iCloud device data integration in openHAB

Philipp · November 19, 2017, 8:31pm

Both endpoint behaves same. I could not track any difference.

Philipp · November 19, 2017, 8:56pm

Hey Patrik!

It’s working now! I can see my family devices! Did you change anything excepted the strack traces ?
The AirPods are still not appearing but this is secondary. I guess “deviceListVersion”: 1 will change the API version and bring up the Pods but it could also break your current implementation. Maybe a feature for 1.0.3

idkpmiller · November 19, 2017, 9:07pm

I installed using market place so I presume its the latest version.

using the console:
bundle:list sees this

253 | Active | 80 | 2.2.0.201711101242 | iCloud Binding

I am guessing by the date shown, this is NOT the latest version and I may need to enable automatic updating somewhere? Any ideas?

patrik_gfeller · November 19, 2017, 9:10pm

Hi Paul,

if you uninstall and then install again you should get the latest version.

with kind regards,
Patrik

patrik_gfeller · November 19, 2017, 9:12pm

strange … no changes made. Lets see if it keeps the things updated.

idkpmiller · November 19, 2017, 9:53pm

I did not follow the uninstall and reinstall path instead I did the following, it may not all ber needed but it may help someone else.

I performed an
apt-get update
apt-get upgrade

Then I performed the sudo openhabian-config and uopdated the openhab install latest.

I am not convinced that the steps above are necessary but they are good practise.

I then changed the marketplace to use ‘Alpha’ rather than beta.

I went into the karaf console and performed a bundle list and there was no change at this time.

then I issued an 'update 253’
The number is the package number obtasined from a ‘bundle:list’ output

This update command went off and grabbed the latest version and now on my bundle:list output I see:

253 | Active | 80 | 2.2.0.201711192039 | iCloud Binding

Seems I now can update my marketplace bindings

I will do some tests and see where I am now with functionality.

Thanks

Paul

idkpmiller · November 19, 2017, 10:37pm

After updating to the latest version of iCloud binding.
I rebooted my OH server.

The logs filtered for iCloud are shown below.

The observations from me are, that I still see the following issue:

Number of devices returned is 3 when I removed my iPhone 4S from my account a few days ago.

