Xanura PMIX35 Controller Analyzer

Post by **MindBender** » Fri May 16, 2008 12:44 pm

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by Erwin
 There is a Linux driver/module from at least kernel version 2.6.23.
So installing the driver and use the CP2101 as a serial device will work.

You only have to write a multi-port serial driver.<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">
I didn't know the PMIX35 USB interface is CP2101-based, but this does make things under Linux a lot easier.
I know the Linux kernel already offers CP2101 support, but I'm not really sure what you mean with 'writing a multi-port serial driver'. Can you please elaborate? Because as far as I know, plugging in the PMIX35 will cause the Kernel to spawn a /dev/ttyUSBx device, which behaves like a regular serial port with a CTX35 attached.

Post by **MindBender** » Fri May 16, 2008 12:50 pm

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by Bwired
 ...Echter heeft de PMIX35 een extra set commando's waarmee je de status van het signaal en de kwaliteit van het lichtnet kan meten...<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">
Weet je misschien wat meer over deze extra commando's? Een specificatie zou helemaal geweldig zijn... Of wordt het weer gewoon ouderwets reverse-engineren?

Post by **MindBender** » Fri May 16, 2008 1:05 pm

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by lennart
 ...Het programmeren van modules is nu helemaal een eitje geworden...<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">
I have written a little program that does more-or-less the same, with about the same user-interface, using a CM11. The program still needs some work; It's still hard-coded on COM2 and the diagnose information I originally intended isn't available yet. But it does what I needed it to do: Programming modules. So I stopped developing it any further (Linux style

.
If anybody is interested, drop me a message and I will supply you with the source code.

Post by **Bwired** » Fri May 16, 2008 5:14 pm

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by MindBender
 <blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by Bwired
 ...Echter heeft de PMIX35 een extra set commando's waarmee je de status van het signaal en de kwaliteit van het lichtnet kan meten...<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">
Weet je misschien wat meer over deze extra commando's? Een specificatie zou helemaal geweldig zijn... Of wordt het weer gewoon ouderwets reverse-engineren?
<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">Here is the Xanura PIMX35 manual where the new protocol is described. there is a extra set of commands available.
http://www.domoticaforum.eu/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=6

Post by **Lennart** » Fri May 16, 2008 5:18 pm

So we're switching to English again, hey?

The PMIX35 manual contains the specifications of the PMIX35 communication format, including the new commands; this should be enough to make your own driver including the new features.

Lennart

[edit: Pieter was faster

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Post by **kluswas** » Sat Jul 12, 2008 4:40 pm

Goede middag,

Ik heb de pmix van xanura gister binnen gekregen, helaas is de cd die er bij zit beschadigd, het lijkt me dat er niet veel op kan staan. Is er een site behalve die van xanura (want die ligt eruit) waar de software te downloaden is, of is er iemand die mij de software op mijn ftp server wil zetten, dan kan ik van het weekend al wat spelen.

gr

Post by **Ruud** » Sat Jul 12, 2008 7:18 pm

Kan je met deze PMIX35 ook marmitek en s10 modules programmeren?
En is het makkelijk ( x10 beginners) te installeren in homeseer?

Post by **kluswas** » Sun Jul 13, 2008 11:24 am

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by MindBender
 Als welke USB-Class gedraagt de PMIX35 zich? Als een USB seriele poort, of heeft hij zijn eigen USB-Class?
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Geen idee, er zit een losse usb stekker aan en als ik hem in de laptop stop dan zegt windows dat het een cp2102 usb to uart bridge controller is.

Post by **MindBender** » Sun Jul 13, 2008 1:58 pm

Guys, can you please keep this topic English? Your questions on the PMIX35 interface is already answered above and in may other topics: After installing the driver, it will show as an extra serial port. Through this serial port it can be controlled using the same protocol as used by the CTX35, with a couple of extensions for the analyzer function.

If you know the Xanura equivalent of the Marmitek device you are using, you can program it through the software by selecting the Xanura equivalent type number. Please note that not all Marmitek modules have Xanura equivalents. Especially the cheaper one-way modules and the single-wire modules don't have a Xanura counter part.

Post by **thewall** » Thu Sep 24, 2009 10:10 pm

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by MindBender
 <blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by lennart
 ...Het programmeren van modules is nu helemaal een eitje geworden...<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">
I have written a little program that does more-or-less the same, with about the same user-interface, using a CM11. The program still needs some work; It's still hard-coded on COM2 and the diagnose information I originally intended isn't available yet. But it does what I needed it to do: Programming modules. So I stopped developing it any further (Linux style

.
If anybody is interested, drop me a message and I will supply you with the source code.
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Mindbender,
yes I'm interested in your code, or put more specific, I'm interested in the comunication between my Linux system and the PMIX35. I see the PMIX35 as /dev/ttyUSB0 and I'm trying to just send some strings to it with the echo-command. From the PMIX35 Manual I found that it should look like

$>9000{bericht}cs#

but what makes it work (or don't work in my case) is the proper use of spaces, brackets, double quotes or other characters. Should the message placed between double quotes, or between brackets. etc. A hint here would help. Perhaps your code can shine some light on this matter.

Thanks, Frank