HomeHabit Dashboard - Original thread

smar · September 10, 2016, 3:01pm

There was an issue with previous builds of OH2. The issue was addressed in a recent build. Have you tried updating to a current nightly?

igor · September 10, 2016, 7:11pm

Heads Up
To fix issues with widget text update on switches, sensors and others, from the next release custom formatting on item ([something] part) would not be processed. That formatting is not part of items API, therefore there is no good way to get that during update.

Examples (strikethrough config will be ignored):

Frame label=“Bedroom Motion {widget:battery}” {
Text item=Battery_MotionBedroom label=“Test [~~%.2f %%~~]”
}

or

Number Test_Number “Number [~~%d %%~~]”

If anyone has special use cases, please comment.

vespaman · September 11, 2016, 10:00am

Yes, I’m on the latest (well, I was yesterday) nightly, so there still seams to be something going on in OH2.

TommySharp · September 14, 2016, 8:16am

Can someone give me a hand in getting the next 10 google calendar events showing in Rotini?

I’m guessing I need to use the CalDav binding, but my first hurdle is I can’t see quite how to retrieve just events from a certain calendar? I just want to pull down events from the “Family” calendar and not my personal one…

Can someone who has this working give me a quick rundown on how they’ve achieved it?

waitz_sebastian · September 14, 2016, 9:54am

I’m using owncloud calendar sync and works great. The caldav binding wiki is quite good. Iirc the Google Cal depends on the query url. You have to check which url to use.
In case u just use a label instead of a dedicated Cal you might run into problems.

antasp3136 · September 26, 2016, 4:38pm

hmmm tried to set these up but im getting a invalid configuration, at least 2 component items are required for this size. Also for the image im just pointing to a image on the web for testing.

Here is the config

sitemap home1 label=“Home1 {rotini:true}”
{

Frame label="Living Room {widget:room-view}" {
	Image url="https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1434394673726-e8232a5903b4?ixlib=rb-0.3.5&q=80&fm=jpg&crop=entropy&cs=tinysrgb&w=1600&h=900&fit=crop&s=d50ed79755e1a1751ae7ba3b0c129272" label="{item:photo}"
	Switch item=lifx_whitelight_D073D5100CD1_brightness="{item:lights}"
	Switch Item=lifx_whitelight_D073D5100CD1_temperature="{item:lights}"
}

}

igor · September 26, 2016, 4:41pm

Only one item of each type allowed in the widget, since you have “item:lights” twice, the app think that only one item is configured.

antasp3136 · September 26, 2016, 4:55pm

can you show an example of the room widget with actual device item names… i think im confused of what is generic and what needs to be changed. I made a change but im still getting the same error…

	Frame label="Living Room {widget:room-view}" {
		Image url="http://10.0.1.200:8080/ui/img/logo.png" label="{item:photo}"
		Switch item=Lights label="{item:lights}"
		Switch item=Switch_TV label="{item:switch,icon:tv}"
		Text {
			Frame label="Lights {widget:light-switch}" {
				Switch item=lifx_whitelight_D073D5100CD1_brightness
			}
			Frame label="Home Theater {widget:scene}" {
				Selection item=harmonyhub_hub_LivingRoom_currentActivity mappings=[
					"TV"="TV {icon:tv}",
			]
		}

igor · September 26, 2016, 5:00pm

@antasp3136 are items specified in switches valid names (Lights, Switch_TV)? Can you show your item config for those?

Working config example:

Frame label="Living Room {widget:room-view}" {
      Image url="http://cdn.home-designing.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/glass-wall.jpeg" label="{item:photo}"
      Switch item=Test_Switch_Lights label="{item:lights}"
      Switch item=Test_Switch_Fan label="{item:fan}"
      Switch item=Test_Switch_TV label="{item:switch,icon:tv}"
      Text item=Test_Contact label="{item:motion}"
      Text item=Weather_Home_Temperature label="{item:temperature}"
}

antasp3136 · September 26, 2016, 5:01pm

these are all my items… just starting out so im trying to learn all this… this is the output from the cli

