openHAB 2.0 binding

[Andrew Currie]

@TimO Thanks Tim for your feedback. Here is the log from the gateway. It receives messages from openhab re the ethernet connection and also from the motion sensor and gets a fail from one send

0;255;3;0;9;Starting gateway (RNNGA-, 2.0.0)
0;255;3;0;9;TSM:INIT
0;255;3;0;9;TSM:RADIO:OK
0;255;3;0;9;TSM:GW MODE
0;255;3;0;9;TSM:READY
IP: 192.168.1.9
0;255;3;0;9;No registration required
0;255;3;0;9;Init complete, id=0, parent=0, distance=0, registration=1
0;255;3;0;9;TSP:SANCHK:OK
0;255;3;0;9;TSP:SANCHK:OK
0;255;3;0;9;Eth: connect
0;255;3;0;9;Eth: 0;0;3;0;2;
0;255;3;0;9;Eth: 
0;255;3;0;9;Eth: 0;0;3;0;2;
0;255;3;0;9;Eth: 
0;255;3;0;9;Eth: 0;0;3;0;2;
0;255;3;0;9;Eth: 
0;255;3;0;9;Eth: 0;0;3;0;2;
0;255;3;0;9;Eth: 
0;255;3;0;9;Eth: 0;0;3;0;2;
0;255;3;0;9;Eth: 
0;255;3;0;9;Eth: disconnect
0;255;3;0;9;TSP:SANCHK:OK
0;255;3;0;9;Eth: connect
0;255;3;0;9;Eth: 0;0;3;0;2;
0;255;3;0;9;Eth: 
0;255;3;0;9;Eth: 0;0;3;0;2;
0;255;3;0;9;Eth: 
0;255;3;0;9;Eth: 0;0;3;0;2;
0;255;3;0;9;Eth: 
0;255;3;0;9;Eth: 0;0;3;0;2;
0;255;3;0;9;Eth: 
0;255;3;0;9;Eth: 0;0;3;0;2;
0;255;3;0;9;Eth: 
0;255;3;0;9;Eth: disconnect
0;255;3;0;9;TSP:SANCHK:OK
0;255;3;0;9;TSP:SANCHK:OK
0;255;3;0;9;TSP:MSG:READ 1-1-255 s=255,c=3,t=7,pt=0,l=0,sg=0:
0;255;3;0;9;TSP:MSG:BC
0;255;3;0;9;TSP:MSG:FPAR REQ (sender=1)
0;255;3;0;9;TSP:CHKUPL:OK
0;255;3;0;9;TSP:MSG:GWL OK
0;255;3;0;9;TSP:MSG:SEND 0-0-1-1 s=255,c=3,t=8,pt=1,l=1,sg=0,ft=0,st=ok:0
0;255;3;0;9;TSP:MSG:READ 1-1-0 s=255,c=3,t=24,pt=1,l=1,sg=0:1
0;255;3;0;9;TSP:MSG:PINGED (ID=1, hops=1)
0;255;3;0;9;TSP:MSG:SEND 0-0-1-1 s=255,c=3,t=25,pt=1,l=1,sg=0,ft=0,st=ok:1
0;255;3;0;9;TSP:MSG:READ 1-1-0 s=255,c=3,t=15,pt=6,l=2,sg=0:0100
0;255;3;0;9;!TSP:MSG:SEND 0-0-1-1 s=255,c=3,t=15,pt=6,l=2,sg=0,ft=0,st=fail:0100
0;255;3;0;9;TSP:MSG:READ 1-1-0 s=255,c=3,t=6,pt=1,l=1,sg=0:0
0;255;3;0;9;TSP:MSG:READ 1-1-0 s=255,c=3,t=11,pt=0,l=13,sg=0:Motion Sensor
0;255;3;0;9;TSP:MSG:READ 1-1-0 s=255,c=3,t=12,pt=0,l=3,sg=0:1.0
0;255;3;0;9;TSP:MSG:READ 1-1-0 s=1,c=0,t=1,pt=0,l=0,sg=0:
0;255;3;0;9;TSP:MSG:READ 1-1-0 s=255,c=3,t=26,pt=1,l=1,sg=0:2
0;255;3;0;9;TSP:MSG:SEND 0-0-1-1 s=255,c=3,t=27,pt=1,l=1,sg=0,ft=0,st=ok:1
0;255;3;0;9;TSP:MSG:READ 1-1-0 s=1,c=1,t=16,pt=0,l=1,sg=0:0
0;255;3;0;9;TSP:MSG:READ 1-1-0 s=1,c=1,t=16,pt=0,l=1,sg=0:1
0;255;3;0;9;TSP:MSG:READ 1-1-0 s=1,c=1,t=16,pt=0,l=1,sg=0:0
0;255;3;0;9;TSP:SANCHK:OK

