Description:

Connect RF remotes, switches, security sensors and environmental sensors to Homeseer.

Control cheap RF lamp and appliance modules and electrical curtains with the RFXCOM transmitter.

Software security panel.

Supported by RFXCHARTS for environmental sensors, body weight and electricity/gas/water usage charting.

Click on the links for the complete list of supported Oregon Scientific sensors and the plug-in possibilities.

Up to 8 RF receiver interfaces and 4 RF transmitters can be connected using an USB, LAN or WLAN interface to the PC.

Each receiver interface can hold 2 receivers, for example a receiver for 433.92 X10/Oregon and a receiver for 868.95 Visonic .

The USB interface is for local use only. The LAN/WLAN interfaces can be used for local and remote (via Internet) monitoring and control.

Receive RF sensors with the RFXCOM RF receivers:

The plug-in processes the received RF data from a lot of wireless RF sensors and RF remotes. Those can be for example:

- HomeEasy, NEXA and KlikAan-KlikUit with automatic code system.
- X10 security sensors and remotes,

- X10 lighting sensors and remotes,

- Digimax,

- RFXSensor for temperature, humidity, barometric pressure,

- RFXPower for electricity usage metering,

- RFXMeter with RFXPwr and RFXPulse for electricity/gas/water metering,

- Visonic security sensors and keyfobs,

- KlikAanKlikUit/DomiaLite/NEXA/Proove/BBSB/ELRO AB600/Intertechno/Düwi (chime, remotes, wall switches),

- ATI Remote Wonder.

- Oregon Scientific sensors and body weight monitors.

Message Panels:

The plug-in has a build-in I/O Message Panel, Sensor Message Panel and  Security Message Panel. These panels display warning and error conditions like battery empty, alarm messages from the alarm panel, High/Low alarm or warning messages from environmental sensors.

The displayed message can be send in an SMS Text Message or email.

Synchronize with X10 alarm panel:

The arm/disarm status of this software alarm panel can be transmitted in RF to synchronize an X10 (SC9000) alarm panel.

Options for security sensors:

- button to temporarily disable the sensor (if the sensor is in error or battery empty)

- delayed sensor (to enter or leave the house if the panel is armed)

- "away only" sensor (mainly used to disable motion sensors if armed-home)

- active sensor (if not set a sensor can be used for non-security purposes for example on the postbox)

Control RF devices with the RFXCOM RFXmitter RF transmitter:

The plug-in can control electrical curtains and different types of RF lamp/appliance modules.

- X10 lighting,

- Arm/Disarm X10 alarm panels like SC9000,

- KlikAanKlikUit/DomiaLite/NEXA/Proove/BBSB/ELRO AB600/Intertechno

- HomeEasy UK/EU, Chacon, Düwi,

- Harrison electrical curtains.

Homeseer status page:

Click here for a configuration example with KlikAanKlikUit, On/Off and dimmable HomeEasy UK modules, a Harrison electrical curtain, Oregon Scientific sensors and body weight scale, RFXSensor, RFXMeter for power usage and gas metering, build-in Alarm panel with status and display, alarm sensors, for the postbox a security sensor but not part of the alarm system and a manually disabled security sensor “Test”.

Configuration web page:

RFXCOM web configuration page to configure the receivers, transmitter, input sensors, security sensors and RF output devices.

RFXCHARTS graphical chart web pages:

This charting software is created by Paul Huddlestone and is available for free at RFX Charts.

Examples for graphical chart web pages: (for DIY use, normally use RFXCHARTS)

RFXUtility - To display charts of power, gas and water usage,

RFXSensor - To display charts of RFXSensor measured values,

RFXWeather - To display charts of Oregon Scientific weather sensors,

RFXWeight - To display charts of body weights.

Two vb script files are supplied to store data in the RFXCOM MS-Access database for use in these example charts.

- RFXCOM2.vb must run once every hour and samples the data from input sensors that you have selected in the configuration.

- RFXWeight.vb can be used to sample body weight from the Oregon Body Weight Monitor

Scripts:

Example scripts are supplied to send an SMS Text Message on an Security System Alarm or a Sensor Alert or Warning Message.

Requirements:

- HomeSeer 2.3.0.55 or later.

- Microsoft .NET Frameworks

Microsoft .NET Framework Version 1.1 Redistributable Package

Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1 Service Pack 1

Microsoft .NET Framework Version 2.0 Redistributable Package (x86)

Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 Service Pack 1 (x86)

For best performance:

- 310MHz X10 receiver firmware version 35 or up,

- 433.92MHz X10-Oregon receiver firmware version 2A or up,

- The receivers for Visonic sensors firmware version 8F or up.

