r10r / rcswitch-pi

RCSwitch implementation for the Raspberry Pi

NOTE

This repository is currently unmaintained. I recommend you to use or switch to a maintained library instead.

• https://github.com/sui77/rc-switch

About

rcswitch-pi is for controlling rc remote controlled power sockets with the raspberry pi. Kudos to the projects rc-switch and wiringpi. I just adapted the rc-switch code to use the wiringpi library instead of the library provided by the arduino.

Usage

First you have to install the wiringpi library. After that you can compile the example program send by executing make. You may want to changet the used GPIO pin before compilation in the send.cpp source file.

rcswitch-pi's Issues

String constructor

Hello. Thanks for awsome lib!
i have a problem right now. i using message=String("data")+String(123321), and
.send(message);
code:
for(int i=0;i<4;i++){
message = String("BB_")+String(i)+String("_")+String(Sensor[i]);

mySwitch.sendTriState(message);

}

get this error:
no mathching function for call to 'RCSwitch::sendTriSate(String&)'

MORE:
Arduino: 1.5.6-r2 (Windows 8), Board: "Arduino Pro or Pro Mini, ATmega328 (5V, 16 MHz)"

Send_RClib_4_sensors.ino: In function 'void loop()':
Send_RClib_4_sensors:83: error: no matching function for call to 'RCSwitch::sendTriState(String&)'
C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino\libraries\RCSwitch/RCSwitch.h:72: note: candidates are: void RCSwitch::sendTriState(char*)

Please some advice or solution on this.
Thanks

Send raw DATA (eg Pt2272 or equal chips)

Hi, it would be nice if you could add into the switch case
" case 2:
mySwitch.sendTriState(systemCode);
break;
"
and so you can just send a stream like FFFF01FF1111 (8 codes (0,1,F) and eg M4 type 4 pins to switch)
usage is:
"send FFFF01FF1111 0 2"
the 0 is just for the empty unitcode or could be used as the field of the 1-6 pins to swicht as you like to add...

best regards Bernhard

Sleep and Transceiver

I am trying to make deep sleep with arduino, when receiver gets a signal arduino will wake up.
Is it possible? If yes device will be battery powered.
I think receiver will eat all power even arduino sleeps?

Do you have any alternative device or lib suggestion?

There are a lot of tutorials with a transmitter and a receiver - ugly green boards.
Did anyone try Transceiver? Or any alternative with good ranges +100meters ?

http://seeedstudio.com/depot/433Mhz-Wireless-Serial-Transceiver-Module-1-Kilometer-p-1733.html?user_country=

libwiringPi.so: undefined reference to `pthread_join'

First, I installed Raspbian Ubuntu Xenial for Orange Pi Zero.

root@orangepizero:~/WiringOP/rcswitch-pi# cat /etc/armbian-image-release
# PLEASE DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE
BOARD=orangepizero
BOARD_NAME="Orange Pi Zero"
VERSION=5.33.170922
LINUXFAMILY=sun8i
BRANCH=dev
ARCH=arm
IMAGE_TYPE=nightly
BOARD_TYPE=conf
INITRD_ARCH=arm
KERNEL_IMAGE_TYPE=zImage

Next, I installed WiringOP:

git clone https://github.com/zhaolei/WiringOP.git -b h3
cd WiringOP/
sudo bash build

