uFC; micro FieldCommander

by **LittleBit** » Sat Jun 20, 2009 1:28 pm

Dear Domotica friends,

I like to point to some IP-gateway modules for basic I/O, called micro FieldCommanders
They are a kind of IPPower modules (although I could not find those modules on this forum in the hardware area, only hidden in de HomeSeer subtopic area).

The uFC series has currently 6 models.
The popular model [url="http://www.cer.nl/download/ufc9051.pdf"]uFC9051[/url] has 12 Dig.Inputs; 2 Dig. Outputs and 2 Counter Inputs.
And I know, people on this forum always want price info, so for them: the uFC9051 is 89 euro end-user excl. VAT, S&H not included.
And we are willing to provide you guys a special discount
and if you are a plugwin writer or are willing to promote these devices on your website, we are even willing to provide samples for free. Just send me a pm for the conditions.

En een link voor een [url="http://www.cer.nl/Pictures/prod/ufc90f.jpg"]plaatje met afmetingindicatie[/url].

With best domotica regards,

by **Alexander** » Sat Jun 20, 2009 3:30 pm

Interesting!

by **Fantic** » Sat Jun 20, 2009 4:27 pm

just a small drawback compared to the IPPower, it only has 2 digital outputs so no simple way of controlling things based on the built-in relais.

Regards, Maarten.
Never let a computer know you're in a hurry.

by **Digit** » Sat Jun 20, 2009 9:59 pm

Looks good. Specs and price info :-)

But being all new, i'd like to know more about how i can 'talk' to the uFC before i buy...?

by **LittleBit** » Sat Jun 20, 2009 11:19 pm

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by fantic
 just a small drawback compared to the IPPower, it only has 2 digital outputs so no simple way of controlling things based on the built-in relais.<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">
Yes, perhaps you prefer the [url="http://www.cer.nl/download/ufc9052.pdf"]ufc9052[/url]model.

With best domotica regards,

by **LittleBit** » Sat Jun 20, 2009 11:23 pm

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by Digit
 Looks good. Specs and price info :-)

But being all new, i'd like to know more about how i can 'talk' to the uFC before i buy...?<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">
ASCII/Modbus over IP.
The enclosed manual-CD informs you about all the protocol details.
A (Win) device manager-tool is extra help to setup 1 or many devices quickly.

With best domotica regards,

by **Digit** » Sun Jun 21, 2009 1:08 am

Your answer tells nothing new; so actually it comes down to: "buy, and you'll have your answer".
I'm eager to find out more, but you're not really helping me this way.

by **Alexander** » Sun Jun 21, 2009 2:04 am

@Robert: they are willing to supply samples.

by **LittleBit** » Sun Jun 21, 2009 1:17 pm

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by Digit
 so actually it comes down to: "buy, and you'll have your answer".
<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">
@Robert Sorry, but the only correct answer I can give is ASCII;Modbus over IP (Modbus/TCP)
and like X10, KNX or IR-RC5 or all those other standards,
to understand the standard, study the books or internet
and for the details, check the manual.

With best domotica regards,

by **Digit** » Mon Jun 22, 2009 9:10 pm

@mgizmo: yeah, i read they are willing to supply samples.

I've sent a PM around the time of my first reply on this topic.
I only had one fair condition: that i was not going to give away my personal opinion in return for a free sample.

I haven't received an answer yet; strange.[?]

by **Bwired** » Mon Sep 28, 2009 1:02 am

Anyone who received a sample IP-gateway modules from Littlebit and likes to share his findings?

<hr noshade size="1">Pieter Knuvers
http://www.bwired.nl Online House in the netherlands. Domotica, Home Automation.

by **Rene** » Mon Sep 28, 2009 8:44 am

I got one. However, due to lack of time I started with it last friday and had some problems. Hopefully today I will have contact with CER to find out what is going wrong. My first impression is that this device is more promissing than IPPower. The form factor is a lot smaller, everything is in one device instead of 3 and it supports the Modbus protocol, a TCP oriented protocol for industrial devices. I will keep you informed the coming weeks.

Rene.

by **Bwired** » Mon Sep 28, 2009 8:48 am

Ok Thanks, keep us posted.

<hr noshade size="1">Pieter Knuvers
http://www.bwired.nl Online House in the netherlands. Domotica, Home Automation.

by **RDNZL** » Mon Sep 28, 2009 11:26 am

I have received one too, long time ago in fact, I have a problem when I trying to open it's embedded webpage with a webbrowser, an CER engineer could reproduce the problem recently and is asking their supplier for a solution for it, will try to get it working with DomotiGa in a short while.

Regards,
Ron.

by **willem-jan** » Thu Jun 30, 2011 12:29 am

I saw this post, but it is already somewhat longer ago....
Is there News on the integration of the uFC905x into the Domotiga application?

Regards,
Willem-Jan