- 433.92MHz RFXmitter firmware version 43

VERSION HISTORY:

Release Version 14.0.0.56  February 22, 2010
NEW OR CHANGED:

Device options added for RFXCOM Devices.

House Code redirect for X10 RF devices changed from A-P to A-Z.

Device code offset added for X10 RF devices.

Check on Unlock code done in the SetAlarmPanel function. (change your scripts if you use this function)

Security sensor battery sensors added.

CORRECTIONS:

RTS10 device corrected when a device code > 9 was used.

CM119 Total Power display corrected.

Sometimes the Daily Virtual Sensors are not set at midnight.

Linked sensor update corrected.

Release Version 14.0.0.44  November 22, 2009
NEW OR CHANGED:

TCP/IP interface added. (No more need for CPR and allows 64 bit)
Support for the RFXio Digital I/O interfaces added
Multi language support
Electrisave/CM113 battery sensor added
AW129/AW131 BBQ devices added
ROBOCAM / X10 NINJA added
AC CHIME and HE EU CHIME added
Alarm Panel Status - AlarmPend added
Location2 added
New Debug options added
Message panel names changed
Stop Panic added to the alarm panel control
Standard Homeseer configuration pages for RFXCOM devices are redirected
Input Device Battery low message displayed in the Sensor Messages Panel (but only if Hide battery sensors dynamically selected)
Configuration Options added in config page for Output devices
SetAlarmPanelState function renamed to SetAlarmPanel
Panic and Alarm added to SetAlarmPanel function
On/Off commands repeatedly transmitted every 4 minutes for the HE HEATER device
House Codes loaded from HS database instead of hspi_RFXCOM.ini
Battery change date field added to Input and Security sensors
Waveman support added

Security sensor battery low status indicated
Documentation split into a User Guide and a Programmers Guide

CORRECTIONS:

WGR800 battery is type L instead of P
UVN800 corrected
set/reset time of Virtual sensors optimized
CM119 overflow problem solved
RTGR328N weekday corrected

IMPORTANT NOTES:

This versions requires Homeseer 2.3.0.55 or up.
Delete and re-add the WGR800 battery sensor.
LIGHT MODULE,X10 APPLIANCE,APPLIANCE MODULE device types are no longer used and have to be renamed.
Message panel names are changed (check for usage in scripts).
SetAlarmPanelState function renamed to SetAlarmPanel (check for usage in scripts).
The compiled RFXCOM charts are removed from version 14. The uncompiled RFXCOM charts are still available in the html\RFXUSER directory. The advise is to use the RFXCharts http://www.jphuddlestone.co.uk/rfxcharts/rfxcharts1.htm.

The RFXCOM User Guide and the RFXCOM Programmers Guide are available in the Homeseer Docs\RFXCOM directory.

Release Version 13.0.0.6  March 28, 2009
NEW OR CHANGED:
Support for the new transmitter "RFXmitter".  With this RFXmitter the plug-in supports also KAKU Chime, HomeEasy EU, Ikea Koppla and Flamingo.
Support for up to 8 RFXCOM receivers added
All security keyfob buttons will always trigger an event
24bits Digimax added
Receiving of HomeEasy EU supported
RFXMeter needs 2 packets. Lowers the risk on receiving false values due to disturbed packets.
Day timer produces 2 timeouts. The 1st at 23Hr then at 30 sec past midnight. (special for VM systems)
OWL CM119 Total Power and Instant Power use now Wh. (Set Dividy By 1000 and kWh in the config)
Curtain status changed to Opened and icon open.gif renamed to opened.gif
For door open the open.gif icon added
Humidity limited between 0 and 100
BTHR918, BTHR918N, BTHR968 battery sensor changed from P to L
Calibration for wind direction added

CORRECTIONS:
Visonic sensor decoding corrected. Some sensors where not detected.
RFXSensor A/D sensor corrected

OWL Total Power value was not displayed.

IMPORTANT NOTES:
Set Dividy By 1000 and kWh in the config for the OWL CM119 devices.

Delete the P battery sensors for BTHR918, BTHR918N and BTHR968 and add the L sensors.

Select RFXmitter in the RF interfaces tab only if an RFXmitter is used!

Modify - Save CURTAIN devices to get the new Opened icon visible.

