Can't connect IRIS Garage Door Controller to openHABianpi

walkngdude · March 10, 2018, 5:37am

I’m at a loss here. Is it possible to get this thing (IRIS Garage Door Controller - Linear GD00Z-1 ) running? Maybe I have bit off more than I can chew. I do have some Linux terminal experience if I need to go in and add/edit files.

Maybe I should look for another solution. Something like this:
Less than 2 Hours + Less than $200.00 = 2 Garage Doors and 1 Gate Automated + plus one very happy family who can use Alexa to operate

Or as Rikoshak says here:
https://community.openhab.org/t/newbie-garage-door-notification-control/40599/2?u=walkngdude

But the opener I bought was $85 and it would be another $100 for the Contact Fixture Module and Garage Door Tilt Sensor. I doubt Amazon will take the Iris back.

Huh, what to do?

Is there some place that I can start reading? I have found some threads where “Chris Jackson - Maintainer” has had some discussions about getting this device running but I can’t seem to gather if there was ever a solution.

Linear GD00Z Garage Door Opener Will Not Operate

Issues Secure Pairing GoControl/Linear GD00Z-4 Garage Door Opener

OpenHab2 and Linear NGD00Z-4 Garage Door Controller - zwave

Thanks
Marc

rlkoshak · March 10, 2018, 4:50pm

I don’t know the device. It looks like it might be miss identified, in which case the zwave db needs to be fixed. @chris, does that seem right?

Aside…

I’m curious why some users see my username as rikoshak instead of rikoshak. It doesn’t really bother me, I’m just curious. It seems to happen work some frequency.

True story. When the forum moved off of Google Groups there was a mixup and I missed my chance to choose my own username. Well, I could have changed it but I would have lost everything I had posted up to that point (around 100 posts) so I’ve stuck with this handle. I would have chosen paperrhino (origami is one of my hobbies).

chris · March 10, 2018, 5:02pm

I doubt it’s mis-identified - it seems that the device is likely to be right and the channels are identified ok. The name on the box is not necessarily the same as the name on the inside.

One thing I do note is that this device should have 2 channels, so I could guess that you’re running an old version of the binding? If so, I’d recommend running the latest snapshot - just so we know where we are.

I’m not familiar with the device - I think @5iver has one so might be able to comment on how to get it going.

Ummm - isn’t this the same? I think you’ve got your own username wrong now and I assume one of these two is meant to be rlkoshak? Maybe you’ve answered you’re own question

rlkoshak · March 10, 2018, 6:28pm

KidSquid · March 10, 2018, 7:23pm

Well as the author of that tutorial I can tell you it was extremely easy and it’s what led me to continue to use OH and further my knowledge of the system.

I think reaching out to @5iver as Chris suggested is a good next step. If you still can’t get the device working, Amazon has a fairly liberal return/exchange program. If you reach out to their customer service folks and let them know you want to exchange for another product, they may be a bit forgiving on time.

Let me know if I can help out.

Squid

5iver · March 10, 2018, 11:03pm

I read though this thread, but I didn’t see anyone mention this yet. Since this device uses the SECURITY Command Class, which is not included in the 2.2 release version of the binding, you will need the development version of the binding…

You’ll need to uninstall the 2.2 version first, then drop the jar from the first post into your addons folder. Or you can install it though Eclipse Marketplace. The opener will need to be excluded, and then I usually do a reset (5 presses of the button, and it will give you a few short beeps and then a long shrieky one). Then reincluded the device using OH (not the button on the stick) from close proximity to the controller. It sounds like you are familiar with the inclusion process, since you got it done the first time. You’ll also need to delete all of your Things and rediscover to pull in the updated ThingTypes. Not excluded/reinclude… just delete the Thing.

And FYI, I recently added the second channel, alarm_raw to test it out. There are only a very few occasions when this would get a value. I haven’t gotten it to report anything yet, but haven’t put much time into it. From Zwave Command Class Specification…

4.17.1.1 Error Handling

The device MUST stop if any safety issue is detected.

