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I've got myself a nice Ecovacs Deebot 950, because one of the Roombas is getting really old (12 years and still going strong). It's my first one connected to WiFi, since the others are legacy. I've found a nice mqtt library and it's already pushing to my broker in real time, but I'm wondering if there's a generic device template and/or service, otherwise I'll start building one and I'll try to keep it as much generic as possible.
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Hi akbooer,
I've an installation with a centralized openluup/DY on Debian 11 where're archived and consolidated several remote openluup/DY on RPI. I'm also using a user-defined (defined with your support) "DataUser.lua" to process metrics and creating different metric names. I've a schema of this configuration but I can't upload on forum.
I'd like to manage outage network connections between remote and centralized system while the remote DY is running and archives data locally.
I see the whisper-fill.py python routine (https://github.com/graphite-project/whisper/blob/master/bin/whisper-fill.py) from Graphite tool. I know that DY/whisper format is different from Graphite/whisper (CSV vs. binary packing), but based on your deep knowledge and experience is it hard to adapt the fill routine to DY/whisper format ?tnks
donato
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Hi,
I've installed switchboard plugin from openluup app store but I'm not sure which action to use to create a binary switch. I try "addswitch" action but I see the device only after using the "addchild" action too. is it correct ?Attached the openluup device screen, the control switchboard and the actions i see.
tnks donato
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Hi @akbooer,
I have an updated version of one of my plugins but I cannot publish it in the ALTApp Store. When I click publish it gets in a sort of loop of Refreshing Token.../Token refreshed. However, I never get to page to refresh the token.
Looking at the browser debug window I see this as the response to http://192.168.178.101:3480/data_request?id=lr_ALTUI_Handler&command=refresh_auth_token
{"error":{"code":400,"message":"Bad Request - invalid_grant","step":"Get access token from refresh token"}}Running openLuup v21.7.25. Any suggestion?
Cheers Rene
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Hi,
Sorry if I missed it but how do I update the .json file of my plugins so that I can make the text/content visible on the tile itself, via openLuup/ALTui dashboard ?
The same plugins on Vera show the content ?
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Hi Patrick/AK Booer
I am able to see Reactor expressions in the AltUI UI per the below and the expressions work as they should in my reactor sensors. When an expression changes, the reactor sensor responds accordingly.
However, I cannot see the expressions in luup state variables or the luup logs:
I tried reinstalling openLuup (latest development) and when that failed to change the noted behavior, I reinstalled lua5.1. There was also no change. Rebooting the machine also produced no change.
I suspect this is an openLuup issue as I also see nil values for some plugins:And other plugins are fine:
2022-01-12 20:47:12.027 luup.variable_set:: 63.urn:upnp-micasaverde-com:serviceId:Weather1.CurrentDewPoint was: 32 now: 29.7 #hooks:0 2022-01-12 20:47:12.028 luup.variable_set:: 63.urn:upnp-micasaverde-com:serviceId:Weather1.WindSpeed was: 1.76 now: 2.8 #hooks:0 2022-01-12 20:47:12.028 luup.variable_set:: 63.urn:micasaverde-com:serviceId:HumiditySensor1.CurrentLevel was: 30 now: 27 #hooks:0 2022-01-12 20:47:12.028 luup.variable_set:: 65.urn:micasaverde-com:serviceId:HumiditySensor1.CurrentLevel was: 30 now: 27 #hooks:0 2022-01-12 20:47:12.028 luup.variable_set:: 63.urn:upnp-micasaverde-com:serviceId:Weather1.LastUpdate was: 1642047430 now: 1642049231 #hooks:0Any ideas on how to troubleshoot this.....
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I just published an update to my Virtual Devices Plug-in.
What's new in version 1.5:
support for async HTTP (out of the box on openluup, just download https://github.com/akbooer/openLuup/blob/master/openLuup/http_async.lua and copy with the plug-in files on Vera) experimental support for setpoints management in Virtual Heaters (you know, the device will turn itself off if temperature is reached, and automatically on when temperature is not beyond the setpoint) external device for temperature in Virtual Heaters (just set urn:bochicchio-com:serviceId:VirtualHeater1/TemperatureDevice variable) small fixes, stabilizationGrab your copy from https://github.com/dbochicchio/vera/tree/master/VirtualDevices
As always, 100% local, 100% apps friendly, 100% supported by Alexa (and Google Home, I guess).
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This topic has come up before but I haven't seen an answer. Symptom: AltuUI says there is a new update available, so you tell it to do the update but the update does not happen. AltUI remains stuck on it's old version. On other occasions it works OK. So my version is:
AltUI v2.49.2546, © 2019AltUI says this:
a newer version #2551 of ALTUI is available, do you want to upgrade ? add scrollable dialog for long boxes bugfix: clock display on safari remote url update ( @olov ) update jquery and bootstrap versions credential to camera device url ( @rafale77 ) ignore Ezlo hub ( @reneboer)Track through the JavaScript and find that this issues the update command:
function _triggerAltUIUpgrade(newversion,newtracnum) { var url = '?id=action&serviceId=urn:micasaverde-com:serviceId:HomeAutomationGateway1&action=CreatePlugin&PluginNum=8246&Version={1}&TracRev={0}'.format(newversion,newtracnum); return _httpGet(url,{}).always( function() { PageMessage.message(_T("Upgrade Request succeeded, a Luup reload will happen"),"success"); }); };And the url variable equals:
url: "?id=action&serviceId=urn:micasaverde-com:serviceId:HomeAutomationGateway1&action=CreatePlugin&PluginNum=8246&Version=40628&TracRev=2551"All looks good so far. I manually issue the same url complete with my openLuup ip_address in a local browser. Update fails - looks like AltUI is doing as it should:
http://ip_address:3480/data_request?id=action&serviceId=urn:micasaverde-com:serviceId:HomeAutomationGateway1&action=CreatePlugin&PluginNum=8246&Version=40628&TracRev=2551In openLuup I see:
2021-12-06 13:56:14.821 luup_log:3: ALTUI: startupDeferred, called on behalf of device:3 2021-12-06 13:56:14.838 luup.variable_set:: 3.urn:upnp-org:serviceId:altui1.Version was: v2.49 now: v2.49 #hooks:0And then later:
2021-12-06 13:55:58.256 openLuup.server:: GET /data_request?id=action&serviceId=urn:micasaverde-com:serviceId:HomeAutomationGateway1&action=CreatePlugin&PluginNum=8246&Version=40628&TracRev=2551 HTTP/1.1 tcp{client}: 0x25712a8 2021-12-06 13:55:58.257 luup.call_action:: 0.urn:micasaverde-com:serviceId:HomeAutomationGateway1.CreatePlugin 2021-12-06 13:55:58.259 luup.call_action:: 4.urn:upnp-org:serviceId:AltAppStore1.update_plugin 2021-12-06 13:55:58.260 luup_log:4: AltAppStore : starting <run> phase... 2021-12-06 13:55:58.262 luup_log:4: AltAppStore : downloading amg0/ALTUI [2551] to trash/AltAppStore/ 2021-12-06 13:55:58.262 luup_log:4: AltAppStore : GitHub request: https://api.github.com/repos/amg0/ALTUI/contents?ref=2551 2021-12-06 13:55:58.760 luup_log:4: AltAppStore : GitHub request: https://api.github.com/repos/amg0/ALTUI/contents/blockly?ref=2551 2021-12-06 13:55:59.543 luup_log:4: AltAppStore : getting contents of version: 2551 2021-12-06 13:55:59.544 luup.variable_set:: 4.urn:upnp-org:serviceId:altui1.DisplayLine1 was: AltAppStore now: Downloading... #hooks:0 2021-12-06 13:55:59.544 luup.variable_set:: 4.urn:upnp-org:serviceId:altui1.DisplayLine2 was: now: Alternate UI #hooks:0 2021-12-06 13:55:59.544 luup_log:4: AltAppStore : scheduling <job> phase... 2021-12-06 13:55:59.544 openLuup.requests:: 2021-12-06 13:55:59.545 openLuup.server:: request completed (148 bytes, 1 chunks, 1288 ms) tcp{client}: 0x25712a8 2021-12-06 13:55:59.554 openLuup.server:: request completed (6233 bytes, 1 chunks, 16442 ms) tcp{client}: 0x255e680 2021-12-06 13:55:59.555 luup_log:4: AltAppStore : ...final <job> phase 2021-12-06 13:55:59.555 luup_log:4: AltAppStore : Total size 0.000 (kB) 2021-12-06 13:55:59.555 luup.variable_set:: 4.urn:upnp-org:serviceId:altui1.DisplayLine2 was: Alternate UI now: Alternate UI 100% #hooks:0 2021-12-06 13:55:59.555 luup_log:4: AltAppStore : updating icons in icons/ ... 2021-12-06 13:55:59.555 luup_log:4: AltAppStore : updating device files in ./ ... 2021-12-06 13:55:59.556 luup_log:4: AltAppStore : ... 0 icon files 2021-12-06 13:55:59.556 luup_log:4: AltAppStore : ... 0 device files 2021-12-06 13:55:59.556 luup_log:4: AltAppStore : Alternate UI update completed 2021-12-06 13:55:59.556 openLuup.luup:: device 4 'Alternate App Store' requesting reload 2021-12-06 13:55:59.556 luup.reload:: saving user_data 2021-12-06 13:56:00.262 openLuup.luup:: exiting with code 42 - after 0.3 hoursAll looks OK. Then I check GitHub. It shows the latest changes to the version 2551. However this page says the latest version is 2550.
