openHAB binding

[BastienVH]

Hi,

I've tried out you binding on OpenHAB 1.8.1.
It appears OpenHAB can connect to my serial gateway and receives the messages from my node, but doesn't know what to do with it.

This is en excerpt of my log:

2016-02-13 15:05:52.548 [INFO ] [.b.m.internal.MySensorsBinding] - New MySensor node found: node-id=20
 * Example item: 20;255;I_BATTERY_LEVEL      - Use this to report the battery level 0-100 (%)
 * Example item: 20;255;I_SKETCH_NAME        - Sketch name that can be used to identify sensor
 * Example item: 20;255;I_SKETCH_VERSION     - Sketch version that can be reported to keep track of the version of sensor
2016-02-13 15:05:54.479 [INFO ] [.b.m.internal.MySensorsBinding] - Unknown: MySensors message: node-id=20, child-sensor-id=255, message-type=internal, ack=false, sub-type=I_SKETCH_NAME, payload=Temp/Hum/Motion
2016-02-13 15:05:54.486 [INFO ] [.b.m.internal.MySensorsBinding] - Unknown: MySensors message: node-id=20, child-sensor-id=255, message-type=internal, ack=false, sub-type=I_SKETCH_VERSION, payload=1.0
2016-02-13 15:05:54.498 [INFO ] [.b.m.internal.MySensorsBinding] - New MySensor sensor found (Humidity sensor): node-id=20, sensor-id=0 with type S_HUM
 * Example item: 20;0;V_HUM                - Humidity
2016-02-13 15:05:54.521 [INFO ] [.b.m.internal.MySensorsBinding] - New MySensor sensor found (Temperature sensor): node-id=20, sensor-id=1 with type S_TEMP
 * Example item: 20;1;V_TEMP               - Temperature
 * Example item: 20;1;V_ID                 - Optional unique sensor id (e.g. OneWire DS1820b ids)
2016-02-13 15:05:54.545 [INFO ] [.b.m.internal.MySensorsBinding] - New MySensor sensor found (Motion sensor): node-id=20, sensor-id=2 with type S_MOTION
 * Example item: 20;2;V_TRIPPED            - Tripped status of a security sensor. (Tripped/Untripped)
 * Example item: 20;2;V_ARMED              - Armed status of a security sensor. (Armed/Bypassed)
2016-02-13 15:05:54.567 [INFO ] [.b.m.internal.MySensorsBinding] - Unknown: MySensors message: node-id=20, child-sensor-id=2, message-type=set, ack=false, sub-type=V_TRIPPED, payload=1
2016-02-13 15:05:55.537 [INFO ] [.b.m.internal.MySensorsBinding] - Unknown: MySensors message: node-id=20, child-sensor-id=1, message-type=set, ack=false, sub-type=V_TEMP, payload=19.0
2016-02-13 15:05:55.551 [INFO ] [.b.m.internal.MySensorsBinding] - Unknown: MySensors message: node-id=20, child-sensor-id=0, message-type=set, ack=false, sub-type=V_HUM, payload=48.0

All the sensors get declared and recognized as their type, but the messages are not being interpreted correctly.

This is my .items-file:

Number Humidity "Livingsensor [%s %%Rh]" <water> (GF_Living) {mysensors="20;0;V_HUM"}
Number Temperature "Livingsensor [%s °C]" <temperature> (GF_Living) {mysensors="20;1;V_TEMP"}
Switch Motion "Livingsensor [%s]" <motion> (GF_Living) {mysensors="20;2;V_TRIPPED"}

And the sitemap (which of course doesn't update anything yet):

sitemap default label="Main Menu"
{
	Frame label="Systeem"{
	Group item=System	label="Systeeminfo"	icon="computer" {
				Text	item=uptime	icon="computer"
				Text	item=Raspi_CPU	icon="computer"
				Switch	item=wakingup
	}
	}
	Frame label="MySensors" {
	Switch item=Motion
	Text item=Humidity
	Text item=Temperature
}
}

It's been a while since I used OpenHAB and went looking for something more lightweight that had better integration for MySensors, but with your binding, I could revert to include everything I've built for OpenHAB in the past.

Thanks for your initial work and I hope you can help me out.

[bkl]

@BastienVH

Hi.

The "Unknown: MySensors message:" log, should only appear if there is not item configured to the nessage sensor and type.
I will change this message to some thing more meaningful

So the problem is that your items is not configured or not configured correctly.

Try add this to you logback.xml

<logger name="org.openhab.binding.mysensors" level="DEBUG" />

After editing the items file, you should see something like.

