Sinope Load Controller RM3250ZB

chad.andrews · April 18, 2025, 1:22pm

Hi,

Just added a Sinope Load Controller RM3250ZB to my HE and it will not send the power attribute unless I command a refresh. I have to wonder if the newly implemented 2.4.1.151 wattage setting is not working correctly and mine is set on 5000 watts or something which I don't reach. @mike.maxwell @gopher.ny

Maybe something I am missing?

When I go to configure it with debug on there is no indication that anything has been written to the device, just catchalls followed by the refresh.

hubitrep · April 18, 2025, 1:25pm

You could try the community driver and see if you get a different result

chad.andrews · April 18, 2025, 4:22pm

Yep, tried that and I get errors from the code...It wouldn't configure or refresh, strange

This is the one I tried...

github.com

sacua/SinopeDriverHubitat/blob/main/drivers/RM3250ZB_Sinope_Hubitat.groovy

/**
 *  Sinope RM3250ZB Load control Device Driver for Hubitat
 *  Source: https://github.com/sacua/SinopeDriverHubitat/blob/main/drivers/mergeDrivers/RM3250ZB_Sinope_Hubitat.groovy
 *
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 *
 * v1.0.0 Initial commit
 * v1.1.0 Correction for the offset calculation very rarely, the reading is a super large negative value, when that happen, the offset does not change and remove flash capability
 * v1.2.0 Enable debug parse and possible to reset the offset value
 * v1.3.0 Enable custom time for reset and manual reset
 * v1.4.0 Correct typo mistake in Cron Scheduling
 * V1.5.0 Consistency between driver from RM3500ZB
 * v2.0.0 Major code cleaning - Pseudo library being used (2024-11-28)

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chad.andrews · April 18, 2025, 4:30pm

Hmm now that I am looking at that driver again, do I need to install some sort of Library first?

hubitrep · April 18, 2025, 4:41pm

Looks like it. Might ask the author on the driver topic.

I use a fork of version 1.5.0, which isn’t the latest.

chad.andrews · April 18, 2025, 4:42pm

Could you send me that version?

mike.maxwell · April 18, 2025, 4:43pm

I'll look into the inbuilt driver as I have one of these devices in production.

chad.andrews · April 18, 2025, 4:44pm

Thanks Mike!

chad.andrews · April 18, 2025, 4:51pm

Found it! will give it a try

mike.maxwell · April 18, 2025, 4:58pm

I just tested mine using the following settings, first 1000 watts, then 100, which produced the following logs:

Being an older driver the power reporting configuration acknowledgment isn't currently logged.
You do need to pick a power threshold that your device that's being monitored will exceed...
Also, saving the preference setting is all that's needed to update the threshold, there is no need to click configure.
Configure will actually turn the reporting off...

chad.andrews · April 18, 2025, 5:05pm

Hmm this could be my issue let me give it a go.

SmartHomePrimer · April 18, 2025, 5:55pm

This is the reason. The Sinope Water Heater Controller RM3500ZB, behaves the same way. Just switch to the in-built load controller driver and click Save, but do not click "Configure".

chad.andrews · April 21, 2025, 3:02pm

All working as it should now. Thanks.
Curious, is the configure button press turning off the power reporting intended behavior? I would have never thought that would be the issue, but sure enough it was.

mike.maxwell · April 21, 2025, 4:30pm

Yes, as I said earlier, it sets it to the default. Unless changing drivers there isn't any need to hit configure.