Home Connect Direct Binding (no cloud)

[jb4711 (Jonas)]

@stefan13

Just one point — is there any reason the channel “power-state” uses the German label “Betrieb” for dishwasher? Is this intentional?

Thanks for the heads-up. I took a look at it. For this channel, I’m using the openHAB built-in type typeId="system.power". I guess the translation comes from openHAB.

[jb4711 (Jonas)]

@MichaelEi many thanks for your feedback. I try to answer everything.

@MichaelEi

This generates a file with name xyz.zip.log. It needs to be renamed to automatically open the ZIP. I’d suggest to put the .zip at the end and name it xyz.log.zip.

I chose this method because you can’t upload ZIP files here on the forum. It’s easier if someone sends me their log file. I can then simply import the file into my UI.

@MichaelEi

This displays the key name as item value e.g. Cooking.Oven.Program.Dish.Recommendation.Conv.BakeSweetFresh. When I click on it in the UI, it gives the readable name Bake Sweet Fresh as an option. How could I get the readable name as item status directly? This might be an openHAB knowledge issue on my side.

The best approach is to use a map file. This can also be easily stored within the item.

@MichaelEi

When there is no active program running, then I do see a long list of all dishes as clear names in the selection. All in English except the favorites which are in the configured language of the appliance (see below)

I’ve been thinking about this for a while. It’s really not an easy topic. I set the state to UNDEF as soon as no program is running. I think that works. The values available for selection under “Selected” and “Active Program” are dynamically adjusted. For example, when a program is running, you can’t select another one.

@MichaelEi

All messages are in English though the Home Connect App is in German. However, when I start a program from the favorites, I do see the key name as selected-program as above, but the description on click is then in German. I assume the translation is done in the appliance (or the Home Connect App). Can other users share the same experience? I recall, that some other openHAB user was seeing all in German. But I could never get this working…

Can you give me an example? All the programs on my washing machine are in English. But there’s one program called “KurzXY” that’s in German. I suspect it was designed for the German market. I don’t have any translations ready yet, but I’ve got everything set up for it. In theory, all I need to do is create the translation files. I was planning to do that as soon as the binding was officially accepted.

@MichaelEi

I do have a Siemens oven, hob, coffee maker and a warming drawer. The drawer was the only one which was detected automatically as a “Generic Device”. The others are working fine with manual configuration as described.

Would it be possible for you to run a few tests with the warming drawer and then send me the log via PM?

[MichaelEi (Michael Eichhardt)]

@jb4711

Would it be possible for you to run a few tests with the warming drawer and then send me the log via PM?

Sure. I have manually switched between different warming programs, closed / opened the door in between making sure, the selected program starts. I now need to figure out how to send the log via PM…

Please advise if you want me to perform specific tests.

[MichaelEi (Michael Eichhardt)]

Hi @jb4711, many thanks for your quick response.

@jb4711

The best approach is to use a map file. This can also be easily stored within the item.

Sure, a map would certainly work. Though I thought there would be a better way, as the clear text is available on click of the active-program. But I understand, that this is dynamically generated.

Setting the state to UNDEF is perfectly fine.

@jb4711

Can you give me an example? All the programs on my washing machine are in English. But there’s one program called “KurzXY” that’s in German. I suspect it was designed for the German market. I don’t have any translations ready yet, but I’ve got everything set up for it. In theory, all I need to do is create the translation files. I was planning to do that as soon as the binding was officially accepted.

I meant the clear text versions of the selection list of active-program; e.g. Bake Sweet Fresh from above. When active-program is UNDEF, the click opens the section with all dishes. All dishes are in English language except the ones, I have defined as a favorite in the oven or app itself, e.g. Tellergericht regenerieren, Pizza, gekühlt, Pizzastufe, 4D Heißluft.

I can only speculate, that these favorites rename the pre-defined numerical slots (eg 019) with the text of the current language. If you would switch appliance language to Spanish, I may see Spanish verbiage for newly defined favorites. Same might be with your washing machine. Are you German?

@jb4711

I don’t have any translations ready yet, but I’ve got everything set up for it. In theory, all I need to do is create the translation files.

