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Autelis Jandy legacy to Pentair Easy Touch
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Originally posted by baudfather View Post
It's currently in beta testing and prone to changes, so not quite ready for prime time, but I've got it working with bi-directional communication for my basic pool setup (Easytouch 4p). Looks very promising, the devs are awesome and eager to fix any bugs since there's a lot of unknown variables between different setups, including changes between years in the the same model of some equipment. Will definitely share a writeup once it's out of beta!
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Originally posted by Miamijerry View Post
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Originally posted by baudfather View Post
That's the standalone plugin, which may or may not continue to be developed; there will be native mqtt within nodejs-poolController though.
Can nodejs-poolController use a ethernet to RS485 adapter? or only a usb to RS485 adapter (Which requires a RPI)
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There is a pretty nice interface from the nodejscontroller into hubitat. I think from hubitat it can be brought into homeseer directly throgh the hubitat elevation plugin. When I get a weekend free I will try and hook this all up. A direct interface for HS would be really nice though, bypassing the hubitat.
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Originally posted by baudfather View Post
It's currently in beta testing and prone to changes, so not quite ready for prime time, but I've got it working with bi-directional communication for my basic pool setup (Easytouch 4p). Looks very promising, the devs are awesome and eager to fix any bugs since there's a lot of unknown variables between different setups, including changes between years in the the same model of some equipment. Will definitely share a writeup once it's out of beta!
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Originally posted by pohoda View PostUpdate: I have finished my pool equipment upgrade from the older Jandy Aqualink RS-8 to the Pentair EasyTouch-8 panel. I attempted to upgrade the Autelis firmware to the Pentair Easytouch/Intellitouch firmware, but it would not allow me to proceed due to a check the updater does. Everything I have read tells me the Pentair and Jandy systems use very similar RS485 communication so I think this is just due to Autelis checking to make sure nobody can update the firmware with anything other than what it was intended to use. With that I had to abandon using the Autelis and have no way to purchase another one since they seem to have gone out of business. I went ahead and purchased the Screenlogic 2 interface and have to say even without Homeseer integration it is worth it just for the ease of programming and controlling the Pentair Easytouch. I just wish there were a way to connect Homeseer to the equipment so I can use full automation. The only thing I have found is an older plugin that does not seem to be maintained anymore called RSEasyTouch. Pretty bummed that a mainstream automation system like Homeseer has no way to interface with this modern Pentair pool controller. I am hoping someone will pick up where the RSEasyTouch author left off as that seems to be the way to go. They seemed to have reverse-engineered most of the RS485 communication to Pentair. I think that is more likely than Autelis ever responding and getting back up and running.
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