C-BUS connected to the outside world! Huge Win

[philipi]

Hi,

With the help of the UltraM1G plug-in and a Ness C-Bus Interface Module that physically connects the ELK to the C-BUS network Homeseer is now able to see and control all of the lighting devices on the C-BUS network !

As anyone with a C-BUS network knows connecting to the outside world is a challenge.

I've been running this for a few days without any major problems.

I'm continuing to run all of my logic programming on the C-BUS network and will use Homeseer to connect to external resources.

I tried getting this to work about 6 months ago with little success, the key is to ensure you have the latest FW running on the Ness C-Bus Interface Module.

I'm now able to control C-BUS lighting with an Echo.

Reach out with questions.

-Philip

[jaenschw]

Hi Philip,

Thanks for sharing, excellent news!

I have the exact same setup as you and I'm going through the same process of getting my c-bus lights controlled by Alexa via the M1. Can I ask how you got the latest firmware for the Ness M1 c-bus interface module (board)? I want to update the FW in my board but not sure where to download the latest FW from?

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Regards,

Warwick

[philipi]

Speak to Ness

[jaenschw]

Thanks, will do!

[jaenschw]

All working now, Alexa is controlling my c-bus lights via the M1.

Thanks for your help Philip.

[mminehan]

Sorry to dig up an old thread. Hopefully you guys are still subscribed.

Is you Ness/C-Bus system working perfectly? I'm still getting the checksum errors (from the UltraM1G plugin), occasionally resulting in a light not turning on or the like.

I have done a bit of reading on the c-bus forums and it seems that other people have a few problems with the NESS/ELK M1 talking to the CBus board. Works 99% of the time but a few errors now and again.

I am thinking it's not actually a problem with the plugin. More a problem with the NESS hardware.

Keen to hear what you think?

Marty