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Posted: **Fri Mar 17, 2023 9:45 am**

I bought a Siemens 2 gang wall socket because I was blissfully unaware that it used a different protocol that wasn't supported by Tellstick. I'd love to see Telldus add proper support for LightwaveRF but in the meantime I'm trying to see whether it's possible to use tdtool to send a raw command and train the socket to that signal.

I've found some information on the JSJS signal here http://www.dbzoo.com/livebox/universalrf (under the section 'LightwaveRF dimmable CFL bulb')
and some information on Telldus raw protocol here: http://developer.telldus.se/doxygen/TellStick.html

I've tried sending the command like this:

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type on-code.txt | tdtool --raw -

and I get this error

Sending raw command: An error occurred while communicating with TellStick

The code I was sending is this. I'm representing ASCII codes as numers in brackets but in the actual text file I have used the ASCII characters by inserting them with Notepad++

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P[11]R[6]S[30][25][30][25][30][25][30][25][30][25][30][126][30][25][30][126][30][25][30][25][30][25][30][25][30][126][30][25][30][126][30][25][30][25][30][25][30][25][30][126][30][25][30][126][30][25][30][25][30][25][30][126][30][25][30][25][30][126][30][126][30][25][30][126][30][25][30][25][30][25][30][25][30][25][30][25][30][25][30][25][30][126][30][25][30][126][30][25][30][126][30][25][30][25][30][126][30][25][30][25][30][25][30][25][30][25][30][126][30][25][30][126][30][25][30][25][30][25][30][126][30][25][30][126][30][25][30][25][30][126][30][25][30][126][30][25][30][25][30][25][30][25][30][25]

This represents the binary string

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000001010000101000010100010011010000000010101001000001010001010010100000

Is there more I need to add to the raw string or have I got something wrong?
My Tellstick is batch 13 and I'm using Windows.

Many thanks,

Gareth

Posted: **Fri Mar 17, 2023 9:45 am**

Please note:

Due to memory limitations, the parameters is limited in length to 79 bytes.

Your raw data seems too long. You also need to end it with a plus (+).

You might have to convert it to "send extended" (T). There is a function implemented here that can convert send to send extended. A task for the reader is to extend tdSendRawCommand() to automatically use this function when needed...

Posted: **Fri Mar 17, 2023 9:45 am**

Thanks Micke. I'm slowly learning more as I'm working on it! I've tried converting to a send extended but I'm having trouble with the documentation. In the example the pulse data (d1...dn) appear to be the binary converted to hex but if it's hex, it won't convert to ASCII. I've tried converting the binary to decimal and then to ASCII and I get this:

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P[11]R[6]T[17][17][27][27][17][17][177][177][17][27][27][17][27][17][187][27][17][17][17][17][177][177][177][27][17][17][27][27][17][27][27][17][177][177][17][17]+

If I send that, it's accepted but the socket doesn't train to the signal. Have I made a mistake somewhere in my conversion or is the code just wrong?

Many thanks,

Gareth

Posted: **Fri Mar 17, 2023 9:45 am**

In your example you define only two pulses:
T[17][17][27][27]

17 two times and 27 two times. In your previous example you use at least 25, 30 and 126 and never 17 or 27?

d1...dn are only two bit indexes to the previous defined pulses.

Posted: **Fri Mar 17, 2023 9:45 am**

*Edit* realised that I'd forgotten the 'length' parameter. Added that in but it still doesn't work

Thanks Micke. You're right, I've left out the time indexes. I tried adding them back in again and it didn't work.

I've reworked it just to be sure and it's still not working. I've also tried increasing the number of repeats in case it needs more to train. Could you possibly check my working to see if I've made any more obvious mistakes please?

In theory the code I'm using is good for a dimmable CFL bulb using LightWaveRF protocol and made by JSJS. This product is in the same range as the wall socket I'm using so I had assumed the codes would be the same. If my working is correct, do you happen to have any known working codes for these devices or can you point me to any further information?

Many thanks,

Gareth

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binary stream encoded in signal
 00000101 00001010 00010100 01001101 00000000 10101001 00000101 00010100 10100000

0 = 300,250
1 = 300,1260

ON signal represented as hi/lo times:
300,250,300,250,300,250,300,250,300,250,300,1260,300,250,300,1260,300,250,300,250,300,250,300,250,300,1260,300,250,300,1260,300,250,300,250,300,250,300,250,300,1260,300,250,300,1260,300,250,300,250,300,250,300,1260,300,250,300,250,300,1260,300,1260,300,250,300,1260,300,250,300,250,300,250,300,250,300,250,300,250,300,250,300,250,300,1260,300,250,300,1260,300,250,300,1260,300,250,300,250,300,1260,300,250,300,250,300,250,300,250,300,250,300,1260,300,250,300,1260,300,250,300,250,300,250,300,1260,300,250,300,1260,300,250,300,250,300,1260,300,250,300,1260,300,250,300,250,300,250,300,250,300,250

Times to be used as indexes. t3 not used as identical to t0
t0 [30]
t1 [25]
t2 [126]
t3 [30]

length [72]

signal encoded as indexes of times:
00 01 00 01 00 01 00 01 00 01 00 10 00 01 00 10 00 01 00 01 00 01 00 01 00 10 00 01 00 10 00 01 00 01 00 01 00 01 00 10 00 01 00 10 00 01 00 01 00 01 00 10 00 01 00 01 00 10 00 10 00 01 00 10 00 01 00 01 00 01 00 01 00 01 00 01 00 01 00 01 00 10 00 01 00 10 00 01 00 10 00 01 00 01 00 10 00 01 00 01 00 01 00 01 00 01 00 10 00 01 00 10 00 01 00 01 00 01 00 10 00 01 00 10 00 01 00 01 00 10 00 01 00 10 00 01 00 01 00 01 00 01 00 250

Grouped into bytes:
00010001
00010001
00010010
00010010
00010001
00010001
00100001
00100001
00010001
00010010
00010010
00010001
00010010
00010001
00100010
00010010
00010001
00010001
00010001
00010001
00100001
00100001
00100001
00010010
00010001
00010001
00010010
00010010
00010001
00010010
00010010
00010001
00100001
00100001
00010001
00010001

Converted to decimal:
17
17
18
18
17
17
33
33
17
18
18
17
18
17
34
18
17
17
17
17
33
33
33
18
17
17
18
18
17
18
18
17
33
33
17
17

Full command to send
P[11]R[6]T[30][25][126][30][72][17][17][18][18][17][17][33][33][17][18][18][17][18][17][34][18][17][17][17][17][33][33][33][18][17][17][18][18][17][18][18][17][33][33][17][17]+

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