HowTo: Use Philips Hue sensors (Motion Sensor / Dimmer Switch)

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IMHO it is, but I do not think that it is related to the Hue binding itself. It is more or less related to the install / uninstall process of a binding.

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Uninstalled the Hue binding, cleared cache, unzipped and installed the latest test version 0.10.0 onto Milestone 6 of OpenHAB 2.4.0.

FWIW for now: Nothing happens at all. No clue or indication whatsoever of a new binding (addon) installed.

Note: Iā€™ve got a handful of dimmer switches and 12 motion sensors (still expanding).

Sincerely thanks and appreciation for your contribution! :ok_hand::+1:

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Hi Remko,

Sry for my stupid question: I do not quite understand if it is working now or not. Did you get your sensor running with the new binding version?

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Sorry my mistake. No it is not working.

Is there a special log file or debug setting that I can turn on? I sincerely want to help out.

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Please enable DEBUG logging for the binding:

org.eclipse.smarthome.binding.hue
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Iā€™m going to set up a separate DEBUG log file for this binding. Just have to figure out how exactly againā€¦as it has been a long while ago since Iā€™ve done this particular line of workā€¦keep you posted.

But spitting through the various openhab.log(.n) files shows (the recurring WARN):

2018-11-25 02:45:11.743 [WARN ] [org.apache.felix.fileinstall ] - Error while starting bundle: file:/openhab/addons/org.eclipse.smarthome.binding.hue-0.10.0-SNAPSHOT.jar
org.osgi.framework.BundleException: Could not resolve module: org.eclipse.smarthome.binding.hue [253]
Unresolved requirement: Import-Package: org.eclipse.jdt.annotation; resolution:=ā€œoptionalā€
Unresolved requirement: Import-Package: org.eclipse.smarthome.config.discovery.upnp

at org.eclipse.osgi.container.Module.start(Module.java:444) ~[?:?]
at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.framework.EquinoxBundle.start(EquinoxBundle.java:383) ~[?:?]
at org.apache.felix.fileinstall.internal.DirectoryWatcher.startBundle(DirectoryWatcher.java:1260) [10:org.apache.felix.fileinstall:3.6.4]
at org.apache.felix.fileinstall.internal.DirectoryWatcher.startBundles(DirectoryWatcher.java:1233) [10:org.apache.felix.fileinstall:3.6.4]
at org.apache.felix.fileinstall.internal.DirectoryWatcher.doProcess(DirectoryWatcher.java:520) [10:org.apache.felix.fileinstall:3.6.4]
at org.apache.felix.fileinstall.internal.DirectoryWatcher.process(DirectoryWatcher.java:365) [10:org.apache.felix.fileinstall:3.6.4]
at org.apache.felix.fileinstall.internal.DirectoryWatcher.run(DirectoryWatcher.java:316) [10:org.apache.felix.fileinstall:3.6.4]

Either missing dependencies?

Sidenote: I do use the official openhab:2.4.0.M6-amd64-debian docker container with persistent storage on a Ubuntu 18.04 LTS server

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I saw this before. The framework sometimes does not install dependencies automatically when you put a binding into your addons folder.

First: You have to install the features esh-io-transport-upnp via Karaf console and then put the .jar file into your addons/ folder.

The correct command is

feature:install esh-io-transport-upnp

You can also install a different binding (e.g. Kodi) which needs this dependency too. This in turn installs the required service automatically.

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Ahhh ā€¦ Will install the Kodi binding :+1:. Didnā€™t install it yet as I was thinkering with the various Hue configurations.

==>> It works! The Kodi binding/missing dependency was the key to solve it. Thank you Christoph!

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Hi,

Question to the group. I run a hue motion sensor configured as describe ahead which triggers a shelly 1 via MQTT.

Unfortunately it takes up to 3 sec. till the shelly switch on the lights.

Does someone else have similar setup and encounter the same results?
Would be interesting to understand, as I then could focus on the key area of the problem.

Thanks
Dom

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Hi Dominik,

Which polling interval do you use in your setup?

Otherwise:

  • The presence value is reported every 5 minutes, and when the motion sensor value changes (from motion to no motion or from no motion to motion);
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Hi Christoph,

Good question: How to get known of it?

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If you followed my instructions in the initial post you will probably use 5 seconds. You can find the value in this line of code

hueMotionSensorPresence.updateInterval=5000
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OK, got it.
Yes exactly 5 sec.
Should I decrease it?

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If you want to have faster updates from the sensor, Yes.

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Fair warning The Hue binding now supports sensor integration. This tutorial is deprecated.

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Is there any documentation on how to try this. Iā€™m running openhab2.4 m7.

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The new feature has been merged today. You will have to wait for the next snapshot or milestone build. A preview on the documentation.

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Thanks Christoph. I went a head and tried you test version.

Seems to be working very well on my self-up (22 lamps/ 5 motion sensor). Iā€™ve only configured this manually through item/things files so I havenā€™t played with the auto side through paperui.

In terms of documentation I was more looking at changing poling settings etc. For example I believe the presence sensor update at 500ms intervals and I can see that. But what frequency do other other sensors update at e.g. temp/light? For instance if I switch on a light in front of the the sensor it does take some time to update (many seconds).

Thanks for the hard work hereā€¦ working well.

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Sounds good. I am happy to hear, that it is working.

Nice catch. Indeed it is not mentioned in the docs. Do you have time to add it? The polling interval for all sensors is by default 500ms (expected value in milliseconds, min. = 50ms). The polling interval for lights is by default 10s (expected value in seconds, min. = 1s). You are able to adjust both values for your needs like this:

Bridge hue:bridge:1 [ ipAddress="192.168.0.64", userName="qwertzuiopasdfghjklyxcvbnm1234", pollingInterval=5, sensorPollingInterval=250 ]
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Thanks christoph!! Been waiting for this one!