Riden Custom Firmware by UniSoft #8

ShayBox · 2022-02-15T07:41:40Z

ShayBox
Feb 15, 2022
Maintainer

If anyone isn't aware, there is custom firmware for riden power supplies, visit the EEVBlog forums here and find the latest comment from UniSoft with a firmware release.

Feel free to discuss.

chron0 · 2022-11-06T21:24:12Z

chron0
Nov 6, 2022

I've flashed unisofts FW and was trying to get RidenGUI to work with it - unfortunately I didnt have much success with python 3.10 on gentoo today, but i couldnt get any other control or stats reading sw I found on GH to work either. They always fail at the serial port in the end, but it does come up as ttyUSB0.

Could the WiFi module in the riden be the issue?

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ShayBox Nov 6, 2022
Maintainer Author

It's unlikely, I have a wireless module too, with the custom firmware you can set the WiFi module and front USB baud rates separately, I have my "USB Interface" setting set to 250,000 baud and "UART Interface" set to TTL+EN and "UART Baudrate" set to 1,000,000 baud (I have esp home running on my WiFi chip).
Anything higher than 250,000 baud on most units have issue, some libraries even have an issue at 250,000
It's a problem with the serial chip used in the units, but it can be replaced. Try 115,200 and see if it works, you may also need to run as sudo, and if that fixes it then you need to give your user access to the serial devices via whichever group your distro uses for serial devices

chron0 · 2022-11-06T21:42:42Z

chron0
Nov 6, 2022

I checked my users permission for the device, they are all fine, I was able to user ridenflasher on the same box with the same user to flash unisoft FW in there as well.

In which menu can I change the wifi/usb uart settings? So far I havent found them :/

So you run 250k on the front USB and the "UART Interface" is the esp module connection to TTL+EN with 1M? Do you have any link on how to put esphome on this in connection with the Riden? I've seen people do stuff with esp-link but wanted to get USB going at first. I think I'd like esphome even more since I have that already deployed with a couple of esp32/esp8266 nodes.

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ShayBox Nov 6, 2022
Maintainer Author

This is my config, I use ESPHome through HomeAssistant, but you can modify the config to work otherwise

substitutions:
  name: 'riden'
  friendly_name: 'Riden'

esphome:
  name: $name

esp8266:
  board: esp01_1m

# Enable logging
logger:
  baud_rate: 0

# Enable Home Assistant API
api:

ota:
  password: "d2e055799331e1260302636634d0aafd"

wifi:
  ssid: !secret wifi_ssid
  password: !secret wifi_password

  # Enable fallback hotspot (captive portal) in case wifi connection fails
  ap:
    ssid: "Riden Fallback Hotspot"
    password: !secret wifi_password

captive_portal:

uart:
  tx_pin: 1
  rx_pin: 3
  baud_rate: 1000000
  debug:

modbus_controller:
  address: 0x01
  update_interval: 10s

sensor:
  - platform: modbus_controller
    name: '${friendly_name} Internal Temperature'
    register_type: holding
    address: 4
    register_count: 2
    bitmask: 0xFFFF
    value_type: U_DWORD
    unit_of_measurement: °C
    state_class: measurement
    device_class: temperature
    lambda: |
      return data[item->offset + 1] == 0 ? x : -x;
  - platform: modbus_controller
    name: '${friendly_name} External Temperature'
    register_type: holding
    address: 34
    register_count: 2
    bitmask: 0xFFFF
    value_type: U_DWORD
    unit_of_measurement: °C
    state_class: measurement
    device_class: temperature
    lambda: |
      return data[item->offset + 1] == 0 ? x : -x;
  - platform: modbus_controller
    name: '${friendly_name} Output Voltage'
    register_type: holding
    address: 10
    value_type: U_WORD
    unit_of_measurement: V
    state_class: measurement
    device_class: voltage
    accuracy_decimals: 2
    filters:
      - multiply: 0.01

  - platform: modbus_controller
    name: '${friendly_name} Output Current'
    register_type: holding
    address: 11
    value_type: U_WORD
    unit_of_measurement: A
    state_class: measurement
    device_class: current
    accuracy_decimals: 2
    filters:
      - multiply: 0.01

