Homekit Addon - Adjustable Blinds not working anymore

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Hello!

I don’t know if it was the update to OH 4.0 or the update to iOS 16 but i cannot adjust the angle of my blinds anymore.

Instead of a slider there is another blind (see screenshot).
The config is the same as written down in the documentation.

Did i do something wrong or has something changed on the homekit side?
@yfre

Thank you so much!

Item definintion:

Group            Wohnbereich_Jalousie_Fenster                   "Wohnbereich Couch Fenster"                                  (gWohnbereich)                                             ["Blinds"]              {alexa="Endpoint.InteriorBlind", homekit = "WindowCovering"}
Rollershutter    Wohnbereich_Jalousie_Fenster_Position          "Jalousie Wohnbereich Fenster Position"          <blinds>    (Wohnbereich_Jalousie_Fenster, gJalousieposition)          ["Control", "Level"]    {alexa="RangeController.rangeValue" [friendlyNames="@Setting.Opening", supportedRange="0:100:10", unitOfMeasure="Percent", actionMappings="Close=0,Open=100,Lower=(-10),Raise=(+10)", stateMappings="Closed=0,Open=1:100"], homekit = "WindowCovering, WindowCovering.CurrentPosition, WindowCovering.TargetPosition, WindowCovering.PositionState", channel="knx:device:bridge:Beschattung:Wohnbereich_Jalousie_Fenster_Position"}
Dimmer           Wohnbereich_Jalousie_Fenster_Winkel            "Jalousie Wohnbereich Fenster Winkel"            <blinds>    (Wohnbereich_Jalousie_Fenster)                             ["Control", "Level"]    {alexa="RangeController.rangeValue" [friendlyNames="Lamellen", supportedRange="0:100:10", unitOfMeasure="Percent"], homekit = "WindowCovering.CurrentHorizontalTiltAngle, WindowCovering.TargetHorizontalTiltAngle", channel="knx:device:bridge:Beschattung:Wohnbereich_Jalousie_Fenster_Winkel"}

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there are some new features to support complex accessories, i.e. accessories consisting of multiple basic accessories.
so, it looks like it does not work correctly in your case and create a complex accessory with 2 blinds instead of one.

please try to remove “WindowCovering.” from the items. keep it only on group level
i.e.


Group            Wohnbereich_Jalousie_Fenster                   "Wohnbereich Couch Fenster"                                  (gWohnbereich)                                             ["Blinds"]              {alexa="Endpoint.InteriorBlind", homekit = "WindowCovering"}
Rollershutter    Wohnbereich_Jalousie_Fenster_Position          "Jalousie Wohnbereich Fenster Position"          <blinds>    (Wohnbereich_Jalousie_Fenster, gJalousieposition)          ["Control", "Level"]    {alexa="RangeController.rangeValue" [friendlyNames="@Setting.Opening", supportedRange="0:100:10", unitOfMeasure="Percent", actionMappings="Close=0,Open=100,Lower=(-10),Raise=(+10)", stateMappings="Closed=0,Open=1:100"], homekit = "CurrentPosition, TargetPosition, PositionState", channel="knx:device:bridge:Beschattung:Wohnbereich_Jalousie_Fenster_Position"}
Dimmer           Wohnbereich_Jalousie_Fenster_Winkel            "Jalousie Wohnbereich Fenster Winkel"            <blinds>    (Wohnbereich_Jalousie_Fenster)                             ["Control", "Level"]    {alexa="RangeController.rangeValue" [friendlyNames="Lamellen", supportedRange="0:100:10", unitOfMeasure="Percent"], homekit = "CurrentHorizontalTiltAngle, TargetHorizontalTiltAngle", channel="knx:device:bridge:Beschattung:Wohnbereich_Jalousie_Fenster_Winkel"}
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Thank you for your response!

I tried it and it worked after a openhab restart.

