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pyaqualink

Jan 14 2014

This project implements the Aqualink pool controller interface in Python 2. It was developed on a Raspberry Pi under Arch Linux.

Dependencies

  1. pySerial

    Available from http://pyserial.sourceforge.net/

    To install on Arch:

    # wget https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/p/pip/pip-1.3.1.tar.gz
    # tar -xvf pip-1.3.1.tar.gz
    # cd pip-1.3.1
    # python setup.py install
    # cd ..
    # pip install pyserial
  1. an RS-485 serial interface device such as this http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00241TK1S/ref=oh_details_o08_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Running

You can edit config.py to specify your environment. Messages are written to the log file aqualink.log. The debug variables control how much is written.

There are two programs included:

aqualinkRS.py

This emulates the Aqualink RS serial adapter. This allows you to send commands to the Aqualink controller from a serial RS-232 interface in human readable form. The commands are documented here http://kb.homeauto.com/redirfile.asp?id=203

The program will accept commands from a specified serial port, or stdin.

Most commands are implemented, except for some, such as:

  • PUMPLO
  • WFALL
  • SOLHT
  • SOLTMP

Aux dimmer control is not implemented.

There are a few extra commands added that simulate the navigation buttons on the AllButton panel:

  • MENU
  • LEFT
  • RIGHT
  • CANCEL
  • ENTER

Also, an EXIT command ends the program.

aquaserver.py

Don't run this. It's broken.