AM43

This extension adds support for AM43 Blind Drive Motors (opens new window).

Supported Things

Following thing types are supported by this extension:

Thing Type ID	Description
am43	AM43 Blind Drive Motor

Discovery

As any other Bluetooth device, AM43 Blind Drive Motors are discovered automatically by the corresponding bridge.

Thing Configuration

Supported configuration parameters AM43 Blind Drive Motor thing:

Property	Type	Default	Required	Description
address	String		Yes	Bluetooth address of the device (in format "XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX")
refreshInterval	Integer	60	No	How often a refresh shall occur in seconds
invertPosition	Boolean	false	No	Inverts the blinds percentages such that 0 becomes 100 and 100 becomes 0

Channels

Following channels are supported for AM43 Blind Drive Motor thing:

Channel ID	Item Type	Description
direction	String	The direction of the motor for UP/DOWN controls. Is either 'Forward' or 'Reverse'
topLimitSet	Switch	Whether or not the top limit of the blinds has been set
bottomLimitSet	Switch	Whether or not the bottom limit of the blinds has been set
hasLightSensor	Switch	Whether or not the solar sensor was detected
operationMode	String	Controls behavior of motor on manual button presses. Is either 'Inching' or 'Continuous'
position	Rollershutter	Main rollershutter controls
speed	Number:Dimensionless	The speed, in RPMs, that the motor will move the blinds
length	Number:Length	The length of the blinds in millimeters. (Mostly useless)
diameter	Number:Length	The diameter of the motor pulley. (Mostly useless)
type	Number:Dimensionless	The type of blinds that the motor is connected to. (Mostly useless)
lightLevel	Number:Dimensionless	The light level detected by the solar sensor. Will range from 0-10
electric	Number:Dimensionless	The current percent charge of the motor's battery

Example

am43.things (assuming you have a Bluetooth bridge with the ID bluetooth:bluegiga:adapter1:

bluetooth:am43:adapter1:motor1  "AM43 Blind Drive Motor 1" (bluetooth:bluegiga:adapter1) [ address="12:34:56:78:9A:BC", refreshInterval=300, invertPosition=false ]

am43.items:

String                  direction       "Direction [%s]"            { channel="bluetooth:am43:adapter1:motor1:direction" }
Switch                  topLimitSet     "Top Limit Set"             { channel="bluetooth:am43:adapter1:motor1:topLimitSet" }
Switch                  bottomLimitSet  "Bottom Limit Set"          { channel="bluetooth:am43:adapter1:motor1:bottomLimitSet" }
Switch                  hasLightSensor  "Has Light Sensor"          { channel="bluetooth:am43:adapter1:motor1:hasLightSensor" }
String                  operationMode   "Operation Mode [%s]"       { channel="bluetooth:am43:adapter1:motor1:operationMode" }
Rollershutter           position        "Position [%.0f %%]"        { channel="bluetooth:am43:adapter1:motor1:position" }
Number:Dimensionless    speed           "Speed [%.0f RPM]"          { channel="bluetooth:am43:adapter1:motor1:speed" }
Number:Length           length          "Length [%.0f %unit%]"      { channel="bluetooth:am43:adapter1:motor1:length" }
Number:Length           diameter        "Diameter [%.0f %unit%]"    { channel="bluetooth:am43:adapter1:motor1:diameter" }
Number:Dimensionless    type            "Type [%.0f]"               { channel="bluetooth:am43:adapter1:motor1:type" }
Number:Dimensionless    light_level     "Light Level [%.0f]"        { channel="bluetooth:am43:adapter1:motor1:lightLevel" }
Number:Dimensionless    battery_level   "Battery Level [%.0f %%]"   { channel="bluetooth:am43:adapter1:motor1:electric" }

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