Comments on: Plugwise on Linux downloads back online

By: Bastiaan

Bastiaan — Sun, 11 Sep 2011 18:39:38 +0000

Hi,

Do you have a manual about installing the POL ?

Regards,

Bastiaan

By: Rob

Rob — Sun, 17 Jul 2011 15:54:21 +0000

Hi,

Does anyone know or have some instructions or guides on how to get the Plugwise stick setup on Linux.

I want to use it on Ubuntu and my goal is to write an application on top of the source to control the circles. If anyone could point me in the write direction it would be much appreciated.

Cheers,

Rob

By: Luc

Luc — Mon, 06 Jun 2011 13:31:48 +0000

Hello Maarten,

I am using your scripts “pol” and it works perfectly (also with the fix to get the consumption).
Also, would you know the command to get the list of device on the network ?

Thanks for your work,
Regards,
Luc

By: Cyril Bouthors

Cyril Bouthors — Tue, 03 May 2011 10:41:00 +0000

Tests with other wattmeters made me come to the conclusion that changing:
return self.pulseToWatt(corrected)
to:
return resultint * 2

in GetPowerInfo() seems to display correct values with latest firmwares.

HIH

By: Linux en Plugwise « roheve

Linux en Plugwise « roheve — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 13:41:28 +0000

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By: daniel

daniel — Thu, 25 Nov 2010 01:59:48 +0000

Hi Again,

Jerry does yours work on the newest sticks then?

Is it possible to get that code? :)

I would love to extend my network but i dont have time to code something that works with the new firmware and would be more then happy to get hold of such an software!

Can you please mail me if so? daromer at gmail dot com

Br
Daniel

By: Jerry

Jerry — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 08:18:15 +0000

Hi Maarten,

I just bought a Plugwise set and found POL working except the Watts displayed are strange numbers.
With your information (and some more from http://plugwiselib.codeplex.com) I was able to write a working Linux stick C++ interface (polling power status and switching). My impressions are that seemingly the Plugwise system works for just about 7m distance plus one wall between devices and that polling shouldn’t be done too often, otherwise the network goes down (here the pairing code from http://github.com/hackstuces/PlugwiseOnLinux could help, not tested).

Thank you for your good work!

Jerry

By: Olli

Olli — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 13:15:33 +0000

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.

By: Maarten

Maarten — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 19:06:53 +0000

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!

By: Hans Hübner

Hans Hübner — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 15:19:37 +0000

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