According to the changelog, they’ve added parameters 40-45 to the nano dimmer, to allow it to to control the (optional) attached Wallswipe. I’m assuming this would require updates to the binding, in order to support this? I don’t see any option for parameters 40-45 in the UI or in the device database. There’s nothing in the thing XML file for the dimmer relating to the new parameters, either. What would it take to get these parameters supported?
Also, is it possible to manipulate thing parameters in rules or scripts? I was planning on changing the color of the switch LED based on different scene activations and alerts, but I’ve never had to dynamically change a parameter before.
So, they (Aeotec) added some features. For them to be available in OH we would need to add them to the device database listing.
Since this is firmware-specific, we need to make a new entry based off the old one but with a firmware requirement.
You never mentioned what version of OpenHAB you rare using. The zwave binding can be updated separately to get the new features, after the database has been updated. The process to update varies depending on the OH version.
Are you planning on upgrading your dimmer?
Looking at some of the changes (association changes), we will likely want the xml file from the new firmware device. @chris can give us proper direction.
Here is the xml file generated by the binding, but it doesn’t contain any information relating to the new parameters. network_c3f37c26__node_5.xml (24.8 KB)
@kendaop I have been able to make an entry for the new firmware but we cannot find the information needed to add the new configuration parameters.
The upgrade document just lists their ID numbers & description. We have no information on the values for the different options (& their description) or the size of the configuration parameters. If needed, we can usually guess size from the minimum & maximum option values.
The user & engineering documents we could find online have not been updated for the new firmware. If you are able to find us the information, we can add it to our database.
Sorry for the delay. It appears that the firmware version is 2.03. That’s the version number indicated by Aeotec’s upgrade executable, and the version reported by the Zwave PC Controller app. But you’re right, they seem to indicate on their upgrade page that they just updated FROM 2.03. I’m wondering if I don’t actually have the latest version of the firmware.
Deleting and readding the Thing does not rebuild the xml file.
Reinitialization rebuilds the xml file.
Sorry, no idea. As openHAB does not support upgrading firmware versions (it is on the to-do list, though, but will take a while) I have no experience what to do after a firmware upgrade
When does “reinitialization” happen? Are you referring to reinitialization of the binding, OH2, or the zwave device?
I’m running OH2 in a Docker container with my config stuff mounted into it, so it would be a piece of cake for me to create a new container, which would essentially provide me with a fresh install of OH2, if that’s what it takes.
I tried running that upgrade script, but it broke my zwave binding installation. I managed to re-install the stable version of the binding through PaperUI, but I’d like to attempt manually updating it. I couldn’t find any thorough instructions on how to do that, though.
I’ve grabbed the snapshot of the jar file and placed it in my addons directory, but I can’t figure out how to actually install it. Any ideas?
Hmmm.
I ran that script on 2.5M1 successfully and multiple people used it with 2.4.
If you uninstall the binding, I think OH will automatically load any addons in the folder. I believe the newer zwave binding needs another one too, though.
The new entry will not be available until the new binding has been released anyway.
The xml now shows application version 2.3 so I will update the database with that.
