Tellstick
| Version | Status | Date Updated | Updated By |
|---|---|---|---|
| 710 | Unknown | N/A | N/A |
| 810 | Working, semi plug'n play supported | 7 january 2011 | JoakimL |
| 1004 | Working, full plug'n play supported | 14 november 2011 | JoakimL |
| 1204 | Unknown | N/A | N/A |
| 1404 | Unknown | N/A | N/A |
| Usage Information | |||
Description
The Tellstick is a power controller for cheap RF devices like the Nexa line. It's detected with LMCE's Plug-n Play. Currently only basic support is added, namely power on, power off and dimlevel. N.B. this is an RF tranmsmitter, it cannot read the state of the devices, nor can it receive data from remotes, sensors or other equipment sending an RF signal. Telldus have developed a device for this (Tellstick Duo) which is not supported at this time.
Setup
The device is plug and play for LMCE, software automatically downloaded and installed when you plug it into an USB port.
Adding lights
- web admin -> Show devices tree -> Telldus USB RF controller
- Create Child Device -> Pick device template -> take your pick (I added "Light Switch (on/off)")
- Device data -> Port/Channel Number -> Device ID -> save (codes correspond to the Device ID or Device Name you've set in /etc/tellstick.conf)
Compatible Devices
- List of compatible devices from Telldus site
Troubleshooting
Reference Info
Reference for 8.10 until P'nP is verified
At this point you'll need to add the driver software yourself. Install the telldus-core package as described here
Add the following lines to your /etc/apt/sources.list: (This is pointing to 2.0 repos, 2.1 currently break functionality)
deb http://download.telldus.com/debian/ 2.0 main
If you want to try the latest beta software, also add the following:
deb http://download.telldus.com/debian/ unstable main
The Telldus public key for apt-secure is added with
wget -q http://download.telldus.se/debian/telldus-public.key -O- | sudo apt-key add -
The key fingerprint is 70C4 10C9 D73D 53E8 38B3 1C58 5A94 9181 E501 EA76 Telldus Technologies AB <info.tech@telldus.se>
To install telldus-core
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install telldus-core
If you install telldus-core version 2.1 you need to downgrade. If you get any trouble (like cannot connect to Telldus service or lib missing), install the correct libtelldus by:
wget http://download.telldus.com/debian/pool/2.0/libtelldus-core2_2.0.4-2_i386.deb sudo dpkg -i libtelldus-core2_2.0.4-2_i386.deb
