Nodejs-poolController doesn't communicate with Pentair Pool Equipment

[enjos]

Hello,

Can someone please help me with the nodejs-poolController? I have not been able to successfully connect with a raspberry pi 3 or 4.

Here are the pieces have connected

Solar Touch
IntelliFLO variable speed pump
IntelliChlor IC40
Raspberry Pi 4
Industrial USB to RS485 converter

I followed the instructions and when I run npm start it will hang on this screen.



I checked the RS485 messages on USB0 and see the repeating ff00 00a5. Does this mean that it is trying to communicate with the Pentair Equipment?



When I ran npm i in the poolController directory I see a few errors and it doesn't show the post build messages that where shown in the guide.



Here is a screenshot of the dashboard.


Please advise.

 

[Candurin]

Try switching your two cables on the USB adapter at the Pi. That fixed it for me.

 

[rstrouse]

What node version are you running. Type node -v at the prompt.

 

[enjos]

I did try to swap the connectors but no luck. It seems like there is an issue with the npm install from the poolcontroller directory.
node = v12.22.1
npm = 6.14.12

 

[rstrouse]

Try deleting the directory and cloning it again. According to the errors above it is not compiling the serial port. You can also try sudo npm i.

 

[enjos]

No luck on the deleting and cloning or sudo npm install.

I tried using nodejs-poolcontroller 6.5.1 and started to see my chlorinator and pump but it wouldn't complete the setup and the dashpanel didn't work with it.

The SolarTouch panel that I am connected to does communicate with the pump just fine.

Do I need to have a intelliCenter for this to work?

 

[rstrouse]

Open an issue on the njsPC site complete with a replay. I don’t know of any other SolarTouch users.

 

[tagyoureit]

Just to close the loop here, Solar Touch is a "black box" and doesn't communicate with any outside equipment. It won't work with njsPC.