Home Automation Software; Dimensions; Electrical; Install The Usb Driver - RFXCOM RFXtrx433 User Manual

2.2.

Home Automation software

For the list of Home Automation software that has implemented support for the RFXtrx see the
web site www.rfxcom.com
2.3.

Dimensions

The dimensions of the RFXtrx are: 83.5 x 42 x 15 mm
Total height from bottom to antenna top is 122mm
2.4.

Electrical

The RFXtrx is powered by the 5 Volt of the USB interface.
Operating current;
Receive mode:
Transmit mode:

3. Install the USB driver

The RFXtrx has the FTDI FT232R USB interface chip installed.
The USB drivers are available at

4. Run RFXmngr or RFXflash on Linux under Mono

Open a Terminal screen in Linux (Ctrl-Alt-T)
Execute once:
Install Mono:
[sudo] apt-get install mono-runtime
Install VisualBasic support under Mono:
[sudo] apt-get install libmono-microsoft-visualbasic8.0-cil
If the USB device is created as ttyACMx you will need to create a link between
/dev/ttyACMx and a serial port /dev/ttySx.
This is not necessary if the device is created as /dev/ttyUSBx !!
[sudo] ln -sf /dev/ttyACM1 /dev/ttyS3
Note: sudo must be entered without brackets [ ]. sudo is required if not running as super user.
Launch the RFXflash.exe program.
[sudo] mono RFXflash.exe
OR
Launch the RFXmngr.exe program.
[sudo] mono RFXmngr.exe
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28 mA (0.14Watt)
45 mA
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