If the requested operation is overruled by a safety mechanism, the device MUST notify the requester via
a Notification Report (Notification Type: “Access Control”, Event: “Barrier unable to perform requested
operation due to safety requirements”). The Notification Report command is a member of the Notification
Command Class.

walkngdude · March 11, 2018, 10:49pm

Thanks so much everybody.

So following Scott’s instructions:

I went to Paper UI / Add-ons / Bindings and uninstalled z-wave.
Then I wget’ed the March 4th 2018 .JAR file into:
/srv/openhab2-sys/addons. - (I didn’t unpack it or anything. I just placed the .JAR file there.)
Where do I exclude the opener?
I’ll go unscrew the thing from the garage ceiling (no problem) so I can get the device next to the R Pi but the last time I couldn’t figure out how to include the device through the openHAB UI. I ended up using the button on the USB dongle. Can you tell me where I can do that?

I think that will keep me for now.

Thanks all of you guys for walking me through this thing.

Marc

5iver · March 11, 2018, 11:08pm

You could do this through PaperUI, but for many reasons, get used to Habmin. Select Configuration> Things> your controller> Tools (over on the top right)> Advanced Options> Exclude

There’s a magnifying glass with a plus sign in it between the hamburger and plus signs. Select that and then the zwave binding. You can’t secure include through the dongle itself.

Hopefully that will get you to the finish line!

walkngdude · March 13, 2018, 4:42am

It seems that I am having trouble uninstalling the z-wave binding. I thought I did it the last time but after failing to get the garage opener to work I checked through and see the binding is still version 2.2. The new one is version 2.3 (I think).
So I remember when I went to Paper UI / Add-ons / Bindings and uninstalled z-wave it just kept cycling and never showed completion. So I tried it again and it is still cycling.

So I went to HABmin / configuration / things and removed both the z-wave and the 2 instances of the garage door opener that were there and went back to Paper UI / Add-ons / Bindings again and tried to uninstall again and it doesn’t work.

Do I have to remove the z-wave USB dongle first or something?
Any ideas?

Thanks
Marc

5iver · March 13, 2018, 10:03am

Is the zwave binding in your /conf/services/addons.config? If so, remove it from the file. If that isn’t it, and PaperUI isn’t uninstalling it properly (there should be logs), then you could try feature:uninstall org.openhab.binding.zwave in your Karaf console.

walkngdude · March 16, 2018, 2:50am

OK, I did a re-install of openHABianpi so I could start from scratch. Under ParerUI / Configuration / Things I have Node 2 (Unknown device), Node 3 NGD00Z-4 Garage door Opener and the Z-Wave serial controller.

I think the next step is to go to control and see the device listed but when I go there, there is nothing there.

What did I d? Well,. after doing a clean install of the OS I added the new bindings file into the addons directory. Then I fumbled around through the UI, the Linux terminal and the Karaf console all day until I have gotten to this point again.

I didn’t add the new Z-Wave Devices through the HABmin UI. It really didn’t give me a chance. I guess I could go and delete the devices and reset the Garage Door Opener with 5 presses of the button.and try to re-discover the stuff but do I need to.

I just don’t see the door opener in the paperui / control panel and I think that I should.

Am I doing this wrong?

Here are some screen grabs going in reverse chronological order:

5iver · March 16, 2018, 12:45pm

Are you still getting the singleton=true error messages, or did you finally get just the one zwave binding running? From the fresh install, did you install the zwave binding through PaperUI, or add it to addons.cfg? I’m not sure how else it could be getting installed.

The zwave devices are stored in the controller itself. When the binding starts up, it queries the controller to get the list of devices that it has on the network. From the screenshots, you’re devices were still initializing, but you had two bindings running. There really was not need to reinstall everything. Once you have the one binding running, if you have not yet excluded the garage opener, you will need to in order to reinclude it securely. You can exclude with the zstick or through OH (select the controller in Habmin> Tools> Show Advanced Settings> Exclude Devices. Then delete the old Thing. You will need to take the garage opener down to do the inclusion, or move the Pi to the garage.

walkngdude · March 16, 2018, 10:08pm

[quote=“5iver, post:19, topic:41043”]
Are you still getting the singleton=true error messages, or did you finally get just the one zwave binding running? [/quote]

I’m not sure what the “singleton=true” message is but looking at the PaperUI > Configuration > Bindings I see just one instance of ZWave. And in Paperui > Configuration > Things I see one ZWave serial controller and two nodes for the garage door (one unknown).