The telnet connection shows no action and the gateway device is on the local network

$ telnet 192.168.1.9 5003
Trying 192.168.1.9...
Connected to 192.168.1.9.
Escape character is '^]'.

$ arp -a
HPB482AF (192.168.1.2) at 28:92:4a:c0:c3:27 [ether] on wlan0
WIZnet9FFEED (192.168.1.9) at de:ad:b1:9f:fe:ed [ether] on wlan0
NB604N.Home (192.168.1.1) at 00:60:64:83:50:8b [ether] on wlan0
HF-LPB100 (192.168.1.12) at f0:fe:6b:16:a1:4a [ether] on wlan0

I have tried all sorts of ubuntu firewall settings to allow access to and from 192.168.1.9 port 5003 and also looked into the router settings with no joy.

As another approach I tried the serial gateway and investigated the linux settings given in
http://docs.openhab.org/installation/linux.html#privileges-for-common-peripherals

The furthest I got with the serial gateway was as follows, first the debug log at startup and then when creating the gateway thing in the paper ui

10:07:04.218 [DEBUG] [org.openhab.binding.mysensors       ] - ServiceEvent REGISTERED - {org.eclipse.smarthome.core.thing.binding.ThingHandlerFactory}={component.name=org.openhab.binding.mysensors.internal.factory.MySensorsHandlerFactory, component.id=197, service.id=340, service.bundleid=250, service.scope=bundle} - org.openhab.binding.mysensors
10:07:04.219 [DEBUG] [org.openhab.binding.mysensors       ] - BundleEvent STARTED – org.openhab.binding.mysensors
10:08:52.520 [DEBUG] [org.openhab.binding.mysensors       ] - ServiceEvent REGISTERED - {org.eclipse.smarthome.config.discovery.DiscoveryService}={service.id=341, service.bundleid=250, service.scope=singleton} – org.openhab.binding.mysensors

10:08:52.524 [DEBUG] [ernal.handler.MySensorsBridgeHandler] - Initialization of the MySensors bridge
10:08:52.526 [DEBUG] [col.serial.MySensorsSerialConnection] - Set skip check on startup to: false
10:08:52.526 [DEBUG] [col.serial.MySensorsSerialConnection] - Enabling connection watchdog
10:08:52.527 [DEBUG] [col.serial.MySensorsSerialConnection] - Connecting to ttyUSB1 [baudRate:115200]
10:08:52.530 [DEBUG] [ternal.factory.MySensorsCacheFactory] - Cache file: given_ids.cached exist.
10:08:52.531 [DEBUG] [ternal.factory.MySensorsCacheFactory] - Cache (given_ids) content: []
10:08:52.532 [DEBUG] [ernal.handler.MySensorsBridgeHandler] - Initialization of the MySensors bridge DONE!

testRead() open failed: /dev/ttyUSB1

localClose: File Descriptor error, not closing

testRead() open failed: /dev/ttyUSB1

localClose: File Descriptor error, not closing

testRead() open failed: /dev/ttyUSB1

localClose: File Descriptor error, not closing
10:08:52.545 [DEBUG] [col.serial.MySensorsSerialConnection] - Final port list: ttyUSB1:/dev/ttyUSB1

testRead() open failed: ttyUSB1

localClose: File Descriptor error, not closing
Failed to connect on port: ttyUSB1 exception: 
gnu.io.NoSuchPortException

While my plan was to test on my ubuntu 16.04 laptop, I have gone ahead and ordered a Raspberry pi 3 and intend to install the openhabianpi img file. Hopefully better progress there...

[balder88]

Hey guys, first message on this forum. Been reading alot before. But now I have a problem I just can't solve.
It's about smartsleep with openhab 2.
Im using wifi gw rfm 69.
Regular messages works as it should both ways.
But it almost seems like the smartsleep isn't enabled in the binding.
Here are my configs and logs.

Things file:

Bridge mysensors:bridge-eth:gw69 [ ipAddress="192.168.1.235", tcpPort=5003, sendDelay=100, enableNetworkSanCheck=true ] {
//  Anarduino
    humidity        AnHum   [ nodeId="66", childId="0" ]
    temperature     AnTemp  [ nodeId="66", childId="1" ]
    light           light02 [ nodeId="66", childId="3", smartSleep=true ]
  }

Items file:

Switch  TestLight   "Test lampa" (Test) { channel="mysensors:light:gw69:light02:status" }

Sketch: (Cleaned up the parts that dont matter, RTC and so on.)

// Enable debug prints to serial monitor
#define MY_DEBUG 

// Enable and select radio type attached
#define MY_RADIO_RFM69
#define MY_IS_RFM69HW
#define MY_NODE_ID 66
#define MY_RFM69_NETWORKID 100
#define MY_RFM69_FREQUENCY RF69_433MHZ
#define MY_SMART_SLEEP_WAIT_DURATION_MS 1000
#include <MySensors.h>
#include <TimeLib.h>
#include <Wire.h>
#include <MCP7940RTC.h>
#include <DHT.h>

#define MCP7940_CTRL_ID 0x6F
#define CSMEM_PIN 5

#define LEDPIN 9

long sleepIntervalSec=5;
long loopCnt=0;
uint8_t d[8];
uint8_t dAlarm[8];
int d1[8];

// Set this to the pin you connected the DHT's data pin to
#define DHT_DATA_PIN 6

// Set this offset if the sensor has a permanent small offset to the real temperatures
#define SENSOR_TEMP_OFFSET 0

// Sleep time between sensor updates (in milliseconds)
// Must be >1000ms for DHT22 and >2000ms for DHT11
static const uint64_t UPDATE_INTERVAL = 5000;

// Force sending an update of the temperature after n sensor reads, so a controller showing the
// timestamp of the last update doesn't show something like 3 hours in the unlikely case, that
// the value didn't change since;
// i.e. the sensor would force sending an update every UPDATE_INTERVAL*FORCE_UPDATE_N_READS [ms]
static const uint8_t FORCE_UPDATE_N_READS = 10;

#define CHILD_ID_HUM 0
#define CHILD_ID_TEMP 1
#define CHILD_ID_MULTIMETER 2

float lastTemp;
float lastHum;
uint8_t nNoUpdatesTemp;
uint8_t nNoUpdatesHum;
bool metric = true;

MyMessage msgHum(CHILD_ID_HUM, V_HUM);
MyMessage msgTemp(CHILD_ID_TEMP, V_TEMP);
MyMessage msgVolt(CHILD_ID_MULTIMETER, V_VOLTAGE);

DHT dht;

int BATTERY_SENSE_PIN = A0;  // select the input pin for the battery sense point
int oldBatteryPcnt = 0;
int batteryBasement = 812;
int batteryFull = 922;
float batteryConstant = 100.0 / (batteryFull - batteryBasement);
float lastbatteryV = 0;

const int buzzer = 7; //buzzer to arduino pin 7

#define RELAY_1  8  // Arduino Digital I/O pin number for first relay (second on pin+1 etc)
#define NUMBER_OF_RELAYS 1 // Total number of attached relays
#define RELAY_ON 1  // GPIO value to write to turn on attached relay
#define RELAY_OFF 0 // GPIO value to write to turn off attached relay

void before()
{
  for (int sensor=3, pin=RELAY_1; sensor<=NUMBER_OF_RELAYS; sensor++, pin++) {
    // Then set relay pins in output mode
    pinMode(pin, OUTPUT);
    // Set relay to last known state (using eeprom storage)
    digitalWrite(pin, loadState(sensor)?RELAY_ON:RELAY_OFF);
  }
}

void setup()  
{
   // use the 1.1 V internal reference
   analogReference(INTERNAL);

  pinMode(LEDPIN, OUTPUT);
  digitalWrite(LEDPIN, LOW);
  Wire.begin();
  pinMode(CSMEM_PIN, OUTPUT);
  digitalWrite(CSMEM_PIN, HIGH);

