Post by ubergeekseven on Feb 24, 2015 12:48:43 GMT
Yesterday I purchased a Kidde co and smoke alarm that connects to the wink hub. I took it apart and can see that there is a serial port that could be attached. I used the wink app to add the device, and the output in the wink app gives the status of the alarm and the battery health. There is also a log that is kept to say what it has done recently, like testing the alarm. Well, that is actually the only info I looked at. It probably also records any time that it goes off.
I then went in to the file system of the wink to try and find any information that could be handed off to the app. I didn't find anything in plain text. There are 2 commands that I found, only one of which I could execute. I am at work right now, so I dont have access to the file system until later today. The command that does work is the "kiddetest" command. if you run kiddetest, it will give you a command syntax example and if you run that example, you will get a health report of the PIC chip on the wink. I believe that the device is ttySP3. I gave up after several hours of trying to use the sdk command that is in the sdk folder under tools. I cant get it to work, but within that shell script, it has several entries that seem like it would give the data needed to display the status in the openhab interface. Since the Kidde radio is ttySP3, doesn't that mean that we could read the data being transferred back and forth? If so, how? I am stuck at this point.
Seriously, if anyone wants to help with this, it could add another layer of features for a minimal cost. The devices themselves are only $50 each. and considering that the non smart versions are similarly priced, we might as well get this working.
I am willing to donate one of mine to someone that could do this. I have one to donate, and if you live in the US I will ship it to you. I really want this added to openhab and the wink is the only device with the radio in it.
any volunteers?
I then went in to the file system of the wink to try and find any information that could be handed off to the app. I didn't find anything in plain text. There are 2 commands that I found, only one of which I could execute. I am at work right now, so I dont have access to the file system until later today. The command that does work is the "kiddetest" command. if you run kiddetest, it will give you a command syntax example and if you run that example, you will get a health report of the PIC chip on the wink. I believe that the device is ttySP3. I gave up after several hours of trying to use the sdk command that is in the sdk folder under tools. I cant get it to work, but within that shell script, it has several entries that seem like it would give the data needed to display the status in the openhab interface. Since the Kidde radio is ttySP3, doesn't that mean that we could read the data being transferred back and forth? If so, how? I am stuck at this point.
Seriously, if anyone wants to help with this, it could add another layer of features for a minimal cost. The devices themselves are only $50 each. and considering that the non smart versions are similarly priced, we might as well get this working.
I am willing to donate one of mine to someone that could do this. I have one to donate, and if you live in the US I will ship it to you. I really want this added to openhab and the wink is the only device with the radio in it.
any volunteers?