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Worked great!  Thanks! 

Hi guys, I must be a idiot disclaimer. :) I have 1 sonesse 30 rts shade and a universal rts interface module To set up with my omnipro. I am having a world of a problem just setting the shade to communicate to the rts universal interface. The manuals on line all jump to programming the...

Odd... but just waited it out and its back to one arrow and heat on... 

I might have to try the recycle trick.  its clearly not warming anything.   Thanks! 

I might have to try the recycle trick.  its clearly not warming anything.   Thanks! 

Hi guys,    Installed 7 RC2000 thermostats in my home.   All were working fine until this morning.   2 of them did not fire up heat this am and I believe it has something to do with the thermostat.   There are 2 ">>" notations next to Heat.   Does anyone know what those mean?  and is there a...

This is the product that i ordered...http://www.jameco.com/Jameco/Products/ProdDS/295938.pdf  Similar i believe... just has a switch for 110v

Update:   For those following and thinking about this:  Somfy's brochure illustrates a MeanWell DRP 480-24 supply regulator.    This is incorrect and they will fix.  The DRP 480-24 is the European version.   So the input on this device is 200-240VAC which doesn't work for us.... The real one...

Just to keep people posted, spent the morning with Somfy technical support...   The only conclusion they came to was that my regulator / transformer (Meanwell 480-24 DRP) power supply was bad.   Although it powers up, its pulsing (Green on, green faded) and occasionally has a slight click to it...

Just to read it off of the computer? (not to run it, just to read the info?).   If so, can the power run off of power distribution panel and RS485 run from the computer? ill try that next...   (i think by pure luck, ill hit the right combination sooner or later...) 

My primary problem (I think ;-)) is that I can not get any feedback from the motors.   (No power to these motors is required right?, just communication via the cable).  My USB to serial does have lights on it and is functioning.   All i have connected now to debug is my computer to the motor...

and another one....

Directly to the motor... When i push Get MTR addr button, just shows error message... HEre are some screen shots...      

Sorry that yellow is supposed to be Data - B...

Thanks Picta.   Fortunately and unfortunately i do have one of those cables (USB to Serial) http://www.mouser.com/ProductDetail/FTDI/USB-RS485-WE-1800-BT/?qs=sGAEpiMZZMsgSGrx0WqTbGAkhvJAByZv and have connected the wires as following:    On FTDI Cable --> Somfy RS485 Cable    Orange (Data+ A)-->...