openHAB 2.0 binding

[TimO]

@LastSamurai Thank you for the feedback!!

I'm glad RGBW seems to work. :-)
RGBW status indeed wasn't working, that definately was a bug and is fixed now (for RGB too).

About your general questions:

You don't have to define the gateway in the things file. It is not discovered automatically, as this is something that is not very easy to implement (i.e. search for serial connections on windows / linux, search for network devices, is it a gateway or not?)
You may just use PaperUI: Configurations -> Things and hit the white plus sign in the blue circle and select serial or ethernet gateway. :-)

When it comes to things and items: for me, a thing is a sensor. For example the RGBW sensor is a thing in the OpenHab world. There are a few channels (children) that are frequently found, when this sensor is used: one channel for RGBW, one for status and occasionally var1-var4 and battery. The thing is defined by its channels. The thing is a representation of the hardware in this case.
The items are the representation for the UI and the user. The user uses the Color picker and the thing/hardware needs a string (#aabbccdd). There may be "hardware" behind an item but there is no need to. An example is the lastUpdate channel/item. The information is not send by the sensor, it is generated by the controller/binding.

[A Former User]

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[A Former User]

@Timo
I attached the file.
https://notebin.cc/1jhks38r3sw
If there is something else you need me to do let me know.

[TimO]

@frg Okay, this is interesting. :smile:
After reviewing your log, I have no idea why this message still appears. There are 7 incoming presentation messages, all handled before. After about four minutes after the last presentation message was received there are 7 warnings about already presented childs. I don't see that behaviour in my log.
It's nothing serious we need to worry about, maybe the category "WARN" is exaggerated for this message. :wink: I'll look for that behaviour in my system, so that I may be able to reproduce it, but at the moment I don't see anything I am able to do here.

[RVMRVM]

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[Nicklas Starkel]

@TimO , did you ever get MQTT to work or do you need someone to test?

[TimO]

Hey @Nicklas-Starkel !

Actually there is a PR for MQTT support which is a huge leap forward and needs testing: https://github.com/tobof/openhab2-addons/pull/75

I'm 90% done on fulfilling the OH2 development compliance: https://github.com/openhab/openhab2-addons/pull/2066 which I'm working on since weeks (months). :o

My road map is:

1. Finish the work on the compliance. (Maybe this week, for sure next week)
2. Move repository to 2.2.0 snapshot
3. Integrate RGB(W)
4. Integrate MQTT

RGB(W) needs some more attention, because there is a bug in the conversion and it needs some more testing.

The current work is a second refactoring with many changes. Also a few options (names) have changed which need some attention by the users because configurations need to be adjusted. Hopefully the names now speak more for itself. :-)
I've also extended the JUnit Testing of the binding (which I'll need to quickly fix the RGB(W) bug).

I need to catch up with the development of the openhab2-addons base. This is done after the OH2 compliance is done. At the moment I can't compile a MQTT testversion of the binding because the repository needs to be moved to 2.2.0 Snapshot.

Sadly the process for OH2 compliance is at the moment blocking the enhancements of the binding. I had no idea this would take so long.

[APL2017]

Hello forum! I am very new with mySensors and OpenHAB (you've heard it before). I have OpenHab 2.1 running on Raspberri Pi2. I configured Z-wave binding, things and a few items, and it works fine. Now I am trying to bind OpenHab to a serial gateway build with Arduino Nano. The default example sketch is loaded to Arduino. The latest v2.1.0 mySensors .jar is placed in \openhab2-addons. I configured serial port as /dev/pts/2 but Gateway is offline. I tried to reboot Raspberry, Arduino but mySensors gateway is always offline, while Z-wave is online and operational. What am I doing wrong?

[TimO]

@APL2017 The device is definitely wrong. It should be something like /dev/ttyUSB1. Execute dmesg in the console and look for usb, ch340, ch341 or ft232. :)

[APL2017]

@TimO said in openHAB 2.0 binding:

dmesg

Thank you! When I entered serial ports as /dev/ttyUSB0, as reported by dmesg, the mySensors serial gateway binding came alive in OpenHAB. Initially, I got confused by instructions how to setup gateway in https://github.com/tobof/openhab2-addons/wiki/Configuration where I spotted serialPort="/dev/pts/2"

[rob]

Hello i installed openhab 2.1 and the openhab jar 2.1 file in addons directory the gateway (serial) is up and running, in the log i see the senors !! but the autodiscovery stops the second i start it and wont show anny sensors but i do see them in the log if i replace the 2.1 jar with the 2.0 jar the autodiscovery runs but doesnt show anny sensors. i had it all working but decided to start from scratch again.