Release Version 12.0.0.33  March 5, 2009
NEW OR CHANGED:
Daily Power Usage device added for the OWL CM119 Total Power Usage sensor
Daily Rain Rate High device added
Daily Wind Gust High device added

CORRECTIONS:
Adding the 1st sensor was sometimes not possible. The new house code requested to Homeseer for the 1st Input, Security or Virtual device was not accepted by the plug-in.
Daily RFXMeter sensors corrected.
Display of alarm/warning corrected.

IMPORTANT NOTES:
The text display for Rain Rate sensor has been changed. Modify the rain rate sensor and add /Hr to the suffix so that it will be mm/Hr or inch/Hr.

Release Version 12.0.0.29  February 25, 2009
NEW OR CHANGED:
HomeEasy and KlikAanKlikUit Group commands supported,
Additional debug information added to the receive software module.

CORRECTIONS:
Errors on configuration pages solved,
Rain Total sensor was not updated if no Daily Rain sensor was configured.

IMPORTANT NOTES:
In the previous release there was no difference in an On/Off or a Group On/Off command for HomeEasy and KlikAanKlikUit remotes.
The Group command will now create another device code. This will need a modify of some remotes. If you have such a remote, for example the HE301, you must assign the new code to this remote. Press a button on the remote and Modify the remote on the Input dev. configuration page.

Release Version 12.0.0.27  February 23, 2009
NEW OR CHANGED:

Receivers and Transmitters are only initialized using the Save button on the RF Interfaces tab,
Call to RFXCharts V2 when a sensor is added or deleted.
ATI, ATIplus and RF remote will now produce a value change event on every received command,
DRAI virtual daily rain fall sensor added.
 

CORRECTIONS:
Program corrections to solve receiver disconnects,
ATIplus receiving corrected.

Release Version 12.0.0.23  February 17, 2009

NEW OR CHANGED:
Virtual devices added for:
• Wind Chill device,
• Heat Index device,
• Dew Point device,
• Barometric sensor at sea level,
• Instant Power device,
• Instant Gas device,
• Instant Water device,
• Daily Power Usage device,
• Daily Gas Usage device,
• Daily Water Usage device,
• Daily Humidity High device,
• Daily Humidity Low device,
• Daily Temperature High device,
• Daily Temperature Low device,

Door/Window sensors have configurable status strings
Digimax set icons added
RFXSensor Supply Voltage processed as battery sensor
Sensor text for: English, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, Norwegian, Spanish, Swedish
Call to RFXCHARTS 2 plugin for device update after Modify device
X10 lighting packets received from an X10 repeater supported.
Selection to use On/Off or Values for HomeEasy remotes and switches
Optional Panic button in Alarm Control Panel
Receiver and transmitter are now always fully initialized during startup

CORRECTIONS:
AW131 temperature above 100C corrected
Missing tf32.gif solved
Delete Output Device corrected
RTGR328 detection corrected
Battery low icon display corrected
PCR800 battery type changed from L to P
HE dim to zero corrected

IMPORTANT NOTES:
Before you restart Homeseer and you have added, deleted or modified a device be sure that Homeseer is running for at least 5 minutes!
If you restart Homeseer within 5 minutes after Homeseer was started the HS database will not be saved!
If your receiver has an older firmware version it cannot support the newer protocols like ATI and AC.
In case of an old receiver set ALL RF protocols to enabled otherwise the receiver will be disconnected and you will get an error message like this: RFXCOM (DeActivateReceiver) Error: receiver> #1 didn't respond correctly to the init cmd.
Or order a receiver firmware upgrade. (only possible if your receiver has firmware level 9 or up).

If you have a battery sensor configured for a PCR800 delete this one and create a new one.
If you have changed the selection to display the Panic button (on the Security config tab) you must delete the Alarm Control Panel (security device 4) and restart Homeseer. This will create a new Alarm Control Panel with the Panic Button available.
If you have HomeEasy sensors or remotes with Automatic Code you can now configure (on the Input sensor config tab) if they have to use values or an On/Off/Dim status. If you select the On/Off/Dim status option you will need to configure one device per device button of a HE100 remote.
 

Release Version 11.0.0.6  December 30, 2008
NEW OR CHANGED:
OWL CM119 added
THWR800 added
RTS10 added.
WTGR800: a battery sensor added and one corrected
Values are now also displayed in the HE Remote devicestring
Barometric calibration value with decimals
Curtain has now Open/Close buttons and Open/Closed status
Icons added for curtain and security
Transmitter number is now stored in the hspi_RFXCOM.ini file instead of Location2
Multiple devices on/off supported
The RFXCOM.mdb,RFX_SecLog.mdb and RFX_Chart.ini are also updated when the device code for an Input or Sec Device is changed in the plug-in.
The “Alarm Panel Control - Arm-Away” button works as delayed button.
Radio buttons used on the configuration pages.
 

CORRECTIONS:

Save of a Homeseer configuration page is now correctly processed.
Display of warning/alarm and battery low messages corrected
When using multiple receivers all receivers could stop when a receiver was disconnected.

IMPORTANT NOTES:
Delete - Add CURTAIN devices to get the Open / Close button available. And change On to Closed and Off to Open in all Events where you switched the curtain.
Location2 is no longer used to store the transmitter number and these field can be modified to what you like.
The OWL CM119 needs a special receiver version.
The RTS10 / TLX1206 is in fact a universal RF receiver with an Open/Close contact. This receiver has a build in power supply. The plug-in transmits every 4 minutes the status to the RTS10 to know more sure that an RF signal switches the RTS10 to the correct state. To control the RTS10 the transmitter needs to have firmware version 15!
If you have a battery sensor(s) configured for the WTGR800, Remove the battery sensor(s) of this device and Add the WIND1[xxx]L or TH5[xxx]L battery sensor. Only one battery sensor needs to be configured for the WIND1 or the TH5 sensor as they are the same.

If the RTS10 is used for heater control you can do this:
• Create a “set temperature” device,
• Create a value change event on a DIGIMAX set temperature device that copies the value to the “set temperature” device,
• Set a value change event on a temperature sensor (can be any sensor but of course also the Digimax temperature) and run a script that compares the temperature value with the set temperature and switch the RTS10 device On if the temperature is lower than the value of the “set temperature” device and switch the RTS10 device Off if the temperature is higher than the value of the “set temperature” device.
• You are now also able to set the value on “set temperature” device remotely and control your heating from remote.
 

Release Version 10.0.0.11  November 18, 2008
NEW OR CHANGED:

DIMMER output device deleted.
X10 DIMMER and X10 APPLIANCE output devices added.
Alarm Panel Unlock device added.
Alarm Panel Control buttons will now always set a status change.
SecUnlock script function added.
SetSensor script function added.
HomeEasy HE105 heater support added.
Security keyfobs will always trigger the alarm panel.
X10 REMOTE and ATI remote values are set.
US X10 remotes transmitting 33 bits are now also processed.
 

CORRECTIONS:

Improved X10 RF support.

IMPORTANT NOTES:
The security Device Code 5 must be free before the Alarm Panel Unlock device becomes available. If you have currently a security device 5 assign a new device code to this device.
The X10 DIMMER needs transmitter version 14.
X10 APPLIANCE and X10 DIMMER can be fast controlled by sending an X10 All Units Off to an output device. All units with the same house code will switch off then at once.
X10 DIMMER modules with the same house code are switched on at once when an X10 All Lights On is send to an output device.
The APPLIANCE modules (KlikAanKlikUit,DomiaLite,BBSB,NEXA,Proove) with the same house code are switched off one by one when you send an All Units Off.
 

Release Version 9.0.0.1  July 20, 2008
NEW OR CHANGED:

Security Sensor extended address option added.
"Ready Home" status added to Security Status Panel
Temperature icons 121 to 150 added.
UV max scales changed from 12 to 25.
 

CORRECTIONS:

Guests can not access the RFXCOM config pages.

IMPORTANT NOTES:

Security sensors can now use an extended sensor address.
This can be configured on the Security configuration tab.
Important: All Security sensors need to be modified after changing the selection.
The big advantage of this feature is that the risk on duplicate sensor addresses is very much lowered by using the extended address.
The Ready Home status indicates that the system is ready to arm-home. If any sensor that is configured as "used in arm-away only" has an alert status the Ready Home status is indicated. If a sensor that is used in arm-home has an alert status the Not Ready status is indicated. If no sensor has an alarm status then Ready is indicated. Only non-delayed DWS (door/window) sensors are checked for this status.

 

Release Version 8.0.0.2  July 8, 2008
NEW OR CHANGED:
Alarm Panel State, Alarm Panel Status and Alarm Panel Display devices have been changed.
Alarm Panel Control device added.
!! If you have a Security Sensor using Device Code 4 then assign a new Device Code to it.
Security devices display starts at 5 (4 is Alarm Panel Control)
.. After a restart of HS the Alarm Panel Control device will be created.
Name of function SetAlarmPanel is changed to SetAlarmMessagePanel.
Name of function SetSensorPanel is changed to SetSensorMessagePanel.
Function SetAlarmPanelState(ByVal seccmd As Integer) As Integer added.
Selection for Security Sensor logging to database added.
A non-delayed DWS sets the alarm panel status Ready/ Not Ready on a status change.
The Alarm Status Panel and the Alarm State Panel values can not be changed by an action anymore. An exception is Disarmed for the Alarm Panel State. Use the Sub SetAlarmPanelState(ByVal seccmd As Integer) instead.
Text in Alarm Panel Status changed:
- Normal to Ready.
- Alarm Pending to Arm Pending.
MCT425 added to device type.
 

CORRECTIONS:

Normal-Delayed sensor status is also checked when arming the alarm panel.
Security sensor battery low panel message corrected.
Sensor values always displayed with decimals.
html links for configuration pages corrected.
Wrong chart number was set when modifying an input sensor.
New Security sensor now set by default as Active.

IMPORTANT NOTES:

Move Security Device 4 before installing this version.

Release Version 7.0.0.5  June 16, 2008
NEW OR CHANGED:

Up to 4 transmitters supported. This allows you to control also multiple remote locations using an RFXCOM transmitter.
SetAlarmPanel and SetSensorPanel functions added. This allows you to control the panels using scripts.
Panic option added for security sensors. This allows you to configure smoke and water leakage sensors as panic sensor. These panic sensors will create an alarm even if the panel is disarmed.
THC238 text added
Icons values rounded

CORRECTIONS:
cent-a-meter decoding adapted
Problem saving a changed security sensor ID solved
Delayed status added to Security sensors.

IMPORTANT NOTES:

Modify-save security sensors to get the delayed status values available.

Release Version 6.0.0.8  May 5, 2008
NEW OR CHANGED:

Plug'n Power decoding added
Charts are improved.
GetAlarmMessage and GetSensorMessage functions added. With these functions all message panel entries can be requested.
RFXMeter counter rollover will display a message in the sensor message panel.
Receiver baudrate can be selected (advanced users only!)
Clear sensor heard added for input and security sensors in the config pages.
 

CORRECTIONS:
Battery empty corrected for security sensors

IMPORTANT NOTES:

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Release Version 6.0.0.5  March 30, 2008
NEW OR CHANGED:

Sensor High-Low warning-alarm added
Sensor Message Panel added
Configuration pages for input and security sensors changed
AC remotes & sensors (HomeEasy/KlikAan-KlikUit) added
path for humidity icons changed
hspi.RFXCOM function GetLastMessage changed to GetLastAlarmMessage
hspi.RFXCOM function GetLastSensorMessage added
Alarm Panel display DeviceValue is changed when a new message is added
 

CORRECTIONS:
Battery empty corrected for security sensors

IMPORTANT NOTES:

Assign a new code to the first Input Device sensor before installation of this version.
Device 1 is used for the Sensor Message Panel if the checkbox "use Sensor Message Panel" on the Input Device config page is checked.
 

Release Version 5.4.3.5  March 13, 2008
NEW OR CHANGED:

Display icon for all barometers
Version 5.4.3.3
Cent-a-Meter/Electrisave/OWL added
"Divide By" added to all input sensors
Input sensor event trigger enabled
Digimax set temp no longer checked for timeout (display-Y)
Receiver resync message only with debug level > 0
THGR328 added
Digimax Demand device added
AC extended address code added
 

CORRECTIONS:
Error solved in Digimax Demand device Comm Failure detection
 

IMPORTANT NOTES:

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Release Version 5.4.0.0  March 6, 2008
NEW OR CHANGED:

HE devices renamed to AC
Init parameters for receivers 2 to 4 corrected.
Device name now saved in Modify Output Device
all lights on/off supported
HS function RECEIVED X10 implemented for received RF signals.
 

CORRECTIONS:
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IMPORTANT NOTES:

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Release Version 5.1.0.0  February 27, 2008
NEW OR CHANGED:

charts 1 to 9 configurable at a sensor
use for HS license implemented
support for older version of RFXCOM receivers added.

CORRECTIONS:
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IMPORTANT NOTES:

limited use until April 2008
 

Release Version 4.1.0.0  January, 2008
NEW OR CHANGED:

plug-in free until April 2008
Security motion sensors return to Normal after 2 minutes.
 

CORRECTIONS:
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IMPORTANT NOTES:

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Release Version 3.0.0.0  December, 2007
NEW OR CHANGED:

Can control HomeEasy.

CORRECTIONS:
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IMPORTANT NOTES:

Needs an RFXCOM transmitter with version 10 (or up).

Release Version 0.0.0.0  October, 2007