RS485 over IP Pool Controller

Other Devices & Integrations Water, Pool & Irrigation
#1

Hey guys,

I have a pool controller that is controlled by a RS485 interface. I’m using a USR-TCP232-304 Ethernet to RS485 adapter (https://shop.usriot.com/serial-to-ethernet/serial-ethernet-converter/RS485-to-Ethernet-converter.html) that is working great to send commands using Hercules ( Hercules SETUP utility | HW-group.com).

The commands i use are like this:
HIDRO1:1;
HIDRO1:0;
HIDRO1:?;

There is no CR/LF. The RS485 controller detects the semicolon as the end of command and it works.

Now, my question is: What is the easiest way to control this under Vera? I would like a “Remote” like appearance, as it was a TV Remote or something, where each button sends a different command (maybe as toggle buttons) and if possible change the button status accordingly (the HIDRO1:?; get the current status as 0 for OFF and 1 for ON).

Is this possible to accomplish in Vera UI? I’ve done something very close to this in the past using Fibaro Home Center, but i don’t know how to create a “virtual device” like Fibaro’s in Vera.

Please help

#2

If you want a low friction solution, look for multi switch plugin. It’ll work on mobile apps as well.

You should be able to send commands with the buttons, via scene or code.

#3

But how do i “assign” commands to the multi-switch buttons?

#4

As I said:

#5

not very helpful. What i meant to say was…in Fibaro i can create Virtual Devices and assign buttons to them. Then, in each button, i can assign code to be executed, either in LUA or direct command (like for globalcache). But i’ve seen no place in Vera where i can do something like that. Is there any guide or something alike to help?

What i needed is to assign each button a command to be executed over a telnet connection.

#6

In vera you can create a scene that can be triggered by the multi switch, in the scene you can add lua code.

or you can add a code function to start up code and listen for a multi switch variable and action code depending which variable changes etc

#7

It’s a standard control, so you could create a scene and execute some code.

Or, you’d use reactor plug-in. Or write some code to directly handle the control.

All that said, a better solution will be this one: GitHub - toggledbits/Switchboard-Vera: Virtual Switches for Vera Home Automation, Re-Imagined

You could create how many buttons you want and code could be easily written. Search for luup variable watch to find more about coding against sl_sceneactivated variable.