Promax support

[KoenWijnstok]

Hi,

I bought a new Promax switch from our local Action store in The Netherlands. They are "self learning", but don't appear to listen to the normal protocols. When using the ReceiveDemo it looks normal, except after the Tri-State decoding there are some extra symbols (see attached file).

The receiverdemo works fine when listening to controls sent by the Remote Control, except when you transmit the same decimal number (or binary) the sockets just won't respond. Is there any way I can make this working? I'm not the only one, it looks like a lot of people are having issues with the new sockets from the Action.

[fingolfin]

The extra symbols are weird -- it looks like the string returned by bin2tristate was not properly null terminated.

Anyway: How do you transmit the codes, exactly? Using RCSwitch, or using custom code? If using RCSwitch, how exactly?

[S-Knop]

Hi,

I've it currently working with a small work around., the remote sends multiple signals, 24 bit and 28 bit. I've tried all buttons on the remote and multiple tools/ lib to sniff but without success.

when i send from the remote it looks the same as yours but without those weird symbols at tristate:

signal from remote: Decimal: 1048853 (24Bit) Binary: 000100000000000100010101 Tri-State: 0F00000F0FFF PulseLength: 314 microseconds Protocol: 1 Raw data: 1103337,328,31,2170,198,46,5,8,6,7,390,254,1030,254,1035,249,1035,249,1031,253,1030,254,1036,248,1049,235,1032,253,1028,256,1035,249,1030,894,393,251,1035,249,1030,254,1038,887,393,251,1033,891,395,249,1034,

then I came across a post on a dutch forum with these codes for the Promax switch set, when these codes are transmitted with pimatic it gives different results in RCswitch.

transmitted with pimatic pulseCount 50 pule length: 222, 438, 952, 5028 0202210202212102210202022102022121210221022102212121210203

received with RCswitch Decimal: 40410462 (28Bit) Binary: 0010011010001001110101011110 Tri-State: not applicable PulseLength: 504 microseconds Protocol: 2 Raw data: 5055,225,968,222,968,953,454,222,968,223,967,953,453,953,455,221,969,953,454,222,968,223,967,223,968,952,454,222,971,225,971,954,454,960,458,955,456,225,971,954,457,229,971,954,459,226,970,953,454,953,455,953,454,952,456,221,970,

put a unit in learning mode an try the decimals from the code. code I used.

/*
  Example for different sending methods

  https://github.com/sui77/rc-switch/

some extra decimals
A 40025046 ON
A 38856910 OFF
B 41567385 ON
B 39916253 OFF
C 240760633 ONN
C 240257549 OFF
D 105444762 ONN
D 107879350 OFF

*/

#include <RCSwitch.h>

RCSwitch mySwitch = RCSwitch();

void setup() {

  Serial.begin(9600);

  // Transmitter is connected to Arduino Pin #10  
  mySwitch.enableTransmit(10);

  // Optional set pulse length.
  mySwitch.setPulseLength(470);

  // Optional set protocol (default is 1, will work for most outlets)
  mySwitch.setProtocol(2);

  // Optional set number of transmission repetitions.
  // mySwitch.setRepeatTransmit(15);

}

void loop() {

  /* Same switch as above, but using decimal code */
  mySwitch.send(40410462, 28); // turn A on
  delay(1000);  
  mySwitch.send(39172218, 28); // turn A off
  delay(1000);  

  delay(20000);
}

ps: srry for my english ;)

[S-Knop]

Nvm with latest version i am receiving the propper decimals 👍 so it does support promax.

[pasibun]

Hey S Knop / KoenWijnstok,

Im currently working on the same thing. Connecting a Pi3 through RC Switch with a cheap china 433mhz TX/RX. Also bought the Action PROMAX (FA500S).

When using the Receive_Advanced demo Im getting good results. What do I need to configure to send proper code to the Promax?