So I wondering what's going on. Seems the latest version number is not being picked by the installer? (not sure how it works.) Is it possible for openLuup to log a bit more about the version it's trying to install. As this call returns.
https://api.github.com/repos/amg0/ALTUI/contents?ref=2551 message "No commit found for the ref 2551" documentation_url "https://docs.github.com/v3/repos/contents/"But this works fine:
https://api.github.com/repos/amg0/ALTUI/contents?ref=2550So it looks like AMG0 doesn't always update the repository with whatever is needed to get this to work (I imagine that's easy to forget). But could openLuup send back a fail result to AltUI and AltUI pick that up? Currently it looks like AltUI always assumes everything went OK. Or somehow; could openLuup log and/or notify the user what went wrong?
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Feedback / solutions with openLuup's built-in Shelly bridge.
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Hi @toggledbits and others,
Could you help me out with the following use case? I have a z-wave module that doesn't have scene functionality, but I want to trigger a double click action on the switch.
What is the easiest way to do this in reactor? I'm struggling with this and I think I'm thinking too complex at this point.
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Well, I disappeared down a rabbit hole on a different mission and resurfaced with this monstrosity.
What does it do?
It translates button functions for various (certainly not all) IRP protocols to Pronto codes. These can then be sent by a plugin that sends Pronto Codes to IR transmitters - such as the BroadLink Plugin or the GC100 Plugin (or similar).
The IRP protocol "Device", "Subdevice" and "Function" numbers are stored in a json file as buttons for "virtual remotes".
So you could have say three physical IR transmitters and want to command different AV devices (ie TVs, AVR, Xmas tree, etc) in the vicinity of those various IR emitters.
The button codes are far less cumbersome than heaps of pronto codes. You can set up a virtual remote for each AV device in the json file. Each physical emitter can be assigned to any virtual remote. And away you go!
Well - you already have a pile of pronto codes already running just fine? However, as the plugin "manufacturers" pronto codes, you could also use it to scan/search for functions for any AV device you may have. GitHub has an example for Pioneer: SearchForButtonCodes.lua
Find "Device", "Subdevice" and "Function" codes:
Plugin details in:
Install via AltUI:
Version 0.51
Initial release.Version 0.52
Add RC6 format: includes Windows Media Center based items eg Intel NUCs, Xboxes, Kodi, etc -
This plugin was updated by @vosmont to run under openLuup (and possibly UI7.)
@DesT recently asked for a slight addition to its functionality, so I'm adding this thread to discuss the changes.
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@toggledbits Hi Patrick. I had my internet go down for about 12 hours the other day, and that experience encouraged me to work on getting my HA off the cloud to the extent that I can. I have not converted my Veras to local devices yet, though after the next VeraPlus stable firmware release, I will probably run your scripts to localize the device as I don't see Ezlo surviving to maintain Vera firmware.