19:59:48.085 DEBUG o.o.b.m.i.MySensorsGenericBindingProvider[:85]- New Item "Humidity_skur (Type=NumberItem, State=Uninitialized)" based on configuration "1;0;V_HUM"
19:59:48.087 DEBUG o.o.b.m.i.MySensorsGenericBindingProvider[:85]- New Item "Temperature_skur (Type=NumberItem, State=Uninitialized)" based on configuration "1;1;V_TEMP"
19:59:48.088 DEBUG o.o.b.m.i.MySensorsGenericBindingProvider[:85]- New Item "Light (Type=ColorItem, State=Uninitialized)" based on configuration "2;0;V_RGB"
19:59:48.090 DEBUG o.o.b.m.i.MySensorsGenericBindingProvider[:85]- New Item "Humidity_3 (Type=NumberItem, State=Uninitialized)" based on configuration "3;0;V_HUM"
19:59:48.091 DEBUG o.o.b.m.i.MySensorsGenericBindingProvider[:85]- New Item "Motion_3 (Type=SwitchItem, State=Uninitialized)" based on configuration "3;2;V_TRIPPED" 
19:59:48.094 DEBUG o.o.b.m.i.MySensorsGenericBindingProvider[:85]- New Item "Light_3 (Type=NumberItem, State=Uninitialized)" based on configuration "3;3;V_LIGHT_LEVEL"
19:59:48.095 DEBUG o.o.b.m.i.MySensorsGenericBindingProvider[:85]- New Item "Watt_4 (Type=NumberItem, State=Uninitialized)" based on configuration "4;1;V_WATT"
19:59:48.097 DEBUG o.o.b.m.i.MySensorsGenericBindingProvider[:85]- New Item "Kwh_4 (Type=NumberItem, State=Uninitialized)" based on configuration "4;1;V_KWH"
19:59:48.098 DEBUG o.o.b.m.i.MySensorsGenericBindingProvider[:85]- New Item "PulseCount_4 (Type=NumberItem, State=Uninitialized)" based on configuration "4;1;V_VAR1"

This is from my setup where it works.
Or an error saying

Unable to parse "..." need to be in the format <number>;<number>;<type>

[BastienVH]

@bkl
Thanks for your response.
After adding the line of code to the logback, my debug output remains the same.
No message that new items have been added based on the configuration, nor parse-errors.

It's just the same as before: the messages are received, but not interpreted correctly, just the raw data like below:
2016-02-13 15:05:55.551 [INFO ] [.b.m.internal.MySensorsBinding] - Unknown: MySensors message: node-id=20, child-sensor-id=0, message-type=set, ack=false, sub-type=V_HUM, payload=48.0

I will start over again from scratch tomorrow, reinstall openhab and your binding to see if it helped.

[almj]

@bkl Awesome! Thank you for this binding. Helps to minimise rules in OH.

[BastienVH]

After reinstalling OpenHAB, the binding works fine, thank you!
Just a question, don't know if you can help.

I mapped my serial gateway to /dev/MSgw because ttyUSBx tends to change when unplugging / replugging multiple USB devices into the computer (raspberry pi in my case).
I've also got a 433MHz gateway attached and when debugging have to unplug it sometimes.
When trying to start OpenHAB with /dev/MSgw as gateway address I get this:

2016-02-14 10:58:33.418 [DEBUG] [.b.m.internal.MySensorsBinding] - activate
RXTX Warning:  Removing stale lock file. /var/lock/LCK..ttyUSB1
2016-02-14 10:58:34.048 [ERROR] [.o.b.m.internal.gateway.Serial] - Unable to find Serial port '/dev/MSgw'

Do you know how/if I can still you my own custom paths to the gateway?
Now I changed it to ttyUSB1, but that port might change after rebooting.

[bkl]

@BastienVH

https://github.com/openhab/openhab/wiki/Serial-Binding

Note2: If you are using non standard serial ports you have to adapt start.sh to have the serial port included. the java command line should then include the following parameters:

-Dgnu.io.rxtx.SerialPorts=/dev/ttyAMA0
whereas ttyAMA0 is the path to your serial port. Please be aware to change all scripts you might use for startup (debug, automatic start in linux,...)

[andredts]

@bkl Great work, much better than using rules. For me it worked on the first try. I will be very happy to test what I can.

Just one question, can we only read sensors, or can we interact, as in a relay switch? I tried to use V_LIGHT to add a light switch and got this log "Binding configuration of type 'mysensors' of item ‘Relay‘ could not be parsed correctly.
org.openhab.model.item.binding.BindingConfigParseException: Invalid Type: V_LIGHT"

Thanks

[andredts]

@andredts said:

@bkl Great work, much better than using rules. For me it worked on the first try. I will be very happy to test what I can.

Just one question, can we only read sensors, or can we interact, as in a relay switch? I tried to use V_LIGHT to add a light switch and got this log "Binding configuration of type 'mysensors' of item ‘Relay‘ could not be parsed correctly.
org.openhab.model.item.binding.BindingConfigParseException: Invalid Type: V_LIGHT"

Thanks

Hi, made some more test, and saw that bidding suggests that I use V_STATUS, so I did. Now I can see the change in the relay status and I can even turn it OFF by the OH inteface, but I can´t turn it ON. Maybe I can´t turn it on because I use inverted logic, where High is OFF, does any off that makes sense?

Thanks

[ted]

Tested on openhab 1.8. works very well. Thanks!

[bkl]

@andredts
Can you try and post the sketch you are using? Or are you using the RelayWithButtonActuator Example?

I don't thing that the inverted logic should have anything to do with it.

[andredts]

@bkl
Hi, I´m using the MultiRelayButton 0.9b sketch, that I found here in the forum:

0_1456141716367_Bot_es_relays.ino

If you like I can try RelayWithButtonActuator Example, but I like the other better because it works when the server is down, no aka from server to make the state change.

[bkl]

@andredts
It was a bug in the code. If you download the new jar then it should be fixed.

[andredts]

@bkl
Thanks, I will give it a try and return to you with feedback.

[andredts]

@bkl
Working beautifully. I have three relay and three switches on the arduino, and no matter how fast I press them I got no miss command. Thanks

I got one bug, but I think it is Openhab's, when I changed the item file with Openhab running and the switch in the user interface got inverted ON-OFF and OFF-ON.

[andredts]

Hi,

Today I was testing Motion and Door sensors. Motion worked as expected, but the door sensor only works if it's set in OH as a "switch" item(on and off feedback), if you set it as a "contact"(open/closed) item you get the log: " No item configured for "5;1;V_TRIPPED". I have used the example sketch for the sensor

[nikos1671]

@andredts I also notice this with the door sensors. Normal the item must be contact and not switch.

[bkl]

@andredts
Thanks for the feedback, this is now fixed.

[andredts]

@bkl
Thank you for your great work. Happy to help with what I can.

Already tested and fully abandoned rules for setting up OpenHab with Mysensors.

Next I will try a analogic read, based on the dust sensor.

[andredts]

@andredts
Using this bidding for 15 days, with 3 relay, a Micro Sensebender, Humidity, Motion and Water level (base on dust sensor). And everything is working great.

Thanks again.

[Pavel Hrudka]

Hi.
I just added your binding and I am very happy for it because I have spent quite some time to figure out, how do I integrate mySensors in to Openhab.

My setup
RPI2
did apt-get update && apt-get upgrade
OpenHab (openHAB runtime has been started (v1.8.1))
I have NRF24L01+ connected directly to RPI using SPI.
I am running PiGatewaySerial service and Iam able to see communication when i do

sudo cat /dev/ttyMySensorsGateway

for example

7;255;3;0;15;0
7;255;0;0;17;1.5.4
7;255;3;0;6;0
7;255;3;0;11;Humidity
7;255;3;0;12;1.0
7;0;0;0;7;
7;1;0;0;6;

My problem is that openHab is unable to access /dev/ttyMySensorsGateway
I see error in my logs

2016-03-11 23:30:11.288 [ERROR] [.o.b.m.internal.gateway.Serial] - Unable to find Serial port '/dev/ttyMySensorsGateway'

java.lang.NullPointerException: null
        at org.openhab.binding.mysensors.internal.gateway.Serial.write(Serial.java:82) ~[na:na]
        at org.openhab.binding.mysensors.internal.MySensorsBinding.execute(MySensorsBinding.java:178) ~[na:na]
        at org.openhab.core.binding.AbstractActiveBinding$BindingActiveService.execute(AbstractActiveBinding.java:156) ~[na:na]
        at org.openhab.core.service.AbstractActiveService$RefreshThread.run(AbstractActiveService.java:173) ~[na:na]

I found @BastienVH post and modified /etc/init.d/openhab JAVA_ARGS_DEFAULT section and added at the end of defintion

 -Dgnu.io.rxtx.SerialPorts=/dev/ttyMySensorsGateway"

and restarted service

Sadly, there was no change.
Please can you help?

Thank you.