From what I can see this will only allow me to transmit RF and not receive, which still renders my light switches useless 
Just change “E3C316” in the logic card to what ever RF code you want to listen out for.
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Change “ rfbridge1” to the MQTT topic name that you create for your SonOff Rf bridge ….(if you end up using one)
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Cheers Russell, bridge is arriving today so once I’ve flashed it will give this a go.
Cool. Once you flash it with Tasmota also do a secondary flash of the RF chip using a firmware called “Portisch”
It will give it a lot more features and control. Also allows for capturing / sending raw data …
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Perfect, got Tasmota/Portisch flashed, MQTT setup, MQTT client working on homey, can SSH into my Pi and trigger flows using MQTT test messages from the command line, but can’t see how to get Tasmota to forward any RF signals it receives through MQTT?
Ok seem to have resolved that now, they’re coming through on the RESULT topic, but I’m not getting RF Codes like yours I’m getting strings of letters like so: (this is all one button press)
17:50:19.674 MQT: tele/rfbridge/RESULT = {“Time”:“2021-10-19T17:50:19”,“RfRaw”:{“Data”:“AA B1 04 014A 04D8 00BE 04D8 381828 55”}}
17:50:19.919 MQT: tele/rfbridge/RESULT = {“Time”:“2021-10-19T17:50:19”,“RfRaw”:{“Data”:“AA B1 05 0154 09D8 00A0 04BA 279C 481828382838283838283828283828382838382838282838382828383828382838283828283838283828382828382838283828382838283828382838283828383828 55”}}
17:50:20.404 MQT: tele/rfbridge/RESULT = {“Time”:“2021-10-19T17:50:20”,“RfRaw”:{“Data”:“AA B1 05 015E 09D8 00A0 04C4 279C 481828382838283838283828283828382838382838282838382828383828382838283828283838283828382828382838283828382838283828382838283838282838 55”}}
Heres an example of one I use for transmit… Don’t forget the raw 0 command at the end.
rfraw AA B0 21 03 08 01CC 047E 30F2 28181819090908181819081818181818181818181818190818 55; rfraw 0
rfraw 0 Turns off raw mode and puts the RF bridge back into normal mode after each transmission otherwise it just stays in raw mode.
It needs to be in normal mode for it to be able to interpret the 6 digit Hex identification code of each device when trying to monitor for wildcards …
I’m not sure I’m following, I’m meaning when I use a press a remote button and I set Homey to receive the MQTT based on that code - yours seems to be a short 6 digit Hex Code but I’m getting the above, loads of raw data?
Yep, if you read my last posts your Rf bridge is always stuck in raw mode as your not putting “Raw O” at the end of each MQTT command that you send so the bridge is able to revert back to normal after each RF transmission.
You always want the bridge to be in normal mode while listening out for RF commands.
When transmitting RF code you want it to activate raw mode , send the payload , then close raw mode.
Raw mode is only used for transmitting…
When in normal mode (listening mode) Tasmota receives the RF signal from a device and then decipher’s the unique 6 digit ID code thats mixed into the code thats in the transmission …
You only need to deal with the 6 digit ID code for your wildcards …
I’ve not tried to transmit anything yet, only receive, but while I assume my rfbridge is in normal mode, when I press a button on a RF remote, nothing appears in the console, and nothing is sent by MQTT. Is there a command I need to use to get these RF signals to show/send?
Sorry , I had assumed you were still in raw mode.
Are you sure the test device is working ok ? Try another … You should see info pop up in the console when ever there is RF activity…
Also did the flashing of the RF chip go ok… ?
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Flashing of the chip worked fine both Tasmota and Portisch, can put it in raw mode using rfraw 177 and see the codes, but when I turn it off I get nothing, tried a few different devices.
Tasmota “out of the box” only supports the RF protocols that the rc-switch library supports. There’s a good chance that your devices use a protocol that isn’t supported.
Hmm that would make sense, is rc-switch included as standard? Anyway of increasing this library? These are pretty standard home-easy / 1st gen lightwave RF devices that all seem to work interchangeabley
RF Communication - Tasmota :
" Tasmota uses the rc-switch library to decode RF codes. Supported hardware depends on rc-switch library support only."
It’s fairly limited in the amount of protocols/devices it supports, that’s the whole reason why the Portisch firmware exists.
As mentioned previously, Portisch has been flashed to the RF chip and I’m still getting nothing.
I just use Tasmota mode (normal mode as I call it) when listing for wildcards as it makes it simpler just dealing with the 6 digit hex codes.
As an alternative maybe you can just keep your RF bridge permanently set to raw mode and just listen out for the raw codes for your wildcards instead of the 6 digit hex codes ?
You are getting RF data: Dio App - #27 by Nigel_Scott
Just not the 6-digit hex codes, which are “rc-switch codes”. So you’re going to have to base your flows on the raw RF data that your Bridge is receiving.
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