I am new to OpenHAB but come in with decent Linux experience. Currently running OpenHAB 1.8 on a RPII image.
I am attempting to setup the controls to update the temperature settings for my ecobee. It works fine-ish when using only desiredCool, but as soon as I add desiredHeat everything breaks. Thermostat is currently set to Auto mode. I am able to pull sensor temps back with no issue, and I am able to pull the cooling temp back with no issue. As soon as I uncomment the desiredHeat option everything goes to hell.
rule CoolHold
when
Item desiredCoolUp received command
then
logInfo(“CoolHold”, "Setting cool setpoint to " + receivedCommand.toString)
val DecimalType desiredCoolTemp = receivedCommand as DecimalType
var DecimalType desiredHeatTemp
if (desiredHeatUp.state instanceof DecimalType) {
desiredHeatTemp = desiredHeat.state as DecimalType
} else {
desiredHeatTemp = new DecimalType(50)
}
// the 1.9 onwards action bundle uses a selection string instead of an item as the first parameter
// ecobeeSetHold(“123456789012”, desiredCoolTemp, desiredHeatTemp, null, null, null, null, null)
// openHAB 1.8 call:
ecobeeSetHold(desiredCoolUp, desiredCoolTemp, desiredHeatTemp, null, null, null, null, null)
end
I can look into upgrading, on the sitemap I am doing everything through console and vi just because it gives me warm and fuzzies.
Here’s my current setup:
Frame label=“Upstairs Status” {
Text item=UpTemp icon="ecobee"
Text item=SeanTemp icon="ecobee"
Setpoint item=desiredCoolUp label=“Cool [%.1f °F]” minValue=50 maxValue=80 step=1 visibility=[hvacMode==auto] icon="snow-flake-icon"
Setpoint item=desiredHeatUp label=“Heat [%.1f °F]” minValue=50 maxValue=80 step=1 visibility=[hvacMode==auto] icon=“snow-flake-icon”
}
It is just a test setup until I decide how I want it all to look and feel. I have tried with both the desiredHeatUp item listed or commented out. The only time I ever get traction with the desiredCoolUp working is when I comment out the heat line in my items file.
…and now that I said that I tried it again to take some screen shots (having removed desiredHeat settings) and the desiredCool is erroring in the logs… assuming something is not right in the Sitemap dump I did above.
Interesting item of note, I installed habmin to work on some z-wave devices. I noticed in my configuration that I show all of my config items but the desiredCool/desiredHeat are not showing. Not sure if that helps or hinders.
I recommend loading up the openHAB Designer and looking at both your .items and .sitemap files to make sure they are both syntactically correct. I now think there may be some hidden typo in your .items file(s).
While coding in vi may give you warm fuzzies, I strongly recommend taking @watou’s advice and use Designer. The errors produced by openHAB are arcane and often do not make sense and the syntax can be finicky. You are doing yourself a great disservice and setting yourself up for extended troubleshooting by not using Designer.
You could spend hours trying to figure out a simple error that Designer would tell you about immediately upon loading the file.
Copy that, and thanks for the advice. I plan on blowing away the installation and starting fresh on 1.9 using OpenHAB Designer. I will report back after I get everything setup again and note if I am still having issues. Thanks for the advice.
I ripped OpenHAB and reinstalled through apt-get without the demo files I had setup previously. With the clean install I was able to better configure everything and it all worked off the bat. I still do not know what the issue was, but it worked using the same configs I had from before.
The only items that changed were installing through apt-get instead of binaries and “upgrading” from Java 7 to Java 8. Technically I already had it installed however the java version was pointing to 7. This was to fix an issue I was seeing with habmin and zwave devices.
I have moved to doing all my updates through the IDE instead of vi. Yeah I have less warm and fuzzies, but everything is SO MUCH easier to work with.
Thanks for the help everyone.
EDIT - I am still on 1.8.3 as that was the version installed through apt-get. I will plan on upgrading when available.
