RFXtrx

[Mastiff]

I had that problem, but I ordered the antenna and plugs that are mentioned at the top of this tread:

http://board.homeseer.com/showthread.php?t=133820

Works a lot better, my weak sensors jumped up 2 notches on signal strength. Just be careful to position it right. You'll soon see how to do that when you have it connected.

Oh, btw you should only use a short cable, max 1 meter if you're not using the correct RG8 coax cable. I use RG6, with half a meter now. Works very well.

[krambriw]

I was wondering if it is possible to connect two RfxTrx units at the same time and to control them

Yes, the plugin is written to support multiple units anyway. I have not tested myself but it should work

BR

[alonmalka]

Great!!! I will be sure to try it tomorrow when the second unit arrives.
Also, can someone point me to a link of a shop that sells antenna that will extend the poor range of the rfxtrx433.

Thanks,

Alon

[krambriw]

You could check this discussion, there are some links as well

http://www.domoticaforum.eu/viewtopic.p ... 5e5#p61255

[Mastiff]

This is where I got it:

http://cpc.farnell.com/vision/v7-001/ae ... V7-001+DAB

[alonmalka]

I was wondering if it is possible to connect two RfxTrx units at the same time and to control them

Yes, the plugin is written to support multiple units anyway. I have not tested myself but it should work

BR

Hi,

I tried using both but I have to choose one com port which means (I think) I can only use one. What an I missing?

Alon

[krambriw]

You have to add the plugin two times. For each you can set the correct com-port

[alonmalka]

OK. It works great.
There is one issue though.
It creates the same event and because of that calls the macro twice. Is is possible for the event to be different?
For example:
Rfxtrx.Type: AC Address...
and
Rfxtrx2.Type: AC Address...

Thanks,
Alon

[krambriw]

Ooops, I need to look into this...

[krambriw]

I only have a quick solution for you at the moment:

1) in the second plugin folder, edit the __init__.py file
2) go to line 337 (in the latest version)
3) find the line
prefix="RFXtrx"
4) change to
prefix="RFXtrx2"
5) Save and restart EG
6) Now your events from the second RFXtrx should look similar to this:

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13:45:59   RFXtrx2.Type: Blyss_Thomson id: 4842 house: H unit: 01 command: on ' signal: 6'

To make a better solution, I will have to add a setting for 'prefix' in the configuration dialog of the plugin. Is not a big deal, I will include this in the next release but if you find something more, please report back

Best regards, Walter

[alonmalka]

Hi, how come I don't see a second plugin folder? just the one.
This is ofcourse after i duplicated the plugin (by adding it again)

[krambriw]

Sorry, I see several problems here, I will try to quickly make a new version where you can configure also the prefix...it will take five minutes I think

[krambriw]

You may try this one. I have made it possible to configure the prefix (default is RFXtrx) so you should be able to separate events from them.

1) replace with the attached __init__.py
(use released version in first post)
2) disable both entries of the RFXtrx plugin, save, restart eg

3) open RFXtrx plugin configuration, accept or change the prefix

4) repeat for second entry of plugin, set prefix name 'RFXtrx2' or what you prefer

5) enable both entries, they should start communicate with the both of the RFXtrx devices

[alonmalka]

Hi,

Thanks for all your help and your quick response.
I tried using your solution but I get an error as the plugin loads:
19:36:00 Error starting plugin: RFXtrx
19:36:00 Traceback (most recent call last) (1640):
19:36:00 File "C:\Program Files\EventGhost\eg\Classes\PluginInstanceInfo.py", line 177, in Start
19:36:00 self.instance.__start__(*self.args)
19:36:00 TypeError: __start__() takes exactly 26 arguments (25 given)

Alon

[krambriw]

Hi,

Yes, you have to open the configuration for the plugin, accept the prefix or change it, and then click OK to save.

The error you get is because this has not been correctly done. Your configuration is from the previous version and needs to be aligned with the new version.

Please try again (for both entries if you have added the plugin two times)


BR