My question concerns the icons in your plugins. While attempting to mod a reactor sensor during the outage, I could not really do anything (without a sense of risk anyway) as the icons used are pulled from your website. Many Vera plugins operate this way--no doubt to save space on the vera, and my inclination was to manually start downloading what I needed when the outage was over. I run everything on openLuup and space is not an issue. It occurred to me that localizing a plugin could be a button push somewhere in the plugin UI where one could auto download any needed icons and the plugin would recognize the local copy first, before trying the cloud.
Could this be a possible enhancement to your plugins? I don't really have a technical grasp of whether this would be workable or not.
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Feedback / solutions for openLuup's built-in Tasmota MQTT bridge.
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Am I losing it or did there used to be a sort either alphabetically or numerically option on devices in AltUI?
Seems to not be there there?
TIA
C
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So, Amazon recently released the ability to execute spoken commands.
dbochicchio/VeraAlexa: Alexa plug-in for Vera and openLuup. (github.com)
Using my plug-in, you could just do something like this:
luup.call_action("urn:bochicchio-com:serviceId:VeraAlexa1", "RunCommand", {Command="-e textcommand:'Alexa, I’m leaving' -d 'Bedroom'"}, 666)Or any spoken command that's not directly accesible via routines. Something like
"Play music everywhere"
"TV volume to 32"
"Pause TV"and much more 🙂
Give it a try!
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Latest Vera Ecobee Plugin:
rafale77/vera-ecobee rafale77/vera-ecobeeVera Plugin for ecobee Thermostat. Contribute to rafale77/vera-ecobee development by creating an account on GitHub.
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The plugin has been updated to ver 0.56 which improves the RF learning procedure. It also recognises some of the newer RM4 devices (thanks Bruce Lacey).
Existing uses just need to upload the "L_BroadLink_Mk2_1.lua" file.
RF learning has been improved but is never particularly reliable. You can invoke testing by executing this code in the Lua Test box:
local DeviceID = the_id_of_the_IR_child_device luup.call_action('urn:a-lurker-com:serviceId:IrTransmitter1', 'LearnRFCode', {}, DeviceID) return trueRunning the code illuminates the LED on the BroadLink device. If you do nothing at this point, the learning times out after about 24 seconds and the result is "No RF code was learnt".
While in the learning mode, tap the remote button to be learnt, every 2/3 of a second or so. If the LED goes out (typically after about say 5 seconds) some result was learnt.
The result can be found in the parent device by looking at the variable "LearntRFCode". However, it is far easier to look at the log file, which logs the process as it proceeds and also the result. You need to learn a few results to try and determine if the results are at all consistent.
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Sharing what I believe is a great way to add support to devices that used to work but since existing plugin haven't been maintain by the original authors (or any other developer in the community) have stopped working as they've abandon or moved to other platform...
Homebridge has a large and very active community and I think this type of plugin will a good way to benefit from it.
It will bring any device that have been configured in homebridge into openluup.
Currently it support, thermostat (Nest and others), Switches (Specially MyQ), Dimmers, Switches, Motion Sensors, Door Lock (Open/close) Support to other type of device can easily be added.
Homebridge2Openluup
upload the files to /you_openluup_directory/files/ create a new device with D_Homebridge2openluup1.xml
Installation:Screen Shot 2021-03-14 at 12.55.29 PM.png
Set your hombredige IP, username, password to the deivce's attributesScreen Shot 2021-03-14 at 12.57.00 PM.png
Capture the uuid of the device you would like to bring from Homebridge into openluup by looking at your openluup logs when startingScreen Shot 2021-03-14 at 1.00.53 PM.png
based on the device type, set DeviceList VariableScreen Shot 2021-03-14 at 1.02.51 PM.png
T for thermostat
D for dimmers
S for switches
G for garage doors
L for Locks
A for motion sensorsand build a string device type are delimited by a ; (semicolong) and device's uui by a , (comma) like this:
T:homebridge_thermostat1_uuid,homebridge_thermostat2_uuid;D:homebridge_dimmer1_uuid,homebridge_dimmer2_uuid etcThis still in beta, would love to add async next and support to shades and other sensors.
