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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 with openLuup's built-in Shelly bridge.
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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
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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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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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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.
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I've made some mods to Futzle's upnp event proxy and placed it in the AltApp store (with her permission). ie it's here in GitHub.
Now it seems some people say it works with openLuup already. However the version released by Futzle required two things in order to function:
the file L_UPnPProxy1.lua was expected to be compressed, as it would be on a Vera eg: L_UPnPProxy1.lua.lzo
the hardware needs to be running OpenWrt; ie as per Vera does.
I modified the code to fix point 1) (see the script below) but I would like to see point 2) resolved, so a RasPi can be used. That is modify the script to allow a deamon to be run on a RasPi without fiddling around with say "/etc/rc.local".
So has any one got the proxy going on any hardware that is NOT using OpenWrt ? I'm unsure how to do it.
Basically this script and/or the script it includes needs to be modified or even merged to suit. You'll note that after the shebang, it requires the file "etc/rc.common" (reproduced further below). The latter appears to be some sort of template file that is overriden as required by the first script. It cites "$IPKG_INSTROOT", whatever that is. However it may be possible to make use of it somehow on a RasPi?
#!/bin/sh /etc/rc.common # Copyright (C) 2007 OpenWrt.org START=80 PID_FILE=/var/run/upnp-event-proxy.pid PROXY_DAEMON=/tmp/upnp-event-proxy.lua start() { if [ -f "$PID_FILE" ]; then # May already be running. PID=$(cat "$PID_FILE") if [ -d "/proc/$PID" ]; then COMMAND=$(readlink "/proc/$PID/exe") if [ "$COMMAND" = "/usr/bin/lua" ]; then echo "Daemon is already running" return 1 fi fi fi # openLuup: Look for the uncompressed proxy daemon Lua source. if [ -f /etc/cmh-ludl/L_UPnPProxyDaemon.lua ]; then PROXY_DAEMON_UC=/etc/cmh-ludl/L_UPnPProxyDaemon.lua elif [ -f /etc/cmh-ludl/files/L_UPnPProxyDaemon.lua ]; then PROXY_DAEMON_UC=/etc/cmh-ludl/files/L_UPnPProxyDaemon.lua # Vera 3: Else look for the compressed proxy daemon Lua source. elif [ -f /etc/cmh-ludl/L_UPnPProxyDaemon.lua.lzo ]; then PROXY_DAEMON_LZO=/etc/cmh-ludl/L_UPnPProxyDaemon.lua.lzo elif [ -f /etc/cmh-lu/L_UPnPProxyDaemon.lua.lzo ]; then PROXY_DAEMON_LZO=/etc/cmh-lu/L_UPnPProxyDaemon.lua.lzo fi if [ -n "$PROXY_DAEMON_UC" ]; then cp "$PROXY_DAEMON_UC" "$PROXY_DAEMON" elif [ -n "$PROXY_DAEMON_LZO" ]; then /usr/bin/pluto-lzo d "$PROXY_DAEMON_LZO" "$PROXY_DAEMON" fi # Close file descriptors. for fd in /proc/self/fd/*; do fd=${fd##*/} case $fd in 0|1|2) ;; *) eval "exec $fd<&-" esac done # Run daemon. /usr/bin/lua "$PROXY_DAEMON" </dev/null >/dev/null 2>&1 & echo "$!" > "$PID_FILE" } stop() { if [ -f "$PID_FILE" ]; then PID=$(cat "$PID_FILE") if [ -d "/proc/$PID" ]; then COMMAND=$(readlink "/proc/$PID/exe") if [ "$COMMAND" = "/usr/bin/lua" ]; then /bin/kill -KILL "$PID" && /bin/rm "$PID_FILE" return 0 fi fi fi echo "Daemon is not running" return 1 }And here is "etc/rc.common" as found in OpenWrt initscripts. Note the command actions it implements - in particular disable & enable, which set up Sxxy (start) & Kxxy (stop) files in the directory "etc/rc.d", which is not found in the RasPi directory structure:
#!/bin/sh # Copyright (C) 2006-2009 OpenWrt.org . $IPKG_INSTROOT/etc/functions.sh initscript=$1 action=${2:-help} shift 2 start() { return 0 } stop() { return 0 } reload() { return 1 } restart() { trap '' TERM stop "$@" start "$@" } boot() { start "$@" } shutdown() { stop } disable() { name="$(basename "${initscript}")" rm -f "$IPKG_INSTROOT"/etc/rc.d/S??$name rm -f "$IPKG_INSTROOT"/etc/rc.d/K??$name } enable() { name="$(basename "${initscript}")" disable [ "$START" ] && ln -s "../init.d/$name" "$IPKG_INSTROOT/etc/rc.d/S${START}${name##S[0-9][0-9]}" [ "$STOP" ] && ln -s "../init.d/$name" "$IPKG_INSTROOT/etc/rc.d/K${STOP}${name##K[0-9][0-9]}" } enabled() { name="$(basename "${initscript}")" [ -x "$IPKG_INSTROOT/etc/rc.d/S${START}${name##S[0-9][0-9]}" ] } depends() { return 0 } help() { cat <<EOF Syntax: $initscript [command] Available commands: start Start the service stop Stop the service restart Restart the service reload Reload configuration files (or restart if that fails) enable Enable service autostart disable Disable service autostart $EXTRA_HELP EOF } . "$initscript" ALL_COMMANDS="start stop reload restart boot shutdown enable disable enabled depends ${EXTRA_COMMANDS}" list_contains ALL_COMMANDS "$action" || action=help [ "$action" = "reload" ] && action='eval reload "$@" || restart "$@" && :' $action "$@" -
