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Help KC868-A6 - eddiebullman - 01-22-2024
Hi
I emailed hificat@163.com and asked the following question.
I am locking for a control board that has the following
ESP32 WiFi which can be connected to Home Assistant
Has 6 relay outputs which can be controlled via Home Assistant
Has 6 inputs who state changes are passed onto Home Assistant
Has 2 inputs which I can connect Wiegand RFID/Keypads so when a code is enter or a tag is read it is passed onto Home Assistant
Do yo have such a board as I am looking for 2 such boards ?
The response I got was
KC868-A6 suitable for you.
here is details: https://www.kincony.com/esp32-6-channel-relay-module-kc868-a6.html
My response was
Thanks for the info.
but that on has one serial interface on the board or can I use that for one Wiegand keypad and the 9pin D for the other Wiegand keypad as I need to connect 2 to each board
then I got this response.
see this photo:
https://www.kincony.com/images/KC868-A6/KC868-A6-1_05.jpg
there are IO1 and IO2 use for Wiegand keypad.
Which I understand but I then asked this question
So I connect the first keypad to IO1 & IO2 and connect the second keypad to the serial port outlined in the diagram.
Or can I only connect one keypad ?
The then told the told me to ask my question on here. So here I am
So my main question is how I connect 2 Wiegand Keypads to KC868-A6
Thanks
Eddie
RE: Help KC868-A6 - admin - 01-22-2024
yes, if you want use second wiegand keypad, you can connect to "serial" extend port on PCB (the white 4pin socket), so there are two free gpios can use. NOT use 9Pin RS232 port, because they are RS232 level.
RE: Help KC868-A6 - eddiebullman - 01-22-2024
(01-22-2024, 09:44 PM)admin Wrote: yes, if you want use second wiegand keypad, you can connect to "serial" extend port on PCB (the white 4pin socket), so there are two free gpios can use. NOT use 9Pin RS232 port, because they are RS232 level.
Thanks
Just got wait for it to be delivered before I can have some fun with it
RE: Help KC868-A6 - admin - 01-22-2024
you are welcome.
RE: Help KC868-A6 - eddiebullman - 02-03-2024
(01-22-2024, 09:48 PM)admin Wrote: you are welcome.
Stupid question which way round does the nRF24i01 (WiFi) board go image A or image B before I power up the board ?
Images attached
Thanks
Eddie
RE: Help KC868-A6 - eddiebullman - 02-03-2024
Have had another look at this I don't think I need the nRF24p01 board as the ESP32 chip has wifi so will use that to connect to my network I just need to know how have downloaded drivers for the esp32 and connected the usb to both a Mac and windows PC but devise is not found
RE: Help KC868-A6 - admin - 02-03-2024
download CH341 USB-Serial Driver for Windows OS or MAC OS. you can search by Google: CH341 USB driver.
RE: Help KC868-A6 - eddiebullman - 02-06-2024
(02-03-2024, 11:19 PM)admin Wrote: download CH341 USB-Serial Driver for Windows OS or MAC OS. you can search by Google: CH341 USB driver.
Thanks
have managed to get the board up and running and connected to home assistant
I would like to connect a Wiegand keypad/read to IO pins 1&2 and pass the info direct onto home assistant
is the text correct?
# Example configuration entry
wiegand:
- id: mykeypad
d0: GPIO1
d1: GPIO2
on_key:
- lambda: ESP_LOGI("KEY", "received key %d", x);
on_tag:
- lambda: ESP_LOGI("TAG", "received tag %s", x.c_str());
on_raw:
- lambda: ESP_LOGI("RAW", "received raw %d bits, value %llx", bits, value);
Have highlighted the pins on PDF
GPIO.pdf (Size: 6.09 MB / Downloads: 152)
RE: Help KC868-A6 - admin - 02-06-2024
here is video tour for use wiegand: https://youtu.be/v-Vs4NbJy5k
just chose 2 free ESP32 GPIOs to use.
RE: Help KC868-A6 - eddiebullman - 02-06-2024
(02-06-2024, 12:43 AM)admin Wrote: here is video tour for use wiegand: https://youtu.be/v-Vs4NbJy5k
just chose 2 free ESP32 GPIOs to use.
I have seen this video which makes sense
but I still not sure if I can use the pins highlighted in the image attached and how they relate to the .yaml config text.
The pins in the diagram show IO-1 and IO-2 are these GPIO-1 & GPIO-2 as the video doesn't tell you any info like that. e.g how the physical terminals relate to the .yaml
please be a ware that this is the first time I have done any thing with these type of boards I did what your lesson 1 video which was very good but it did not explain how to physically connect things together