Tellstick on Linux - experience sharing

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jstevnsvig
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Tellstick on Linux - experience sharing

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I followed the guide on https://developer.telldus.com/wiki/Tell ... tionUbuntu
I think that the ending could be extended to include a note on configuring the sending device, or that the https://developer.telldus.com/wiki/TellStick_conf configuration page should include some of this information

But kept getting "unable to connect to the tellstick service.

I had experimented with the configuration file: /etc/tellstick.conf

after reading on this forum, i discovered that the missing link was to make sure that the essentials in the configuration file was present:

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user = "nobody"
group = "plugdev"
deviceNode = "/dev/tellstick"
ignoreControllerConfirmation = "false"
controller {
  id = 1
  name = "tellStick"
  type = 1
  serial = "A4004GFI"
}

device {
  id = 1
  name = "groupA"
  controller = 1
  protocol = "sartano"
  model = "codeswitch"
  parameters {
    code = "0000010000"
  }
}
Make sure that the controller id under the device matches the id of the controller.

The controller details can be deduced from running dmesg after plugging in the controller.

Sample output:

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[553869.495262] usb 4-3: new full-speed USB device number 2 using ohci-pci
[553869.673334] usb 4-3: New USB device found, idVendor=1781, idProduct=0c30
[553869.673347] usb 4-3: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
[553869.673353] usb 4-3: Product: TellStick
[553869.673359] usb 4-3: Manufacturer: Telldus
[553869.673363] usb 4-3: SerialNumber: A4004GFI

https://www.harald-nyborg.dk/p10047/sti ... jent-3-stk

I am using the Sartano brand switches : Image

I hope that this helps someone else in the future.
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