gpio readall
 +-----+-----+----------+------+---+-Orange Pi+---+---+------+---------+-----+--+
 | BCM | wPi |   Name   | Mode | V | Physical | V | Mode | Name     | wPi | BCM |
 +-----+-----+----------+------+---+----++----+---+------+----------+-----+-----+
 |     |     |     3.3v |      |   |  1 || 2  |   |      | 5v       |     |     |
 |  12 |   8 |    SDA.0 | ALT3 | 0 |  3 || 4  |   |      | 5V       |     |     |
 |  11 |   9 |    SCL.0 | ALT3 | 0 |  5 || 6  |   |      | 0v       |     |     |
 |   6 |   7 |   GPIO.7 | ALT3 | 0 |  7 || 8  | 0 | ALT3 | TxD3     | 15  | 13  |
 |     |     |       0v |      |   |  9 || 10 | 0 | ALT3 | RxD3     | 16  | 14  |
 |   1 |   0 |     RxD2 | ALT3 | 0 | 11 || 12 | 0 | ALT3 | GPIO.1   | 1   | 110 |
 |   0 |   2 |     TxD2 | ALT3 | 0 | 13 || 14 |   |      | 0v       |     |     |
 |   3 |   3 |     CTS2 | ALT3 | 0 | 15 || 16 | 0 | ALT3 | GPIO.4   | 4   | 68  |
 |     |     |     3.3v |      |   | 17 || 18 | 0 | ALT3 | GPIO.5   | 5   | 71  |
 |  64 |  12 |     MOSI | ALT4 | 0 | 19 || 20 |   |      | 0v       |     |     |
 |  65 |  13 |     MISO | ALT4 | 0 | 21 || 22 | 0 | ALT3 | RTS2     | 6   | 2   |
 |  66 |  14 |     SCLK | ALT4 | 0 | 23 || 24 | 0 | ALT4 | CE0      | 10  | 67  |
 |     |     |       0v |      |   | 25 || 26 | 0 | ALT3 | GPIO.11  | 11  | 21  |
 |  19 |  30 |    SDA.1 | ALT3 | 0 | 27 || 28 | 0 | ALT3 | SCL.1    | 31  | 18  |
 |   7 |  21 |  GPIO.21 | ALT3 | 0 | 29 || 30 |   |      | 0v       |     |     |
 |   8 |  22 |  GPIO.22 | ALT3 | 0 | 31 || 32 | 0 | ALT3 | RTS1     | 26  | 200 |
 |   9 |  23 |  GPIO.23 | ALT3 | 0 | 33 || 34 |   |      | 0v       |     |     |
 |  10 |  24 |  GPIO.24 | ALT3 | 0 | 35 || 36 | 0 | ALT3 | CTS1     | 27  | 201 |
 |  20 |  25 |  GPIO.25 |  OUT | 1 | 37 || 38 | 0 | ALT3 | TxD1     | 28  | 198 |
 |     |     |       0v |      |   | 39 || 40 | 0 | ALT3 | RxD1     | 29  | 199 |
 +-----+-----+----------+------+---+----++----+---+------+----------+-----+-----+
 | BCM | wPi |   Name   | Mode | V | Physical | V | Mode | Name     | wPi | BCM |
 +-----+-----+----------+------+---+-Orange Pi+---+------+----------+-----+-----+

Then, I tried to install RCSwitch but I am getting:

RCSwitch.cpp:229:74: warning: deprecated conversion from string constant to ‘char*’ [-Wwrite-strings]
g++    -c -o send.o send.cpp
g++   RCSwitch.o send.o -o send -lwiringPi
//usr/local/lib/libwiringPi.so: undefined reference to `pthread_join'
//usr/local/lib/libwiringPi.so: undefined reference to `pthread_create'
//usr/local/lib/libwiringPi.so: undefined reference to `pthread_cancel'
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
Makefile:4: recipe for target 'send' failed
make: *** [send] Error 1

Please add code for power adapters RCS AAA3680-A with self-learning function

Please add code from this device RCS AAA3680-A , It is power adapters with self-learning function

http://forum.arduino.cc/index.php?topic=202556.0
https://github.com/peterand/BATsender

timing could be more accurate

Evaluating the send command I found that actual pulse times are quite consistently about 80 microseconds too long.

The timing can be much improved by a call to piHiPri() which is a function in WiringPi. It raises the scheduling priority of the process resulting in more accurate timing. See the WiringPi example code DelayTest.c

Segmentation fault

When i try to run you're send command, i get a segmentation fault, and nothing has been sent.

