I’m very new to HA. Can figure my way around using it and have everything in my home working on it, but not familiar at all with the back-end and creating integrations etc to the extent that I dont even know where to start.
I have a local automation system that works on RS485. They have now created a hub for third party control. Using this the system can be controller using IP and there are integrations existing for the major front ends such as Control4, Crestron, RTI etc.
I would love to integrate their products into HA if I could or someone else here could help do it. I had asked them for the control protocol and they sent me excerpts that indicated as below
AREA LOAD SCENE
*AR=abcdefghij\r
ab = Unused = 00
cd = Function Number = 0F
ef = Area = 01
gh = Scene = 01
ij = Unused = 00
\r = Delimiter = CR
ad,cd,ef,gh,ij are 2 digit ASCII HEX values
\r = 1 character = CR or hex 0x0D
Size of command = 15 bytes
*AR=000F010100\r
- Sending this command loads all channels assigned to Area 1 to SCENE 1, in all
connected units- Valid Area values are 0x01 [1] to 0x10 [16].
- Valid Scene values are 0x01 [1] to 0x3C [60]
- Dimmers / Relays / Fans already assigned to the given Area all affected by this command.
- Sending this command to the TCP-HUB will evoke a +AR40 response from all
modules- Sending this command to the TCP HUB will evoke a +AR40 response from all modules
- This allows instant channel type & level feedback from MODS in the area
where the scene has been applied.
There are similar instructions for other aspects of the operation too. Would be very grateful if someone could help with this. Thank you!