PoKeys57E

[Bouwmode]

I read on this forum some info on the PoKeys57E extension board for extra digital inputs. There was also a remark that the communication was slow with the miniserver and it was not suitable for button switches.

Can anyone comment on this? It sounded like a nice solution but if it is not usable in practice (delay too great if you press a button to turn the light on) then it is not really an alternative for the loxone extension.

[Yannick Kalokerinos]

I have the exact same questions about the PoKeys. The module needs to be polled by the miniserver and each time return all the necessary input values. A better solution would be an input module that can send UDP message whenever an input state changes. In another post someone mentioned these:

https://www.elexol.com/IO_Modules/Ether_IO72_TCP.php

They seems to be able to send UDP message but you still need a script on the miniserver to translate them to virtual inputs.

Does anyone have experience with this or other modules that can do the same?

Thanks!

[TomM]

I'd just like to again push my current solution of using a WTDIO 12channel i/o RS232 + RS232 -> IP converter.  I have found this very cost effective at around £4-5 per channel and is UDP based where no polling is required, the input is pushed to the miniserver over the socket.

I did a complete explanation here:  https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/loxone-english/fBz1w4Jexdo

The only issue I have is that on startup you need to send a series of commands via UDP to the device to actually get it to start working correctly.  The miniserver is quite capable of doing this however I've struggled slightly to acheive it, this is mainly a time issue on my part rather than a technical limitation.

I've reviewed all the other solutions that people have posted thus far however I haven't seen anything that I think is any better than this solution as, from my experience, the system is probably 99% reliable on single and multi-clicks and also works well with PIRs.

Tom