   dht.setup(DHT_DATA_PIN); // set data pin of DHT sensor
  if (UPDATE_INTERVAL <= dht.getMinimumSamplingPeriod()) {
    Serial.println("Warning: UPDATE_INTERVAL is smaller than supported by the sensor!");
  }
  // Sleep for the time of the minimum sampling period to give the sensor time to power up
  // (otherwise, timeout errors might occure for the first reading)
  sleepIntervalSec = dht.getMinimumSamplingPeriod();
  clearAlarm();
  delay(20);
  setNewAlarm();
  sleep(dht.getMinimumSamplingPeriod());
  analogRead(BATTERY_SENSE_PIN);
 }

void presentation() {
   // Send the sketch version information to the gateway and Controller
   sendSketchInfo("Humidity sensor", "1.0");
   present(CHILD_ID_MULTIMETER, S_MULTIMETER, "VOLT", true);
   present(CHILD_ID_HUM, S_HUM, "HUMIDITY", true);
   present(CHILD_ID_TEMP, S_TEMP, "TEMP", true);
  for (int sensor=1, pin=RELAY_1; sensor<=NUMBER_OF_RELAYS; sensor++, pin++) {
    // Register all sensors to gw (they will be created as child devices)
    present(sensor, S_BINARY);
  }
  metric = getControllerConfig().isMetric;
}


void loop()
{
  wait(100);
   int sensorValue = analogRead(BATTERY_SENSE_PIN);
   #ifdef MY_DEBUG
   Serial.println(sensorValue);
   #endif
   float batteryV  = sensorValue * 0.004551646;
   if(sensorValue < batteryBasement) {
    sensorValue = batteryBasement;
    batteryV = 0;
   }
   else if (sensorValue > batteryFull) {
    sensorValue = batteryFull;
   }
   int batteryPcnt = (sensorValue - batteryBasement) * batteryConstant;
       if ((abs(oldBatteryPcnt - batteryPcnt) > 1)) {
      sendBatteryLevel(batteryPcnt);
      oldBatteryPcnt = batteryPcnt;
    }
   
   if(batteryV != lastbatteryV) {
   send(msgVolt.set(batteryV, 2));
   lastbatteryV = batteryV;
   }
   #ifdef MY_DEBUG
   Serial.print("Battery Voltage: ");
   Serial.print(batteryV);
   Serial.println(" V");
   Serial.print("Battery percent: ");
   Serial.print(batteryPcnt);
   Serial.println(" %");
   #endif

  // Force reading sensor, so it works also after sleep()
  dht.readSensor(true);

  // Get temperature from DHT library
  float temperature = dht.getTemperature();
  if (isnan(temperature)) {
    Serial.println("Failed reading temperature from DHT!");
  } else if (temperature != lastTemp || nNoUpdatesTemp == FORCE_UPDATE_N_READS) {
    // Only send temperature if it changed since the last measurement or if we didn't send an update for n times
    lastTemp = temperature;
    if (!metric) {
      temperature = dht.toFahrenheit(temperature);
    }
    // Reset no updates counter
    nNoUpdatesTemp = 0;
    temperature += SENSOR_TEMP_OFFSET;
    send(msgTemp.set(temperature, 1));
    #ifdef MY_DEBUG
    Serial.print("T: ");
    Serial.println(temperature);
    #endif
  } else {
    // Increase no update counter if the temperature stayed the same
    nNoUpdatesTemp++;
  }

  // Get humidity from DHT library
  float humidity = dht.getHumidity();
  if (isnan(humidity)) {
    Serial.println("Failed reading humidity from DHT");
  } else if (humidity != lastHum || nNoUpdatesHum == FORCE_UPDATE_N_READS) {
    // Only send humidity if it changed since the last measurement or if we didn't send an update for n times
    lastHum = humidity;
    // Reset no updates counter
    nNoUpdatesHum = 0;
    send(msgHum.set(humidity, 1));

    #ifdef MY_DEBUG
    Serial.print("H: ");
    Serial.println(humidity);
    #endif
  } else {
    // Increase no update counter if the humidity stayed the same
    nNoUpdatesHum++;
  }
long sleepTime = UPDATE_INTERVAL;
if (batteryPcnt < 50) {
  sleepTime = (sleepTime * 2);
}
  // Sleep for a while to save energy
  sleepIntervalSec = sleepTime / 1000;
  Serial.println();
  Serial.print("Setting new sleep time: ");
  Serial.print(sleepIntervalSec);
  Serial.println(" seconds.");
  clearAlarm();
  delay(20);
  setNewAlarm();
  smartSleep(sleepTime);

