Advice Needed: How to Control a Sliding Gate Opener?

[Dim (Angelos)]

@Dim

just a small update on this project:

Another update since it has been now 1 year+ since this system went operational:
Zero (0) hiccups, Zero (0) faults, instant reaction to openHAB commands… super happy

==> events.log <==
2018-02-19 09:32:03.689 [ome.event.ItemCommandEvent] - Item 'Robo500' received command ON

[OH2] Control ESP8266 Relay using MQTT Eventbus

This simple tutorial will explain how to configure OpenHab 2 in order to remotely control a Relay (electrically operated Switch). It is based on my mini project with the NICE SpA Robo 500 Sliding Gate Opener but you can adopt it to your needs and control many other devices from OpenHab 2 using an ESP8266 based board. Requirements OpenHAB 2 Snapshot (I used Build # 636 but any version greater than beta4 will do) Mosquitto MQTT Broker (v1.4.10) MQTT Binding (v1.9.0.201612100210) with MQTT-Eve…