  - platform: modbus_controller
    name: '${friendly_name} Output Energy'
    register_type: holding
    address: 12
    value_type: U_WORD
    unit_of_measurement: Ah
    state_class: measurement
    device_class: energy
    accuracy_decimals: 2
    filters:
      - multiply: 0.001

  - platform: modbus_controller
    name: '${friendly_name} Output Power'
    address: 13
    register_type: holding
    value_type: U_WORD
    unit_of_measurement: W
    state_class: measurement
    device_class: power
    accuracy_decimals: 2
    filters:
      - multiply: 0.01

  - platform: modbus_controller
    name: '${friendly_name} Input Voltage'
    register_type: holding
    address: 14
    value_type: U_WORD
    unit_of_measurement: V
    state_class: measurement
    device_class: voltage
    accuracy_decimals: 2
    filters:
      - multiply: 0.01

  - platform: modbus_controller
    name: '${friendly_name} Energy'
    internal: true
    register_type: holding
    address: 40
    value_type: U_DWORD
    unit_of_measurement: Wh
    state_class: measurement
    device_class: energy
    accuracy_decimals: 3
    filters:
      - multiply: 0.001

switch:
  - platform: modbus_controller
    name: '${friendly_name} Keypad Lock'
    address: 15
    register_type: holding
    bitmask: 1

  - platform: modbus_controller
    name: '${friendly_name} Power'
    address: 18
    register_type: holding
    bitmask: 1

number:
  - platform: modbus_controller
    name: '${friendly_name} Voltage Setting'
    address: 8
    value_type: U_WORD
    min_value: 0.01
    max_value: 60.0
    step: 0.01
    lambda: return x / 100.0f;
    multiply: 100

  - platform: modbus_controller
    name: '${friendly_name} Current Setting'
    address: 9
    value_type: U_WORD
    min_value: 0.01
    max_value: 18.0
    step: 0.01
    lambda: return x / 100.0f;
    multiply: 100

  - platform: modbus_controller
    name: '${friendly_name} Voltage Protection'
    entity_category: config
    address: 82
    value_type: U_WORD
    min_value: 0.01
    max_value: 60.0
    step: 0.01
    lambda: return x / 100.0f;
    multiply: 100

  - platform: modbus_controller
    name: '${friendly_name} Current Protection'
    entity_category: config
    address: 83
    value_type: U_WORD
    min_value: 0.01
    max_value: 18.0
    step: 0.01
    lambda: return x / 100.0f;
    multiply: 100

binary_sensor:
  - platform: modbus_controller
    name: '${friendly_name} Battery Mode'
    address: 32
    register_type: holding
    bitmask: 1

It's based on this thread https://community.home-assistant.io/t/riden-rd6006-dc-power-supply-ha-support-wifi/163849/8
That's my comment that may help to flash it, I also used esp-link before but I find esp home better

ShayBox Nov 6, 2022
Maintainer Author

This is for a RD6018, the min/max/mult values may need to be modified for your unit

chron0 · 2022-11-06T21:48:03Z

chron0
Nov 6, 2022

for reference: https://odysee.com/@Apollo-NG:2/random-labstuff-n-chill-3:9?r=9GPazzWhkRN7uXjT7tbgNuzpoZAF4G6Z&t=16165

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ShayBox Nov 6, 2022
Maintainer Author

The video doesn't load for me

chron0 · 2022-11-06T22:31:09Z

chron0
Nov 6, 2022

Thanks a lot for the full esphome yaml - that is very very helpful for me since I need to log and store and chart these metrics over a long time for my battery bank formating runs and for electroplating runs. I'll have a look in the hass forum to see how to flash it. <3

a pity the video doesnt load, here's a screenshot:
https://a.uguu.se/XOiUHalL.png

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ShayBox Nov 6, 2022
Maintainer Author

Check to see which version of pyserial you have installed, you may have an older version installed or installed via the system package manager, or possibly a conflicting package serial installed (I don't know why pyserial doesn't use pyserial as their import name, it conflicts with the serial package)

