Premise UPB driver for SHLHitech

[ajeysp]

Continuing this thread with some more thoughts...
I feel that the company that I bought the UPB devices from, seems to be manufacturing these based on the products from PulseWorx. I found an application on their (PulseWorx) site that can compose a string based on the command that needs to be sent to operate the lights. I used this application, got the string and tried sending this string (command) via a terminal application (Terminal by Bray). However I received a response as PE, which I think means that for some reason the PIM is rejecting this command. I am now thinking of using a USB port sniffer, to find out what command gets sent by the controller software.
If I am able to get the string and be able to control the lights using the terminal program, do you think I can somehow integrate this into Premise?

Ajey

 

[etc6849]

I don't use UPB, but if the USB device shows up as a virtual COM port and not as a USB device, you could build a module. If it shows up as a USB device, you'll have to use the SDK (and be an experienced programmer). I would contact the manufacturer for the protocol regardless, because you need this before going any further.

 

[ajeysp]

I was trying to figure out what serial commands are being sent by the UPB application to the PIM module, so I could try sending these through Premise. I first tried figuring out the command using the UPB command wizard provided by PulseWorx. This little wizard walks you through the steps of building a UPB Communications Packet and gives you the resulting serial command string to send to the PIM. However when I tried sending the string (as suggested by the wizard) I get a response which (as per the UPB documentation) means the PIM is rejecting it due to an error in the string.
Next I tried using various USB (serial port) sniffers, but the results they show are very confusing and don't show any string that in any way even resembles a string.

Can any one please suggest me on what I can do further?