BroadLink Mark II plugin
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The plugin has been updated to ver 0.56 which improves the RF learning procedure. It also recognises some of the newer RM4 devices (thanks Bruce Lacey).
Existing uses just need to upload the "L_BroadLink_Mk2_1.lua" file.
RF learning has been improved but is never particularly reliable. You can invoke testing by executing this code in the Lua Test box:
local DeviceID = the_id_of_the_IR_child_device luup.call_action('urn:a-lurker-com:serviceId:IrTransmitter1', 'LearnRFCode', {}, DeviceID) return trueRunning the code illuminates the LED on the BroadLink device. If you do nothing at this point, the learning times out after about 24 seconds and the result is "No RF code was learnt".
While in the learning mode, tap the remote button to be learnt, every 2/3 of a second or so. If the LED goes out (typically after about say 5 seconds) some result was learnt.
The result can be found in the parent device by looking at the variable "LearntRFCode". However, it is far easier to look at the log file, which logs the process as it proceeds and also the result. You need to learn a few results to try and determine if the results are at all consistent.
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@a-lurker said in BroadLink Mark II plugin:
You can invoke testing by executing this code in the Lua Test box
Presumably, you can also access this from either AltUI or the openLuup console Action page for the device, which would be even easier.
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Yep - many ways to skin a cat but you might only have a dog to work with.
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I tested the latest changes to add support for the RM4 Pro and it created a "IR" Child although it did not list any of the devices that have been created inside the RM4 Pro itself (Probably because is an RF device and that child was not created?). Also the IP set in the plugin attributes is different than the IP This is what the logs are showing:
2021-04-02 08:53:44.604 luup_log:82: BroadLink_Mk2 debug: The BroadLink device at IP address 10.1.11.126 and of type 0x4e2a is not known to this pluginI do have another Broadlink device in the network so I guess is trying to discover that one as well.
2021-04-02 08:53:44.557 openLuup.scheduler:: [3] Alternate App Store device startup completed: status=true, msg=OK, name=AltAppStore 2021-04-02 08:53:44.557 openLuup.scheduler:: [82] BroadLink-Mk2 device startup 2021-04-02 08:53:44.557 luup_log:82: BroadLink_Mk2 debug: Initialising plugin: BroadLink_Mk2 2021-04-02 08:53:44.557 luup_log:82: BroadLink_Mk2 debug: Using: Lua 5.1 2021-04-02 08:53:44.557 luup_log:82: BroadLink_Mk2 debug: 0.57 --> PluginVersion 2021-04-02 08:53:44.558 luup_log:82: BroadLink_Mk2 debug: Using: dkjson 2021-04-02 08:53:44.559 luup_log:82: BroadLink_Mk2 debug: Broadcasting discovery message 2021-04-02 08:53:44.559 luup_log:82: BroadLink_Mk2 debug: 10.1.11.22 2021-04-02 08:53:44.603 luup_log:82: BroadLink_Mk2 debug: 10.1.11.126 2021-04-02 08:53:44.604 luup_log:82: BroadLink_Mk2 debug: Rx'ed a discovery response: rxMsg length = 128 5A A5 AA 55 5A A5 AA 55 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Z..UZ..U........ 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ E5 D6 00 00 2A 4E 07 00 00 00 DD 8A EB A7 DF 24 ....*N.........$ 00 00 00 00 2A 4E 0A 01 0B 7E DD 8A EB A7 DF 24 ....*N...~.....$ E5 A5 A5 E5 85 8B E6 96 AF E7 A9 BA E8 B0 83 00 ................ 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 02 01 ................ 