ShayBox Nov 6, 2022
Maintainer Author

And the menu for serial stuff on the Riden unit with custom firmware is Shift + 0, Right arrow, then Up arrow a few times until you see the settings (There's vertical and horizontal settings pages)

chron0 · 2022-11-06T22:48:27Z

chron0
Nov 6, 2022

ok, one step further, i removed serial and installed pyserial

attrs==22.1.0
CacheControl==0.12.11
cachy==0.3.0
certifi==2022.9.24
cffi==1.15.1
charset-normalizer==2.1.1
cleo==1.0.0a5
click==8.1.3
crashtest==0.3.1
cryptography==38.0.3
distlib==0.3.6
dulwich==0.20.50
filelock==3.8.0
future==0.18.2
html5lib==1.1
idna==3.4
importlib-metadata==5.0.0
iso8601==1.1.0
jaraco.classes==3.2.3
jeepney==0.8.0
jsonschema==4.17.0
keyring==23.11.0
lockfile==0.12.2
more-itertools==9.0.0
msgpack==1.0.4
packaging==21.3
pexpect==4.8.0
pkginfo==1.8.3
platformdirs==2.5.3
poetry==1.2.2
poetry-core==1.3.2
poetry-plugin-export==1.2.0
ptyprocess==0.7.0
pycparser==2.21
pylev==1.4.0
pyparsing==3.0.9
PyQt5==5.15.7
PyQt5-Qt5==5.15.2
PyQt5-sip==12.11.0
pyrsistent==0.19.2
pyserial==3.5
PyYAML==6.0
QtPy==2.2.1
requests==2.28.1
requests-toolbelt==0.9.1
SecretStorage==3.3.3
shellingham==1.5.0
six==1.16.0
tomlkit==0.11.6
urllib3==1.26.12
virtualenv==20.16.6
webencodings==0.5.1
zipp==3.10.0

now hung at modbus_tk, pip installed as well:

current pip freeze (could serve as requirements.txt basis):

attrs==22.1.0
CacheControl==0.12.11
cachy==0.3.0
certifi==2022.9.24
cffi==1.15.1
charset-normalizer==2.1.1
cleo==1.0.0a5
click==8.1.3
crashtest==0.3.1
cryptography==38.0.3
distlib==0.3.6
dulwich==0.20.50
filelock==3.8.0
future==0.18.2
html5lib==1.1
idna==3.4
importlib-metadata==5.0.0
iso8601==1.1.0
jaraco.classes==3.2.3
jeepney==0.8.0
jsonschema==4.17.0
keyring==23.11.0
lockfile==0.12.2
modbus-tk==1.1.2
more-itertools==9.0.0
msgpack==1.0.4
packaging==21.3
pexpect==4.8.0
pkginfo==1.8.3
platformdirs==2.5.3
poetry==1.2.2
poetry-core==1.3.2
poetry-plugin-export==1.2.0
ptyprocess==0.7.0
pycparser==2.21
pylev==1.4.0
pyparsing==3.0.9
PyQt5==5.15.7
PyQt5-Qt5==5.15.2
PyQt5-sip==12.11.0
pyrsistent==0.19.2
pyserial==3.5
PyYAML==6.0
QtPy==2.2.1
requests==2.28.1
requests-toolbelt==0.9.1
SecretStorage==3.3.3
shellingham==1.5.0
six==1.16.0
tomlkit==0.11.6
urllib3==1.26.12
virtualenv==20.16.6
webencodings==0.5.1
zipp==3.10.0

opened a dialog window asking for connection port, looking much better now, unfortunately I already unplugged the RD8018 at this time and will pick it up again. Thanks for releasing RidenGUI anyways and a lot for your quick help with it.

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chron0 · 2022-11-23T13:42:07Z

chron0
Nov 23, 2022

Ahoy Shaybox, glad to report back that I was finally able to get RidenGui to work as well as flashing esphome to the ESP12. Is it normal that the Riden locks the UI and hw controls when it is doing modbus com? Whenever I used RidenGUI or the esphome is pushing its 10sec interval data update the little lock symbol appears in the display and no buttons work obviously. Do I have to live with that or is that something I could change via unisoft FW menu?

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ShayBox · 2022-11-23T15:36:33Z

ShayBox
Nov 23, 2022
Maintainer Author

There is a setting in the custom firmware somewhere to prevent locking the controls when communication happens, I haven't had any issues with it even above 115200 baud, I can get up to 250000 baud.

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