Im doing something wrong but cant figure it out.

[TimO]

Hello @rob!

The autodiscovery is always active since version 2.1 of the binding, so there is no need to start it manually. A click on start will actually restart the scanning.
Have you checked the inbox folder? What's the debug output?

[rob]

@TimO Thank you for your quick reaction (and good work !!) inbox folder is empty. and here is a copy paste of the log file

2017-07-05 12:55:28.504 [DEBUG] [rsAbstractConnection$MySensorsReader] - 0;255;3;0;9;159680 TSF:MSG:FPAR REQ,ID=40
2017-07-05 12:55:28.507 [DEBUG] [rsAbstractConnection$MySensorsReader] - 0;255;3;0;9;159684 TSF:CKU:OK,FCTRL
2017-07-05 12:55:28.509 [DEBUG] [rsAbstractConnection$MySensorsReader] - 0;255;3;0;9;159687 TSF:MSG:GWL OK
2017-07-05 12:55:29.520 [DEBUG] [rsAbstractConnection$MySensorsReader] - 0;255;3;0;9;160696 !TSF:MSG:SEND,0-0-40-40,s=255,c=3,t=8,pt=1,l=1,sg=0,ft=0,st=NACK:0
2017-07-05 12:55:29.878 [DEBUG] [rsAbstractConnection$MySensorsReader] - 0;255;3;0;9;161053 TSF:MSG:READ,110-110-255,s=255,c=3,t=7,pt=0,l=0,sg=0:
2017-07-05 12:55:29.881 [DEBUG] [rsAbstractConnection$MySensorsReader] - 0;255;3;0;9;161059 TSF:MSG:BC
2017-07-05 12:55:29.884 [DEBUG] [rsAbstractConnection$MySensorsReader] - 0;255;3;0;9;161062 TSF:MSG:FPAR REQ,ID=110
2017-07-05 12:55:29.886 [DEBUG] [rsAbstractConnection$MySensorsReader] - 0;255;3;0;9;161067 TSF:CKU:OK,FCTRL
2017-07-05 12:55:29.889 [DEBUG] [rsAbstractConnection$MySensorsReader] - 0;255;3;0;9;161070 TSF:MSG:GWL OK
2017-07-05 12:55:30.227 [DEBUG] [rsAbstractConnection$MySensorsReader] - 0;255;3;0;9;161414 !TSF:MSG:SEND,0-0-110-110,s=255,c=3,t=8,pt=1,l=1,sg=0,ft=0,st=NACK:0
2017-07-05 12:55:30.546 [DEBUG] [rsAbstractConnection$MySensorsReader] - 0;255;3;0;9;161715 TSF:MSG:READ,40-40-255,s=255,c=3,t=7,pt=0,l=0,sg=0:
2017-07-05 12:55:30.551 [DEBUG] [rsAbstractConnection$MySensorsReader] - 0;255;3;0;9;161721 TSF:MSG:BC
2017-07-05 12:55:30.556 [DEBUG] [rsAbstractConnection$MySensorsReader] - 0;255;3;0;9;161724 TSF:MSG:FPAR REQ,ID=40
2017-07-05 12:55:30.561 [DEBUG] [rsAbstractConnection$MySensorsReader] - 0;255;3;0;9;161727 TSF:CKU:OK,FCTRL
2017-07-05 12:55:30.566 [DEBUG] [rsAbstractConnection$MySensorsReader] - 0;255;3;0;9;161730 TSF:MSG:GWL OK
