Have you reached out to the manufacturer? Maybe they're cool with sharing? On Oct 13, 2015 5:03 AM, "Justin Richards" wrote: > Subsequent testing seem to indicate that the various commands are indeed > repeatable. Must have been looking at the wrong part of the capture. > LogicSniffer seems to have some quirks. > > On 13 October 2015 at 14:57, Justin Richards > wrote: > > > I have decided to go with Russels Arduino suggestion. Some folks have > > kindly made available a Java based client called LogicSniffer that > > interfaces to an Arduino running logic_analyser a SUMP Protocol > > Implementation. > > > > To my surprise, both of these worked out of the box pretty much. > > > > I now have some traces that I am trying to decode. Bit more involved > than > > I had thought. > > > > For those playing along ... > > > > The setup involves a Control Box that drives the fan, water pump, water > > dump valve etc for an evaporative A/C. It is connected to a remote > control > > interface via 4 wires. I will call them 5V:X:Y:GND > > > > The remote control interface has several buttons, LEDs and a fan speed > > dial. It contains a atmega8535l > > > > When the remote control is removed line X repeatedly produces a very > short > > burst of bits and Y produces a continuous square wave. > > > > When the remote control is connected, both X and Y float high with a > > narrow low pulse on X every 10secs or so. Y is tied to Vcc once the > remote > > control is plugged in. I guess this tells the Control Box that there i= s > a > > remote control connected. This also means there is only 1 wire for > > bi-directional comms. > > > > When a Stop command is issued, the capture on X looks very much like an > > RC-5 command with 150ms burst of data.. > > > > When a Start command is issued, the capture on X is two 350ms bursts of > > data. The second burst may be an ACK. > > > > Unfortunately, I have yet to see a start or stop capture look like any = of > > the previous captures. Unfortunate because these are the commands I wa= nt > > to reproduce. I was hoping it was a simple case of record and replay. > > > > Attached is a sample of 2 start and 2 stop captures. Nothing jumps out > at > > me so I will continue to record and compare and try to trace the signal > to > > the PIC once it has cooled down enough that I wont get complaints if I > turn > > it off. Warming up here in Perth WA. > > > > Cheers Justin > > > > > > [image: Inline images 1]. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > View/change your membership options at > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist > > --=20 http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .