Homegear nano CUL 868

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1

Hey there,

I am trying to use a nano CUL 868 to control my MAX components.

I bought the nano CUL from: Nano CUL 868 - smart-home-komponente, installed FW: _culfw V1.67 nanoCUL868

I am using a RasperryPi 3B+, and openhabian.

Pairing of the components fails (seems like no packages received).

max.conf

___________________________________________________________________________

---------------------------------- MAX!  ----------------------------------
___________________________________________________________________________

#######################################
########## General Settings  ##########
#######################################

[General]

moduleEnabled = true

## The MAX! address of Homegear. It is recommended to change this to a random 3 byte hexadecimal
## value starting with 0xFD (e. g. 0xFD43AB). Only change this, when no MAX! devices
## are paired to Homegear as existing pairings will not work anymore!
centralAddress = 0xFD43AB

#######################################
################# CUL #################
#######################################

## The device family this interface is for
[CUL]

## Specify an unique id here to identify this device in Homegear
id = MAX-CUL

## When default is set to "true" Homegear will assign this device
## to new peers.
default = true

## Options: cul, coc, cc1100
deviceType = cul

# device = /dev/ttyACM0
device = /dev/ttyUSB0

## Should be "40" for MAX!
responseDelay = 40

I really need some help to get a glue where I should start digging.

2

Hey Jarvis,

welcome to the forum. Please get us the output of lsusb and ls -la /dev/ttyUSB0.
Thanks.

3

Thanks for the fast reply.

  • lsusb
lsusb 
Bus 001 Device 008: ID 0403:6001 Future Technology Devices International, Ltd FT232 Serial (UART) IC
Bus 001 Device 005: ID 0424:7800 Standard Microsystems Corp. 
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0424:2514 Standard Microsystems Corp. USB 2.0 Hub
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0424:2514 Standard Microsystems Corp. USB 2.0 Hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub

ls -la /dev/ttyUSB0
crw-rw---- 1 root dialout 188, 0 Feb  9 15:57 /dev/ttyUSB0
  • Logs

homegear.log (6.6 KB)
homegear.err (1.2 KB)

4

Hmm… everything looks fine. My guess ist that the radio on the CUL is faulty. Assuming the FTDI (first device in lsusb) is the CUL.

5

That’s correct, the FTDI is the CUL Device.

Is there a way to check the radio without homegear to ensure that the Radio is faulty?

6

Hmm… not that I’m aware of… do not know the CUL, though.

I’m using my self-built SPI Version of the CC1101 CC1101 Raspberry Pi SPI Modul V0.3 | Homegear | Automation | cod.m GmbH Shop

7

I return the CUL, so I am looking for a new one, any suggestions for a CUL that work with RasperryPi, openHAB - Homegear?
The CUL that you send is not available right now :frowning:

8

The directly attached CC1101 is not a CUL. This will only work with homegear as it implements the needed software itself.
If you wan’t to stick to homegear I recommend the CC1101. Let me have a look on monday if I have some left. Should I do that?

I think you can also go with the HM-MOD-RPI-PCB from elv directly. I do not know if you need to change the firmware to get it to run with homegear.

Buware builds a complete professional CUL, but quite expensive:
https://shop.busware.de/index.php/cPath/1_35?osCsid=db73cadf332be3ecbde987c3070cc273