ELRO AB440S/3C not working although Arduino should handle it. about heimcontrol.js HOT 4 OPEN

I have the same problem. Use Mumbi RC Sockets that are the same as ELRO.

I have my dips set up to
Socket A: ON ON ON ON ON ON OFF OFF OFF OFF (11111 10000)
Socket B: 11111 01000
Socket C: 11111 00100
I can't figure out what tristate code I have to use.
Where do you put that? "also testet it directly with the arduinofunction called mySwitch.sendTriState("0F00FFFFFFF0"); and it worked."

When I test my setup just with Arduino it works with this sketch uploaded to the arduino:

#include <RCSwitch.h>
RCSwitch mySwitch = RCSwitch();
void setup() {
mySwitch.enableTransmit(10);
}
void loop() {
mySwitch.switchOn("11111", "10000");
delay(3000);
mySwitch.switchOff("11111", "10000");
delay(3000);
mySwitch.switchOn("11111", "01000");
delay(3000);
mySwitch.switchOff("11111", "01000");
delay(3000);
mySwitch.switchOn("11111", "00100");
delay(3000);
mySwitch.switchOff("11111", "00100");
delay(3000);
}

from heimcontrol.js.

Hi, I had to edit the following:

nano ~/heimcontrol.js/plugins/arduino/index.js

to something like this:

    // Send RC code
    if (item.value) {
      return that.pins[item.pin].triState(item.code + "FFFF");
    } else {
      return that.pins[item.pin].triState(item.code + "FFF0");
    }

You can just enter 8 digits of the tristate code, but you have 10 to set up. Last 2 Digits are for on/off signal. So do the following:

Take your socket and put all the micro-switches on Off and set up heimcontrol to FFFFFFFF (8x). Then open index.js and edit the Tristatecode as mentioned above. It should work. F means off and 0 means on - pretty wiered? :D..Anyway. You don't need to handle the groups or housecodes. So you can just vary the first 8 digits and get your 2^8 Sockets working. Good luck

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thanks alot!! thats it! I changed that code in arduino/index.js before, but the tristate to put in the homecontrol GUI was the problem.
Set Socket 1 all OFF and FFFFFFFF in homecontrol
Set Socket 2 all OFF exept the A ON, FFFFF0FF in homecontrol
Socket 3 all OFF B ON, FFFFFF0F in homecontrol
Works perfect!

First I tried on Socket 2 all OFF, 2 ON, F0FFFFFF in homecontrol but that didn't work.
so can I only vary the last 5 digits?

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Just for the record: Heimcontrol accepts 8 digits and has 4 hardcoded as quoted above (here’s the source). That’s a little unfortunate, because ELRO uses 10 digits, 5 “house code” + 5 “device code”, plus 2 for on/off.
So here’s what you need to do if you have this system:

• adjust the last two hardcoded digits as described above
• make sure the last two DIP switches of your outlets match the first two hardcoded digits (F is Off, 0 is On)
• set up the first eight switches in whichever way you like — if you want to use the original remotes, follow the original instructions: choose a “house code” for the first 5 and use the ABC device identifiers (not DE as those are the hardcoded 9th and 10th digits!)
• use that 8 digit code in Heimcontrol’s web interface — it should be working now

This bug is still open imho done:

• Heimcontrol uses 8 adjustable + 4 hardcoded digits, but ELRO uses 10+2 — the latter would work for everyone
• Heimcontrol hardcodes the on/off-suffixes — they should be exposed as options

Edit: Well, I went ahead and did it. Let me know if this makes it easier, or if there’s still any problems.

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