w/c 6th July

A much delayed post here. The last few weeks has seen refactoring of the core code and general tidying up as well as integration with community developed Z-Wave (OpenZWave Node-Red). This week i\'ll focus on external web hook and MQTT support.

w/c 13th June

Focus this week will be getting the Pre-Beta build out to the team in Singapore for further hardware testing. I will also start going through the code cleaning process and general housekeeping. Now much of the back-end comms is complete, I\'ll focus on adding further nodes and start publishing changes I have made to community code back to the node-red repository.

w/c 4th June

Had a good week, lots of progress. Beta of the Web reverse proxy code and portal is functionally complete, and allows secure remote access from any internet connected device to the flow development and dashboard pages without opening any ports on the firewall. It uses TLS from end to end, with all comms secure.

General improvements to the rest of the code, added X10 parsing and considering whether to expose the commands or virtual X10 objects in node-red - i\'ll post the question and examples in a separate topic.

w/c 28th May

Bit of a shorter week, due to pubic holidays and kids off school. I have mainly been squishing bugs and tidying up the code rather than add new features. Nothing too dramatic to report other than I am hoping to have the portal working for the beta testing which would allow remote access to the dashboard.


w/c 21st May

This week has been further testing the remote connectivity as well as working with the Cytech team on finalising the hardware spec and UCM firmware features.

As previously discussed, we have dedicated GPIO links between the UCM and the Pi which allows us to monitor and restart the Pi and USB hardware. The Cytech team recently sent me a UCM firmware update which has increased the baud rate between the UCM and the Pi significantly. We have additional lines between the UCM and the Pi which aren\'t currently used but maybe in future as well as a reset and general control button for the Pi on the host board.

With these final changes on the hardware, I believe we will do another small prototype batch to test the changes and then be ready for the beta production run.


w/c 14th May

This week I have been working on the remote access protocol, a little sooner than I had intended as I need to connect securely to the test hardware & software in Singapore (and it is something that would be useful for the Beta Test).

There are a number of different functions, but the one I have been focusing on is arbitrary tunnelling via a cloud server over TLS. Currently this is a client which runs on the host pc, connects and authenticates to the cloud server. It then proxies the required UCM/Pi service (CSP, SSH, HTTP etc) onto a local port. Connections are established on demand, with the cloud server acting a relay, over TLS.

The final version will allow user management, from the UCM/Pi web interface, with various option to allow/deny services, 2FA etc etc.

I see this as being useful for support and installers - users of the system will be better served by the planned web portal.

Hi All

If you have found yourself able to see this forum, you must have applied to be a beta tester of the UCM/Pi solution.

Please say hi to your fellow testers, hopefully in the coming weeks and months you will have plenty to talk about.

Thanks,

Matt

Using a new comfigurator v3 file I connected up the board with the connection leads made sure the USB UCM was in the software properties settings of the configurator, keypads were beeping.

I uploaded the file from the required folder (ULTX7_140.cbf)
message firmware to be upgraded to version 7.140
message \"Firmware upgrade encountered errors\"

should I try uploading an earlier version of the firmware?

Would it be possible for the Android app to have a push notification, so when a zone is triggered regardless of state (away, day, night & off) could send a notification or is this only going to be possible through the implementation with Alphaworks R-PI UCM? (can it be integrated into the Comfort App)
Obviously their would have to be some method of which zones ect would need to be monitored for the push notifications.

Hi,
Can ISM007 switch boilers, two port valves or pumps on directly?
Do the relay provide enough to switch these on. If not how can these used?
I am not an electrician just need to understand.

I have my Domoticz configured in a RPI and a Aeotec zStick Gen5 as the Primary Controller for my zWave network.

Recently added a UCM/ZWave3 to my Comfort system.I did the Learning process from the Comfigurator software and everything seems to be ok at least from the Comfort side. I can see the nodes from the zWave network and the Learning process ends with sucess.

However from the ZWave/Domoticz side I keep getting the Comfort Secondary controller not identified and with a error sign on it (picture attached).

What am I doing wrong? Do I have the wrong expectations on the zWave/Comfort interaction? I was expecting to be able to see the Security Zones in Domoticz and interact with them...

Thanks,Nino

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Hi,
Is it possible to control the volume of each keypad individually? i.e. are they individually addressable
e.g. I have a keypad downstairs that is near the kids bedrooms.
When I arm the system at night from upstairs, I want to disable any announcements that might occur on the keypad downstairs as it may wake the kids. e.g. \"Beep Beep Beep Night Mode\"
However, during the day I would like the announcements in the keypad to occur as normal.
So maybe between 9pm and 8am set the volume to be 0 on downstairs keypad. Otherwise set the volume to be 60.
Any advice appreciatd.
Thanks!

Hi All

Thank you for your patience, it\'s been slowly cooking in the development kitchen, but we are close enough now to start talking about what the new solution looks like.

The hardware is in the final stages of development, I have a working prototype and there are some small changes necessary for the release version to help manage the PSU. We don\'t expect these to take long to implement and I believe we could have a commercial version available in Q2 \'18.

On the software front, there has been a radical change of approach. The new solution has no need of Samsung SmartThings, although legacy support will be included for those of you who value the capabilities of SmartThings.

The new solution has it\'s own drag and drop user interface, which is based on Node-Red. This is an incredibly powerful but user friendly logic engine which will allow you do everything you have been able to do in SmartThings [and a whole lot more] without relying on your internet connection or SmartThings to get things done.

It comes with support for lots of services including Philips Hue, Amazon Echo, WeMo, IFTTTT, PushBullet, Netatmo, OpenZWave, Zigbee and quite literally hundreds of others. It is also extensible, so if you have a weird and wonderful device, there is nothing stopping you from adding it.

The dedicated UCM add reliability to the solution. It makes use of the Raspberry Pi Compute module which is an industrial grade version of the regular Pi, and it is directly linked to the UCM. The UCM can be connected to the local network in the same way as a standard UCM/Ethx and provides backward compatibility so no other UCM is required for programming via Comfort. The Pi can be managed by hardware watchdog timers in the UCM, adding further reliability into the system.

I am thinking of introducing this solution via a web seminar, in order to gauge reaction and take onboard any suggestions before I lock the V1 production capabilities. I am considering doing this Wednesday 9th May, in 1 or 2 sessions, early morning and early evening subject to demand. I may also make a recording available for those of you who can\'t make it.

If you are interested, please let me know by commenting against this thread, and I\'ll plan accordingly.

Many Thanks,

Matt

Hi!

Quote:You have the following description in the list price for the Lem03-M2: Local Expansion Module 16 Inputs 0 Outputs. Only 1 can be connected to CM9000 or SEM. If LEM03 is connected to CM9000 or SEM, higher ID SEMs cannot be connected

Hi,
Is it possible to configure Comfort, when in \'Day\' node to announce when a door is opened by someone? So as soon as a person comes in the front door the KP04 will say \'Front Door\'
Thanks!