HomeKit GarageDoor wrong state

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#1

Hello,

i wrote a meross-bridge for my garage door. From openHAB it works perfect, but in Apple Home App I get a message : “Garage Blocked”; “Garage opening” but the garage never switch to open.

My things definition:

Bridge mqtt:broker:broker "MQTT Broker" [ host="localhost", port=1883, secure=false, clientID="meross-bridge-client" ] {
    Thing topic garage_opener_device "Meross Garage Opener" {
        Channels:
            Type string : name         "name"             [ stateTopic="meross/1911087511756090804648e1e91117ac/name"]
            Type switch : doorState    "doorState"        [ stateTopic="meross/1911087511756090804648e1e91117ac/door_state", on="OPEN", off="CLOSED", commandTopic="meross/1911087511756090804648e1e91117ac/set/door_state"]
    }
}

My items definition:

Switch    garage_opener_device_openState     "Garage"    <garagedoor>    (meross)  {channel="mqtt:topic:broker:garage_opener_device:doorState"}

With the REST explorer i got following message from the garage:

{
	"link": "http://openhabiandevice:8080/rest/items/garage_opener_device_openState",
	"state": "OFF",
	"stateDescription": {
		"pattern": "%s",
		"readOnly": false,
		"options": []
	},
	"editable": false,
	"type": "Switch",
	"name": "garage_opener_device_openState",
	"label": "Garage Flo",
	"category": "garagedoor",
	"tags": [],
	"groupNames": [
		"meross"
	]
}

I think i need to change the state value from OFF to CLOSED and the ON to OPEN but i have no idea how i can do that. May be i need a second channel for the State and a switch for OPEN and CLOSE?

I tried a lot but i do not have a solution… sorry for pasting the file into the topic but it was not allowed to add attachments.

Regards

#2

how you item definition including homekit metadata looks like?

#3

Hello…

i add that with the web-gui and used multiple:

GarageDoorOpener,GarageDoorOpener.CurrentDoorState,GarageDoorOpener.TargetDoorState,GarageDoorOpener.Name

Regards Florian

#4

you actually dont need to use name, it is optional current and target door state should be assigned to different items as they have different states.

#5

hello,

can you describe a bit more in detail… may be with a short example, I got the idea but not the exact way.

  • Do I need more than one Item for the door… or how is this done?
  • How can I add more than one “Property” to a item?
  • What do i need to google to find my solution? :slight_smile:

I did try all what came in my mind but I didn’t find a solution jet.

Regards

#6

Hi Florian,

here is an example how it works for me

i configured it using text files but it should work in the same way via UI.

basically you need at least 1 additional item, which can be virtual, i.e. without a link to a channel/things.
something like this.

String garageCurrentState "Garage Current State [%s]" (gGarage) {homekit="CurrentDoorState"}

and the use rules to update you real item, something like this

rule "garage door state update"
when
     Item garage_opener_device_openState received update
then
     if (garage_opener_device_openState.state == "OPEN" ) {
        garageCurrentState.sendCommand("OPEN")
     } else {
         garageCurrentState.sendCommand("CLOSED")
     }
end

in my case i had to make 3 virtual items, for currentState, targetState and obstruction. the last one has no mapping and no rules

#7

regarding other questions:

  • you can have more than one tag assign but both characteristics should expect the same values. in case of garage door: currentState support values “OPEN, OPENING, CLOSED, CLOSING, STOPPED”, targetState only " ON/“OPEN” = open door, OFF/“CLOSED” = closed door".

  • you can find more information on the add on documentation page
    HomeKit Add-on - System Integrations | openHAB
    but for sure, it can be improved, e.g. garage door examples is missing there

#8

Hello,

thanks… now I got it. Now I understand what is meant with Example Block.

I solved my issue without a rule. I extend my MQTT python garageDoor program (based on meross-bridge from Daniel Morlock) to provide following MQTT topics:
current_door_state: messages [OPEN, OPENING, CLOSED, CLOSING]
target_door_state: messages [OPEN, CLOSED]

That is the thing in $OPENHAB_CONF/things/garageOpener.things :

Bridge mqtt:broker:broker "MQTT Broker" [ host="localhost", port=1883, secure=false, clientID="meross-bridge-client" ] {
    Thing topic garage_opener_device_garage_am_haus "Meross Garage Opener: Garage am Haus" {
        Channels:
            Type string : name               "name"               [stateTopic="meross/1911087511756090804648e1e91117ac/name"]
            Type string : currentDoorState   "currentDoorState"   [stateTopic="meross/1911087511756090804648e1e91117ac/current_door_state"]
            Type switch : targetDoorState    "targetDoorState"    [stateTopic="meross/1911087511756090804648e1e91117ac/target_door_state", on="OPEN", off="CLOSED", commandTopic="meross/1911087511756090804648e1e91117ac/set/target_door_state"]
    }
}

That are the items in $OPENHAB_CONF/items/garageOpener.items :

Group   garage_opener_device_garage_am_haus                   "Garage am Haus"                   <garagedoor>                                           {homekit="GarageDoorOpener"}
String  garage_opener_device_garage_am_haus_name              "Garage am Haus:Name"              <none>          (garage_opener_device_garage_am_haus)  {homekit="Name",             channel="mqtt:topic:broker:garage_opener_device_garage_am_haus:name"}
String  garage_opener_device_garage_am_haus_currentDoorState  "Garage am Haus:CurrentDoorState"  <none>          (garage_opener_device_garage_am_haus)  {homekit="CurrentDoorState", channel="mqtt:topic:broker:garage_opener_device_garage_am_haus:currentDoorState"}
Switch  garage_opener_device_garage_am_haus_targetDoorState   "Garage am Haus:TargetDoorState"   <none>          (garage_opener_device_garage_am_haus)  {homekit="TargetDoorState",  channel="mqtt:topic:broker:garage_opener_device_garage_am_haus:targetDoorState"}
Switch  garage_opener_device_garage_am_haus_obstruction       "Garage am Haus:ObstructionState"  <none>          (garage_opener_device_garage_am_haus)  {homekit="ObstructionStatus"}

Thank you for the posts that lead me to the solution!!!

Regards

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