Hello together
I am a beginner in openHAB. Cool tool!
I am thinking about following application: Many stations (around 20 buildings) and a central controller are connected to openHAB system (mosquitto, …).
Every station is equipped with a controller (Raspberry Pi) connected over mqtt to a central mosquito broker. Every controller runs a stand alone Python application with twenty event timers that can be parameterized (similar to MS-windows event scheduler).
Parameters for one event are e.g.
- start time
- end time
- period
E.g. every Monday, turn light on, from 20:00 to 22:00. Parameters can be sent over mqtt to the controllers.
Now I would like to do configuration on the central station over a GUI in openHAB. The idea is, that the user can select stations, configure a new timer event (maybe with calendar/time-component e.g. for one or more stations at the same time. Later on, he can edit the configuration. An event can be defined by a trigger, an action. An event is related to selectable stations.
Do you think this could be a typical application that can be solved in openHAB and if yes what possibilities would you see?
Thank you for your help
Geri