But if I go to Paper UI > Addons > Bindings I see that the ZWave binding is installed but it still says version 2.2.0. Although if i look in the Karaf console command bundle:list | gerp ZWave I see that 2.2.0 states installed but only version 2.3.0 states Active. So that’s good right?

[quote=“5iver, post:19, topic:41043”]
From the fresh install, did you install the zwave binding through PaperUI, or add it to addons.cfg? I’m not sure how else it could be getting installed.[/quote]

The last time I did a search in the Linux directories for addons and found:

/srv/openhab2-sys/addons

so I put the 2.3.0 binding snapshot there. This time I put it in:

/usr/share/openhab2/addons

and it seem to have propagated to:

srv/openhab2-addons/
and
srv/openhab2-sys/addons

After I added the 2.3.0 snapshot to the directory I went to the ParerUI > Addons > Bindings and saw the listed binding was stated to still be 2.2.0. I did some searching through the “OH2 Z-Wave refactoring and testing… and SECURITY” thread and found some strange commands like:

feature:install openhab-transport-serial

and a few others and ran them from the Karaf console. When I went back to the PaperUI > Addons > Bindings Console it still read the ZWave binding as 2.2.0 but I installed it through this PaperUI Binding anyways (at this point I had tried everything I could through at it to change it and didn’t care anymore.)

But in the bundle: list readout it only shows 2.3.0 as active. So I’m goo right?

I’ve gotta go for now but if I have time tonight I’ll try to uninstall the garage opener and reinstall it securely through HABmin. The device is still setting on the floor next to my Raspberry Pi until I get this worked out.

Thanks so much for sticking with me through all of this. I think I’m getting close and I’m not having a bad time playing and learning the karaf console. I really needed to brush up on my Linux terminal anyways. LOL

Here are some screen grabs from today:

Marc

5iver · March 16, 2018, 10:31pm

Then you still have two zwave bindings installed. When you drop the jar into the addons folder, it does not show in the PaperUI. Go ahead and uninstall it through the PaperUI.

This is the correct location for it… https://docs.openhab.org/installation/linux.html#file-locations.

You should not need to manually install this. OH should install it as a dependency. This used to be an issue, but looks to have been corrected.

No… not if both are installed. That’s where the singleton=true errors come from, because OH is trying to startup the other binding. Remove the old one through PaperUI (you won’t see the new one in there). Don’t bother trying to reinclude it until you only have the one binding.

O good! It’s such a pain to reinclude these once they’re mounted.

You are very welcome… I’m happy to help! Hopefully, you’ll get your garage opener working and can help the next person who’s having trouble with them!

walkngdude · March 17, 2018, 12:05am

Thanks Scott,
Here we go again.

I went to HABmin and uninstall (or something, I forget now) the garage door nodes.
I went to PaperUI > Addons > Bindings and uninstalled the ZWave binding and it worked this time.
The problem I see is that the binding in PaperUI > Addons > Bindings still lists as 2.20.
Bummer
I did a system restart.
Checked the PaperUI Binding again. Still lists as 2.2.0.

I ran “feature:uninstall org.openhab.binding.zwave” in the karaf console.
got this error massage:
Error executing command: Feature named ‘org.openhab.binding.zwave/0.0.0’ is not installed

Rebooted again

PaperUI binding still lists as 2.2.0

So what do I do know?

Thanks Marc

Oh and don’t forget the screenshots:

5iver · March 17, 2018, 1:16am

You’re all good. The older binding is uninstalled, so the newer binding can now start. You wil not see the newer binding in PaperUI.

