Button to Trigger a

Setup, Configuration and Use Scripts & Rules
1

Hi,

i use openhab2 for my sonos and Sonoff Devices. In our Floor i have a touchscreen for the Habpanel and our Smartphones uses the Openhab app.

Now i want to create a Button, who send some commands on my sonos in the bedroom.
Our daughter sleeps well with a song. Every Day we have to set up the sonos with the playlist in favorites, change the Volume and remove it from groups.

Its very uncomfortable, so i want it.

is it possible?

I wrote a little rule, but i dont know, how i may trigger the rule with a button on habpanel oder openhab app.

Rule
rule "Sleep"
when
Item TestSleep received command ON
then
sendCommand (sonos:PLAY5:RINCON_949F3E554A3A01400:remove, ALL)
sendCommand (sonos:PLAY5:RINCON_949F3E554A3A01400:volume, 25)
sendCommand (sonos:PLAY5:RINCON_949F3E554A3A01400:repeat, ONE)
sendCommand (sonos:PLAY5:RINCON_949F3E554A3A01400:favorite, "Emina Schlafplaylist")
end

Any ideas?

best regards

alex

2

Create an item of type switch named `Testsleep’ and don’t connect it to a channel.

3

ok i did.

Rule
rule “Sleep”
when
Item Sleep_Switch changed from OFF to ON
then
sendCommand (sonos:PLAY5:RINCON_949F3E554A3A01400:remove, ALL)
sendCommand (sonos:PLAY5:RINCON_949F3E554A3A01400:volume, 25)
sendCommand (sonos:PLAY5:RINCON_949F3E554A3A01400:repeat, ONE)
sendCommand (sonos:PLAY5:RINCON_949F3E554A3A01400:favorite, “Emina Schlafplaylist”)
end

Item
Switch Sleep_Switch "Schlafenszeit"

If i click in Openhab Habpanel:
Logs:
2019-07-04 19:55:38.148 [vent.ItemStateChangedEvent] - Sleep_Switch changed from ON to OFF
2019-07-04 19:55:38.969 [ome.event.ItemCommandEvent] - Item ‘Sleep_Switch’ received command ON
2019-07-04 19:55:38.970 [vent.ItemStateChangedEvent] - Sleep_Switch changed from OFF to ON

openhap.log
2019-07-04 19:51:01.145 [WARN ] [el.core.internal.ModelRepositoryImpl] - Configuration model ‘test.rules’ has errors, therefore ignoring it: [5,19]: mismatched input ‘:’ expecting ‘)’
[5,25]: mismatched input ‘:’ expecting ‘end’

if i remove the : it dont work to. I think, the syntax is wrong.

4

allthough I’m not an expert on the sonos-rules I think you are using the channel and not the item-name. I’d suggest to comment-out all the lines and then remove the comment 1-by-1. This way you can find what’s causing the issue.
You can add logging which might help too.

rule “Sleep”
when
    Item Sleep_Switch changed from OFF to ON
then
    logInfo("debug rule", "step-1")
    sendCommand (sonos:PLAY5:RINCON_949F3E554A3A01400:remove, ALL)
    logInfo("debug rule","step-2")
    //sendCommand (sonos:PLAY5:RINCON_949F3E554A3A01400:volume, 25)
    //sendCommand (sonos:PLAY5:RINCON_949F3E554A3A01400:repeat, ONE)
    //sendCommand (sonos:PLAY5:RINCON_949F3E554A3A01400:favorite, “Emina Schlafplaylist”)
end

PS, please use code-fences for your rules.

5

Ok,

i find out the must have syntax.

items:

Dimmer SON_vol “Volume [%.1f %%]” (gSonos) {channel=“sonos:PLAY5:RINCON_949F3E554A3A01400:volume”}
String SON_rep {channel=“sonos:PLAY5:RINCON_949F3E554A3A01400:repeat”}
String SON_rem {channel=“sonos:PLAY5:RINCON_949F3E554A3A01400:remove”}
String SON_fav {channel=“sonos:PLAY5:RINCON_949F3E554A3A01400:favorite”}

rule:

rule “Schlafenszeit”
when
Item Sleep_Switch changed from OFF to ON
then
sendCommand (SON_rep, ONE)
sendCommand (SON_vol, 10)
sendCommands (SON_fav, “Emina Schlafplaylist”)
end

at the moment i remove the “remove”. Iam not sure, how it works correct.