2021-04-02 08:53:44.604 luup_log:82: BroadLink_Mk2 debug: Looks like the Cloud bit is set - that's not good 2021-04-02 08:53:44.604 luup_log:82: BroadLink_Mk2 debug: Friendly name: e5a5a5e5858be696afe7a9bae8b083 2021-04-02 08:53:44.604 luup_log:82: BroadLink_Mk2 debug: The BroadLink device at IP address 10.1.11.126 and of type 0x4e2a is not known to this plugin 2021-04-02 08:53:45.604 luup_log:82: BroadLink_Mk2 debug: Number of BroadLink devices found is 1 2021-04-02 08:53:45.604 luup_log:82: BroadLink_Mk2 debug: Header to be sent follows (ex checksum): 5A A5 AA 55 5A A5 AA 55 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Z..UZ..U........ 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ 00 00 00 00 9B 64 65 00 00 00 8D DE 18 B0 43 A0 .....de.......C. 00 00 00 00 FB C8 00 00 ........ 2021-04-02 08:53:45.605 luup_log:82: BroadLink_Mk2 debug: Payload to be sent follows (unencrypted): 00 00 00 00 A7 C5 DF 0A 91 33 F1 88 C9 82 A5 6D .........3.....m C8 BC F9 DF 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 01 00 00 ................ 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ 2021-04-02 08:53:45.618 luup_log:82: BroadLink_Mk2 debug: Sending: Authorisation: txMsg length = 136 2021-04-02 08:53:45.632 luup_log:82: BroadLink_Mk2 debug: Broadlink device: 649b replied with: 03e9 2021-04-02 08:53:45.632 luup_log:82: BroadLink_Mk2 debug: Error: errorMsg = fff9 2021-04-02 08:53:45.632 luup_log:82: BroadLink_Mk2 debug: This device is probably offline - mac address: a0:43:b0:18:de:8d 2021-04-02 08:53:45.632 luup_log:82: BroadLink_Mk2 debug: k = ir 2021-04-02 08:53:45.632 luup_log:82: BroadLink_Mk2 debug: a0:43:b0:18:de:8d_ir 2021-04-02 08:53:45.632 luup_log:82: BroadLink_Mk2 debug: a0:43:b0:18:de:8d 2021-04-02 08:53:45.632 luup_log:82: BroadLink_Mk2 debug: RM4 Pro - IR 1 2021-04-02 08:53:45.632 luup_log:82: BroadLink_Mk2 debug: urn:schemas-micasaverde-com:device:IrTransmitter:1 2021-04-02 08:53:45.632 luup_log:82: BroadLink_Mk2 debug: D_BroadLink_Mk2_IrRf_1.xml 2021-04-02 08:53:45.633 luup_log:82: BroadLink_Mk2 debug: type = function, value = function: 0x1a03140 2021-04-02 08:53:45.633 luup_log:82: BroadLink_Mk2 debug: {"a0:43:b0:18:de:8d":{"blInternalId":"00000001","blKey":"a7c5df0a9133f188c982a56dc8bcf9df","blDeviceType":25755,"blIp":"10.1.11.20","blDesc":"RM4 Pro"}} --> BroadLinkDevices 2021-04-02 08:53:45.633 luup.chdev.append:: [a0:43:b0:18:de:8d_ir] RM4 Pro - IR 1 2021-04-02 08:53:45.633 luup.chdev.sync:: [82] BroadLink-Mk2, syncing children 2021-04-02 08:53:45.633 luup.set_failure:: status = false 2021-04-02 08:53:45.633 luup.variable_set:: 82.urn:micasaverde-com:serviceId:HaDevice1.CommFailure was: false now: false #hooks:0 2021-04-02 08:53:45.633 luup.variable_set:: 82.urn:micasaverde-com:serviceId:HaDevice1.CommFailureTime was: 1617316371 now: 1617368025 #hooks:0 2021-04-02 08:53:45.633 openLuup.scheduler:: [82] BroadLink-Mk2 device startup completed: status=true, msg=All OK, name=BroadLink_Mk2Any ideas how to get the RF portion working?
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First on this:
2021-04-02 08:53:44.604 luup_log:82: BroadLink_Mk2 debug: The BroadLink device at IP address 10.1.11.126 and of type 0x4e2a is not known to this pluginand
Friendly name: e5a5a5e5858be696afe7a9bae8b083Getting the last bit and reformatting it a little:
\xe5\xa5\xa5\xe5\x85\x8b\xe6\x96\xaf\xe7\xa9\xba\xe8\xb0\x83and sticking it into this UTF8 enc/dec you get the attached image. If someone knows what it means, I would be interested in knowing - I suspect it something to do with aircons.