}

void receive(const MyMessage &message)
{
  // We only expect one type of message from controller. But we better check anyway.
  if (message.type==V_STATUS) {
    // Change relay state
    digitalWrite(message.sensor-1+RELAY_1, message.getBool()?RELAY_ON:RELAY_OFF);
    // Store state in eeprom
    saveState(message.sensor, message.getBool());
    // Write some debug info
    Serial.print("Incoming change for sensor:");
    Serial.print(message.sensor);
    Serial.print(", New status: ");
    Serial.println(message.getBool());
  }
}

Sensor startup:

0 MCO:BGN:INIT NODE,CP=RRNNA--,VER=2.1.1
3 MCO:BGN:BFR
4 TSM:INIT
5 TSF:WUR:MS=0
8 TSM:INIT:TSP OK
9 TSM:INIT:STATID=66
11 TSF:SID:OK,ID=66
13 TSM:FPAR
143 TSF:MSG:SEND,66-66-255-255,s=255,c=3,t=7,pt=0,l=0,sg=0,ft=0,st=OK:
524 TSF:MSG:READ,0-0-66,s=255,c=3,t=8,pt=1,l=1,sg=0:0
529 TSF:MSG:FPAR OK,ID=0,D=1
2150 TSM:FPAR:OK
2151 TSM:ID
2152 TSM:ID:OK
2154 TSM:UPL
2161 TSF:MSG:SEND,66-66-0-0,s=255,c=3,t=24,pt=1,l=1,sg=0,ft=0,st=OK:1
2181 TSF:MSG:READ,0-0-66,s=255,c=3,t=25,pt=1,l=1,sg=0:1
2186 TSF:MSG:PONG RECV,HP=1
2189 TSM:UPL:OK
2190 TSM:READY:ID=66,PAR=0,DIS=1
2199 TSF:MSG:SEND,66-66-0-0,s=255,c=3,t=15,pt=6,l=2,sg=0,ft=0,st=OK:0100
2253 TSF:MSG:READ,0-0-66,s=255,c=3,t=15,pt=6,l=2,sg=0:0100
2310 TSF:MSG:SEND,66-66-0-0,s=255,c=0,t=17,pt=0,l=5,sg=0,ft=0,st=OK:2.1.1
2366 TSF:MSG:SEND,66-66-0-0,s=255,c=3,t=6,pt=1,l=1,sg=0,ft=0,st=OK:0
2403 TSF:MSG:READ,0-0-66,s=255,c=3,t=6,pt=0,l=1,sg=0:M
2461 TSF:MSG:SEND,66-66-0-0,s=255,c=3,t=11,pt=0,l=15,sg=0,ft=0,st=OK:Humidity sensor
2562 TSF:MSG:SEND,66-66-0-0,s=255,c=3,t=12,pt=0,l=3,sg=0,ft=0,st=OK:1.0
2618 TSF:MSG:SEND,66-66-0-0,s=2,c=0,t=30,pt=0,l=4,sg=0,ft=0,st=OK:VOLT
2757 !TSF:MSG:SEND,66-66-0-0,s=0,c=0,t=7,pt=0,l=8,sg=0,ft=0,st=NACK:HUMIDITY
2777 TSF:MSG:SEND,66-66-0-0,s=1,c=0,t=6,pt=0,l=4,sg=0,ft=1,st=OK:TEMP
2912 !TSF:MSG:SEND,66-66-0-0,s=1,c=0,t=3,pt=0,l=0,sg=0,ft=0,st=NACK:
2918 MCO:REG:REQ
2974 TSF:MSG:SEND,66-66-0-0,s=255,c=3,t=26,pt=1,l=1,sg=0,ft=1,st=OK:2
2991 TSF:MSG:READ,0-0-66,s=255,c=3,t=27,pt=1,l=1,sg=0:1
2996 MCO:PIM:NODE REG=1
2999 MCO:BGN:STP
3154 MCO:SLP:MS=2000,SMS=0,I1=255,M1=255,I2=255,M2=255
3160 MCO:SLP:TPD
3161 MCO:SLP:WUP=-1
3163 MCO:BGN:INIT OK,TSP=1

Log Sensor: (This is when I press the button when the sensor is awake)
It's sends away it's heartbeat correctly.

