So far this project has been very interesting. I am learning at every turn! This is great information! Thank You @suva! I took what you had, and tried with my limited python skills to pull it into python directly using a RS485/USB adapter. Also, built an ESPHome UART Sniffer as you describe above. In both cases - essentially, It reads the information you show above!! I am now trying to figure out how to manipulate the data to get the respective bits/bytes/strings out of this information.
This brings me to my next question - although you note, and I can see the f7 05 common data for all, the data streamed from the COM port starts long before I can see those values.
For example: The raw stream looks like this - (I **'d the f7 05 for clarity - it shows up 2x in this example.)
b'\xd8\xbc\x1a\x00\xb0\x02\x00\x00\x00\x00\xa6I\x00\x00\x00\x00\xb9\**xf7\x05PP**\x90"B\x00\x00\x05\x14x0*\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\xaf\x00\x18\x00\x00\x00\x00\xb0\x02\x00\x00\x00\x02\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00\xbb**\xf7\x05P**\x0f\x90*E\x00\x01\x01\x14\x07"\x00x0\x1b\x00\x00\x00\x00\x01\x00\x00\x9f\x1f\x00\x00\xd1\x03Z\n'
Interesting enough - that data stream also shows some weird values like the P or PP next to the 05 among other oddities. I have been able to convert it directly to a hex stream and received the following results which appear more accurate:
0xd8bc1a00b00200000000a64900000000b9f70550509022420000051478302a00000000000000af001800000000b00200000002000000000000bbf705500f902a450001011407220078301b000000000100009f1f0000d1035a0a
It seems like I should be able to slice the hex data stream better than the raw one as it appears more accurate? I am grateful for all the help!
Anyone on Next thoughts on python libraries, or ESPHome coding that helps break this down into a useable format?
I did find this post, but it doesn’t seem “solved”. It links to this post, which talks about custom devices in ESPHome, which currently appears past my abilities. I guess I’m back to the reading and learning phase!