Do you have the translations already and just need to generate the translation files? Please note, that the selection has duplicates for variants (e.g. normal, meat probe, steam, etc). The text in the selection is the same, but on selection the key value differs. If we could not pull the translations from the app or the appliance directly, I am happy to help…
In the meantime, I grep the keys from the profile and generate a clear text map file. The keys seem to be well structured, so I might be able to manage that with my rusty AWK knowledge.

[jb4711 (Jonas)]

@MichaelEi

I meant the clear text versions of the selection list of active-program; e.g. Bake Sweet Fresh from above. When active-program is UNDEF, the click opens the section with all dishes. All dishes are in English language except the ones, I have defined as a favorite in the oven or app itself, e.g. Tellergericht regenerieren, Pizza, gekühlt, Pizzastufe, 4D Heißluft.

I can only speculate, that these favorites rename the pre-defined numerical slots (eg 019) with the text of the current language. If you would switch appliance language to Spanish, I may see Spanish verbiage for newly defined favorites. Same might be with your washing machine. Are you German?

Yes, I speak German. You’re absolutely right. There’s a special rule in the code for favorites. Instead of BSH.Common.Program.Favorite.001, I replace the label 001 with a name of my choice, like Pizza, etc. I use this for my various coffee programs. I always find manually switching between my family’s profiles annoying. Now I can just select my special cappuccino

@MichaelEi

Sure. I have manually switched between different warming programs, closed / opened the door in between making sure, the selected program starts. I now need to figure out how to send the log via PM…

Please advise if you want me to perform specific tests.

Thank you !

@MichaelEi

In the meantime, I grep the keys from the profile and generate a clear text map file. The keys seem to be well structured, so I might be able to manage that with my rusty AWK knowledge.

Yes, the easiest way is to simply go through the “ProgramGroup” entries. All possible programs should be listed there.

[MichaelEi (Michael Eichhardt)]

Hi @jb4711 , I have sent you in PM the log, a map file and the drawer’s profile. I hope I did it correctly and you have received all.

Regards
Michael

[jb4711 (Jonas)]

Hi Stefan,
I’ve updated the release and added the builds for Mac OS. I originally left them out because I thought Mac OS would only run them if they were signed. I tried it on a Mac, and lo and behold, it just works.

Release 1.0.0 · bruestel/homeconnect-profile-downloader

[stefan13 (Stefan)]

Hi Jonas,

I get the following error when I try to start the application after extracting homeconnect-profile-downloader-macos-arm64-1.0.0.zip:

„homeconnect-profile-downloader.app“ ist beschädigt und kann nicht geöffnet werden. Es empfiehlt sich, das Objekt in den Papierkorb zu bewegen.

[jb4711 (Jonas)]

Strange. I just tried it on an Intel computer and on an Apple Silicon computer.

[mife (Mike Fedotov)]

Hi Jonas

I tried to use your binding (the most recent version) to monitor my Bosch Refrigerator, and I cannot get it work. The fridge has 3 doors - fridge, freezer and chill box for which I want to receive the open/close notifications. In the console I can see the events when that specific door opens. I added the custom value-keys from the console to the thing definition and linked the items. But the items do not receive the updates. Any hints of what I am doing wrong?
I tried both door-channel and string as the time for the things, none of them work…

Thing homeconnectdirect:generic:fridge "Bosch Fridge" [haId="BOSCH-B36CL80SNS-XXX", address="10.255.XXX.XX", connectionRetryDelay=1] {
	Channels:
		Type command-channel : command "Command"
		Type raw-message-channel : raw-message "Raw Message"
		Type door-channel : freezer-door "Freezer Door" [valueKey="Refrigeration.Common.Status.Door.Freezer"]
		Type string : refrigerator-door "Refrigerator Door" [valueKey="Refrigeration.Common.Status.Door.Refrigerator"]
}

[Pedro_Liberal]

@mife Try switch or contact.

version: 1
items:
  Oven_siemens_Door_State:
    type: Contact
    label: Door State
    groups:
      - Oven_siemens
    tags:
      - Point

[Pedro_Liberal]

A+! The oven temperature seems to be fixed!!

