HomeHabit Dashboard - Original thread

Yes, I am! Sorry, I forgot to mention that. This must be the issue then.

Hi there,
I am having problems getting the icons for switches working.
In the sitemap I have

        Frame label="Automatische Reinigung {widget:switch,icon:alarm}" {
            Switch item=cWohnzimmerLuigiAutoStart
        }

but it only shows the default switch item :S

Also - does the mapping - command work for switch items?

Release 0.12
Release Notes

New:
• Room widget

Can i use the dimmer-widget to control my rollershutter? I have jalousie and i can move my lamellas - so it would be nice to select the angel with the dimmer widget - in openhab-webinterface i use slider control to do this.

I was just going suggest some sort of way to divide a tab up into rooms… I was thinking just a horizontal rule or something… will def give this a try.

If you use Rollershutter item in OpenHab, that is not supported yet.

This should work, as you can send percentage values to a Rollershutter item.

That’s not completely correct. You can control Rollershutter items by just sending UP/DOWN/STOP or percentage values.
See here how I did this in Rotini, the openHAB items are of type Rollershutter.

That’s actually working because of mappings and selection, so in that combination it doesn’t matter which item is behind that. In other combinations it might fail.

Hi @igor .

I just started to use your app. So far it seems very well done.
Congratulations.

Do you have an idea when rollershutter items will be supported? It would be one if my main requirements.
A simple push button that is able to send a “UP” command would help for the moment as well. Button-up maybe? :wink:
The solution of @hmerk is all ways showing a text status called “N/A” for me which is not perfect for the WAF ;). Also appropriate icons are missing to reflect the usecase.

Also it seems I stumpled upon a bug… My item definition does use format string in the label like “Kitchen light [%d%%] for dimmers or just “Toilet [%s]” for switches. In both cases Rotini is not updating the text status if I change the item via Rotini. The graphical status (e.g. for the dimmer) is changed fine.
As soon as I define the label without formating it is working as expected. Right now I do this in the sitemap itself by label=”", this way I do not have to change my item definition itself.

Is this behavior known? Or do I something wrong?

Thanks

Release 0.13
Release Notes

New:
• Ability to report device location back to a server (experimental feature).

Fixes:
• Unable to connect when on non-local wifi #125

Location Details
Location coordinates or address can report to specified items (both should be String, Location is not supported yet).
Location is reported every 10 seconds when the app is open and every minute when it’s inactive.
More options, including geofencing, will be added later.

Sounds interesting @igor, I’m always nervous about data usage… what happens with things like security cameras? Do they refresh and consume data while the app is inactive in the background?

So the phone will also send location data every minute even if it’s left on the table for a few hours, have you considered using some of the phone magic to detect when it’s actually moving?

No, all live connection and updates for regular widget should be closed as soon as app is backgrounded.
There were some bugs in that area until one of the latest versions, but that was fixed.

Feature was release as experimental, so behavior and timing might change or become more dynamic. I just wanted to push it out as early as feasible for everyone to start playing with it :slight_smile:
That said, latest Android versions do it nicely already with Doze sleep mode systemwide when phone is stationary, so updates would be reported only during system maintenance windows.

Awesome thanks for clearing that up! I’ve got it properly reporting location data now on my Nexus 5 and I can see it in the classic UI as both GPS and Address items.
I’ve been struggling to get something working with OwnTracks and MQTT but this is going to be WAY more easier!

@igor will the location feature be switchable? I have Owntracks + local MQTT broker (which I also use for other systems) so would not want another service reporting location on my phone, for fear it would impact battery life.

Yes, and it is disabled by default

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It seems that this fix is not workin properly:
Fixes:
• Unable to connect when on non-local wifi #125

I startet rotini on my workplace (vpn from home to work) and phone was connected to wlan. First time it connected with my openhab server at home, but when i switched the tab in rotini, i got a message “switching to local network” or something like this and after that i got no connection anymore. If i kill wifi, it will work with mobile data.

When you connected through VPN, which address was valid to connect to: local or remote?

Oh, sorry, that was my fault. I´m currently not in a vpn connection - i´m connected with another wlan without any connection to my home. Simply home-router with internet connection.

I only get vpn connection with my desktop computer with LAN, but not with wifi for my smartphone. That´s another network.

But habdroid with my.openhab is working in all cases.

And another replay:

Dimmer widget is not working for my rollershutters.

I get an empty widget with two eyes in it “ooops! Whats that” — Invalid configuration: Item has invalid state: “”

But on webinterface it shows 100% for closed rollershutter.


Is this the right usage of the new location item?

items:
String Location_1 “Standort 1”

sitemap (for webinterface):
Text item=Location_1

I can´t test it right now because of remote access not working properly on my phone.

Just tried adding in the mjpg widgets for camera (thanks for putting this feature in Igor!). It’s working well, but rotini (the latest version) keeps crashing every few seconds. After removing the mjpg feeds, everything was back to normal.

Is anyone else experiencing this?