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"
}
}
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
I am using the Sartano brand switches :
I hope that this helps someone else in the future.