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Tubular Motors: General Discussion / Re: Customer Service In Motor Selection

« Last post by lacoleman on December 08, 2016, 10:44:14 AM »

I fully agree with all, plus Adrian was so tactful in helping when I did the most incredibly boneheaded things.

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Tubular Motors: General Discussion / Setting one motor limit without changing the other limit

« Last post by lacoleman on December 08, 2016, 10:40:28 AM »

In my black-out shade setup for my home theater the travel limits are quite critical. In fact they are critical enough that I usually have to try several times to set the limit properly because the jog shift is too large.  For one of my limits a precision of about 1/4" is necessary whereas the jog shift built into the motor software is several times that. 
     So if I needed to set just one of the limits, I did not want to have to fiddle around with the other one too.  I discovered that you can work with just the one limit that needs changing by doing the following:
   1 - Make sure the shade is already at the limit that you do NOT want to change.
   2 - Go into "limit set" mode as usual
   3 - Without moving the shade, press the CONFIRM button.  The motor will beep as usual.
   4 - Now, set the other limit - the one you wanted to change in the first place - as usual.  When you CONFIRM the new limit, the motor will change out of programming mode as normal.

If I could change the jog shift, I would do that.

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Tubular Motors: General Discussion / Re: Questions about controlling Rollertrol Motors with Vera as of Nov 2016

« Last post by admin on November 03, 2016, 03:39:41 PM »

Hi Spudz, you should certainly flash your firmware to the latest version. Also, the tech support at RFXCOM is really good and they know a lot more about it than me, so it might be a good idea to email them first, in case there is something that would help.

Regards, Adrian

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Tubular Motors: General Discussion / Re: Questions about controlling Rollertrol Motors with Vera as of Nov 2016

« Last post by spudz72 on November 03, 2016, 03:14:31 PM »

One more thing.  I noticed at the bottom it says "Flash the Latest Firmware!"  I wonder if it won't let me do anything with it until I update the firmware and that is why everything is greyed out?  Looking at the RFXmgnr user manual I can see not everything is greyed out like it is with mine. 

See attached screenshot of what it looks like for me..

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Tubular Motors: General Discussion / Re: Questions about controlling Rollertrol Motors with Vera as of Nov 2016

« Last post by spudz72 on November 03, 2016, 02:50:31 PM »

Ok I am back.  I have been doing some research and since I have UI7 on my Vera I see that things are a little different then they were with the UI5 which you wrote the guide for.  So I am having to wrap my head around all this. 

In the meantime I figured just to make sure my RFXcom (not the E version) that I purchased from you directly is working ok from the Windows RFXmgr program to control the rollertrol motor I have setup.  I found this out from the forum thread below that you responded in. 

http://forum.micasaverde.com/index.php/topic,31372.0.html

In that thread the user said he couldn't get all the commands to work in Vera and it was discovered that a firmware flash to his RFXcom was needed.  I am having an issue that when I plug in my RFXCOM to my windows computer and load the RFXmgr app I can connect to the RFXcom just fine but I can't do anything with it?  Everything is greyed out.  I can't click any of the tabs or do anything??? 

Can you tell from the attached message I get when I connect to my RFXcom unit what is the issue?

See below..

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Reset receiver/transceiver
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Get Status
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Packettype        = Interface Message
subtype           = Interface Response
Sequence nbr      = 1
response on cmnd  = Get Status
Transceiver type  = 433.92MHz
Firmware version  = 64
Firmware Type     = Type1
Transmit power    = -18dBm
Hardware version  = 1.0
Undec             off
X10               enabled
ARC               enabled
AC                enabled
HomeEasy EU       enabled
Meiantech         disabled
Oregon Scientific enabled
ATI               disabled
Visonic           disabled
Mertik            disabled
AD                disabled
Hideki            enabled
La Crosse         enabled
FS20/Legrand      disabled
ProGuard          disabled
BlindsT0          disabled
BlindsT1          disabled
AE                disabled
Rubicson          disabled
FineOffset        disabled
Lighting4         disabled
RSL               disabled
Byron SX          disabled
Imagintronix      disabled
KeeLoq            disabled
Home Confort      disabled
RFU2              disabled
RFU3              disabled
RFU4              disabled
RFU5              disabled
RFU6              disabled
RFU7              disabled

------------------------------------------------
Flash the latest firmware!

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Tubular Motors: General Discussion / Re: Questions about controlling Rollertrol Motors with Vera as of Nov 2016

« Last post by spudz72 on November 03, 2016, 12:28:40 PM »

Ok great.  Thanks again!  I will give the RFXTRX a try first since I already have it in my possession!

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Tubular Motors: General Discussion / Re: Questions about controlling Rollertrol Motors with Vera as of Nov 2016

« Last post by admin on November 03, 2016, 12:11:56 PM »

Hi Spudz, definitely the RFXCOM has a higher output, it can reach anywhere in a typical home when centrally located, as can the BroadLink hub.

Regards, Adrian

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Tubular Motors: General Discussion / Re: Questions about controlling Rollertrol Motors with Vera as of Nov 2016

« Last post by spudz72 on November 03, 2016, 12:08:35 PM »

Thanks again for the quick response.  I will look into that.  In the meantime I was thinking about giving the RFXTRX unit a try since I already have it.  However my question/concern about that is that when I use the remote control for the one battery powered shade I have setup currently it will only work inside the room and maybe just outside the room but not very far.  I wonder if it is because the battery is getting low on the remote or that is just only how far the remotes will go?  My concern is my Vera is about another 25ft away from where the battery powered rollertrol shade is in another room.  I am wondering if the RFXTRX has a stronger transmit power then the remote so it would operate the motor that distance when the remote won't?

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Tubular Motors: General Discussion / Re: Questions about controlling Rollertrol Motors with Vera as of Nov 2016

« Last post by admin on November 02, 2016, 09:32:02 PM »

Hi Spudz, I don't know the answer to that, but you could check the Vera forum. I know that there is a bridge that someone has written for it that apparently works with SmartThings:

http://milillicuti.com/an-api-to-connect-your-broadlink-rm-pro-irrf-wifi-bridge-to-your-home-automation-system/

We have several Vera units here, but we found that the Broadlink unit has made them relatively obselete, but we didn't already have a big investment in z-wave, so it may be different for you.

Regards, Adrian

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Tubular Motors: General Discussion / Re: Questions about controlling Rollertrol Motors with Vera as of Nov 2016

« Last post by spudz72 on November 02, 2016, 08:46:05 PM »

Thanks for the fast reply.  I understand the difference in the motors now. 

What I am still confused is does this Broadlink hub have any way to integrate with my Vera hub?  I would like to be able to run scenes on my Vera and have it open and Close the blinds, or just have the blinds show up on my Vera so I can press Open Close or Stop.  Please clarify.  Thanks.