125578 TSF:MSG:READ,0-0-66,s=3,c=1,t=2,pt=0,l=1,sg=0:0
Incoming change for sensor:3, New status: 0

Setting new sleep time: 5 seconds.
137926 MCO:SLP:MS=5000,SMS=1,I1=255,M1=255,I2=255,M2=255
137939 TSF:MSG:SEND,66-66-0-0,s=255,c=3,t=22,pt=5,l=4,sg=0,ft=0,st=OK:134932

Log Openhab: And the gateway receives heartbeat.

18:21:37.174 [DEBUG] [rs.internal.protocol.MySensorsWriter] - Sending to MySensors: 66;3;1;0;2;0
18:21:37.178 [INFO ] [smarthome.event.ItemCommandEvent    ] - Item 'TestLight' received command OFF
18:21:37.181 [INFO ] [marthome.event.ItemStateChangedEvent] - TestLight changed from ON to OFF
18:22:15.416 [DEBUG] [rs.internal.protocol.MySensorsReader] - 66;255;3;0;22;134932
18:22:16.372 [DEBUG] [rs.internal.protocol.MySensorsWriter] - Sending to MySensors: 0;0;3;0;2;
18:22:16.408 [DEBUG] [rs.internal.protocol.MySensorsReader] - 0;255;3;0;2;2.1.1

Log Openhab: When the node sleeps..

18:26:52.396 [DEBUG] [rs.internal.protocol.MySensorsWriter] - Sending to MySensors: 66;3;1;0;2;0
18:26:52.397 [INFO ] [smarthome.event.ItemCommandEvent    ] - Item 'TestLight' received command OFF
18:26:52.399 [INFO ] [marthome.event.ItemStateChangedEvent] - TestLight changed from ON to OFF

As you can see there is no mention in the openhab log file about buffering or smart sleep. Or a received heartbeat. Which it gets.
What am I doing wrong?

[LastSamurai]

Hi, just a short question as I haven't found any up to date information about it: I am thinking about switching from domoticz to openHab 2 (as I really like the new UIs and the auto discovery). I am using an ESP8266 based MQTT gateway. Does openhab 2 on a raspi work with Mysensors using MQTT and does it support the new sensors/actor types added Mysensors 2 (specially RGBW)?

Thank you!

[Fabien]

Yes you can using proxy items and rules. see example here : https://github.com/mortommy/MySensorDioder
But why not switching to ethernet/serial gateway with @TimO OH2 plugin ?

[LastSamurai]

Thanks @Fabien I have a serial gateway too, but I liked the idea of a MQTT gateway more because its much more flexible. Does Tims plugin not support MQTT? I wanted to use that.

[andreacioni]

Hi @LastSamurai , currently Timo is working on MQTT gateway but I don't know precisely when it will be available to all.

@TimO said in openHAB 2.0 binding:

@Fabien Thank you for your feedback!
And: I've waited for that question according firmware updates to come up. :-D

I've looked into it and I'm very interested but till now there is only the implementation in the library, I've not seen an implementation in a binding. I'll continue to look at it, but with low priority. :-)

Current priority list is:

1. Include binding in OH2 repository.
2. Test and include the big refactoring from @andreacioni .
3. Add MQTT gateway (proof of concept working, full integration after refactoring).
4. Add little feature requests, add sensors ...

[LastSamurai]

Ok, I will keep an eye on this one and stay with the serial gateway for now.

[Andrew Currie]

After moving from my ubuntu laptop to RP3 I have had success!!
Flashed the sd card with the latest openhabian, waited for everything to auto install on the RP3 and could then install the my sensors (ethernet) gateway on the pi and also open a karaf console to log openhab2 via a remote/headless ssh. My remote browser could open the paper ui via openhabianpi:8080 and I added the ethernet gateway successfully. Adding the motion sensor needed the node id 2 and child id 1 as set by the Arduino sketch. The light level sensor was then turned on and it just showed up as my sensors (2,2) in the paper ui inbox so this level of discovery works! The sensors now show tripped status/light level in the paper ui control.
Looks like I can now progress to using My Sensors to control the mi-lights already working in openhab2.
Thanks Tim for all your work on the binding

[AndrewZ]

@TimO , I just noticed a weird behavior - I've changed configuration for another binding and restarted it from the console but that killed mysensors binding:

