Combination kaku and somfy

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Combination kaku and somfy

#1 Post by gdroos68 » 01 Feb 2018, 12:43

Hi, I have an original rflink with aural tranciever. As expected is the reception of kaku signals really bad but sending is OK. In the past I used a cheap Chinese receiver for kaku. Can I disconnect the receiver part of aural and use the Chinese in stead? Which pins should I disconnect?

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Re: Combination kaku and somfy

#2 Post by Stuntteam » 01 Feb 2018, 13:13

Aurel is good. You should not have any issues with KAKU. (or do you mean Somfy as in your title?)
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Re: Combination kaku and somfy

#3 Post by gdroos68 » 01 Feb 2018, 14:17

Sorry, I forgot to mention that I have the rflink for somfy frequency. But the reception of Kaku signals is really bad. Only about 20cm. Sending to Kali seems OK.

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Re: Combination kaku and somfy

#4 Post by Stuntteam » 01 Feb 2018, 19:46

In that case you can experiment with different receivers/transmitters..
Wiring is explained here:
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Re: Combination kaku and somfy

#5 Post by gdroos68 » 02 Feb 2018, 08:39

Sorry but I am a bit of a noob: which pins of the aural should I NOT connect?

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Re: Combination kaku and somfy

#6 Post by Stuntteam » 02 Feb 2018, 11:04

I thought you wanted to remove the Aurel and put some other module on it..
Btw, if you have a print with the Aurel, you can also remove the entire print and just connect a different module with wires to the arduino.
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Re: Combination kaku and somfy

#7 Post by gdroos68 » 02 Feb 2018, 12:44

Basically I want a combination of both. Maybe a more elaborate description of my intention:
I bougth the 433.42 RFlink pcb including the aural transmitter to control my somfy. However the receiver part is really bad for 433.92. As stated in a post before, I only have a range of about 20cm. My idea was that i use the rflink pcb but only connect the transmitter part of the aural and use a chinese 433.92 (which has worked quite good before) receiver. I am still in doubt how exactly: either by not soldering the relevant receiver pins of the AURAL to the pcb or not soldering the relevant PCB pin's which connect to the arduino.
I have found the following wiring schedule:
Aurel RTX MID 5v:

If you would like to use the Aurel RTX MID 5v Transceiver the pinout is:
Pin 1 = Antenna
Pin 2 = Ground
Pin 3 = Not Connected
Pin 4 = MEGA tx3/Pin 14 (TX Data)
Pin 5 = MEGA rx3/Pin 15 (-RX/TX- toggle signal!)
Pin 6 = MEGA Pin 22 (TX Enable)
Pin 7 = Ground
Pin 8 = optional: 20k resistor to ground
Pin 9 = MEGA rx1/Pin 19 (RX Data)
Pin 10= MEGA VCC (Also connect here a 100nf to ground)

Incase of disconnecting AURAL pin's to the PCB: Which pin's should not be soldered?
Incase of disconnecting pcb to arduino: which MEGA pins should not be connected?

Thx for your patience. lol
Stuntteam wrote: 02 Feb 2018, 11:04 I thought you wanted to remove the Aurel and put some other module on it..
Btw, if you have a print with the Aurel, you can also remove the entire print and just connect a different module with wires to the arduino.

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