ceandre / radonreader

Read current radon level from RadonEye RD200

RadonReader

This project provides a tool which allows users collect current radon data from FTLab Radon Eye RD200 (Bluetooth only version).

Hardware Requeriments

• FTLabs RadonEye RD200
• Raspberry Pi
• Bluetooth LE (Low Energy) support

Software Requeriments

• Python 2.7.x
• bluepy Python library

History

• 0.3 - Added MQTT support

Usage

usage: radon_reader.py [-h] -a ADDRESS [-b] [-v] [-s] [-m] [-ms MQTT_SRV]
                       [-mp MQTT_PORT] [-mu MQTT_USER] [-mw MQTT_PW] [-ma]

RadonEye RD200 (Bluetooth/BLE) Reader

optional arguments:
  -h, --help       show this help message and exit
  -a ADDRESS       Bluetooth Address (AA:BB:CC:DD:EE:FF format)
  -b, --becquerel  Display radon value in Becquerel (Bq/m^3) unit
  -v, --verbose    Verbose mode
  -s, --silent     Only output radon value (without unit and timestamp)
  -m, --mqtt       Enable send output to MQTT server
  -ms MQTT_SRV     MQTT server URL or IP address
  -mp MQTT_PORT    MQTT server service port (Default: 1883)
  -mu MQTT_USER    MQTT server username
  -mw MQTT_PW      MQTT server password
  -ma              Enable Home Assistant MQTT output (Default: EmonCMS)

radonreader's Issues

string argument wihout an encoding

I wonder if anyone would happen to know how to solve this issue:

pi@raspberrypi:/h/graham/radon $ python radon_reader.py -v -a F4:9F:38:88:88:6E
Connecting...
Writing...
string argument without an encoding
Failed, trying again (1)...
Connecting...
Failed to connect to peripheral F4:9F:38:88:88:6E, addr type: random
Failed, trying again (2)...
Connecting...
Failed to connect to peripheral F4:9F:38:88:88:6E, addr type: random
Failed, trying again (3)...
Connecting...
Failed to connect to peripheral F4:9F:38:88:88:6E, addr type: random
Failed.
pi@raspberrypi:/h/graham/radon $

Python 3 compatibility

Nice script, thanks a lot. I just received a brand new RD200 and the compatibility with Python 3 can be fixed by changing line 49:

RadonEyeWrite.write(bytes("\x50"))

with:

RadonEyeWrite.write(bytes("\x50", "ascii"))

Unfortunately this wouldn't work with 2.7. But 2.7 has been End of Life for 2 years :-)

Question on Setup

I have been using your script for several months and then it stopped working. It cannot find the RadonEye. Do you have to pair the device first using bluetoothctl or does the script handle it all?

Helper not started (did you call connect()?)

How do I start the helper?

Thank you for building this tool, the manufacturer's app is barely functional.

ImportError: cannot import name btle

Hello,

I bought the RadonEye RD200 (GTIN: 4260514360076 ) and am trying to extract the log.
However I get this error:

pi@iobroker-pi:~ $ ./radon_reader.py
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "./radon_reader.py", line 14, in <module>
    from bluepy import btle
ImportError: cannot import name btle

Anyone know how to solve it?

Raspberry Pi 3 Modell B
Linux iobroker-pi 5.10.103-v7+ #1529 SMP Tue Mar 8 12:21:37 GMT 2022 armv7l GNU/Linux
bluepy 1.3.0

Script does not connect

Hi!
I found the bluetooth mac with the discovery [NEW] Device 44:17:XX:XX:XX:XX FR:RE22111XXXXXXX

now I'm trying to connect to the radoneye device with python2.7 radon_reader.py -b -v -a 44:17:XX:XX:XX:XX

but I only get following output
Connecting...
Failed to connect to peripheral 44:17:XX:XX:XX:XX, addr type: random
Failed, trying again (1)...
Connecting...
Failed to connect to peripheral 44:17:XX:XX:XX:XX, addr type: random
Failed, trying again (2)...
Connecting...
Failed to connect to peripheral 44:17:XX:XX:XX:XX, addr type: random
Failed, trying again (3)...
Connecting...
Failed to connect to peripheral 44:17:XX:XX:XX:XX, addr type: random
Failed.

what I'm doing wrong?

thanks, kr

Python3?

Wondering if this works under Python3?

I'm getting the following error:

rpi4:radonreader:% python3 radon_reader.py -a FB:74:xx:yy:zz:aa -v
Connecting...
Writing...
string argument without an encoding
Failed, trying again (1)...
Connecting...
Failed to connect to peripheral FB:74:xx:yy:zz:aa, addr type: random
Failed, trying again (2)...
Connecting...
Failed to connect to peripheral FB:74:xx:yy:zz:aa, addr type: random
Failed, trying again (3)...
Connecting...
Failed to connect to peripheral FB:74:xx:yy:zz:aa, addr type: random
Failed.

The Bluetooth indicator on the device does turn on during this process.

Any and all ideas appreciated. Thanks!

Bluetooth Address?

How do you find the bluetooth address for the device?