2017-03-04 13:07:19.110 [INFO ] [el.core.internal.ModelRepositoryImpl] - Refreshing model 'demo.things'
2017-03-04 13:07:19.123 [ERROR] [col.serial.MySensorsSerialConnection] - Interrupted reset time wait
2017-03-04 13:07:19.124 [WARN ] [col.serial.MySensorsSerialConnection] - Skipping I_VERSION connection test, not recommended...
2017-03-04 13:07:19.125 [INFO ] [col.serial.MySensorsSerialConnection] - Successfully connected to MySensors Bridge.
2017-03-04 13:07:19.125 [WARN ] [col.serial.MySensorsSerialConnection] - Network Sanity Checker thread disabled from bridge configuration

2017-03-04 13:07:21.141 [ERROR] [col.serial.MySensorsSerialConnection] - Can't connect to serial port. Wrong port?
2017-03-04 13:07:21.149 [ERROR] [col.serial.MySensorsSerialConnection] - Failed connecting to bridge...next retry in 10 seconds (Retry No.:0)
2017-03-04 13:07:33.161 [ERROR] [col.serial.MySensorsSerialConnection] - Can't connect to serial port. Wrong port?
2017-03-04 13:07:33.163 [ERROR] [col.serial.MySensorsSerialConnection] - Failed connecting to bridge...next retry in 10 seconds (Retry No.:1)

Complete stop/start of OH is the only solution so far.

[andreacioni]

Hi @AndrewZ , yes this is a known issue (I just openend an issue here) with the binding. Just out of curiosity, have you changed something in things file?

[AndrewZ]

@andreacioni thank you
Yes, it was a change in the .things file, but it was related to another binding.

[andreacioni]

@AndrewZ things file update trigger a reload of all binding declared inside it, nothing strange. ;) Follow the above link to keep track of the status of this issue.

[LastSamurai]

I just tried to get the openhab 2 binding up and running. I have a serial gateway and domoticz + openhab running on a pi. I stopped the domoticz service and installed the serial and mysensors addons for openhab like mentioned in the github readme (bundle:list showed them both). I also added the openhab user to the dialout group.
I then created a demo.things file in config/things with

Bridge mysensors:bridge-ser:gateway [ serialPort="/dev/ttyUSB0", sendDelay=200 ] {
    /** define things connected to that bridge here */
  }

The log of openhab shows these errors though:

2017-03-19 00:03:59.855 [ERROR] [col.serial.MySensorsSerialConnection] - Can't connect to serial port. Wrong port?
2017-03-19 00:03:59.897 [ERROR] [col.serial.MySensorsSerialConnection] - Failed connecting to bridge...next retry in 10 seconds (Retry No.:46)

Any idea why? This works just fine:

cat /dev/ttyUSB0

[AndrewZ]

@LastSamurai please check the group ownership

$ ls -l /dev/ttyUSB0

Make sure the port you're using is included in EXTRA_JAVA_OPTS as described here

[LastSamurai]

Thank you, that helped! Should anyone ever face the same problem: after changing the EXTRA_JAVA_OPTS I also needed to restart openhab (more likely the java vm).

[LastSamurai]

So openhab is running now and discovers my sensors when I restart them while scanning. My RGBW controller nodes pop up as RGBW sensors though. The on/off switch works, but what do I have to do to actually control the colors?
I tried editing the 4 variables but that doesn't seem to change the lights.

[TimO]

@LastSamurai : What does your sketch expect? One ASCII formated RGB code like described here: https://www.mysensors.org/download/serial_api_20 or a value between 0 and 100% per color (r,g,b,w)? I see different implementations (in openhab and in mysensors) and maybe we have to adjust the binding.

[LastSamurai]

@TimO Right, I guess thats the problem. I have written my sketch against domoticz, so it expects either a 6 bit hex string (rgb = e.g. ff00ff) or a 9 bit (idk why) rgbw hex string (e.g. #ff00ff00).
According to the mysensors docu "ff00ff00" would be right, I guess.

[AndrewZ]

Just noticed in the log:

[WARN ] [.discovery.MySensorsDiscoveryService] - Cannot automatic discover thing node: 0, child: 255 please insert it manually

Is that normal or any additional configuration is needed?
Thanks!

[TimO]

@AndrewZ hmmmm, a child that represents itself with an id of 255 shouldn't exist. 255 is used for battery status for example. What's the message that comes in before that?