Hi,
I have a Paradigma Pelletti Heating with a SystaComfort II contol unit at home.
Unfortunately there is no public API nor any documentation publicly available to connect the system to others.
The manufacturer does not seem to care for my wishlist at all.
There is a mobile iOS app, called S-Touch, which really looks like back from the eighties and a remote portal that is a total fail on iOS devices. What I would like to achieve is simply switch between pre-defined programs, monitor operation and check/being notified for errors proactively.
I tried to do some spying (Fiddler) on the communication between the app and my heating, but without any success.
Does any of you guys have the same heating or at least a good advice for me?
Hi,
I also have a Paradigma heating system with a SystaComfort II control unit plus App etc. Eventually I want to control some basic functions like warm water generation, holiday mode and such things using openHab 2 (instead of the funny App).
However, I only got started with OH2 some months ago and I’m still busy with integrating things using out-of-the-box bindings. Still picking the low hanging fruits. I hope to be able to start with the protocol decoding some time in summer, though.
As a starter you may want to have a look at this thread - hope you speak some German It is about a Perl script that decodes the data that the control unit sends home to Paradigma (if you let it). The author of the script also provides a download link.
I run the script on my Raspberry which also hosts my OH2. It writes the data to an RRD database - I use the exec-binding to read out this data and display it on my sitemap. Not spectacular and most importantly no control, but a nice start.
Thanks, Michael.
Since I am German, too, I already came across the link You posted.
I guess we share the same fate in terms of the wishlist. I feel more and more familiar with OH2 having connected multiple Systems as Homekit, Philips Hue, Z-Way, Sonos and innogy smarthome but with the heating, I need some help from outside. I guess, I should keep fingers crossed for summer
I guess we are at the same level regarding OH2 then. I’m currently playing around with rules and trying to work out security/safety-related behavior that will be accepted by the rest of the family.
To dampen your expectations: it’s not like my hobby is protocol decoding and reverse engineering , so this endeavor could well end in a fail. I actually hope that the information from the linked thread will be useful in some way.
You mentioned that you had contacted Paradigma. Any reaction from their side?
Hey guys,
have you been successful in retrieving meaningful data out of your systacomfort ii? I am wondering because the data format sent to the paradigma portal is different with every new software version. I was not able to get meaningful data out of the string being sent, also by using the perl script from above link is providing strange numbers (negative values). I would be very much interested if someone had the same issues and was able to adjust the existing script or even better inventing it from zero?
Hi,
it’s been around three years since I got the Perl script running and it has been very stable since. I can remember that I spent some time cross-checking the values and trying to find out their meaning. For example, I think the original author of the script didn’t have a solar collector, so there was some work on this end.
I updated the Paradigma software one or two times since 2015 and it didn’t have any effect on the script output. When it comes to reading out data from SystaComfort I would stick with the script and not reinvent the wheel.
High on my list is (still) to emulate the protocol of the s-touch app so you can change the heating program automatically from openhab. Hoping for a long productive winter night…
Hi Beluga,
that sounds great. Let me share my setup to better understand if there are major differences in the HW/SW setup.
I spent many hours in debugging without a success,
That looks promising. As of now I have only seen older HW Versions where the Script was successfully collecting Data. Would it be possible that you share your modified Perl Script ?
I’m actually using the original script version 0.0.5 without any changes. My “work” with the script was more about deciding which data to extract for further processing. No magic.
Which problems exactly are you facing? Is the script producing output? PNGs?
thats funny. when I use the original 0.0.5 file x.data shows the follwing, and no PNGs are written.