In addition to that i have some strange behaviour for the past weeks.
If i make changes to an item that has homekit metadata the database of the homekit items is correctly updated (i see that in the logs) but the items do not respond in the homekit app and i get a warning if i try to control them.

this warning for window covering:

2023-03-02 07:29:18.356 [WARN ] [.impl.json.CharacteristicsController] - Accessory 536064874 does not have characteristic 15. Request: /characteristics?id=536064874.9,536064874.10,536064874.13,536064874.15,536064874.16
2023-03-02 07:29:18.356 [WARN ] [.impl.json.CharacteristicsController] - Accessory 536064874 does not have characteristic 16. Request: /characteristics?id=536064874.9,536064874.10,536064874.13,536064874.15,536064874.16
2023-03-02 07:29:18.807 [WARN ] [.impl.json.CharacteristicsController] - Accessory 536064874 does not have characteristic 16. Request: /characteristics?id=536064874.9,536064874.10,536064874.13,536064874.16,536064874.15
2023-03-02 07:29:18.807 [WARN ] [.impl.json.CharacteristicsController] - Accessory 536064874 does not have characteristic 15. Request: /characteristics?id=536064874.9,536064874.10,536064874.13,536064874.16,536064874.15

this for a simple switch:


2023-03-02 07:33:33.531 [WARN ] [.impl.json.CharacteristicsController] - Accessory 317426775 does not have characteristic 16. Request: /characteristics?id=122359787.9,420298086.9,672925075.9,1588221683.9,1588221683.13,1588221683.10,1588221683.16,1588221683.15,7520915.13,7520915.9,7520915.10,7520915.16,7520915.15,1035500264.9,707732754.9,272633504.9,272633504.13,272633504.10,272633504.15,272633504.16,63040835.9,1992607353.10,1992607353.9,1187023251.9,337204133.9,1069688781.10,1069688781.9,1325919103.9,1325919103.10,1325919103.13,1325919103.15,1325919103.16,551539028.9,1135034829.9,1637154151.9,1573414624.9,1573414624.10,1998834236.9,189081559.9,1813585166.9,291150899.9,1771442552.9,1082054109.13,1082054109.9,1082054109.10,1082054109.15,1082054109.16,802708556.10,802708556.9,24415338.9,395287172.9,1837713023.9,1097634726.9,1544372680.10,1544372680.13,1544372680.9,1544372680.15,1544372680.16,261303201.9,1956182678.9,658697385.10,658697385.9,586257433.10,586257433.9,860409099.9,1140173716.9,1783366672.9,1498526298.9,1498526298.11,1498526298.10,914255302.9,1941472395.9,1941472395.10,1941472395.13,1941472395.16,1941472395.15,30124215.9,1537975698.9,2094159638.10,2094159638.9,2094159638.13,2094159638.12,966594812.9,1050943119.9,227528200.10,227528200.13,227528200.9,227528200.16,227528200.15,1261478156.9,2015766948.10,2015766948.13,2015766948.9,2015766948.16,2015766948.15,2094159634.13,2094159634.9,2094159634.12,2094159634.10,1829370592.9,1829370592.10,1678218348.10,1678218348.9,1678218348.13,1678218348.15,1678218348.16,1597912358.9,1597912358.10,2094159639.12,2094159639.13,2094159639.9,2094159639.10,1458183087.9,1238180247.10,1238180247.9,786593739.10,786593739.9,66643324.9,1710286423.9,336507313.9,794592433.9,1515086093.9,367209723.9,1171193743.9,1193517785.9,1193517785.10,1043590123.10,1043590123.9,1121949176.9,1243965616.9,895600356.9,429927697.9,1687660813.9,1351343716.9,1563634569.9,2094159636.13,2094159636.9,2094159636.12,2094159636.10,2117234634.9,1704612262.9,98072977.10,98072977.9,2015766793.9,2015766793.13,2015766793.10,2015766793.16,2015766793.15,665909211.10,665909211.13,665909211.9,665909211.15,665909211.16,2051317048.9,695004271.9,1816209385.9,1465096659.9,1465096659.10,1585882882.10,1585882882.9,952715471.9,536064874.10,536064874.9,536064874.13,536064874.15,536064874.16,884619398.10,884619398.9,1092324285.9,536064719.9,536064719.10,536064719.13,536064719.15,536064719.16,720494648.9,672215642.9,672215642.10,1529581363.9,1103350590.10,1103350590.9,797165007.10,797165007.9,1168503557.9,534809755.9,488683925.9,2094159637.12,2094159637.9,2094159637.10,2094159637.13,2094159635.12,2094159635.9,2094159635.10,2094159635.13,2010378418.9,2010378418.10,2117287953.9,414365483.9,1363088016.9,2046801067.9,1996530533.9,1822192338.9,532595158.10,532595158.9,532595158.13,532595158.15,532595158.16,650962063.10,650962063.9,1218185304.9,138356270.9,1714984597.9,375765873.10,375765873.13,375765873.9,375765873.15,375765873.16,934942650.9,934942650.10,2143395767.9,317426775.13,317426775.9,317426775.10,317426775.16,317426775.15