It seems that a few air conditioners are now using the Broadlink protocol. They are controlled with a mobile app called AC freedom and they use the Broadlink devtype 0x4E2a (20010dec).
So in short the plugin doesn't handle A/Cs. @ronluna can you tell us more about this Broadlink / Aircon device?
More info here: on the A/Cs
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Second: EDIT:
yes the Broadlink device was not producing an RF child. It should be fixed: see latest lua file in GitHub ver 0.57a.There are so many variations of all these devices it's hard to keep up.On this:
2021-04-02 08:53:45.632 luup_log:82: BroadLink_Mk2 debug: This device is probably offline - mac address: a0:43:b0:18:de:8dThe Broadlink device may be on the edge of its WiFi range.
Note that the plugin now also allows you to send codes in base64 format. Just send them and the plugin will work out if they are base64 encoded.
For reasons unclear Home Assistant seems to use them. However they have thousands available for Aircons
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@a-lurker the second broadlink device in the network is indeed Mini split A/C that uses AC Freedom app. Both device are well within the wifi range and working fine when using their native apps so I doubt the timeout message has something to do with the strength of the connection. What I've noticed in the past when I've seen a timeout like this is due to the socket expecting a special carrier return <CR> or something in that sort, simply not understanding what was sent back to it.
I'm not familiar with the RM communication protocol... Although I'm all ears to see what else We could try to get this off the ground.
2021-04-03 14:20:18.155 openLuup.scheduler:: [82] BroadLink-Mk2 device startup 2021-04-03 14:20:18.155 luup_log:82: BroadLink_Mk2 debug: Initialising plugin: BroadLink_Mk2 2021-04-03 14:20:18.155 luup_log:82: BroadLink_Mk2 debug: Using: Lua 5.1 2021-04-03 14:20:18.155 luup_log:82: BroadLink_Mk2 debug: 0.57a --> PluginVersion 2021-04-03 14:20:18.155 luup.variable_set:: 82.urn:a-lurker-com:serviceId:BroadLink_Mk2_1.PluginVersion was: 0.57 now: 0.57a #hooks:0 2021-04-03 14:20:18.156 luup_log:82: BroadLink_Mk2 debug: Using: dkjson 2021-04-03 14:20:18.157 luup_log:82: BroadLink_Mk2 debug: Broadcasting discovery message 2021-04-03 14:20:18.157 luup_log:82: BroadLink_Mk2 debug: 10.1.11.22 2021-04-03 14:20:19.157 luup_log:82: BroadLink_Mk2 debug: Number of BroadLink devices found is 1 2021-04-03 14:20:19.158 luup_log:82: BroadLink_Mk2 debug: Header to be sent follows (ex checksum): 5A A5 AA 55 5A A5 AA 55 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 Z..UZ..U........ 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ 00 00 00 00 9B 64 65 00 00 00 8D DE 18 B0 43 A0 .....de.......C. 00 00 00 00 FB C8 00 00 ........ 2021-04-03 14:20:19.158 luup_log:82: BroadLink_Mk2 debug: Payload to be sent follows (unencrypted): 00 00 00 00 A7 C5 DF 0A 91 33 F1 88 C9 82 A5 6D .........3.....m C8 BC F9 DF 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 01 00 00 ................ 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ 2021-04-03 14:20:19.177 luup_log:82: BroadLink_Mk2 debug: Sending: Authorisation: txMsg length = 136 2021-04-03 14:20:20.177 luup_log:82: BroadLink_Mk2 debug: RX of Authorisation msg response from 10.1.11.20 failed: timeout 2021-04-03 14:20:20.177 luup_log:82: BroadLink_Mk2 debug: This device is probably offline - mac address: a0:43:b0:18:de:8d 2021-04-03 14:20:20.177 luup_log:82: BroadLink_Mk2 debug: k = rf433 2021-04-03 14:20:20.177 luup_log:82: BroadLink_Mk2 debug: k = rf433 has no associated code at this time 2021-04-03 14:20:20.177 luup_log:82: BroadLink_Mk2 debug: k = ir 2021-04-03 14:20:20.177 luup_log:82: BroadLink_Mk2 debug: a0:43:b0:18:de:8d_ir 2021-04-03 14:20:20.177 luup_log:82: BroadLink_Mk2 debug: a0:43:b0:18:de:8d 2021-04-03 14:20:20.177 luup_log:82: BroadLink_Mk2 debug: RM4 Pro - IR 1 2021-04-03 14:20:20.177 luup_log:82: BroadLink_Mk2 debug: urn:schemas-micasaverde-com:device:IrTransmitter:1 2021-04-03 14:20:20.177 luup_log:82: BroadLink_Mk2 debug: D_BroadLink_Mk2_IrRf_1.xml 2021-04-03 14:20:20.177 luup_log:82: BroadLink_Mk2 debug: type = function, value = function: 0x19a62d0 2021-04-03 14:20:20.177 luup_log:82: BroadLink_Mk2 debug: k = rf315 2021-04-03 14:20:20.177 luup_log:82: BroadLink_Mk2 debug: k = rf315 has no associated code at this time 2021-04-03 14:20:20.177 luup_log:82: BroadLink_Mk2 debug: {"a0:43:b0:18:de:8d":{"blInternalId":"00000001","blKey":"a7c5df0a9133f188c982a56dc8bcf9df","blDeviceType":25755,"blIp":"10.1.11.20","blDesc":"RM4 Pro"}} --> BroadLinkDevices 2021-04-03 14:20:20.177 luup.chdev.append:: [a0:43:b0:18:de:8d_ir] RM4 Pro - IR 1 2021-04-03 14:20:20.178 luup.chdev.sync:: [82] BroadLink-Mk2, syncing children 2021-04-03 14:20:20.178 luup.set_failure:: status = false 2021-04-03 14:20:20.178 luup.variable_set:: 82.urn:micasaverde-com:serviceId:HaDevice1.CommFailure was: false now: false #hooks:0 2021-04-03 14:20:20.178 luup.variable_set:: 82.urn:micasaverde-com:serviceId:HaDevice1.CommFailureTime was: 1617440329 now: 1617474020 #hooks:0 2021-04-03 14:20:20.178 openLuup.scheduler:: [82] BroadLink-Mk2 device startup completed: status=true, msg=All OK, name=BroadLink_Mk2 -
A few points:
- My last mods to the Lua file would have no useful effect, so my bad. It's been a while since I looked at this code so my memory is a bit out of date.
- No "RF child" is produced. You get one child per physical Broadlink device (if they are known to the plugin). That child handles both RF & IR, as the sent code is either an IR or RF code.
- I see three IP addresses in the logs provided, which makes understanding the log a little tricky. Regardless the plugin knows the physical devices by their MAC address, so the IP address can change around. Have you fixed IP addresses for the BroadLink devices?
- I probably need to make the logging a bit clearer on what's going on.
On the aircon - the BroadLink protocol is not published and they change it from time to time so reverse engineering is always on going.
On the RM4 Pro - this tells me its been discovered OK:
{"a0:43:b0:18:de:8d":{"blInternalId":"00000001","blKey":"a7c5df0a9133f188c982a56dc8bcf9df","blDeviceType":25755,"blIp":"10.1.11.20","blDesc":"RM4 Pro"}}I assume here that the MAC listed above is the MAC address of the RM4 Pro? There is no list of found devices in the plugin's GUI representation (there probably should but I didn't do one). The json above is the "list" and it looks fine. Once a device is defined in the json it stays there; even if the device goes off line (for whatever reason) and therefore not discoverable. If the IP address changes the json is updated to match.
The final problem is the "cloud bit". Some of the newer devices get this bit set when the app is used with the device and it causes issues. I have no experience of any of this, as I my devices don't have it. Need to read the thread at the other site, that talks about the reset/pairing procedure to avoid problems.
Also is this is on a Vera or openLuup?
Try relocating the Broadlink device closer to the WiFi connection. I still maintain the comms may be a bit flaky. If you send any IR code to the device the log will show what's happening and you can use a cellphone camera to see if the IR is coming out of the RM4 Pro.
I have no plans to get this to work for the aircons - looks like a major effort; especially if you have no hardware to test the code on.