[mife (Mike Fedotov)]

@Pedro_Liberal

You mean the linked items? One of them already a contact…

Contact Freezer_Door_State2 "Freezer Door State" [Point] {channel="homeconnectdirect:generic:fridge:freezer-door"}
String  Fridge_Door_State2 "Fridge Door State" {channel="homeconnectdirect:generic:fridge:refrigerator-door"}

[mife (Mike Fedotov)]

This is what I see in the console when the door is opened. When it’s closed it’s the same message except the value in raw output is 0.
My String item gets a value ‘Closed’ on reload, but never updates when I open/close the door. The Contact item just stays NULL.

Time: Mar 20, 2026, 3:57:57 PM
Type: ←
Action: NOTIFY
Resource: /ro/descriptionChange
Message ID: 3320268349
Session ID: 1619442855
Version: 1
Description Change(s)
[
  {
    "uid": 4097,
    "key": "Refrigeration.Common.Status.Door.Refrigerator",
    "type": "STATUS",
    "parentUid": 258,
    "parentKey": "BSH.Common.Root.StatusList",
    "parentType": "STATUS_LIST",
    "object": {
      "uid": 4097,
      "key": "Refrigeration.Common.Status.Door.Refrigerator",
      "contentType": "ENUMERATION",
      "enumerationType": 4096,
      "enumerationTypeKey": "Refrigeration.Common.EnumType.Door.States",
      "available": true,
      "access": "READ",
      "notifyOnChange": true
    }
  }
]
Raw Payload
[
  {
    "uid": 4097,
    "parentUID": 0,
    "available": true,
    "access": "READ",
    "value": 1
  }
]

[Pedro_Liberal]

Humm then I got nothing.. both my dryer and oven work correctly

[jb4711 (Jonas)]

Hi Mike,

I’ll try to help. In your case, you can actually ignore the messages sent to /ro/descriptionChange. They just indicate whether you can access the status. The /ro/values are the ones you’re interested in.

You could try the code generator (see screenshot).

Note: The “Door-State” is a string, not a Boolean value. However, you could transform or map it in openHAB. There are many ways to do this.

Would it be possible for you to open and close your doors a few times and send me the log via PM? I’d try to fix it. Unfortunately, I don’t have a Home Connect refrigerator (when I set up my kitchen, there weren’t any large refrigerators available).

Thanks
Jonas

[mife (Mike Fedotov)]

Hi @jb4711

Sent you a PM with the logs. In my case it looks like the updates are sent in /ro/descriptionChanges, there is ‘value’ in the raw payload that changes between 1 and 0. I don’t see any /ro/values notifications at all…

Thank you for looking into that.

[jb4711 (Jonas)]

Hi Mike,

That’s crazy. You’re right. It totally contradicts everything I’ve seen so far. I’ve already noticed that things work differently depending on the category, but this is wild. You can really tell that there’s probably a different development team behind each category.

I’ll see what I can do.

[matmai]

Dear Jonas,
thanks a lot for all your work!

I upgraded to the latest version ( 2026-03-11). In general it works fine but I have the same issue like Thomas posted here:

Home Connect Direct Binding (no cloud)

Cold autumn evenings lead to tackling unsolved openHAB problems again. This binding works well, besides one unresolved issue: I would like to access the Oven_CavityTemperature of my oven. Unfortunately it does only update once during boot time - or if the respective *.items file is changed/updated. Means: the temperature value is there, but just not updated. All other temperatures change as expected (see picture - the red line should change…). Getting the oven cavity temperature did also work …

The meat probe temperature is updated regularly but the cavity temperature is updated just once in a while. Any possibility to poll it more frequently?

[jb4711 (Jonas)]

@matmai

The meat probe temperature is updated regularly but the cavity temperature is updated just once in a while. Any possibility to poll it more frequently?

It’s great that it’s working well overall. Thanks for testing it.

Can you try to trigger a REFRESH?

// via rule

ItemName.sendCommand("REFRESH")

// via cli

openhab> items send <ItemName> REFRESH

Can you send me your log via PM?

Thanks, Jonas