the other sockets.

mwittig

@agentjk said in Connect a Brennenstuhl RF Switch with homeduino.....or the "eternal fight":

as far as i know, i didn´t mix up the model names, they are printedt on the back of the switch and the box.

Ok, no worries. I was able to find the stuff on brennenstuhl web pages as follows

“RC (R/S) 1000N” as part of set "RCS 1000 N Comfort (manual refers to “RCS 1000 N”, but EU compliance declaration also highlights RCR1000N https://www.brennenstuhl.com/de-DE/produkte/funksteckdosen/funkschalt-set-rcs-1000n-comfort-1-handsender-2-schaltempfaenger-1000w
“RC (R/T) CE1” as part of the set “RC CE1 4001” (manuals refer to the devices RCR CE1 1011 IP20 DE 3726 and RCT CE1 3726 you have)
https://www.brennenstuhl.com/de-DE/produkte/funksteckdosen/comfort-line-funkschalt-set-4x-ip20

agentjk

@mwittig said in Connect a Brennenstuhl RF Switch with homeduino.....or the "eternal fight":

@agentjk said in Connect a Brennenstuhl RF Switch with homeduino.....or the "eternal fight":

I was not able to get this switches running with the “learning mode of pimatic”, any tips or help ?

Unfortunately the “how to” articles do not cover the learning mode (aka. device discovery) for 433 Mhz devices. Generally it should work as follows.

Make sure the remote is paired with the sockets you have (depending on the mode you have either DIP switch/turn-wheel configuration or product-specific learning mode)

Login into pimatic UI and open the Settings / Devices page

Now, click on the “Discover Devices” button in the upper right corner of the UI.

When he discovery mode has started press a button on the remote.

After the discovery period has passed (20 seconds) you should see a list of candidate devices discovered. There may be multiple candidates for your socket. Suitable candidates should use a switch<N> protocol. Add the device which appears to be must applicable and give it a try. If the device works as expected (it is possible to change the socket state from pimatic, status changes performed with the remote are reflected in pimatic) you can repeat the discovery for the other sockets.

When i try this, i get no info.
I use the debug modus of homeduino, then i get this bunch of cryptic number

"…debug [pimatic-homeduino]: rolling1: { code: ‘100011100000110101110000’ }
20:43:05debug [pimatic-homeduino]: received: [ 496, 1032, 2992, 7224 ] 10010101101010010101010110100110011010100101010123
20:43:05debug [pimatic-homeduino]: data: "RF receive 1032 496 2992 7224 0 0 0 0 01101010010101101010101001011001100101011010101023"
20:43:03debug [pimatic-homeduino]: rolling1: { code: ‘100011000110000101000000’ }
20:43:03debug [pimatic-homeduino]: received: [ 480, 1048, 2984, 7236 ] 10010101101001010110100101010110011001010101010123
20:43:03debug [pimatic-homeduino]: data: "RF receive 1048 480 2984 7236 0 0 0 0 01101010010110101001011010101001100110101010101023"
20:43:02debug [pimatic-homeduino]: rolling1: { code: ‘100001010010100000110000’ }
20:43:02debug [pimatic-homeduino]: received: [ 476, 1052, 2988, 7236 ] 10010101011001100101100110010101010110100101010123
20:43:02debug [pimatic-homeduino]: data: "RF receive 1052 476 2988 7236 0 0 0 0 01101010100110011010011001101010101001011010101023"
20:42:59debug [pimatic-homeduino]: received: [ 412, 932, 3024, 7320 ] 11010101111111010101010111110111011111110101010123
20:42:59debug [pimatic-homeduino]: data: "RF receive 932 412 3024 7320 0 0 0 0 00101010000000101010101000001000100000001010101023"
20:42:56debug [pimatic-homeduino]: received: [ 428, 596, 952, 2996, 7244 ] 22020202222222020202020222220221022121210202020234
20:42:56debug [pimatic-homeduino]: data: "RF receive 952 428 596 2996 7244 0 0 0 00101010000000101010101000001002100202021010101034"
20:42:55debug [pimatic-homeduino]: received: [ 420, 596, 968, 2976, 7244 ] 22020202022202220202220222020202020222210202020234
20:42:55debug [pimatic-homeduino]: data: "RF receive 968 420 596 2976 7244 0 0 0 00101010100010001010001000101010101000021010101034"
20:41:22debug [pimatic-homeduino]: received: [ 420, 952, 2964, 7240 ] 11010101111101010111110101010111011101010101010123
20:41:22debug [pimatic-homeduino]: data: "RF receive 952 420 2964 7240 0 0 0 0 00101010000010101000001010101000100010101010101023"
20:41:21debug [pimatic-homeduino]: received: [ 424, 864, 2976, 7244 ] 11010101110111111111111101110111110111110101010123
20:41:21debug [pimatic-homeduino]: data: "RF receive 864 424 2976 7244 0 0 0 0 00101010001000000000000010001000001000001010101023"
20:41:20debug [pimatic-homeduino]: received: [ 428, 900, 2976, 7252 ] 11010101111111010101010111110111011111110101010123
20:41:20debug [pimatic-homeduino]: data: “RF receive 900 428 2976 7252 0 0 0 0 00101010000000101010101000001000100000001010101023"
20:41:12debug [pimatic-homeduino]: received: [ 496, 1020, 3004, 7268 ] 10010101101010010101010110100110011010110101010123
20:41:12debug [pimatic-homeduino]: data: “RF receive 1020 496 3004 7268 0 0 0 0 01101010010101101010101001011001100101001010101023”…”

as far as i know, this is some kind of rollingcode but i was not able to get wit work with the rollingswitch protocol