2017-07-05 12:55:31.547 [DEBUG] [rsAbstractConnection$MySensorsReader] - 0;255;3;0;9;162736 !TSF:MSG:SEND,0-0-40-40,s=255,c=3,t=8,pt=1,l=1,sg=0,ft=0,st=NACK:0
2017-07-05 12:55:31.937 [DEBUG] [rsAbstractConnection$MySensorsReader] - 0;255;3;0;9;163112 TSF:MSG:READ,110-110-255,s=255,c=3,t=7,pt=0,l=0,sg=0:
2017-07-05 12:55:31.943 [DEBUG] [rsAbstractConnection$MySensorsReader] - 0;255;3;0;9;163119 TSF:MSG:BC
2017-07-05 12:55:31.948 [DEBUG] [rsAbstractConnection$MySensorsReader] - 0;255;3;0;9;163122 TSF:MSG:FPAR REQ,ID=110
2017-07-05 12:55:31.953 [DEBUG] [rsAbstractConnection$MySensorsReader] - 0;255;3;0;9;163126 TSF:CKU:OK,FCTRL
2017-07-05 12:55:31.958 [DEBUG] [rsAbstractConnection$MySensorsReader] - 0;255;3;0;9;163129 TSF:MSG:GWL OK
2017-07-05 12:55:32.300 [DEBUG] [rsAbstractConnection$MySensorsReader] - 0;255;3;0;9;163484 !TSF:MSG:SEND,0-0-110-110,s=255,c=3,t=8,pt=1,l=1,sg=0,ft=0,st=NACK:0
2017-07-05 12:55:33.999 [DEBUG] [rsAbstractConnection$MySensorsReader] - 0;255;3;0;9;165172 TSF:MSG:READ,110-110-255,s=255,c=3,t=7,pt=0,l=0,sg=0:
2017-07-05 12:55:34.002 [DEBUG] [rsAbstractConnection$MySensorsReader] - 0;255;3;0;9;165178 TSF:MSG:BC
2017-07-05 12:55:34.005 [DEBUG] [rsAbstractConnection$MySensorsReader] - 0;255;3;0;9;165181 TSF:MSG:FPAR REQ,ID=110
2017-07-05 12:55:34.008 [DEBUG] [rsAbstractConnection$MySensorsReader] - 0;255;3;0;9;165185 TSF:CKU:OK,FCTRL
2017-07-05 12:55:34.011 [DEBUG] [rsAbstractConnection$MySensorsReader] - 0;255;3;0;9;165188 TSF:MSG:GWL OK
2017-07-05 12:55:34.369 [DEBUG] [rsAbstractConnection$MySensorsReader] - 0;255;3;0;9;165554 !TSF:MSG:SEND,0-0-110-110,s=255,c=3,t=8,pt=1,l=1,sg=0,ft=0,st=NACK:0
2017-07-05 12:56:07.259 [DEBUG] [rsAbstractConnection$MySensorsReader] - 0;255;3;0;9;198430 TSF:MSG:READ,5-5-255,s=255,c=3,t=7,pt=0,l=0,sg=0:
2017-07-05 12:56:07.265 [DEBUG] [rsAbstractConnection$MySensorsReader] - 0;255;3;0;9;198436 TSF:MSG:BC
2017-07-05 12:56:07.279 [DEBUG] [rsAbstractConnection$MySensorsReader] - 0;255;3;0;9;198439 TSF:MSG:FPAR REQ,ID=5
2017-07-05 12:56:07.285 [DEBUG] [rsAbstractConnection$MySensorsReader] - 0;255;3;0;9;198443 TSF:PNG:SEND,TO=0
2017-07-05 12:56:07.289 [DEBUG] [rsAbstractConnection$MySensorsReader] - 0;255;3;0;9;198447 TSF:CKU:OK
2017-07-05 12:56:07.295 [DEBUG] [rsAbstractConnection$MySensorsReader] - 0;255;3;0;9;198449 TSF:MSG:GWL OK