openhab> items
lifx_whitelight_D073D5100CD1_brightness (Type=DimmerItem, State=0, Label=null, Category=null, Tags=[Lighting])
lifx_whitelight_D073D5100CD1_temperature (Type=DimmerItem, State=0, Label=null, Category=null)
ntp_ntp_local_dateTime (Type=DateTimeItem, State=2016-09-26T12:49:58.274-0400, Label=Date, Category=Date)
ntp_ntp_local_string (Type=StringItem, State=2016-09-26 12:49:58 EDT, Label=Date, Category=Date)
harmonyhub_device_LivingRoom_37874054_buttonPress (Type=StringItem, State=NULL, Label=Button Press, Category=null)
harmonyhub_hub_LivingRoom_currentActivity (Type=StringItem, State=PowerOff, Label=Current Activity, Category=null)
harmonyhub_device_LivingRoom_37874055_buttonPress (Type=StringItem, State=NULL, Label=Button Press, Category=null)
harmonyhub_device_LivingRoom_37874056_buttonPress (Type=StringItem, State=NULL, Label=Button Press, Category=null)
harmonyhub_device_LivingRoom_37874057_buttonPress (Type=StringItem, State=NULL, Label=Button Press, Category=null)
harmonyhub_device_LivingRoom_37874058_buttonPress (Type=StringItem, State=NULL, Label=Button Press, Category=null)
harmonyhub_device_LivingRoom_37874059_buttonPress (Type=StringItem, State=NULL, Label=Button Press, Category=null)
harmonyhub_device_LivingRoom_37874060_buttonPress (Type=StringItem, State=NULL, Label=Button Press, Category=null)
harmonyhub_device_LivingRoom_37874061_buttonPress (Type=StringItem, State=NULL, Label=Button Press, Category=null)
harmonyhub_device_LivingRoom_37874062_buttonPress (Type=StringItem, State=NULL, Label=Button Press, Category=null)
PlexTVStatus (Type=StringItem, State=Paused, Label=Status, Category=video)
Bedroom (Type=SwitchItem, State=NULL, Label=Bedroom, Category=null)

igor · September 26, 2016, 5:04pm

So I don’t see neither Lights nor Switch_TV items in that list.
item=“…” parameters in sitemap for switches should reference an existing item for UI to recognize it.

antasp3136 · September 26, 2016, 6:12pm

Hmm Ok so i got it working with the light… but when i setup the item harmonyhub_hub_LivingRoom_currentActivity it breaks…

here is the config…

Frame label=“Bedroom {widget:room-view}” {
Image url=“http://cdn.home-designing.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/glass-wall.jpeg” label="{item:photo}“
Switch item=lifx_whitelight_D073D5100CD1_brightness label=”{item:lights}“
Switch item=harmonyhub_hub_LivingRoom_currentActivity label=”{item:switch,icon:tv}"
Text {
Frame label=“Lights {widget:light-switch}” {
Switch item=lifx_whitelight_D073D5100CD1_brightness
}

Frame label="Home Theater {widget:scene}" {
  Selection item=harmonyhub_hub_LivingRoom_currentActivity mappings=[
    "TV"="WatchTV {icon:tv}",
    "PowerOff"="PowerOFF {icon:switch}",
  ]
}

}

igor · September 26, 2016, 6:16pm

That’s because harmonyhub_hub_LivingRoom_currentActivity is a String item, while it should be a Switch.
In documentation, it always says what kind of items are supported for widget item.

antasp3136 · September 26, 2016, 6:19pm

so in this example

Frame label="Home Theater {widget:scene}" {
  Selection item=Harmony_Activity mappings=[
    "TV"="TV {icon:tv}",
    "Blu-ray Player"="Blu-ray {icon:playstation}",
    "PowerOff"="OFF {icon:switch}",
    "Nexus"="Nexus {icon:gamepad}",
    "Chromecast"="Chromecast {icon:cast}"
  ]
}

Harmony_Activity is actually a switch?

igor · September 26, 2016, 6:22pm

Not exactly, it is still a String it just can have multiple states and accept commands, so it is like a selector. While Switch needs only two states ON/OFF, which generic String item does not provide.

antasp3136 · September 26, 2016, 6:26pm

ok so you may or may not be able to answer this… my “Harmony_Activity” item is harmonyhub_hub_LivingRoom_currentActivity what should I do that generix string item work with this?

igor · September 26, 2016, 6:30pm

You could create another Switch item (something like Switch_TV) and a rule that post Harmony commands based on switch command: PowerOff or TV (something), and another rule that updates Switch_TV when Harmony activity changes.

This is actually something I was looking of improving to allow generic items to be used in UI switches, but there is nothing concrete yet.

antasp3136 · September 26, 2016, 6:39pm

Hmm so i create a switch item in openhab… and called it Harmony_Activity and change the config to what is listed below… but now im getting a error that says “Either selection or at least a couple of switch items is required”

Frame label=“Bedroom {widget:room-view}” {
Image url=“http://cdn.home-designing.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/glass-wall.jpeg” label="{item:photo}“
Switch item=lifx_whitelight_D073D5100CD1_brightness label=”{item:lights}“
Switch item=Harmony_Actvity label=”{item:switch,icon:tv}"
Text {
Frame label=“Lights {widget:light-switch}” {
Switch item=lifx_whitelight_D073D5100CD1_brightness
}

Frame label="Home Theater {widget:scene}" {
  Selection item=Harmony_Actvity mappings=[
    "PowerOff"="PowerOff {icon:switch}",
  ]
}

igor · September 26, 2016, 7:19pm

If Harmony_Actvity is a Switch: 1. it would not have PowerOff and 2. scene widget does require at least two states to work
I would think you should Harmony_Actvity switch in room-view switch, and then Scene widget, use previous Harmony activity String item, with PowerOff, TV and other mappings defined.

antasp3136 · September 26, 2016, 7:50pm

I think… you lost me lol… still dont quite understand what you mean. So for the first part the Harmony_Activity switch is fine?.. its the second part the widget:scene that i need a different switch or a string item?