433MHZ key fob

[Woodster]

Hi there,

does anyone have any experience using the RFLink for putting codes into universal remotes as http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2-x-Universal ... Sw9r1V-TbO
I can program a key, but when I "play" it back the RFLink either can decode it, or it changes types from time to time.

Martin

[Woodster]

Hi again,

seem like the keyfob is quite sensitive how long the button is being pressed. (the learned code is "20;58;Chuango;ID=800081;SWITCH=02;CMD=ON;" - send by the RFLink,

A short press followed by a longer press gives this debug output;

20;7B;DEBUG;Pulses=48;Pulses(uSec)=1500,420,1440,420,1440,420,1440,420,1440,420,1440,420,1440,420,1440,420,1440,420,1440,420,1440,420,1440,420,1440,420,1440,420,1440,420,420,1440,1440,420,1440,420,1440,420,1440,420,1440,420,1440,420,420,1440,420,6990;
20;7C;SelectPlus;ID=000081;SWITCH=02;CMD=ON;CHIME=01;
20;7D;DEBUG;Pulses=48;Pulses(uSec)=1500,420,1440,420,1440,420,1440,420,1440,420,1440,420,1440,420,1440,420,1440,420,1440,420,1440,420,1440,420,1440,420,1440,420,1440,420,420,1440,1440,420,1440,420,1440,420,1440,420,1440,420,1440,420,420,1440,420,6990;
20;7E;SelectPlus;ID=000081;SWITCH=02;CMD=ON;CHIME=01;
20;7F;DEBUG;Pulses=50;Pulses(uSec)=30,1920,1440,420,1440,420,1440,420,1440,420,1440,420,1440,420,1440,420,1440,420,1440,420,1440,420,1440,420,1440,420,1440,420,1440,420,1440,420,420,1440,1440,420,1440,420,1440,420,1440,420,1440,420,1440,420,390,1440,390,6990;
20;80;Chuango;ID=800081;SWITCH=02;CMD=ON;

Any ideas of what to do - how to transfer a consistent code, or to decode i the same all the time...?
How is the code transmitted from the RFLink - how many repeats etc..?

Martin

[DA-Makes]

Hi I have a bunch of those keyfobs in use and they always report correctly for me. Mine are programmed as Tristate and typically send the following -

20;13;TriState;ID=8a2aa4;SWITCH=10;CMD=ON;
20;25;TriState;ID=8a2aa4;SWITCH=10;CMD=OFF;

When they are brand new and unprogrammed they seem to send from these makes but always the same ID etc.

20;50;Chuango;ID=ece9d7;SWITCH=02;CMD=ON;
20;49;Eurodomest;ID=420841;SWITCH=00;CMD=ON;

Perhaps you could try putting them into programming mode and sending something like

10;TriState;8809a0;10;On;

I'm running my RFLink on Linux so can achieve that with the simple command -
echo "10;TriState;8809a0;10;OFF;" >/dev/ttyACM0

Hi there,

does anyone have any experience using the RFLink for putting codes into universal remotes as http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2-x-Universal ... Sw9r1V-TbO
I can program a key, but when I "play" it back the RFLink either can decode it, or it changes types from time to time.

Martin

[Woodster]

Hi DA-Makes,

sounds very much like what I'm seeing - will try the Tristate command, when I get off work.
Thanks for the reply....

[Woodster]

Hi there,

well it works better, but still not 100% - I can not get it to pair all the different buttons.
Guess it is the remote that has the problem - anyone that can recommend a different remote. It has to be small and cheap - I plan to strip it from the case, and build it into a standard wall socket.
Martin

[Woodster]

Hi again,

another update - seems the key fob I have just needs to be treated somewhat special.
If I start sending "10;Eurodomest;000001;00;OFF:" multiple times before pressing the button that should learn the code, then it picks up the frame.
Go figure....

[Stuntteam]

Unfortunately these remotes are not of good quality and apparantly often (badly) cloned in Asia...