Because of the huge amount of requests I get for this piece of software I’ve put POL (Plugwise on Linux) back online.
You can find it in the “Downloads” section.
Plugwise on Linux downloads back online
November 5th, 2009
5 Comments
Hi martin.
I was using your software POL.
Do you have an idea how to implement protection against trying to poll a decice that aint active on the network? at the moment it stalls. im using threaded php to take care of it but i want the python to do it instead.
Do you have an idea what to do?
this was the only way i found to contact you.
Br daniel
daromer at gmail dot com
Hi Daniel,
Sorry for the late response.
I will have a look at this tonight, I think it stalls because it get’s no response back from the plugwise stick.
Grtz,
Maarten
Hi Maarten,
should pol0.2 work with current Plugwise hardware? I tried it with the basic set that I have just bought, but it seems that decoding the watts readout does not work. The numbers printed are bogus:
heidi 67_> sudo ./pol.py -p /dev/cuaU0 -w 000D6F0000553542
-1.40799496853e+12
heidi 68_> sudo ./pol.py -p /dev/cuaU0 -w 000D6F0000729B5C
3.69105118485e+25
I guess that something is wrong with decoding the power readout message, but before diving in too deep, I thought I’d ask if you have an idea or theory what the problem could be.
With Plugwise Source, things work fine, so it seems that the hardware is okay. Also, I can switch the plugs on and off using pol.py, so sending to the plugs work. Plug receiption seems to basically work, too, at least I only see the bogus watts readout when using a valid plug ID, otherwise pol.py just hangs.
Any ideas?
Thanks!
Hans
It was developed for the first firmware version, it looks like you are using a newer version. Have a look at the plugwise unleashed articles for more info!
When I try this I just get endless 0000000000C2 back from the stick. The same happens with any command I feed in. Anyone else experiencing problems like this? The kit works ok if I connect it to Windows/Plugwise Source.