Hey everyone,
I need your help with this one. I’m trying to get the VeraLite to control a Somfy Sonesse 30 RS485 motor but with no luck. I saw an App in the Install Apps section named “Somfy ST30 Blind Interface” and was hoping that this might work but still nothing. Here is my current setup:
Future Electronics UC232R-10 USB to Serial adapter > B&B Electronics 485BAT3 RS232 to RS485 adapter > Somfy Sonesse 30 RS485 Motor
I have the usb to serial install correctly and pointing to the Somfy ST30 Blind Interface and I’m getting nothing.
[quote=“shady, post:2, topic:172650”]You might try swapping the A and B serial RS485 communication wire positions. Somfy’s description of A and B doesn’t jive with everybody else.
Let me know if that works, otherwise it might be the address you are using.[/quote]
Yeah that didn’t work either. I’m attaching the current settings that I have in the VeraLite.
Have you established communication from the PC to the motor? Please confirm baud rate setting. Also, you may want to consider connecting the motor to a Z-Wave to Digital Motor Interface.
After talking directly to Somfy I got the correct rs232 to rs485 adapter. I was able to connect the shade to a PC and using their “ILT2 and ST30 RS485 Motor Configuration 3.5.3” program I got the address of the motor and got the shade to move. The address it me gave was “55E0F9-061FAA”. I’m using the correct baud setting that are in the book for the ST30 motor. I will attach the Serial Port configuration setting that I currently have.