HouseBot

I bought an RFXCOM 1-wire Temp Transmitter that can send Temp readings to the W800RF. Using the W800 decoder I can see that the readings are being captured. I would like to see if there is an opportunity to create in Housebot a W800RF Device that can show the readings from the Temp Transmitter. I tried to use the x10 security sensor device but it doesn't work. I know that there is a plugin for the RFXCOM receiver but since the signals from this temp sensor are received by the W800 I just thought that it will be better (an less expensive) to use the W800 as the receiver since I have one already for the motion sensors in my house.

Any help will be greatly appreciated.

Victor

If you enable tracing in HouseBot for the W800, does it trace out any information about it receiving data from the temp sensor?

This is what I am getting when tracing the W800.

07/31/09 09:33:44 PM RF Sensor Debug W800 received raw data [01 0e 8c 73] (ignored - debounced security).
07/31/09 09:33:44 PM RF Sensor Debug Character Received [0x1]
07/31/09 09:33:44 PM RF Sensor Debug Character Received [0xe]
07/31/09 09:33:44 PM RF Sensor Debug Character Received [0x8c]
07/31/09 09:33:44 PM RF Sensor Debug Character Received [0x73]
07/31/09 09:33:44 PM RF Sensor Debug W800 received raw data [01 0e 8c 73] (ignored - debounced security).
07/31/09 09:36:02 PM RF Sensor Debug Character Received [0x36]
07/31/09 09:36:02 PM RF Sensor Debug Character Received [0xb1]
07/31/09 09:36:02 PM RF Sensor Debug Character Received [0x1]
07/31/09 09:36:02 PM RF Sensor Debug Character Received [0x2f]
07/31/09 09:36:02 PM RF Sensor Warning The W800 Hardware Interface received an invalid command [36 b1 01 2f]. Ignorning command.
07/31/09 09:38:20 PM RF Sensor Debug Character Received [0x20]
07/31/09 09:38:20 PM RF Sensor Debug Character Received [0xd0]
07/31/09 09:38:20 PM RF Sensor Debug Character Received [0x1c]
07/31/09 09:38:20 PM RF Sensor Debug Character Received [0xa9]
07/31/09 09:38:20 PM RF Sensor Warning The W800 Hardware Interface received an invalid command [20 d0 1c a9]. Ignorning command.
07/31/09 09:38:21 PM RF Sensor Debug Character Received [0x20]
07/31/09 09:38:21 PM RF Sensor Debug Character Received [0xd0]
07/31/09 09:38:21 PM RF Sensor Debug Character Received [0x1c]
07/31/09 09:38:21 PM RF Sensor Debug Character Received [0xa9]
07/31/09 09:38:21 PM RF Sensor Warning The W800 Hardware Interface received an invalid command [20 d0 1c a9]. Ignorning command.
07/31/09 09:38:21 PM RF Sensor Debug Character Received [0x20]
07/31/09 09:38:21 PM RF Sensor Debug Character Received [0xd0]
07/31/09 09:38:21 PM RF Sensor Debug Character Received [0x1c]
07/31/09 09:38:21 PM RF Sensor Debug Character Received [0xa9]

Hope it helps and thanks for the response.

Victor

The packets transmitted during initialization of the RFXSensor cannot be received by the W800 because they have a length > 32 bits. But they can be ignored.
The temperature, humidity, barometric pressure and A/D values transmitted by the RFXSensor can be received by the W800. For example this packet received by the W800: 20D01CA9

07/31/09 09:38:20 PM RF Sensor Debug Character Received [0x20]
07/31/09 09:38:20 PM RF Sensor Debug Character Received [0xd0]
07/31/09 09:38:20 PM RF Sensor Debug Character Received [0x1c]
07/31/09 09:38:20 PM RF Sensor Debug Character Received [0xa9]
07/31/09 09:38:20 PM RF Sensor Warning The W800 Hardware Interface received an invalid command [20 d0 1c a9]. Ignorning command.

20D01CA9 RFXsensor[8400]T RFXSensor addr:20D0 ID:8400 Temp:28,625ºC | 83,525ºF bits=32

Bert

Thanks for the response. Does anybody know how to get that information into Housebot? I imagine that it could be possible since it is captured by the W800 but how to do it other than trying to read it from the log directly is what I don't know.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Victor

Scott, any chance on creating a device to read the RFXCOM Temp transmitter using the W800? Any hint on how to get the info since it is apparently logged into the W800 log file?

Any help will be greatly appreciated.

Saludos,

Victor

Victor,

Unfortunately, I can't promise anything at this time. I'm swamped with other responsibilities for the foreseeable future.