Not quite a plugin but just the addition of a barometer device to be used for various integrations (Domoticz or Home Assistant)
Intructions:
Drop the content of this zip file in a folder openLuup has access to (I put mine into the cmh-ludl/files to pretend these were downloaded from a vera)
then create a device and use D_BarometerSensor1.xml as the device file and I_GenericSensor1.xml for the execution file or anything else actually depending on what your integration is. -
I am looking at making openLuup to act as an MQTT client for a variety of applications. I may write a plugin for it myself based on either of these two libraries:
xHasKx/luamqtt xHasKx/luamqtt
luamqtt - Pure-lua MQTT v3.1.1 and v5.0 client. Contribute to xHasKx/luamqtt development by creating an account on GitHub.
Yongke/luamqttc Yongke/luamqttcA lua mqtt client which support MQTT version 3.1.1 - Yongke/luamqttc
Still have to learn the details of how it would work. If people have ideas, feel free to post here!
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Anyone here that has visualized the location from iphone locator in grafana?
found the "World Map" panel for grafana, but haven't figured out how to make it display yet..
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As another one asked for it on the other forum, I finally created a new plug-in for Telegram notifications: https://github.com/dbochicchio/vera-Telegram/
You can:
send text messages send (still) images send videos (gif or mp4) send silent notificationsI remember @CatmanV2 was searching for something similar (maybe?).
I'm using it to send push notifications to me and my wife, using a group. I have my own code streaming my cameras and sending a video as gif based on certain events (ie motion sensors or door/entryways left open). While this part is not included into the plug-in, if you're able to get a video yourself (by pointing to a URL), you'd good to go. Still images from cams (or, let's say, your favorite weather map, or any video/gif/image on the Interner ot local) are supported as well.
100% compatible with bot Vera and openLuup (where it was developed, anyway).
Feel free to ask questions or suggest new features.
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Currently there's no beginners guide to installing RFX plugin on OpenLuup without Vera that i could find, so i'd thought i'd make one.
This is made on Debian 10.6 (Buster).
First: Download the files. The thread on the Vera forum is the place to find the newest version (Currently 1.96), but i found it to have several issues in Openluup.
Auto create makes multiple instances of sensors, and I had a couple of "all sensors disappeared" instances!I use 1.41, which works perfectly as long as you can use Type1/Type2/ext/ext2 FW.
Download from this threadOnce you got the files into /cmh-ludl/ you can proceed to create the device in OpenLuup. In devices - click "Create".
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Sometimes its nessecary to move the RFX..Png file to /cmh-ludl/icons/ to get the correct icon in OpenLuup.
Next is to get the RFX up and running, for that you need ser2net. Installation instructions
Ser2net needs to find the USB, and to fint the address, do this:
user@device:~$ cd /dev/serial/by-id/ user@device:/dev/serial/by-id$ ls usb-0658_0200-if00 usb-RFXCOM_RFXtrx433_A118TU8K-if00-port0 user@device:/dev/serial/by-id$this ID can be used in the /etc/ser2net.conf, at the end of the file:
# found in /usr/share/doc/ser2net/examples BANNER:banner:\r\nser2net port \p device \d [\s] (Debian GNU/Linux)\r\n\r\n 2000:telnet:600:/dev/ttyS0:9600 8DATABITS NONE 1STOPBIT banner ... 3001:telnet:600:/dev/ttyS1:19200 8DATABITS NONE 1STOPBIT banner 3485:raw:0:/dev/serial/by-id/usb-RFXCOM_RFXtrx433_A118TU8K-if00-port0:38400 8DATABITS NONE 1STOPBITThe port can be whatever you want (almost), the default in the RFX plugin is 10000
Save and restart ser2net.Back in OpenLuup, go to the "Attributes" tab of the RFX Plugin,and ensure that the IP address is correct:
6391e20b-6f4c-4101-8633-6ee1e01fb905-image.png I'm using a local USB, but this might as well be on a different device on your network.Now, go to the "Variables", and insert the correct port number in "IPPort" variable.
If all goes well, the plugin should be good to go after a Luup Reload!
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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).
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.