Also porting the receiver?

I was wondering if you're planning to port the receiver as well. I build a sender on my own, but haven't got the receiver to work on longer distances. I want to make sure it's not just my code that's causing these problems. I heard that the receiver from the RCswitch library did work with the same device connected to an arduino instead of a Rasberry Pi.

wrong constant in data stream generation

see rpodgorny@837c306 for the fix...

Patch for receiving signals

The RCSwtich.cpp code does not work for receiving signals with Raspberry Pi. However, I tested this patched version successfully: ninjablocks/433Utils@b511510

It would be nice if these changes could be merged back.

wrong return type causing gcc to fail char vs. *char

RCSwitch.cpp.diff
34a35
> char retv = '\0';
196c197
< return '\0';

> return &retv;
232c233
< return '\0';

> return &retv;
241c242
< return '\0';

> return &retv;
269c270
< return '\0';

> return &retv;

Translation of RCSwitch from Arduino to RPi

Hi,

I am using an Arduino to control my lights at home using RCSwitch. I would like know use a Raspberry Pi and I fand this library. I try several times but I didn't find an issue...
For Arduino I use:

Serial.println("Turn ON RCSwitch");
mySwitch.send(1394005,24);
Serial.println("Turn OFF RCSwitch");
mySwitch.send(1394004,24);

I tried:

sudo ./send 1394005 24 1
sudo ./send 1394004 24 0

It doesn't work... Do you have any idea?
Thanks
P0uet

Anyone developing this ?

I am running Ubuntu 16.04 and get a compile error.

make all
g++ -DRPI -c -o ../rc-switch/RCSwitch.o ../rc-switch/RCSwitch.cpp
g++ -DRPI -c -o send.o send.cpp
g++ -DRPI ../rc-switch/RCSwitch.o send.o -o send -lwiringPi
/usr/lib/gcc/arm-linux-gnueabihf/5/../../../../lib/libwiringPi.so: undefined reference to pthread_join' /usr/lib/gcc/arm-linux-gnueabihf/5/../../../../lib/libwiringPi.so: undefined reference topthread_create'
/usr/lib/gcc/arm-linux-gnueabihf/5/../../../../lib/libwiringPi.so: undefined reference to `pthread_cancel'
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
Makefile:8: recipe for target 'send' failed
make: *** [send] Error 1

Anyone have a solution?
Regards,

Raspberry now supported by rcswitch library / This library is outdated

The Raspberry is now supported by the original rcswitch library:

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

This code is outdated, I'd recommend using the rcswitch library instead. It's easier to add new protocols (defined in array instead of several if-then-else statements) there, and the timing seems to be better (my rc outlets switch more reliably).

If possible, please add a note in the readme to redirect people to rcswitch.

GNU LGPL license is missing

Under which license is this source code published?
This project is heavily based on wiring-pi and rc-switch:

• rc-switch: GNU Lesser GPL
• wiring-pi: GNU Lesser GPL

The GNU Lesser GPL could be added: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl.html

Basic documentation in Readme.md

Wouldn't be useful a brief documentation on how to use this tools in the README.md?

Like in https://github.com/ninjablocks/433Utils

WARNING : Deprecated conversion from string constant to char*

When you tried to compile the rcswitch library, it will throw warning message.

This is how to fix it:

https://github.com/r10r/rcswitch-pi/blob/master/RCSwitch.cpp#L194
const char* code[5] = { "FFFF", "0FFF", "F0FF", "FF0F", "FFF0" };

https://github.com/r10r/rcswitch-pi/blob/master/RCSwitch.cpp#L229
const char* code[6] = { "FFFFF", "0FFFF", "F0FFF", "FF0FF", "FFF0F", "FFFF0" };

Source:http://stackoverflow.com/questions/59670/how-to-get-rid-of-deprecated-conversion-from-string-constant-to-char-warnin