Heat Recovery Ventilation (VMC) StorkAir-ComfoAir-zehnder

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Hello everyone,

Just to inform you that a controlling system for storkair and co is being built around a raspberry pi.

This project permits to set the vent mode (away,1,2 and 3) and gives back a json file with all the parameters.

Everything we need to control it trough our HC2

Here is the thread (in french)

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Hi All,

 

I don't want to be thread necromancer but since I'm going to use sjauquet work, described on French forums, I would like to keep everything in his thread.

For a time being, main problem is language barrier - to extract all necessary info from there and prepare some brief tutorial. I would appreciate any help to avoid major mistakes. I've tried Google translator but translation, very often, makes no sense. Therefore, anybody who speaks French is welcome to join the party

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Once I achieve some success, I will update this thread... For sure it will take some considerable time.

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and here is the thread on domotique-fibaro.fr:  

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Hi All,

 

It's not a popular thread but I will keep posting. Like I said before, everything takes a time.

A lot of information (technical discussions) you find here:

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and as aforementioned, here:

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 where you can find also one of the most important things - virtual device

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Before you will be able to connect virtual device to your StorkAir ventilation unit you have to prepare interface.

Brief explanation and required software is on developer's page on GitHub: 

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 and sourcefourge: 

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Hardware part is:

 - raspberry pi board

 - 2x RS 232 converters (either Hat - RS232 to UART or RS232 to USB) to connect to raspberry, CCEase or Confosense and ventilation unit (info about Storkair: 

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), see attached sketch of connections -

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Install Raspbian and follow installation instructions on: 

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 or at the bottom of that page 

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 - it depends on archive type zip or tar.

 

So far, I haven't managed to run it as I'm missing second RS232 to USB converter - on order

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, Fibaro virtual device and CCease or Confosense) and put them in one, single queue.

Still I try to figure out correct configuration of Fibaro virtual device. Hopefully 

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 will help here... And one more thing, FHEM styles don't work - there's no visible effect when you try to swap them.

 

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