ccutrer
commented
2 years ago I'm not sure what you're referring to with "first code listed", so I'll try to explain more.
The general way to use this software is to have the aurora_mqtt_bridge constantly running as a system and publishing messages to MQTT. From there, you can have a home automation system (like Home Assistant or OpenHAB) consume the MQTT messages and allow you to see state, control things, and implicitly record history. I'm pretty sure there's also plugins for Telegraf/InfluxDB to directly consume MQTT messages and store the history in InfluxDB. If you're wanting to store the history in some other way, and looking to bypass MQTT, that should be possible, but you'll have to write your own ruby code that uses this gem directly, and then outputs the data in whatever way you want.
As to if this is the same data as is sent to Symphony and the dealer portal - yes and no. This tool has access to the exact same data that an AWL (and thus Symphony) can access, it's a matter of finding the data you want. I've mapped almost every register that an AID tool or the AWL/Symphony Web UI can display for my system, so I know where to find the data. But I've never seen the dealer portal on Symphony, so cannot say with certainty that I'm pulling every piece of information that has. You can look through my list of register names at https://github.com/ccutrer/waterfurnace_aurora/blob/096f930b962e37193e89144e7a6395de3f266eaa/lib/aurora/registers.rb#L697 to see if the data you're hoping for is mapped already (beware that naming might be slightly different - this is true even of WaterFurnace's tools - the AID tool and Symphony might have slightly different naming for the same data point). The MQTT bridge defaults to refreshing the data every 5 seconds while it's running.
As for where to connect: if you have an AWL, and you want to use an AWL and this tool, you must connect to the AWL's AID Tool port. If you no longer need/want an AWL, or don't have one, you can connect directly to the WaterFurnace (actually the ABC board is what you talk to). Either way, the same data is available - an AWL just forwards any requests on its AID tool port to the ABC. You cannot use the MQTT bridge and an AWL if you tap in between the ABC and the AWL - the messages will clobber each other and neither tool will work.
As to the wiring of the AWL-provided cable: I'm not sure, but if I remember correctly the provided cable doesn't even use the standard 4 colors. IIRC it is a "straight" cable, and not a "crossover", but you'll have to identify wires by their pin location in one of the plugs, rather than by color.
ballpython06
Hello,
will the first code listed and plugging into the awl’s aid port collect the data that the furnace sends to symphony every 10 seconds? I am looking to access the data the dealers receive on their portal, but I want to record the historical data. Will this work or do I need to create the connection between the abc and awl? Also, is the Ethernet cable that comes with the awl use the standard t568b? Thank you for this awesome code.