I’d like to try Viking in my observatory, and I have a Waveshare modbus-poe-eth-relay-30ch (easy to find online) which is very easy to send modbus commands to via python.
It’s a very affordable piece of hardware and seams to just work.
I’d obviously like to automate this relay via Voyager / Viking but it’s not on the supported devices list.
Can it be added please? There is also an Ascom driver written for the 8ch relay / 8 digital input version (find on github), if you need to see and understand it.
I may buy the 8 ch + 8 input version too if it comes to it.
I have that 8 relay Waveshare. If Leo adds it and you decide to go that route, then you are welcome to mine. I would rather it get used instead of collecting dust.
I hope he looks at adding it. None of the others on the list appear to be anything majorly special so it would just be a case of adding the number of channels and the options to set the correct ip address / port details. How Viking sends commands I don’t know, but this particular one is modbus so industry standard comms.
As far as your offer for the 8 ch relay with 8 x digital input, thanks very much -I’m in the UK so would be happy to cover postage or whatever?
The Denkovi hardware is already supported and works great with Viking. They also have a PLC version that allows independent actions, if you have critical actions that must take place even if the PC with Viking running on it fails. I have 10 of these in place, at 10 remote sites and have had no problems.
I have a Denkovi for automating my South wall but I needed 12v for the actuator controller, so adding 12v to the Denkovi wasn’t a big issue for me. It has been pretty much flawless since the day I added it to Viking.
@Jonk … Send me a private message with your address and ill send the Waveshare your way.