Serial Gateway connection to Openhab

[TimO]

@Fay-Candiliari : Thank you very much for the hint!

[hek]

@Fay-Candiliari

Hi @Fay-Candiliari , Nice to see you here!

[Fay Candiliari]

@TimO You are welcome :)

[Fay Candiliari]

Hi @hek Likewise! :)

[knoid]

I'm having trouble with test.rules when two switches change its values really quickly one after the other. I can do that in a couple of tries via the web UI or the android UI. This is the output that looks odd:

2016-01-05 19:39:54.405 [INFO ] [runtime.busevents             ] - relay01 received command ON
2016-01-05 19:39:54.469 [INFO ] [runtime.busevents             ] - relay02 received command ON
Function: switchOperation >> 1;1;1;1;2;1
Function: switchOperation >> 1;2;1;1;2;1
2016-01-05 19:39:54.772 [INFO ] [runtime.busevents             ] - Arduino received command 1;1;1;0;2;1

2016-01-05 19:39:54.797 [INFO ] [runtime.busevents             ] - Arduino received command 1;2;1;0;2;1

2016-01-05 19:39:55.033 [INFO ] [runtime.busevents             ] - relay01 received command ON
2016-01-05 19:39:55.338 [INFO ] [runtime.busevents             ] - relay02 state updated to ON
2016-01-05 19:39:55.398 [INFO ] [runtime.busevents             ] - relay02 state updated to ON
Light Item: relay02 Light: ON
Light Item: relay02 Light: ON

As you can see, it starts fine but at the end it is talking about the same relay twice and I end up with just one relay on. It actually looks like an openhab issue but I'm not sure.

Any help is appreciated.

[aaron832]

I am having the same issue. When I start my sensor, it sends a lot of information seemingly at once. The rule gets confused and runs the rule multiple times on one serial command (rather than each individually).

Notice below the "Arduino" item is getting updates frequently. Below that is my output in the rule to handle the update. Notice it prints multiple 105;0;0;0;7; in place of the other inputs (105;255;3;0;15; for example)

2016-01-26 16:15:36.414 [INFO ] [runtime.busevents             ] - Arduino state updated to 105;255;3;0;15;
2016-01-26 16:15:36.418 [INFO ] [runtime.busevents             ] - Arduino state updated to 105;255;0;0;17;2.0.0-beta
2016-01-26 16:15:36.425 [INFO ] [runtime.busevents             ] - Arduino state updated to 105;255;3;0;6;0
2016-01-26 16:15:36.429 [INFO ] [runtime.busevents             ] - Arduino state updated to 105;255;3;0;11;Garage Sensor
2016-01-26 16:15:36.433 [INFO ] [runtime.busevents             ] - Arduino state updated to 105;255;3;0;12;1.0
2016-01-26 16:15:36.438 [INFO ] [runtime.busevents             ] - Arduino state updated to 105;0;0;0;7;
2016-01-26 16:15:36.557 [INFO ] [runtime.busevents             ] - Arduino state updated to 105;1;1;0;0;68.0
2016-01-26 16:15:37.058 [INFO ] [runtime.busevents             ] - Arduino state updated to 105;0;1;0;1;36.0

105;0;0;0;7;
105;0;0;0;7;
105;0;0;0;7;
105;0;0;0;7;
105;1;1;0;0;68.0
105;0;1;0;1;36.0
105;0;0;0;7;
105;0;0;0;7;

[aaron832]

@knoid
Found out that you can use locks in the rules to prevent uncertainty with the "Arduino" variable caused from multiple instances of the rule running simultaneously.
Example:

import java.util.concurrent.locks.ReentrantLock

var java.util.concurrent.locks.ReentrantLock lock  = new java.util.concurrent.locks.ReentrantLock()

    rule "Arduino sends to Openhab"
    when
        Item Arduino received update
    then
        lock.lock()
        try {
            // do stuff (e.g. create and start a timer ...)
        } finally{
           lock.unlock()
        }
    end

[TimO]

Cool! Thanks for sharing!

[edsteve]

I know... it's an old thread. And i know openHAB2 is there. But it's still Alpha and i am beginner. Maybe not a good idea ;)

Somehow my sensors will not bind. I downloaded and installed all fresh.
When i start openHAB with sudo it loads normal but nodes never connected to openHAB :(

EDIT:
I just made a new install combined the infos from these instructions and that worked for me:
https://github.com/openhab/openhab/wiki/Linux-and-OS-X#apt-get
http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/getting-started-openhab-home-automation-raspberry-pi/

Thx for your answer Tim0 and sorry for posting in wrong thread

[TimO]

Hey @edsteve !

This thread mainly covers the serial connection via the serial binding and by using rules.

You are using the binding for OH1, so I suggest to start a new thread or trigger @bkl. :-)