Plugin for Orvibo s20 socket and allone IR Blaster
Hi,
just wanted to let you know that I’m working on a plugin to control Orvibo s20 sockets and the allone IR blaster.
As you can see in another post I’m struggeling a bit with creating a proper solution.
I already have a working dumb/blind solution for the s20 which just hopes that the udp packets are received by the socket.
Does anybody else have these sockets in use?
guess this should be moved to the plugins category 
@thex said:
Does anybody else have these sockets in use?
Hi, I bought Orvibo s20 a couple of months ago, but I failed in integrating to my home network like many other user did (see Amazon reviews for example). As far I understand this, the password used for WPA2-PSK may cause problems (password length, type of characters used). For this reason I returned the product. May be the product has been improved meanwhile, e.g., new firmware, better App for configuration. So, if you are willing to share your findings this will be great!
Another concern I had about this switch is limited electrical safety as it does not provide safety plug with an earthing contact. This is pretty bad in my opinion.
"It always takes longer than you expect, even when you take into account Hofstadter's Law.", Hofstadter's Law
But they are currently the cheapest Wifi-Plugs 
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I’m currently using it with a lamp that doesn’t have the grounding contact anyways.
Had no problem with my Wifi.
I’m currently trying to get as many different systems in my home as I can get (afford) and try to make them all work together with pimatic.
However I don’t have much time at the moment. I currently hope that after wrapping my head around promises and node (all that asynchronous concepts) I can quickly create plugins for all these devices.
I think it is essential for pimatic to support as many devices as possible.
I got the s20 and use it for opening my garage.
Interesting! Some questions to you guys, @thex and @4nubis
Your feedback will be highly appreciated.
See also: http://www.amazon.de/gp/customer-reviews/R174QJZP7Y8L00/ref=cm_cr_pr_rvw_ttl?ie=UTF8&ASIN=B00SR21WT6
"It always takes longer than you expect, even when you take into account Hofstadter's Law.", Hofstadter's Law
I use wpa2 with 16 charakters. Its connected to a fritzbox 7570, but i works also with my other networks (7390,netgear and other access points) without any problems. I use Android and ios with the original Software from the app-store. With a relais i controll my garage.
You can find all information on https://stikonas.eu/wordpress/2015/02/24/reverse-engineering-orvibo-s20-socket/
First connect the Orvibo with the s20.exe (no AP). You can find this app on the above address.I use this script to connect and switch on and of.
Would be nice to integrate in a plugin!
#!/usr/bin/env python3
import socket
import time
mac = 'accf23517caa'
rmac = 'aa7c5123cfac'
s = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_DGRAM, 0)
s.connect(('192.168.178.10', 10000)) # (IP, Port) is a single variable passed to connect function
#s.send(bytes.fromhex('6864001e636C' + mac + '202020202020' + rmac + '202020202020')) # to subscribe
s.send(bytes.fromhex('686400176463' + mac + '2020202020200000000001')) # to switch 'on'
s.send(bytes.fromhex('686400176463' + mac + '2020202020200000000000')) # to switch 'off'@Mdesign Thanks for sharing this link with us. Having read most of blog post and the user comments I think I should give it a second chance. I’ll order it again and give a try.
"It always takes longer than you expect, even when you take into account Hofstadter's Law.", Hofstadter's Law
Not sure if this will help but I know that Grayda (really active in the Ninjablocks community) has a lot of experience with the Orvibo devices and created several plugins. I’ll just leave them here:
Have created a plugin for the switches but I need to clean it up a bit and fix some bugs.
Grayda published a standalone node.js libary for connection s20 sockets and the Orvibo Allone Ir Blaster
https://github.com/Grayda/node-orvibo/blob/master/index.js
anyone feel excited to implement?
@Felix-Haverkamp Nice find! This is definitely interesting. Might take a look at it when I have some spare time.
Any update on this?
@hp Haven’t found time yet 
Any other developers who want to use the IR blaster?
I have it lying around at home but replaced it by the harmony hub which I already created a plugin for. The problem with the AllOne IR blaster is that you need to “know” the IR codes in the right format or need to implement some learning capability. With the harmony hub you can comfortably add your devices via the native app and autodiscover them via pimatic.