Exclude the garage door opener, then run inclusion again and press the button on the opener.

walkngdude · March 17, 2018, 2:37am

OK, OK, I think I now see where I was confused (maybe). What I believe you are saying is that I leave the ZWave binding (version 2.2.0) in PaperUI > Addons > Bindings uninstalled because just by placing the binding.snapshot.jar in the /usr/share/openhab2/addons directory openHAB has seen it, installed it and it is up and running. So now I can go on my marry way and Exclude then include the garage device.

What had me is that I thought that I HAD to start the new binding file somehow after putting it in the directory. That there was no way it would start on it’s own. I was sure that the binding label in the PaperUI was just missed-labeled and that by starting this binding I was actually starting the new 2.3.0 binding.

walkngdude · March 17, 2018, 5:04am

Well, I went to Habmin >Configuration> Things> Z-Wave Serial Controler> Tools (over on the top right)> Advanced Options> Exclude

Then I think I re included it or something. Reset the Garage door thing, pressed the magnifying glass, pressed the button on the garage door thing again. I got a notification of a new device and I added it.

But I still don’t see anything in PaperUI>Control

I feel thoroughly lost again.

5iver · March 17, 2018, 11:52am

Nope. After copying a binding jar to the addons folder, OH will install it and start it up.

Did you then press the button once on the garage door? Basically, the same procedure as inclusion. After exclusion, the garage door will do a harsh sounding beep.

That doesn’t sound good.

If the node numbers of the devices are the same, then you didn’t exclude/include properly. How does this line up with what you have been doing?

Inclusion cycle for secure devices (starting from brand-new OOTB state):

Start zwave inclusion through OH, with device as close as possible to the controller. The SECURITY Command Class requires this. I’ve had success <10ft.
Once inclusion has started, the default setting is for it to run for 30s. During this time, you need to press the button on the opener. I will usually monitor my logs, grepping on the next available nodes so that I see when the node was added and any issues during initialization. I have my zwave log separated out, so you will likely need to change to the openhab.log. Here is an example where I am expecting the next node to be 121. I usually give it a range of available nodes though, in case it takes a few tries.
```
 tail -F -n3000 /opt/openhab2/userdata/logs/zwave/zwave.log | egrep "NODE 12[1-9]:"
```
When the device has been successfully included, it will beep three times. You should now see a new Thing in the Inbox. Add the Thing from the Inbox.
In Habmin> Configuration> Things> newly added Thing> Attributes> Using Security, if this is a grey question mark, then wait. If it is a red X, then continue (it was not securely included). If it was a green check mark, you are done.
In Habmin> Configuration> Things> your controller> Tools (top right)> Show Advanced Settings> Tools> Exclude Devices. Same as Inclusion, you now need to press the button on the device to let the controller know which device to exclude. The opener will beep three times and then a long harsh sounding beep.
Some devices also need a reset at this point. You can reset the device by pushing the button five times.
Delete the old Thing from OH. Exclusion will remove the device from the zwave network, but it won’t remove it from OH.
Go to step 1.

walkngdude · March 17, 2018, 2:49pm

I’m not sure what this means. Same as what? Beside the Z-Wave serial contoller there were 3 nodes od different numbers.

Anyways, I tried again.

I excluded through the Z-Wave Controller. Then went to the garage door device and presses the button. I think I got a short then a long beep. Note: Up until this point I had been looking to exclude each device through their own nodes. I didn’t think you would issue an exclude command from the Z-Wave controller it’s self.
I forgot to to reset the garage door device by pressing the button 5 times. Oops
I deleted the 3 devices listed under HABmin>Configuration>Things. Because I was thinking that these are all copies of the same device or something since I have only one device besides the Z-Wave Serial Controller.
I Pressed the magnifying glass search thing then pessed the button on the garage door thing and got tome beeps.
Got 3 new discovered things and added them.
Looked In Habmin> Configuration> Things> newly added Thing> Attributes> Using Security to see if thing look right. New nodes 006 and 004 look good but new node 003 still has security x-ed out.

So am I looking good yet? Or should I do it again and this time remember to press the garage door device button 5 times to rest the device?

Also I still don’t see anything in the PaperUI>Control section.

I’m going off to work now. I’ll be back kind of late.

Thanks Scott

Marc

Screen Shots attached: