Arduino sf-501 library by Arjen Klaverstijn

An Arduino library to control SF-501 RF switches by Flamingo (Smartwares.eu) . Theoratically you can control 65,536 remotes with each 15 sockets/ button pairs (on/ off).

NOTE: THIS IS NOT A LIBRARY FOR THE SF-501SHC!!! The SHC version is a smart controller with app, that commuicates with a cloud api and is able to control the standard 'dumb' sf-501 rf sockets.

To start using the library include it and create a new Sf501Remote object

#include <sf501-remote.h>
Sf501Remote remote;

How to start sending packages

1. In your setup function add the following

remote.startTransmitter(pin);

pin: The pin number that is connected to the transmit/ data pin of a 433.9 mhz transmitter. I just use an old rf remote.

2. Use one of the following methods in your loop

void Sf501Remote::sendCommand(int remoteId, int channel, int onOff, int repeat = 4);

remoteId: a 16 bit unsigned integer 0 - 65535 that will be used as the remote id.
channel: an 4 bit value (1 - 15) discribing the button number (the remotes I have, have only 4 buttons).
onOff: 0 is off button 1 is on button.
Repeat: (Optional) the number of packages to send each transmit the remotes send them 8 times. (default: 4)

void Sf501Remote::sendPacket(Sf501Packet packet, int repeat = 4);

packet: A structure like the following

struct Sf501Packet {
	int remoteId;
	int channel;
	boolean state;
}

Repeat: (Optional) the number of packages to send each transmit the vendor's remotes send them 8 times. (default: 4)

void Sf501Remote::sendRaw(long command, int repeat = 4);

command: a 32 bit unsigned long containing all the raw data for a packet, use the receiver method getRawData() to figure out the value if you want to copy the functionality of an existing remote.
Repeat: (Optional) the number of packages to send each transmit the vendor's remotes send them 8 times. (default: 4)

void Sf501Remote::switchAll(int remoteId, int startChannel, int endChannel, int onOff, int repeat = 4);

This is a helper function to switch multiple sockets/ buttons at once.

remoteId: a 16 bit unsigned integer 0 - 65535 that will be used as the remote id.
channel: an 4 bit value (1 - 15) discribing the button number (the remotes I have, have only 4 buttons).
onOff: 0 is off button 1 is on button.
Repeat: (Optional) the number of packages to send each transmit the vendor's remotes send them 8 times. (default: 4)

How to start receiving packages

1. In your setup function add the following

remote.startReceiver(pin);

pin: a pin number with interrupt capabilities

2. In your loop add the following

  if (remote.packetAvailable()) {
    
    //Ready with data, next!
    remote.nextPacket();
  }

3. Within this if-statement use the folowing methods to process received packages

Sf501Packet Sf501Remote::getPacket();

returns the Sf501Packet struct (see above)

unsigned long Sf501Remote::getRawData();

returns the received package as a 32 bit unsigned long

Protocol explained

A packet consists of 66 pulses in the following pattern: Preamble (1 pulse) - Data (64 pulses) - End (1 pulse)

Data section format: 32 bits LSB data section

32 - 18: 16 bit remote id, 65535 different remotes on this system
9 - 17: 8 bits are empty on all remotes, no clue where this is for 5 - 8: 4 bits a decimal value of 1 is switch on a 0 is switch off
1 - 4: maximum of 15 buttons/channels per remote

Pulses are around 200µS.

|¯¯¯|_______________________________________ preamble = 1 pulse high 14 pulses low

|¯¯¯||¯¯¯|_______________ data 0 = 1 pulse high & 2 pulses low, 1 pulses high & 7 pulses low

|¯¯¯|_______________|¯¯¯| data 1 = 1 pulse high & 7 pulses low, 1 pulse high & 2 pulses low