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When Athom/Homey will make avaiable the source code to manage 433 frequency devices ???
JorgeCastro
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Hello
Before: When I suscribed to Homey's campaign I was under the belief that the company suscribed a sharing/collaborative approach of the information so supporters were able to develop new apps and take advanage of Homey's capabilities and manage all possible devices..and this was a very appealing approach and concept
Now: It has been a while since Homey was launched and I still have no information from Athom that will allow me to develop an App to control most of my radio frecuency devices. Specifically I have been asking for info to calibrate Homey radio frequency signal to 433.42 MHz which is the ones my devices use. Homey aready do it with Somfy devices that operate with that frequency, so the question is why that code is not made available to the developers so they can incorporate it to their Apps and therefore make a better product for all customers. Without being able to adjust the frequency the range of the signal is so poor that is worthless
Future: Can please someone at Athom let me know if this information is planned to be released anytime in the near future?. Has the company policy changed and now this code is not shared?..Will it cost money now?? can the company provide an alternative solution to build my app for these devices or control them through Homey or should I unplugged Homey and forget?
I hope this reaches someone at Athom that can provide me an answer. Keeping in mind that without the support of the company todevelopers to build functionality for devices, this product is no different from other solutions in the market
Thanks in advance
Before: When I suscribed to Homey's campaign I was under the belief that the company suscribed a sharing/collaborative approach of the information so supporters were able to develop new apps and take advanage of Homey's capabilities and manage all possible devices..and this was a very appealing approach and concept
Now: It has been a while since Homey was launched and I still have no information from Athom that will allow me to develop an App to control most of my radio frecuency devices. Specifically I have been asking for info to calibrate Homey radio frequency signal to 433.42 MHz which is the ones my devices use. Homey aready do it with Somfy devices that operate with that frequency, so the question is why that code is not made available to the developers so they can incorporate it to their Apps and therefore make a better product for all customers. Without being able to adjust the frequency the range of the signal is so poor that is worthless
Future: Can please someone at Athom let me know if this information is planned to be released anytime in the near future?. Has the company policy changed and now this code is not shared?..Will it cost money now?? can the company provide an alternative solution to build my app for these devices or control them through Homey or should I unplugged Homey and forget?
I hope this reaches someone at Athom that can provide me an answer. Keeping in mind that without the support of the company todevelopers to build functionality for devices, this product is no different from other solutions in the market
Thanks in advance
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I don't think that the 433 and other mhz devices will become opensource but that Athom will add hooks on which we can react using the various managers.
I was searching for a clear position on this from someone at Athom so I know if I will ever be able to use my RF devices with Homey or need to search for alternative solutions
And nothing eiher in the App store...or I would no tbe putting this post
Regards
Which should make the apps for like Jung almost automatic.
Just some patience
It certainly is possible to do this with the current released code thats avaliable
is other specified as homey signal variables. And knw where is speciafied how to interptret the Signal('''433"), no where is a code found how to chnage normal 433 frequnexy to somfy frequency.
I dont understand the appgerator, an app is easily made , ther are a lot of third party apps already but not in the 433 or 868 section because it isnt specified. yes there are examples on github but that are the easy ones.
I have checked the mock up and the lightwaveRF and if I am not mistaken they both lack the main functionality needed to create an app for many devices, which is to set the Homey RF frequency signal to 433.42 MHz which is the one the devices use (without being able to set the frequency to this specific signal the oerational range is nothing)
Please correct me if wrong
Like i said.. It is still in development.!
And the "difficulty" of 433 is the main reason why there is no specification (yet) by the athom people and are they building an APP creator.
The BIG positive about doing it this way:
It can read raw 433 MHZ signals, this should include all sub ranges...
And all the apps created, will work all the same, big plus when working with flows.!
There are about 35! different 433MHz brands around, if you want to add them all, man what a work if it can be done with just a few clicks when the APP creator is done.
Especially because they would be pretty much all the same..
Is it that hard to believe a little bit more in the athom people?
First the z-wave way they are doing was crap (but is going to be the most future proof and stable way of handeling Z-Wave ever)
and now with the 433 MHz...
I want to have faith..but it is taking a little bit longer than expected to get Homey useful with my devices
Anyway, I am going to follow your advice and follow closely the App creator to see if it finally (and in the short term) incorporates the functionality we need
Thanks!!