2017-07-05 12:56:08.130 [DEBUG] [rsAbstractConnection$MySensorsReader] - 0;255;3;0;9;199309 !TSF:MSG:SEND,0-0-5-5,s=255,c=3,t=8,pt=1,l=1,sg=0,ft=0,st=NACK:0
2017-07-05 12:56:09.301 [DEBUG] [rsAbstractConnection$MySensorsReader] - 0;255;3;0;9;200465 TSF:MSG:READ,5-5-255,s=255,c=3,t=7,pt=0,l=0,sg=0:
2017-07-05 12:56:09.306 [DEBUG] [rsAbstractConnection$MySensorsReader] - 0;255;3;0;9;200471 TSF:MSG:BC
2017-07-05 12:56:09.311 [DEBUG] [rsAbstractConnection$MySensorsReader] - 0;255;3;0;9;200474 TSF:MSG:FPAR REQ,ID=5
2017-07-05 12:56:09.317 [DEBUG] [rsAbstractConnection$MySensorsReader] - 0;255;3;0;9;200478 TSF:CKU:OK,FCTRL
2017-07-05 12:56:09.320 [DEBUG] [rsAbstractConnection$MySensorsReader] - 0;255;3;0;9;200481 TSF:MSG:GWL OK
2017-07-05 12:56:10.144 [DEBUG] [rsAbstractConnection$MySensorsReader] - 0;255;3;0;9;201324 !TSF:MSG:SEND,0-0-5-5,s=255,c=3,t=8,pt=1,l=1,sg=0,ft=0,st=NACK:0
2017-07-05 12:56:11.332 [DEBUG] [rsAbstractConnection$MySensorsReader] - 0;255;3;0;9;202501 TSF:MSG:READ,5-5-255,s=255,c=3,t=7,pt=0,l=0,sg=0:
2017-07-05 12:56:11.335 [DEBUG] [rsAbstractConnection$MySensorsReader] - 0;255;3;0;9;202507 TSF:MSG:BC
2017-07-05 12:56:11.338 [DEBUG] [rsAbstractConnection$MySensorsReader] - 0;255;3;0;9;202510 TSF:MSG:FPAR REQ,ID=5
2017-07-05 12:56:11.341 [DEBUG] [rsAbstractConnection$MySensorsReader] - 0;255;3;0;9;202514 TSF:CKU:OK,FCTRL
2017-07-05 12:56:11.344 [DEBUG] [rsAbstractConnection$MySensorsReader] - 0;255;3;0;9;202517 TSF:MSG:GWL OK
2017-07-05 12:56:12.162 [DEBUG] [rsAbstractConnection$MySensorsReader] - 0;255;3;0;9;203347 !TSF:MSG:SEND,0-0-5-5,s=255,c=3,t=8,pt=1,l=1,sg=0,ft=0,st=NACK:0
2017-07-05 12:56:13.363 [DEBUG] [rsAbstractConnection$MySensorsReader] - 0;255;3;0;9;204536 TSF:MSG:READ,5-5-255,s=255,c=3,t=7,pt=0,l=0,sg=0:
2017-07-05 12:56:13.366 [DEBUG] [rsAbstractConnection$MySensorsReader] - 0;255;3;0;9;204542 TSF:MSG:BC
2017-07-05 12:56:13.369 [DEBUG] [rsAbstractConnection$MySensorsReader] - 0;255;3;0;9;204546 TSF:MSG:FPAR REQ,ID=5
2017-07-05 12:56:13.371 [DEBUG] [rsAbstractConnection$MySensorsReader] - 0;255;3;0;9;204549 TSF:CKU:OK,FCTRL
2017-07-05 12:56:13.374 [DEBUG] [rsAbstractConnection$MySensorsReader] - 0;255;3;0;9;204553 TSF:MSG:GWL OK
2017-07-05 12:56:14.193 [DEBUG] [rsAbstractConnection$MySensorsReader] - 0;255;3;0;9;205371 !TSF:MSG:SEND,0-0-5-5,s=255,c=3,t=8,pt=1,l=1,sg=0,ft=0,st=NACK:0

