This guide shows how to setup the latest Telldus core software for controlling remote switches using a Tellstick USB device on a Raspberry PI.

To prepare your Raspberry Pi with Domoticz, follow this guide: Preparing_RaspberryPI_(Debian-Wheezy)_for_Domoticz

Information source

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elinux.org

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Download software

Command to download the latest source code from Trunk for Tellstick software.

git clone http://git.telldus.com/telldus.git

Install prerequisites

Install the required software to build the source code.

sudo apt-get install libftdi1 libftdi-dev libconfuse0 libconfuse-dev

Build the software

Enter the subfolder telldus and its subfolder telldus-core.

cd telldus/telldus-core/

Configure

Configure the source code from Trunk for the hardware.

sudo cmake -DFORCE_COMPILE_FROM_TRUNK=True

Compile

Compile the source code.

sudo make

Example output:

[  1%] Building CXX object common/CMakeFiles/TelldusCommon.dir/Event.cpp.o
[  3%] Building CXX object common/CMakeFiles/TelldusCommon.dir/Message.cpp.o
[  5%] Building CXX object common/CMakeFiles/TelldusCommon.dir/Mutex.cpp.o
[  7%] Building CXX object common/CMakeFiles/TelldusCommon.dir/Strings.cpp.o
[  9%] Building CXX object common/CMakeFiles/TelldusCommon.dir/Thread.cpp.o
[ 11%] Building CXX object common/CMakeFiles/TelldusCommon.dir/Event_unix.cpp.o
[ 13%] Building CXX object common/CMakeFiles/TelldusCommon.dir/EventHandler_unix.cpp.o
[ 15%] Building CXX object common/CMakeFiles/TelldusCommon.dir/Socket_unix.cpp.o
Linking CXX static library libTelldusCommon.a
[ 15%] Built target TelldusCommon
Scanning dependencies of target telldusd
[ 17%] Building CXX object service/CMakeFiles/telldusd.dir/ClientCommunicationHandler.cpp.o
[ 19%] Building CXX object service/CMakeFiles/telldusd.dir/Controller.cpp.o
[ 21%] Building CXX object service/CMakeFiles/telldusd.dir/ControllerManager.cpp.o
[ 23%] Building CXX object service/CMakeFiles/telldusd.dir/ControllerMessage.cpp.o
[ 25%] Building CXX object service/CMakeFiles/telldusd.dir/Device.cpp.o
[ 27%] Building CXX object service/CMakeFiles/telldusd.dir/DeviceManager.cpp.o
[ 29%] Building CXX object service/CMakeFiles/telldusd.dir/Log.cpp.o
[ 31%] Building CXX object service/CMakeFiles/telldusd.dir/Sensor.cpp.o
[ 33%] Building CXX object service/CMakeFiles/telldusd.dir/Settings.cpp.o
[ 35%] Building CXX object service/CMakeFiles/telldusd.dir/TelldusMain.cpp.o
[ 37%] Building CXX object service/CMakeFiles/telldusd.dir/TellStick.cpp.o
[ 39%] Building CXX object service/CMakeFiles/telldusd.dir/Timer.cpp.o
[ 41%] Building CXX object service/CMakeFiles/telldusd.dir/EventUpdateManager.cpp.o
[ 43%] Building CXX object service/CMakeFiles/telldusd.dir/ConnectionListener_unix.cpp.o
[ 45%] Building CXX object service/CMakeFiles/telldusd.dir/main_unix.cpp.o
[ 47%] Building CXX object service/CMakeFiles/telldusd.dir/SettingsConfuse.cpp.o
[ 49%] Building CXX object service/CMakeFiles/telldusd.dir/TellStick_libftdi.cpp.o
[ 50%] Building CXX object service/CMakeFiles/telldusd.dir/Protocol.cpp.o
[ 52%] Building CXX object service/CMakeFiles/telldusd.dir/ProtocolBrateck.cpp.o
[ 54%] Building CXX object service/CMakeFiles/telldusd.dir/ProtocolComen.cpp.o
[ 56%] Building CXX object service/CMakeFiles/telldusd.dir/ProtocolEverflourish.cpp.o
[ 58%] Building CXX object service/CMakeFiles/telldusd.dir/ProtocolFineoffset.cpp.o
[ 60%] Building CXX object service/CMakeFiles/telldusd.dir/ProtocolFuhaote.cpp.o
[ 62%] Building CXX object service/CMakeFiles/telldusd.dir/ProtocolGroup.cpp.o
[ 64%] Building CXX object service/CMakeFiles/telldusd.dir/ProtocolHasta.cpp.o
[ 66%] Building CXX object service/CMakeFiles/telldusd.dir/ProtocolIkea.cpp.o
[ 68%] Building CXX object service/CMakeFiles/telldusd.dir/ProtocolMandolyn.cpp.o
[ 70%] Building CXX object service/CMakeFiles/telldusd.dir/ProtocolNexa.cpp.o
[ 72%] Building CXX object service/CMakeFiles/telldusd.dir/ProtocolOregon.cpp.o
[ 74%] Building CXX object service/CMakeFiles/telldusd.dir/ProtocolRisingSun.cpp.o
[ 76%] Building CXX object service/CMakeFiles/telldusd.dir/ProtocolSartano.cpp.o
[ 78%] Building CXX object service/CMakeFiles/telldusd.dir/ProtocolScene.cpp.o
[ 80%] Building CXX object service/CMakeFiles/telldusd.dir/ProtocolSilvanChip.cpp.o
[ 82%] Building CXX object service/CMakeFiles/telldusd.dir/ProtocolUpm.cpp.o
[ 84%] Building CXX object service/CMakeFiles/telldusd.dir/ProtocolWaveman.cpp.o
[ 86%] Building CXX object service/CMakeFiles/telldusd.dir/ProtocolX10.cpp.o
[ 88%] Building CXX object service/CMakeFiles/telldusd.dir/ProtocolYidong.cpp.o
Linking CXX executable telldusd
[ 88%] Built target telldusd
Scanning dependencies of target telldus-core
[ 90%] Building CXX object client/CMakeFiles/telldus-core.dir/CallbackDispatcher.cpp.o
[ 92%] Building CXX object client/CMakeFiles/telldus-core.dir/CallbackMainDispatcher.cpp.o
[ 94%] Building CXX object client/CMakeFiles/telldus-core.dir/Client.cpp.o
[ 96%] Building CXX object client/CMakeFiles/telldus-core.dir/telldus-core.cpp.o
Linking CXX shared library libtelldus-core.so
Copying OS X content client/Headers/telldus-core.h
[ 96%] Built target telldus-core
Scanning dependencies of target tdtool
[ 98%] Building CXX object tdtool/CMakeFiles/tdtool.dir/main.cpp.o
Linking CXX executable tdtool
[ 98%] Built target tdtool
Scanning dependencies of target tdadmin
[100%] Building CXX object tdadmin/CMakeFiles/tdadmin.dir/main.cpp.o
Linking CXX executable tdadmin
[100%] Built target tdadmin

Install

Install the software (it will be installed into /usr/local).

sudo make install

Example output:

[ 15%] Built target TelldusCommon
[ 88%] Built target telldusd
[ 96%] Built target telldus-core
[ 98%] Built target tdtool
[100%] Built target tdadmin
Install the project...
-- Install configuration: ""
-- Installing: /usr/local/sbin/telldusd
-- Installing: /etc/tellstick.conf
-- Installing: /var/state/telldus-core.conf
-- Installing: /usr/local/lib/libtelldus-core.so.2.1.2
-- Installing: /usr/local/lib/libtelldus-core.so.2
-- Installing: /usr/local/lib/libtelldus-core.so
-- Installing: /usr/local/include/telldus-core.h
-- Installing: /usr/local/bin/tdtool
-- Removed runtime path from "/usr/local/bin/tdtool"
-- Installing: /usr/local/sbin/tdadmin
-- Removed runtime path from "/usr/local/sbin/tdadmin"
-- Installing: /etc/udev/rules.d/05-tellstick.rules
-- Installing: /usr/local/share/telldus-core/helpers/udev.sh

After installation, update the system's library cache.

sudo ldconfig

Install service

Before the switches can be used, the telldusd service daemon must be running (and the Tellstick must be connected to your Raspberry PI).

Create an init-script for the service by copying and modifying the /etc/init.d/skeleton file.

cd /etc/init.d
sudo cp skeleton telldusd

Open the newly created file in your favorite editor (as root with sudo) and do these changes:

Line 3, change:

# Provides:          skeleton

into:

# Provides:          telldusd

Line 8-10, change:

# Short-Description: Example initscript
# Description:       This file should be used to construct scripts to be
#                    placed in /etc/init.d.

into:

# Short-Description: Tellstick service daemon
# Description:       Tellstick service daemon controlling remote switches.
#

Line 20-24, change:

PATH=/sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin
DESC="Description of the service"
NAME=daemonexecutablename
DAEMON=/usr/sbin/$NAME
DAEMON_ARGS="--options args"

into:

PATH=/sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/sbin
DESC="Tellsick service daemon"
NAME=telldusd
DAEMON=/usr/local/sbin/$NAME
DAEMON_ARGS=""

Make the script executable.

sudo chmod +x telldusd

Test the init-script by starting the service and checking its status.

sudo service telldusd start
sudo service telldusd status

Install the script to start at boot.

sudo update-rc.d telldusd defaults

Configure receivers

The software is configured with the /etc/tellstick.conf file. Since there are many types of receivers supported by Tellstick this document will not cover configuration options. For more information on configuration, please see http://developer.telldus.com/wiki/TellStick_conf.

Here is an example configuration using one Waveman receiver. The house and unit parameters is where you setup different switches.

user = "nobody"
group = "plugdev"
ignoreControllerConfirmation = "false"
device {
  id = 1
  name = "Livingroom lights"
  protocol = "waveman"
  model = "codeswitch"
  parameters {
    house = "A"
    unit = "1"
  }
}

Each time you change the configuration, you also need to restart the service daemon.

sudo service telldusd restart

Test

To turn on a switch (the number is the device id for the switch in the configuration file).

tdtool --on 1

To turn off a switch.

tdtool --off 1

Done!

You have now the core software for controlling remote receivers using a Tellstick installed. Now you can go ahead and do more amazing things!

For example:

install a web server and create a web page where you can control switches
schedule switching on and off lights using cron
and much more...

References

Basic Tellstick functionality with Domoticz/Install Telldus core latest release RaspberryPi

Contents

Information source

Disclaimer

Download software

Install prerequisites

Build the software

Configure

Compile

Install

Install service

Configure receivers

Test

Done!

References

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Basic Tellstick functionality with Domoticz/Install Telldus core latest release RaspberryPi

Information source

Disclaimer

Download software

Install prerequisites

Build the software

Configure

Compile

Install

Install service

Configure receivers

Test

Done!

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