Balboa Binding

binderth · May 21, 2021, 6:50am

update: I set the Balboa WiFi to “no internet for you” and had no issues since.

but of course it tries to reach home aggressively nevertheless, as my PiHole tells me:

msundis · May 21, 2021, 1:20pm

I have been testing this a bit now and it works well for me, I mostly just turn the light on and off and check the temperature using Google Assistant but I have also turned off and on the heater and circulations. Thanks for all the great work!

binderth · June 30, 2021, 2:37pm

After accidentially updating to openHAB 3.1 stable I get the following error in the log:

2021-06-30 16:36:40.273 [WARN ] [org.apache.felix.fileinstall        ] - Error while starting bundle: file:/usr/share/openhab/addons/org.openhab.binding.balboa-3.1.0-SNAPSHOT.jar
org.osgi.framework.BundleException: Could not resolve module: org.openhab.binding.balboa [235]
  Unresolved requirement: Import-Package: javax.measure; version="[1.0.0,2.0.0)"
	at org.eclipse.osgi.container.Module.start(Module.java:463) ~[org.eclipse.osgi-3.16.200.jar:?]
	at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.framework.EquinoxBundle.start(EquinoxBundle.java:440) ~[org.eclipse.osgi-3.16.200.jar:?]
	at org.apache.felix.fileinstall.internal.DirectoryWatcher.startBundle(DirectoryWatcher.java:1260) [bundleFile:3.6.8]
	at org.apache.felix.fileinstall.internal.DirectoryWatcher.startBundles(DirectoryWatcher.java:1233) [bundleFile:3.6.8]
	at org.apache.felix.fileinstall.internal.DirectoryWatcher.startAllBundles(DirectoryWatcher.java:1221) [bundleFile:3.6.8]
	at org.apache.felix.fileinstall.internal.DirectoryWatcher.doProcess(DirectoryWatcher.java:515) [bundleFile:3.6.8]
	at org.apache.felix.fileinstall.internal.DirectoryWatcher.process(DirectoryWatcher.java:365) [bundleFile:3.6.8]
	at org.apache.felix.fileinstall.internal.DirectoryWatcher.run(DirectoryWatcher.java:316) [bundleFile:3.6.8]

Can I do something about this? or has this to be changed in the binding.jar?

clinophobic · July 2, 2021, 10:44pm

Hi

Can anyone confirm if openHAB 3.1 stable breaks this binding.

Great work with this binding!!!

Thanks

joedirt · July 31, 2021, 9:13pm

@binderth @clinophobic

Did you guys end up getting this working with 3.1?
My system is currently updating to 3.1 now

clinophobic · August 1, 2021, 7:51pm

I just went back to the previous build to keep system working.

I found on a previous post in forum

‘adding an explicit dependency in pom.xml solved the problem’

Unfortunately I have no understanding of what that means. There is a pom.xml in the source code but I have no idea how to turn the source into a jar to test.

So in short no and I have no idea how to even help how to solve it unfortunately.

scottr · August 1, 2021, 8:16pm

I did this building my own binding, in my case using Visual Studio Code. I have not done any follow up to determine if the dependency is still needed in OH3. Lots of information out there on how to setup a build environment, not a quick undertaking, but the documentation is quite good if you decide to pursue it.

Sorry, no quick fix without help from the binding’s author or another contributor.

clinophobic · August 2, 2021, 7:12pm

Thanks Scott for advice. Always up for learning. I’ll give it a go.

joedirt · August 9, 2021, 4:22am

Bump, did anyone end up getting this working? I had a look at the coding stuff but it looks a little above my head unfortunately.

carlonnheim · August 9, 2021, 7:16am

Hi,

Sorry for the lack of engagemang om my part, struggling to find the time between day-job and family life… Still have my own setup on OH2, but will take a look at bringing that up to OH3 with the binding.

Regards
//Carl

joedirt · August 9, 2021, 7:22am

Awesome thanks mate, I really appreciate it!

joedirt · August 17, 2021, 6:07am

Is there anything I can do to help out? I don’t mind sending you some money to get this working with oh3 if that helps?

clinophobic · August 27, 2021, 1:27am

Hi @joedirt I used the tutorial here Eclipse IDE | openHAB and have managed to get a working version with 3.1 of @carlonnheim binding by doing what @scottr had done before with the dependency.

Btw i have no idea what I am doing or how to use git or github so I have just uploaded the jar to it. It can be found here to try.