16:54 TAG 70
16:54 TAG 70
…
When I comment line 128 (# return 0 unless $a[16] == 0x68; # we’re only interested in the actual data)
PNG´s are created with strange values…
x.data shows:
16:57 -1000061109-1973199161999999999999999999999999-776404246-870094243-1190985427-141470632399999999-12544700879999-19820176549999-665464525-12696890-136863549599999999-444992273999999999999-1488694493-230576894-1776717899999999999999999-7249723149999-2055770140-160013066099999999-154598872799999999999999999999999999999999-2084320186-665986283-20750173719999-1440656179-709298255-3812534149999-11657710009999999999999999-578775699999999-1813307140-811634831-1445172693-629813113-186698066-260143200999999999999-1649750427-1703356167-263664760-2726585239999-1256769652-12728662099999-2134769380999999999999-2306817379999-1972393211-107239671399999999-9478067679999-1157911698-2066890465-1470930701-787878152-566889706-1304488361-1118974623-163494734599999999-11576775709999-9217240109999-1438828447-21147124639999-1689480145-9413165869999999999999999-1785456013-10832721379999-18167200119999-10362198469999-2576828059999-8459436579999-155494940-132564175-58356546899999999-1329092115-1399759129-694788018-15106409989999-2075084698-10599931409999-2108935989-189060594899999999-4312387569999-115511522-3162262059999999999999999-16803078349999-150016478499999999-79410125299999999-662903090-837622477-33531628899999999-1054853442-259921387-191487642399999999-17508535669999-581035861-649566643-1336980603-1491004608-936962199-2282415569999-14095313639999999999999999-1974364080-6625905399999-20958417779999-8904611169999-1691118942-16354707319999-2341886369999-124808388499999999-1045640711-595321200-1000394815-192890967-3312175969999-851999306-13930308009999-1420845589999999999999-1025219555-161307072999999999-20865146449999999999999999-1875276789-126673754599999999-1379843737-732346286999999999999-496209949-1142957417-2705832629999-2083669472-2072003016-1291083259999-1540483050-19472744579999-12954574129999-1502102985-114732610999999999999-58465244899999999999999999999999999999999-1487283063
16:58 TAG 70
I tried figuring out what is so different on my sytem compared to others, but did not succeed. I am really wondering about the strange high and nagative values.what the hack is going on
Did you eventually update the counter offset ($CounterOffset = 0x3FBF;) or line 128 in your script?
yip I used the server from this ftp share. I did it once more still with the same resul - too bad.
I am not sure if my rasperry running the dhcp server as well the script sends the correct answers back to the systacomfort…
Looking at the interface at the heating the screen says:
Statsus Systa Web: keine Verbindung
when I connect the sytacomfort directly with my router it says “verbunden”.
May I ask you to check what the status of your system says ? This would give me an idea that somthing is not correct with my setup…
thanks a million in advance.
thanks beluga for this info. Apparently the systaweb info on the interface is notof any importance.
I am wondering why its not working here, because others having a lower version it seems to work, and yours is slightly newer…and also works. what is the magic on my setup…
I am not sure if an additional component might screw up the script, that is the only thing I could imagine.
Let me shortly share what is my Hardware setup connected to the Systacomfort II:
SystaExpresso II (Frischwasserregler)
SystaSolar Aqua II (Solarregler)
Paradigma Gassbrennwert System
I did disconnect the SystaExpresso from power to exclude this as the gulity part. without sucess…
I also did download the original scripts from vdr portal…again without any modications to it. Running the script only updates the x.data file with always the same TAG entry. No jpgs are written …
Running a tcpdump I can see traffic every 1 min being sent from systacomfort. for now I am almost lost.
Thank you very much Beluga for all your input and ideas.
I went through the entire blog and tried every single change……I have the odd feeling that the data sent from my systacomfort II to paradigma is somehow encrypted.
I have tried verifying all the packets being sent and they are looking completely different to any examples posted in the forum.
Packets 8-55 are always the same (not 8-15 as in the script), after packet 55 the mystery begins. No chance to validate a meaningful pattern on the data being sent.
It’s a pity that I can not get the data from my heating system without paying the manufacture.
I had the heating system connected for a year to systaweb but it’s not worth spending that much money for my own data.
short update, after I can check now on the portal from paradigma, systaweb is telling me that the communication is encrypted which underlines why the nice script can not retrieve meaningful data.
For all out there, this is my config - apparently encrypted, not sure why its not for “belugas” system which is a little newer…
Hi, still looking for a way to let Openhab switch heating programs? It’s been a long summer but I got it working now. Currently, I can switch between two heating programs using a little Java program that emulates the S-Touch App.
This is just to check if there is sufficient interest in this topic to publish and document this.
Hi, I’m not the OP, but I’m also interested in a way to control my SystaComfort II. Switching heating programs would be very nice! I’d also like to remotely adjust hot water temperature (tap water, not heating) and hot water circulation times.
If you have any insights or solutions that would be awesome!
I hope to be able to start with the protocol decoding some time in summer, though.
It is about a Perl script that decodes the data that the control unit sends home to Paradigma (if you let it). The author of the script also provides a download link.
but I got it working now. Currently, I can switch between two heating programs using a little Java program that emulates the S-Touch App.