Generic Home Automation Dimmers

The Generic Home Automation Dimmers Driver implements a generic protocol for communicating with devices in programeble Home Automations systems like Crestron, Control4, Savant, AMX, etc.

The Home Automation Controller opens a TCP/IP Server on selected port and responds to Ping/Pong messages as requested by the BLI (or BLGW) driver.

The Protocol is structured as a comma seperated ASCII protocol with a Carrige Return terminator as following:

Type,ID,Data/x0d

The following Types are referenced by number as following:

• Type 0 = Resource
• Type 1 = Button without LED
• Type 2 = Button with LED
• Type 3 = Dimmer
• Type 4 = Shade
• Type 5 = HVAC

Example Strings:

• 0,0,0\x0d = Ping
• 0,0,1\x0d = Request all resource names
• 0,0,2\x0d = Request all status updates
• 0,1,Bedroom Lights/x0d = Status feedback from HA system
• 2,1,1\x0d = Button with LED feedback, Press, ID Number 1
• 3,4,90\x0d = Dimmer, 4 set to 90%