all models are loaded (openhab2.log).

if i click now i get this:

2019-07-04 21:04:26.193 [ERROR] [ntime.internal.engine.RuleEngineImpl] - Rule ‘Schlafenszeit’: An error occurred during the script execution: Could not invoke method: org.eclipse.smarthome.model.script.actions.BusEvent.sendCommand(org.eclipse.smarthome.core.items.Item,org.eclipse.smarthome.core.types.Command) on instance: null

6

sendCommand requires two strings for parameters.
sendCommands is not a valid command.

It is recommended to use the myItem.sendCommand() method when possible.

SON_fav.sendCommand(“Emina Schlafplaylist”)

7

Same Problem

2019-07-04 21:15:13.330 [ERROR] [ntime.internal.engine.RuleEngineImpl] - Rule ‘Schlafenszeit’: An error occurred during the script execution: Could not invoke method: org.eclipse.smarthome.model.script.actions.BusEvent.sendCommand(org.eclipse.smarthome.core.items.Item,org.eclipse.smarthome.core.types.Command) on instance: null

Rule

rule “Schlafenszeit”
when
Item Sleep_Switch changed from OFF to ON
then
sonos_PLAY5_RINCON_949F3E554A3A01400_repeat.sendCommand(ONE)

end

i tried with SON_fav and my created items above too. Same problem again.

may be the dummy switch the problem?

item for the switch:

Switch Sleep_Switch “Schlafenszeit”

8

What is that, a String type Item? Then you should send it a string.

sonos_PLAY5_RINCON_949F3E554A3A01400_repeat.sendCommand(“ONE”)

The rule triggers, otherwise you would get no error. Your switch has nothing else to do, so that part works.

9

I tried to use the automatic generated strings of openhab2. In Habpanel i can see all strings.
I created own items to test this rule.

i forgot the “” in (“ONE”).

now it works! Thank you.

UPDATE:
It works great.

Items:

Switch Sleep_Switch “Schlafenszeit”

Rules:
Sleep 1

rule “Schlafenszeit 1”
when
Item Sleep_Switch changed from OFF to ON
then
sonos_PLAY5_RINCON_949F3E554A3A01400_volume.sendCommand(“10”)
sonos_PLAY5_RINCON_949F3E554A3A01400_remove.sendCommand(“RINCON_949F3E554A3A01400”) //Bad1
sonos_PLAY5_RINCON_949F3E554A3A01400_remove.sendCommand(“RINCON_949F3E21212201400”) //Wohnzimmer
sonos_PLAY5_RINCON_949F3E554A3A01400_remove.sendCommand(“RINCON_949F3E7C1A3601400”) //Küche
sonos_PLAY5_RINCON_949F3E554A3A01400_remove.sendCommand(“RINCON_7828CAF0E85001400”) //Flur
//sonos_PLAY5_RINCON_949F3E554A3A01400_remove.sendCommand(“RINCON_949F3E554A3A01400”)
sonos_PLAY5_RINCON_949F3E554A3A01400_favorite.sendCommand(“Schlaf mein Prinz schlaf ein - Mozarts Wiegenlied.mp3”)
end

Sleep 2

rule “Schlafenszeit 2”
when
Item Sleep_Switch changed from ON to OFF
then
sonos_PLAY5_RINCON_949F3E554A3A01400_playqueue.sendCommand(“ON”)
sonos_PLAY5_RINCON_949F3E554A3A01400_volume.sendCommand(“10”)
sonos_PLAY5_RINCON_949F3E554A3A01400_repeat.sendCommand(“OFF”)
sonos_PLAY5_RINCON_949F3E554A3A01400_sleeptimer.sendCommand(“3600”)
end

Now i only have one problem and i dont know, how i may solve it.

Sleep 1 play only the Favorite endless (without repeat one).
if i click the button again, i want to play my queue again with Sleep 2.

Often we listen audiobooks. The Problem is: the audiobook starts from begin. it dont save the position, where we stopped.

is it possible to save the state? i can choose the tracknumber, but i dont have the state to grab the number.

any idea?