Hi everyone,
I am having trouble setting up my 433mhz fireplace using an rfxtrx.
I have got my Somfy blinds, and the TapTile controller in my bathroom working ok, but it doesn’t seem to pickup my fireplace remote control.
I can send and receive commands using RFXmgr on Windows so I’m certain that the rfxtrx is capable.
I have tried setting ‘automatic_add’ for Cover, Senor, Light, and Switch, but still nothing.
Any ideas?
Thanks
James
Hi James,
Did you have any success in getting this to work? I’m in the same position with Somfy blinds working correctly and the gas fire working through RFXMGR but I can’t get Home Assistant to detect the existing remote signals using the same options and also tried binary sensor.
Thanks
Brett
Hi all, we’ve also got an Mertik Maxitrol fireplace and i could receive the signals of the remote with my rfxcom RFXtrx433E transceiver.
Packettype = Thermostat3
subtype = Mertik G6R-H4TB, G6R-H4T5, G6R-H4T, G6R-H4TV21-Z22
Sequence nbr = 10
ID = 0x2B6A3 decimal:177827
Command = On
Signal level = 7 -64dBm
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Packettype = Thermostat3
subtype = Mertik G6R-H4TB, G6R-H4T5, G6R-H4T, G6R-H4TV21-Z22
Sequence nbr = 11
ID = 0x2B6A3 decimal:177827
Command = Up
Signal level = 7 -64dBm
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Packettype = Thermostat3
subtype = Mertik G6R-H4TB, G6R-H4T5, G6R-H4T, G6R-H4TV21-Z22
Sequence nbr = 12
ID = 0x2B6A3 decimal:177827
Command = Down
Signal level = 7 -64dBm
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Packettype = Thermostat3
subtype = Mertik G6R-H4TB, G6R-H4T5, G6R-H4T, G6R-H4TV21-Z22
Sequence nbr = 14
ID = 0x2B6A3 decimal:177827
Command = Off
Signal level = 7 -64dBm
How can i add these signals to Home Assistant?
Thanks,
Dennis
Did somebody got this working? I have the same issue.
I am not sure if the rftrx component currently supports this. Maybe @b_weijenberg or @Danielhiversen can help out to give a hint how the id of this device type need to be structured in HA.
Here an OFF command for a Mertik G6R-H4TB:
Packettype = Thermostat3
subtype = Mertik G6R-H4TB, G6R-H4T5, G6R-H4T, G6R-H4TV21-Z22
Sequence nbr = 3
ID = 0x2B6A3 decimal:177827
Command = Off
When I try with this command as device ID I get the following error on start up of Home Assistant:
2019-01-08 20:57:05 ERROR (Thread-12) [homeassistant.components.rfxtrx] Invalid device: 0842010302B6A30000
Hi there,
In case anyone else is looking for a way to control their fireplace using a Mertik Maxitrol remote, I managed to get this working using OpenMQTTGateway, running on an ESP8266 NodeMCU, with a cheap 433MHz transmitter for sending codes to my fireplace. All for less than $10,
In Home Assistant, I then created two switches. One is for power on/off and the other is for flame up/down. I created buttons for these in the Lovelace UI. All working quite nicely.
- platform: mqtt
name: Fireplace Power
command_topic: "home/OpenMQTTGateway/commands/MQTTto433"
payload_on: '{ "protocol": 31, "delay": 400, "length": 12, "repeat": 150, "value": 1267 }'
payload_off: '{ "protocol": 31, "delay": 400, "length": 12, "repeat": 10, "value": 1271 }'
optimistic: false
retain: false
- platform: mqtt
name: Fireplace Flame
command_topic: "home/OpenMQTTGateway/commands/MQTTto433"
payload_on: '{ "protocol": 31, "delay": 400, "length": 12, "repeat": 10, "value": 1275 }'
payload_off: '{ "protocol": 31, "delay": 400, "length": 12, "repeat": 10, "value": 1277 }'
optimistic: false
retain: false
Hi,
pkozul, Can you share the NodeMCU code?
In version 0.113 of Home Assistant it will be possible to send RfxTrx event codes with the new rfxtrx.send service.
I just tested this in the beta release and this works great.
First capture and test the needed command code for each button of the fireplace remote in the Rfx Manager application. And copy this code so that it can be used in service call.
So I think this topic can be closed soon.
Here is it :
@aerodolphin Due to having to use Ethernet, I am currently controlling our fireplace using ESPHome and an ESP32-POE with 433MHz transmitter.
In case it’s of any help, below is my configuration YAML in ESPHome. As you can see, I have four commands (power on/off, and flame up/down). Each command is defined as a switch (i.e. 433MHz transmitter sends the code to the fireplace), as well as a binary sensor (HA detects when the original remote’s buttons are pressed, and also when the 433MHz transmitter sends the codes). The binary sensors are not really necessary, but I really wanted to make sure I was able to go full circle (due to being a control freak 
).
esphome:
name: esp32_poe_2
platform: ESP32
board: esp32-poe
ethernet:
type: LAN8720
mdc_pin: GPIO23
mdio_pin: GPIO18
clk_mode: GPIO17_OUT
phy_addr: 0
power_pin: GPIO12
logger:
api:
ota:
remote_transmitter:
pin: GPIO32
carrier_duty_percent: 100%
remote_receiver:
pin:
number: GPIO33
inverted: True
mode: INPUT_PULLUP
filter: 200us # default = 10us
idle: 4ms # default = 10ms
binary_sensor:
# Fireplace
- platform: remote_receiver
name: Fireplace On
rc_switch_raw:
code: '1010011110011'
protocol:
pulse_length: 380
sync: [45, 1]
zero: [1, 2]
one: [2, 1]
inverted: true
filters:
- delayed_off: 1000ms
- platform: remote_receiver
name: Fireplace Off
rc_switch_raw:
code: '1010011110111'
protocol:
pulse_length: 380
sync: [45, 1]
zero: [1, 2]
one: [2, 1]
inverted: true
filters:
- delayed_off: 1000ms
- platform: remote_receiver
name: Flame Up
rc_switch_raw:
code: '1010011111011'
protocol:
pulse_length: 380
sync: [45, 1]
zero: [1, 2]
one: [2, 1]
inverted: true
filters:
- delayed_off: 1000ms
- platform: remote_receiver
name: Flame Down
rc_switch_raw:
code: '1010011111101'
protocol:
pulse_length: 380
sync: [45, 1]
zero: [1, 2]
one: [2, 1]
inverted: true
filters:
- delayed_off: 1000ms
switch:
# Fireplace
- platform: template
name: Fireplace
icon: "mdi:fireplace"
optimistic: true
assumed_state: true
turn_on_action:
# - remote_transmitter.transmit_raw:
# carrier_frequency: 433MHz
# code: [ 380, -380, 380, -760, 760, -380, 380, -760, 380, -760, 760, -380, 760, -380, 760, -380, 760, -380, 380, -760, 380, -760, 760, -380, 760, -17200 ]
# repeat:
# times: 120
- remote_transmitter.transmit_rc_switch_raw:
code: '1010011110011'
protocol:
pulse_length: 380
sync: [1, 45]
zero: [1, 2]
one: [2, 1]
repeat:
times: 120
wait_time: 10ms
turn_off_action:
# - remote_transmitter.transmit_raw:
# carrier_frequency: 433MHz
# code: [ 380, -380, 380, -760, 760, -380, 380, -760, 380, -760, 760, -380, 760, -380, 760, -380, 760, -380, 380, -760, 760, -380, 760, -380, 760, -17200 ]
# repeat:
# times: 60
- remote_transmitter.transmit_rc_switch_raw:
code: '1010011110111'
protocol:
pulse_length: 380
sync: [1, 45]
zero: [1, 2]
one: [2, 1]
repeat:
times: 60
wait_time: 10ms
- platform: template
name: Flame
icon: "mdi:fire"
optimistic: true
assumed_state: true
turn_on_action:
# - remote_transmitter.transmit_raw:
# carrier_frequency: 433MHz
# code: [ 380, -380, 380, -760, 760, -380, 380, -760, 380, -760, 760, -380, 760, -380, 760, -380, 760, -380, 380, -380, 380, -760, 760, -380, 760, -17200 ]
# repeat:
# times: 60
- remote_transmitter.transmit_rc_switch_raw:
code: '1010011111011'
protocol:
pulse_length: 380
sync: [1, 45]
zero: [1, 2]
one: [2, 1]
repeat:
times: 60
wait_time: 10ms
turn_off_action:
# - remote_transmitter.transmit_raw:
# carrier_frequency: 433MHz
# code: [ 380, -380, 380, -760, 760, -380, 380, -760, 380, -760, 760, -380, 760, -380, 760, -380, 760, -380, 760, -380, 760, -380, 380, -760, 760, -17200 ]
# repeat:
# times: 60
- remote_transmitter.transmit_rc_switch_raw:
code: '1010011111101'
protocol:
pulse_length: 380
sync: [1, 45]
zero: [1, 2]
one: [2, 1]
repeat:
times: 60
wait_time: 10ms
For testing purposes, I include all of these entities in a Lovelace card:
I have some photos of the hardware in another post (bottom half of the post):
Based on the message from @Marsman, I have successfully added controls for the Mertik G6R-H4T5 to Home Assistant. After capturing the command codes with RFXmgmr, I have added the following code to configuration.yaml:
input_boolean:
haard_switch:
switch:
platform: template
switches:
haard_switch:
value_template: >
{{ is_state('input_boolean.haard_switch', 'on') }}
turn_on:
- service: input_boolean.turn_on
entity_id: input_boolean.haard_switch
- service: rfxtrx.send
data:
event: 0842010C005A0F0177
turn_off:
- service: input_boolean.turn_off
entity_id: input_boolean.haard_switch
- service: rfxtrx.send
data:
event: 08420118005A0F0074
icon_template: >-
{% if is_state('switch.haard_switch', 'on') %}
mdi:fireplace
{% else %}
mdi:fireplace-off
{% endif %}
Hi Corne. Is it possible to supply me all the events from all the buttons. My remote broke and I would like to control my fireplace by home assistant instead of replacing the remote witch is really expensive and I already have a rfxcom. I can pair it as a new remote.
Thanks
Hi Tekno,
I hereby send you my configuration in HA. I have also added the signal information for Up and Down, however I don’t use these buttons. Good luck!
input_boolean:
haard_switch:
switch:
platform: template
switches:
haard_switch:
value_template: >
{{ is_state('input_boolean.haard_switch', 'on') }}
turn_on:
- service: input_boolean.turn_on
entity_id: input_boolean.haard_switch
- service: rfxtrx.send
data:
event: 0842010C005A0F0177
turn_off:
- service: input_boolean.turn_off
entity_id: input_boolean.haard_switch
- service: rfxtrx.send
data:
event: 08420118005A0F0074
icon_template: >-
{% if is_state('switch.haard_switch', 'on') %}
mdi:fireplace
{% else %}
mdi:fireplace-off
{% endif %}
Thanks. I will let you know if it worked.
I just found out that the Mertik Maxitrol has a (expensive) WiFi module that communicates using a serial interface with the gasblock controller (G6R-R4AU). So the WiFi module is nothing more than a protocol convertor.
If someone does have the WiFi module, we could monitor the serial connection and the integration in HA is piece of cake. 
hi is there still someone working on this?? I got the wifi module, but don’t have the knowledge
If you would have the tools to look into the serial connection between the Wifi module and the controller, that would help us out a lot
what tool I need to that?? another thing would it be possible somehow hack the API form the myfire app ??