node-red-contrib-kbus

These nodes make it easy to read and control the Kbus on the WAGO PFC200 Gen2 controller

A BETA open source community project to read and write simple analog, digital, and termpetature sensor modules directly to the Kbus on WAGO PFC200 Generation 2 controllers running Node-RED.

The WAGO board support package source files are included as the Kbus driver is currently beta with no expressed or implied support.

Install

Run the following command in the root directory of your Node-RED install

npm install node-red-contrib-kbus

Run the following command for global install

npm install -g node-red-contrib-kbus

How to use

1. Navigate to Web based management on the controller, go to General Configuration, and select : None.

2. Requires IPK FILES for controller. Install the necceasary .ipk files to the PFC by copying them to your controller, opening an SSH terminal on the PFC, and executing:

    root@PFC200V3-43089A:~ opkg install json-c_0.12.1+20160607_armhf.ipk
   
    root@PFC200V3-43089A:~ opkg install kbusproc_0.0.4_armhf.ipk
   
    root@PFC200V3-43089A:~ opkg install mosquitto_1.4.14_armhf.ipk
   

   After the packages are installed, you can run the kbus driver with:

    root@PFC200V3-43089A:~ kbusproc &
   

Add an MQTT subscribe node to your flow and sibscribe to topic : "pd_in" and wire this to your inputs. Add an MQTT publish node with topic: "pd_out" and wire this to your outputs. All MQTT Kbus traffic transmits over port 1883.

See the example flow:

Authors

Jesse Cox