[doctor64]

@rob
As I see from log, gateway unable to send to sensor 5 response to find parent
2017-07-05 12:56:14.193 [DEBUG] [rsAbstractConnection$MySensorsReader] - 0;255;3;0;9;205371 !TSF:MSG:SEND,0-0-5-5,s=255,c=3,t=8,pt=1,l=1,sg=0,ft=0,st=NACK:0

I recommend to debug your radio link, may be using MYSController

[rob]

@doctor64 the node 5 i manually added to openhab its a relay but isnt found with discovery (i have like 30 nodes a bunch of hue lights etc etc) everthing worked ok but my pi/openhab was taken down by the wife :( so had to rebuild from scratch and now the log shows the sensors but openhab wil not show me them

[doctor64]

@rob I have similar problems caused by unstable radio link. Long debug and playing with position of gateway and sensors in apartment, radio channel, etc resolved it, but it can be very frustrating. I recommend from my experience try to reduce distance between gateway and sensor and use MYScontroller as debug tool. Once you have stable sensor network openhab plugin start working like a charm.

As far as I understand, mysensor and openhab plugin works like this (timo, correct me if I wrong)
1: sensor establish link to gateway.
2: sensor request node ID from gateway.
3: plugin generate node ID and send it via gateway to sensor
4: if sensor with nodeID not defined aready in plugin config, sensor added to detected inbox

Looks like your setup stopped somewhere on step 3, but as check I recommend use myscontroller as independent verification

[rob]

@doctor64 thank you for your response !! i have my node id coded in the sensors and everything worked perfect im still thinking i made a misstake somewhere in installing openhab and mysensors the other bindings work perfect, i have it all setup in a 19inch cabinet and thats still in the same place.

[rob]

i just build a ethernet gateway and tried that its connected but doesnt show me the sensors like the serial gateway did in the logs it gives a different warning and i noticed that the cache only shows the node 5 i added manually not the other sensors the log showed...

==> /var/log/openhab2/openhab.log <==
2017-07-05 14:09:00.473 [DEBUG] [ensors.factory.MySensorsCacheFactory] - Cache f ile: given_ids.cached exist.
2017-07-05 14:09:00.479 [DEBUG] [ensors.factory.MySensorsCacheFactory] - Cache ( given_ids) content: [0, 5]
2017-07-05 14:09:00.585 [DEBUG] [al.protocol.ip.MySensorsIpConnection] - Set ski p check on startup to: false
2017-07-05 14:09:00.588 [DEBUG] [al.protocol.ip.MySensorsIpConnection] - Enablin g connection watchdog
2017-07-05 14:09:00.607 [DEBUG] [al.protocol.ip.MySensorsIpConnection] - Connect ing to IP bridge [192.168.178.216:5003]
2017-07-05 14:09:00.641 [DEBUG] [org.openhab.binding.mysensors ] - Service Event REGISTERED - {org.eclipse.smarthome.config.discovery.DiscoveryService}={se rvice.id=283, service.bundleid=184, service.scope=singleton} - org.openhab.bindi ng.mysensors
2017-07-05 14:09:00.659 [DEBUG] [.discovery.MySensorsDiscoveryService] - Startin g MySensors discovery scan
2017-07-05 14:09:00.683 [DEBUG] [nsors.handler.MySensorsBridgeHandler] - Initial ization of the MySensors bridge DONE!
2017-07-05 14:09:00.723 [DEBUG] [rsAbstractConnection$MySensorsWriter] - Sending to MySensors: 0;0;3;0;2;
2017-07-05 14:09:00.737 [DEBUG] [rsAbstractConnection$MySensorsReader] - 0;255;3 ;0;14;Gateway startup complete.
2017-07-05 14:09:01.131 [DEBUG] [rsAbstractConnection$MySensorsReader] - 0;255;0 ;0;18;2.2.0-beta
2017-07-05 14:09:01.154 [DEBUG] [rs.internal.gateway.MySensorsGateway] - Present ation Message received
2017-07-05 14:09:01.173 [DEBUG] [ensors.factory.MySensorsCacheFactory] - Writing on cache given_ids, content: [0,5]
2017-07-05 14:09:01.178 [WARN ] [.discovery.MySensorsDiscoveryService] - Cannot automatic discover thing node: 0, child: 255 please insert it manually
2017-07-05 14:09:01.181 [DEBUG] [rsAbstractConnection$MySensorsReader] - 0;255;3 ;0;2;2.2.0-beta
2017-07-05 14:09:01.185 [DEBUG] [rsAbstractConnection$MySensorsReader] - Good,Ga teway is up and running! (Ver:2.2.0-beta)

[TimO]

@rob There definitely is a problem with the link between node(s) and the gateway. This is not related to the binding / controller.
Often this is related to a weak power supply.
Do you have MySensors nodes already working with one of the gateways you've build?

[rob]

@TimO Yeah it worked for months with a bunch of sensors like 10 temp/hum sensors relays weatherstation etc with the 2.0 binding and the hue binding etc bunch of rules had the whole house automated with alarm and whatnot and stable but then the misses managed to destroy the pi/openhab server (im still making her pay tho :D) i got the capicitators on the nrf etc all by the book made them all myself and programmed them all myself. got a new pi installed openhab 2.1 and the 2.1 binding but i just cant get them to talk to openhab again (was running 2.0 before) i reinstalled raspbian and openhab like a gazillion times now made al the opgrades incl java and the feature binding install etc.. im cleuless now