Cant make any promises but it works for me.

binderth · August 27, 2021, 6:04am

Thanks @clinophobic, works with me also:

2021-08-27 08:02:57.033 [INFO ] [ab.event.ThingStatusInfoChangedEvent] - Thing 'balboa:balboa-ip:b9e1682ef3' changed from UNINITIALIZED to INITIALIZING
2021-08-27 08:02:57.040 [INFO ] [ab.event.ThingStatusInfoChangedEvent] - Thing 'balboa:balboa-ip:b9e1682ef3' changed from INITIALIZING to UNKNOWN
2021-08-27 08:02:57.040 [INFO ] [inding.balboa.internal.BalboaHandler] - Starting balboa protocol with 192.168.xxx.yyy at 4257
2021-08-27 08:02:58.273 [INFO ] [ab.event.ThingStatusInfoChangedEvent] - Thing 'balboa:balboa-ip:b9e1682ef3' changed from UNKNOWN to ONLINE (CONFIGURATION_PENDING): Configuration request sent
2021-08-27 08:02:58.383 [INFO ] [inding.balboa.internal.BalboaHandler] - Balboa Protocol is Online
2021-08-27 08:02:58.386 [INFO ] [ab.event.ThingStatusInfoChangedEvent] - Thing 'balboa:balboa-ip:b9e1682ef3' changed from ONLINE (CONFIGURATION_PENDING): Configuration request sent to ONLINE
2021-08-27 08:02:58.432 [INFO ] [openhab.event.ItemStateChangedEvent ] - Item 'BalboaIPUnit_TargetTemperature' changed from 34 °C to 32 °C
2021-08-27 08:02:58.437 [INFO ] [openhab.event.ItemStateChangedEvent ] - Item 'BalboaIPUnit_Priming' changed from OPEN to CLOSED
2021-08-27 08:02:58.442 [WARN ] [ab.core.internal.items.ExpireManager] - Expire config '1h0m0s,command=UNDEF' of item 'BalboaIPUnit_CurrentTemperature' is invalid: The string 'UNDEF' does not represent a valid command for item BalboaIPUnit_CurrentTemperature
2021-08-27 08:02:58.454 [INFO ] [openhab.event.ItemStateChangedEvent ] - Item 'BalboaIPUnit_CurrentTemperature' changed from 34 °C to 32 °C
2021-08-27 08:03:01.470 [INFO ] [openhab.event.ItemCommandEvent      ] - Item 'BalboaIPUnit_WhirlpoolAutomatic' received command ON
2021-08-27 08:03:07.667 [INFO ] [ab.event.ThingStatusInfoChangedEvent] - Thing 'balboa:balboa-ip:b9e1682ef3' changed from ONLINE to UNINITIALIZED
2021-08-27 08:03:07.697 [INFO ] [ab.event.ThingStatusInfoChangedEvent] - Thing 'balboa:balboa-ip:b9e1682ef3' changed from UNINITIALIZED to UNINITIALIZED (HANDLER_MISSING_ERROR)
2021-08-27 08:03:07.926 [INFO ] [ab.event.ThingStatusInfoChangedEvent] - Thing 'balboa:balboa-ip:b9e1682ef3' changed from UNINITIALIZED (HANDLER_MISSING_ERROR) to INITIALIZING
2021-08-27 08:03:07.932 [INFO ] [inding.balboa.internal.BalboaHandler] - Starting balboa protocol with 192.168.xxx.yyy at 4257
2021-08-27 08:03:07.934 [INFO ] [ab.event.ThingStatusInfoChangedEvent] - Thing 'balboa:balboa-ip:b9e1682ef3' changed from INITIALIZING to UNKNOWN
2021-08-27 08:03:07.953 [INFO ] [ab.event.ThingStatusInfoChangedEvent] - Thing 'balboa:balboa-ip:b9e1682ef3' changed from UNKNOWN to ONLINE (CONFIGURATION_PENDING): Configuration request sent
2021-08-27 08:03:08.120 [INFO ] [inding.balboa.internal.BalboaHandler] - Balboa Protocol is Online
2021-08-27 08:03:08.126 [INFO ] [ab.event.ThingStatusInfoChangedEvent] - Thing 'balboa:balboa-ip:b9e1682ef3' changed from ONLINE (CONFIGURATION_PENDING): Configuration request sent to ONLINE

clinophobic · August 27, 2021, 7:38am

Nice one. Don’t think I could of been any help if it didn’t

Has anyone made any fancy OH3 UIs for their spas?

binderth · August 27, 2021, 7:55am

Not UIs, but rules!

heat the Spa up, if needed
turn the Spa down at night
use PV logic (e.g. if there’s plenty of yield: "over"heat the Spa for later use, use it as “storage” so to speak)

So I don’t have an UI, I just want to use “Alexa turn on the Spa” or have it change to low range at night, …

joedirt · August 28, 2021, 12:53am

You sir are a bloody legend!!! It’s working flawlessly for me!!!

clinophobic · August 28, 2021, 2:27pm

Happy i could help.

clinophobic · October 10, 2021, 8:14pm

I updated to openHAB 3.2.0.M3 and all is working well

walterua · October 13, 2021, 12:16am

Hi Guys,

I was trying to get this binding to work with my OH3.1 before and didn’t have any luck. Tried this today again with 3.2 binding but for some reason I can’t get this installed. What I’m doing is downloading the file and placing it in my addons folder, changing permissions on the .jar file and restarting OH service. Same process that I was doing with my other addons in the past but this binding is not visible in my OH3 install. I’ve checked via WebUI and also via openhab-cli. Can someone help me to get this working please.

Regards,
Walter