JDogg,
I was wondering what brand pump do you have? Would the brand of pump make a difference or is it how the commands are sent the intermatic that make the difference?
@bigpunk6 never asked me for a brand, just asked for the codes as they appeared to run through the ST live log when I set each speed of the pump.
Does the live log show the responses from the device for commands sent?
Yes. Thatâs the link from 4 posts ago.
I called intermatic. It seems like the controller is a z-wave device as well. We may be able to connect the wireless controller to SmartThings and capture the commands, unless is what you were doing? Ir you connecting the control base to SmartThings and capturing that way?
I captured the commands from the wireless device not from the pump itself. Frankly, I donât see a place that would allow for z wave inclusion from the pump.
Update: I took a look at the pump and there is a display but because I connected the unit to the remote the display reads âdisplay not activeâ. I cannot use any buttons on the display as a result dare not exclude the PE653 from the network.
Intermatic made it sound like the wireless device and the base unit where you connect the pump to is also Z-wave.
They are z-wave. There are technically two devices. PE653 is the master device which can control the pump, the heater, salt filtration and the lights.
The PE953 is the z-wave remote control.
Any chance this will also work with the Intermatic PE650 ? Itâs a z-wave transceiver for controlling the P1353ME pool controller. I havenât found anything explicitly for controlling this with ST.
We would have no idea. Only thing to do is to actually try it.
Well I went ahead and bought the PE653/953 setup and have been battling with it for a few days.
I have scoured this thread and checked a few others as well and am stumped. (donât you just hate it when someone posts that?) well Iâm stuck.
I can get the device paired to my ST⌠I have pasted the latest code from both bigpunk6 and mbial as two different device handlers so I could try either one⌠Iâve played with the UI from bigpunk6 with no switch tiles, just shows two sliders and a config and refresh tile (I donât have heaters). Iâve applied the smartapps that have been suggested to gain control of the 5 switches, yet see no UI that lets me access them⌠on mbialâs code I see 5 switch tiles yet they do nothing. I must be doing something basically flawed as others have had some success with this.
When I install and associate âms_w_vts : Multi Switch with Virtual Tiles for Master Switchâ from Cooper Lee to the device I get an âError - bad state- Unable to complete page configurationâ message and canât complete the setup.
What am I missing here?
I have a simple configuration⌠3 single speed pumps, 1 light and two temp sensors (free air and pool water).
I want to be able to click tiles on screen to control the pumps as well as be able to control them from a Light switch app/timer⌠and to be able to turn on/off the pool light. Not as complex as I gather the VSPs can be/are.
Is there simpler path to achieve this?
So nobody had similar issues I gather⌠I must be doing something stupid⌠Iâm not very experienced with the ST when it comes to custom devices⌠but I think Iâve followed the process right⌠where I deviated was someone posted above to create a device with all the right parameters in the IDE first, then change the device type to the one pasted & published from the source code posted here. I instead paired the 653 to my ST and let it decide it was a multi-channel zwave device, etc. then edited the device in the IDE and changed the device type to the new one(s) posted here. Shouldnât that work too?
Then once I have that and I install the smartapp referenced to gain access to the 5 swiches⌠where at that point can I see the access to the switches? Maybe that sounds like a dumb question but I donât see a way to access a UI with switch tiles after I associate the smartapp to the device. HELP
Going from memory I did the following.
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Went to the IDE and created a new Device type PE653 (paste the code into the IDE) and created the device
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Starting with a PE653 that was paired to nothing. I hit the include button on the PE653 and then let ST find a new device.
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After finding a multi-channel device, I headed over to the IDE wherein I edited the device to change the device type to the PE653.
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I then installed the multi-channel smart app and selected the PE653 whereupon 5 devices (switch 1, switch 2 etcâŚ) appeared.
and by âcreated a new Device type PE653â youâre referring to ânew device handlerâ, right?
yeah this is sounding like the process I followed.
and the âmulti-channel smart appâ you installed was which one specifically?
thanks for helping
Please allow me to further explainâŚ
- I imported the code for BigPunkâs device handler and published it âFor Meâ under âMy device handlers.â
- I imported the code for âms_w_vts : Multi Switch with Virtual Tiles for Master Switchâ and published it âFor Meâ under âMy SmartAppsâ.
- I removed the PE653 from the PE953 controller pairing
- I added the PE653 to the ST as a thing.
- In the IDE I edited the new âZ-Wave device Multi-Channelâ device created by this pairing
- I changed the device handler to âIntermatic PE653 Pool Control Systemâ, and renamed the device âPE653â, and saved it. (BigPunkâs device)
- On the ST phone app I added a smartapp from âMy appsâ and selected âMulti Switch with Virtual Tiles for Master Switchâ
- It takes me to setup âChoose the device with multiple switchesâ and I select the âPE653â (my renamed device)
- I then hit the "Assign a name for this virtual tile handler and set it to âPoolâ and hit next
- Itâs asking Template to use and Select switches⌠I hit âTemplate to useâ and select âPE653 - Pool and 4 ACC (1 speed pump)â as I have 3 single speed pumps and a pool light and this sounds like the best option.
- Then I hit select switches and am presented with check boxes for âPool Pumpâ, âSwitch 2â, âSwitch 3â, âSwitch 4â and âSwitch 5â - I check box all but Switch 2 which coincides with my connections, and hit âDoneâ.
- Iâm taken to a blank page that stays blank and has another âDoneâ to press.
- I press Done and get a red error banner that says âError - Bad state. Unable to complete page configurationâ where it now hangs spinning the blue busy circle Fo-Eva.
Anyone? what did I do wrong?
UPDATE:
As I am debugging, I turned on Logging in the IDE while I attempted to configure the smartapp âMulti Switch with Virtual Tiles for Master Switchâ with the PE653 device⌠I noted this error:
fbd093e7-1059-4bf0-9080-351d2ad617da 1:31:31 PM: error physicalgraph.app.exception.UnknownDeviceTypeException: Device type âvTile_msâ in namespace âms_w_vtsâ not found. @ line 171
perhaps this is why I get the error in the app and canât complete the setup?
Im curious to know⌠the âMulti Switch with Virtual Tiles for Master Switchâ is that the code created by @cooperglee or someone else?
Yep⌠Cooper Leeâs code. Wish I could read groovy better but line 171 shows: def addedvt = addChildDevice(âms_w_vtsâ, âvTile_msâ, ddni(vt), null, [name:vt, label:label, completedSetup: true])
and I donât know the argument definitions for an âaddChildDeviceâ to figure out whatâs going south.
Thanks, @unclegeek for listing all your steps. Iâve been following this thread closely for 18 months, when I purchased the PE653/953 and way before I actually had ST. Time and fear have held me back. Time is becoming available; now about the fearâŚ
As I understand it, the remote is connected to the PE653 by Z-Wave. So my concern is when I start monkeying with pairing the PE653 to ST, Iâll not be able to recover remote functionality. Irrational fear? Does the remote then stay paired directly to the PE653 controller or does it continue to control via ST, i.e. pair as just another Z-Wave device.
If I may ask (a little more specific) I installed his code almost 1.5 years ago. Do you have the date of the code as I am trying to see whether you have a modified version of the code that may be giving you problems.