2023-03-02 07:33:33.531 [WARN ] [.impl.json.CharacteristicsController] - Accessory 317426775 does not have characteristic 15. Request: /characteristics?id=122359787.9,420298086.9,672925075.9,1588221683.9,1588221683.13,1588221683.10,1588221683.16,1588221683.15,7520915.13,7520915.9,7520915.10,7520915.16,7520915.15,1035500264.9,707732754.9,272633504.9,272633504.13,272633504.10,272633504.15,272633504.16,63040835.9,1992607353.10,1992607353.9,1187023251.9,337204133.9,1069688781.10,1069688781.9,1325919103.9,1325919103.10,1325919103.13,1325919103.15,1325919103.16,551539028.9,1135034829.9,1637154151.9,1573414624.9,1573414624.10,1998834236.9,189081559.9,1813585166.9,291150899.9,1771442552.9,1082054109.13,1082054109.9,1082054109.10,1082054109.15,1082054109.16,802708556.10,802708556.9,24415338.9,395287172.9,1837713023.9,1097634726.9,1544372680.10,1544372680.13,1544372680.9,1544372680.15,1544372680.16,261303201.9,1956182678.9,658697385.10,658697385.9,586257433.10,586257433.9,860409099.9,1140173716.9,1783366672.9,1498526298.9,1498526298.11,1498526298.10,914255302.9,1941472395.9,1941472395.10,1941472395.13,1941472395.16,1941472395.15,30124215.9,1537975698.9,2094159638.10,2094159638.9,2094159638.13,2094159638.12,966594812.9,1050943119.9,227528200.10,227528200.13,227528200.9,227528200.16,227528200.15,1261478156.9,2015766948.10,2015766948.13,2015766948.9,2015766948.16,2015766948.15,2094159634.13,2094159634.9,2094159634.12,2094159634.10,1829370592.9,1829370592.10,1678218348.10,1678218348.9,1678218348.13,1678218348.15,1678218348.16,1597912358.9,1597912358.10,2094159639.12,2094159639.13,2094159639.9,2094159639.10,1458183087.9,1238180247.10,1238180247.9,786593739.10,786593739.9,66643324.9,1710286423.9,336507313.9,794592433.9,1515086093.9,367209723.9,1171193743.9,1193517785.9,1193517785.10,1043590123.10,1043590123.9,1121949176.9,1243965616.9,895600356.9,429927697.9,1687660813.9,1351343716.9,1563634569.9,2094159636.13,2094159636.9,2094159636.12,2094159636.10,2117234634.9,1704612262.9,98072977.10,98072977.9,2015766793.9,2015766793.13,2015766793.10,2015766793.16,2015766793.15,665909211.10,665909211.13,665909211.9,665909211.15,665909211.16,2051317048.9,695004271.9,1816209385.9,1465096659.9,1465096659.10,1585882882.10,1585882882.9,952715471.9,536064874.10,536064874.9,536064874.13,536064874.15,536064874.16,884619398.10,884619398.9,1092324285.9,536064719.9,536064719.10,536064719.13,536064719.15,536064719.16,720494648.9,672215642.9,672215642.10,1529581363.9,1103350590.10,1103350590.9,797165007.10,797165007.9,1168503557.9,534809755.9,488683925.9,2094159637.12,2094159637.9,2094159637.10,2094159637.13,2094159635.12,2094159635.9,2094159635.10,2094159635.13,2010378418.9,2010378418.10,2117287953.9,414365483.9,1363088016.9,2046801067.9,1996530533.9,1822192338.9,532595158.10,532595158.9,532595158.13,532595158.15,532595158.16,650962063.10,650962063.9,1218185304.9,138356270.9,1714984597.9,375765873.10,375765873.13,375765873.9,375765873.15,375765873.16,934942650.9,934942650.10,2143395767.9,317426775.13,317426775.9,317426775.10,317426775.16,317426775.15```
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I also issued a pull request for the documentation to be changed. Hope i did it correctly …

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5

interesting. logs look correct. what kind of changes you did to the item?

6

thank you for updating documentation!

7

I cannot reproduce it on the milestone build again. i was trying 4.0 snapshot when the error showed up.

Thank you for your great work, yfre :slight_smile:

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