I still need to check to see if I am getting regular updates. I will advise

here are the logs in case they help

2017-11-20 11:01:25.588 [DEBUG] [org.openhab.binding.icloud          ] - BundleEvent STOPPING - org.openhab.binding.icloud
2017-11-20 11:01:25.588 [DEBUG] [org.openhab.binding.icloud          ] - BundleEvent STOPPING - org.openhab.binding.icloud
2017-11-20 11:01:25.601 [DEBUG] [org.openhab.binding.icloud          ] - ServiceEvent UNREGISTERING - {org.eclipse.smarthome.config.discovery.DiscoveryService}={service.id=402, service.bundleid=253, service.scope=singleton} - org.openhab.binding.icloud
2017-11-20 11:01:25.601 [DEBUG] [org.openhab.binding.icloud          ] - ServiceEvent UNREGISTERING - {org.eclipse.smarthome.config.discovery.DiscoveryService}={service.id=402, service.bundleid=253, service.scope=singleton} - org.openhab.binding.icloud
2017-11-20 11:01:25.624 [DEBUG] [org.openhab.binding.icloud          ] - ServiceEvent UNREGISTERING - {org.eclipse.smarthome.core.thing.binding.ThingHandlerFactory}={component.name=org.openhab.binding.icloud.internal.BridgeHandlerFactory, component.id=264, service.id=401, service.bundleid=253, service.scope=bundle} - org.openhab.binding.icloud
2017-11-20 11:01:25.624 [DEBUG] [org.openhab.binding.icloud          ] - ServiceEvent UNREGISTERING - {org.eclipse.smarthome.core.thing.binding.ThingHandlerFactory}={component.name=org.openhab.binding.icloud.internal.BridgeHandlerFactory, component.id=264, service.id=401, service.bundleid=253, service.scope=bundle} - org.openhab.binding.icloud
2017-11-20 11:01:25.624 [DEBUG] [org.openhab.binding.icloud          ] - ServiceEvent UNREGISTERING - {org.eclipse.smarthome.core.thing.binding.ThingHandlerFactory}={component.name=org.openhab.binding.icloud.internal.BridgeHandlerFactory, component.id=264, service.id=401, service.bundleid=253, service.scope=bundle} - org.openhab.binding.icloud
2017-11-20 11:01:25.634 [DEBUG] [org.openhab.binding.icloud          ] - BundleEvent STOPPED - org.openhab.binding.icloud
2017-11-20 11:01:25.634 [DEBUG] [org.openhab.binding.icloud          ] - BundleEvent STOPPED - org.openhab.binding.icloud
2017-11-20 11:11:48.458 [DEBUG] [org.openhab.binding.icloud          ] - BundleEvent STARTING - org.openhab.binding.icloud
2017-11-20 11:11:48.458 [DEBUG] [org.openhab.binding.icloud          ] - BundleEvent STARTING - org.openhab.binding.icloud
2017-11-20 11:11:48.496 [DEBUG] [org.openhab.binding.icloud          ] - ServiceEvent REGISTERED - {org.eclipse.smarthome.core.thing.binding.ThingHandlerFactory}={component.name=org.openhab.binding.icloud.internal.BridgeHandlerFactory, component.id=261, service.id=397, service.bundleid=253, service.scope=bundle} - org.openhab.binding.icloud
2017-11-20 11:11:48.496 [DEBUG] [org.openhab.binding.icloud          ] - ServiceEvent REGISTERED - {org.eclipse.smarthome.core.thing.binding.ThingHandlerFactory}={component.name=org.openhab.binding.icloud.internal.BridgeHandlerFactory, component.id=261, service.id=397, service.bundleid=253, service.scope=bundle} - org.openhab.binding.icloud
2017-11-20 11:11:48.496 [DEBUG] [org.openhab.binding.icloud          ] - ServiceEvent REGISTERED - {org.eclipse.smarthome.core.thing.binding.ThingHandlerFactory}={component.name=org.openhab.binding.icloud.internal.BridgeHandlerFactory, component.id=261, service.id=397, service.bundleid=253, service.scope=bundle} - org.openhab.binding.icloud
2017-11-20 11:11:48.526 [DEBUG] [org.openhab.binding.icloud          ] - BundleEvent STARTED - org.openhab.binding.icloud
2017-11-20 11:11:48.526 [DEBUG] [org.openhab.binding.icloud          ] - BundleEvent STARTED - org.openhab.binding.icloud
2017-11-20 11:14:56.843 [DEBUG] [binding.icloud.handler.BridgeHandler] - iCloud bridge handler initializing ...
2017-11-20 11:14:56.843 [DEBUG] [binding.icloud.handler.BridgeHandler] - iCloud bridge handler initializing ...
2017-11-20 11:14:56.847 [DEBUG] [binding.icloud.handler.BridgeHandler] - iCloud bridge starting handler ...
2017-11-20 11:14:56.847 [DEBUG] [binding.icloud.handler.BridgeHandler] - iCloud bridge starting handler ...
2017-11-20 11:14:56.888 [DEBUG] [org.openhab.binding.icloud          ] - ServiceEvent REGISTERED - {org.eclipse.smarthome.config.discovery.DiscoveryService}={service.id=400, service.bundleid=253, service.scope=singleton} - org.openhab.binding.icloud
2017-11-20 11:14:56.888 [DEBUG] [org.openhab.binding.icloud          ] - ServiceEvent REGISTERED - {org.eclipse.smarthome.config.discovery.DiscoveryService}={service.id=400, service.bundleid=253, service.scope=singleton} - org.openhab.binding.icloud
2017-11-20 11:14:56.918 [DEBUG] [binding.icloud.handler.BridgeHandler] - iCloud bridge handler started.
2017-11-20 11:14:56.918 [DEBUG] [binding.icloud.handler.BridgeHandler] - iCloud bridge handler started.
2017-11-20 11:14:56.923 [DEBUG] [binding.icloud.handler.BridgeHandler] - lCloud bridge initialized.
2017-11-20 11:17:27.854 [DEBUG] [binding.icloud.handler.BridgeHandler] - iCloud bridge refreshing data ...
2017-11-20 11:17:27.854 [DEBUG] [binding.icloud.handler.BridgeHandler] - iCloud bridge refreshing data ...
2017-11-20 11:17:30.115 [DEBUG] [binding.icloud.handler.DeviceHandler] - Initializing iCloud device handler.
2017-11-20 11:17:30.115 [DEBUG] [binding.icloud.handler.DeviceHandler] - Initializing iCloud device handler.
2017-11-20 11:17:30.122 [DEBUG] [binding.icloud.handler.DeviceHandler] - initializeThing thing icloud:device:fbab2713:69e7d8f7 bridge status ONLINE
2017-11-20 11:17:30.122 [DEBUG] [binding.icloud.handler.DeviceHandler] - initializeThing thing icloud:device:fbab2713:69e7d8f7 bridge status ONLINE
2017-11-20 11:17:30.146 [DEBUG] [binding.icloud.handler.DeviceHandler] - Device: [icloud:device:fbab2713:69e7d8f7]
2017-11-20 11:17:30.146 [DEBUG] [binding.icloud.handler.DeviceHandler] - Device: [icloud:device:fbab2713:69e7d8f7]
2017-11-20 11:17:30.153 [DEBUG] [binding.icloud.handler.DeviceHandler] - Current data element: [413c0f36]
2017-11-20 11:17:30.156 [DEBUG] [binding.icloud.handler.DeviceHandler] - Current data element: [69e7d8f7]
2017-11-20 11:17:30.190 [DEBUG] [binding.icloud.handler.DeviceHandler] - Device: [icloud:device:fbab2713:69e7d8f7]
2017-11-20 11:17:30.190 [DEBUG] [binding.icloud.handler.DeviceHandler] - Device: [icloud:device:fbab2713:69e7d8f7]
2017-11-20 11:17:30.196 [DEBUG] [binding.icloud.handler.DeviceHandler] - Current data element: [413c0f36]
2017-11-20 11:17:30.218 [DEBUG] [binding.icloud.handler.DeviceHandler] - Current data element: [69e7d8f7]
2017-11-20 11:17:30.209 [DEBUG] [binding.icloud.handler.DeviceHandler] - Initializing iCloud device handler.
2017-11-20 11:17:30.209 [DEBUG] [binding.icloud.handler.DeviceHandler] - Initializing iCloud device handler.
2017-11-20 11:17:30.221 [DEBUG] [binding.icloud.handler.DeviceHandler] - initializeThing thing icloud:device:fbab2713:413c0f36 bridge status ONLINE
2017-11-20 11:17:30.221 [DEBUG] [binding.icloud.handler.DeviceHandler] - initializeThing thing icloud:device:fbab2713:413c0f36 bridge status ONLINE
2017-11-20 11:17:30.301 [DEBUG] [binding.icloud.handler.DeviceHandler] - Device: [icloud:device:fbab2713:413c0f36]
2017-11-20 11:17:30.301 [DEBUG] [binding.icloud.handler.DeviceHandler] - Device: [icloud:device:fbab2713:413c0f36]
2017-11-20 11:17:30.302 [DEBUG] [binding.icloud.handler.BridgeHandler] - Discovery for index [0]
2017-11-20 11:17:30.304 [DEBUG] [binding.icloud.handler.BridgeHandler] - iCloud device discovery for [iPhone SE]
2017-11-20 11:17:30.304 [DEBUG] [binding.icloud.handler.BridgeHandler] - iCloud device discovery for [iPhone SE]
2017-11-20 11:17:30.308 [DEBUG] [binding.icloud.handler.BridgeHandler] - Device id [413c0f36] found.
2017-11-20 11:17:30.310 [DEBUG] [binding.icloud.handler.BridgeHandler] - Discovery for index [1]
2017-11-20 11:17:30.312 [DEBUG] [binding.icloud.handler.BridgeHandler] - iCloud device discovery for [iPhone 4s]
2017-11-20 11:17:30.312 [DEBUG] [binding.icloud.handler.BridgeHandler] - iCloud device discovery for [iPhone 4s]
2017-11-20 11:17:30.314 [DEBUG] [binding.icloud.handler.BridgeHandler] - Device id [69e7d8f7] found.
2017-11-20 11:17:30.315 [DEBUG] [binding.icloud.handler.DeviceHandler] - Current data element: [413c0f36]
2017-11-20 11:17:30.316 [DEBUG] [binding.icloud.handler.BridgeHandler] - Discovery for index [2]
2017-11-20 11:17:30.317 [DEBUG] [binding.icloud.handler.BridgeHandler] - iCloud device discovery for [iPad Air 2]
2017-11-20 11:17:30.317 [DEBUG] [binding.icloud.handler.BridgeHandler] - iCloud device discovery for [iPad Air 2]
2017-11-20 11:17:30.319 [DEBUG] [binding.icloud.handler.BridgeHandler] - Device id [faa6ee2a] found.
2017-11-20 11:17:30.321 [DEBUG] [binding.icloud.handler.BridgeHandler] - iCloud bridge data refresh complete.
2017-11-20 11:17:30.321 [DEBUG] [binding.icloud.handler.BridgeHandler] - iCloud bridge data refresh complete.
2017-11-20 11:17:30.331 [DEBUG] [binding.icloud.handler.DeviceHandler] - Initializing iCloud device handler.
2017-11-20 11:17:30.331 [DEBUG] [binding.icloud.handler.DeviceHandler] - Initializing iCloud device handler.
2017-11-20 11:17:30.333 [DEBUG] [binding.icloud.handler.DeviceHandler] - initializeThing thing icloud:device:fbab2713:faa6ee2a bridge status ONLINE
2017-11-20 11:17:30.333 [DEBUG] [binding.icloud.handler.DeviceHandler] - initializeThing thing icloud:device:fbab2713:faa6ee2a bridge status ONLINE
2017-11-20 11:17:30.338 [DEBUG] [binding.icloud.handler.DeviceHandler] - Device: [icloud:device:fbab2713:faa6ee2a]
2017-11-20 11:17:30.338 [DEBUG] [binding.icloud.handler.DeviceHandler] - Device: [icloud:device:fbab2713:faa6ee2a]
2017-11-20 11:17:30.340 [DEBUG] [binding.icloud.handler.DeviceHandler] - Current data element: [413c0f36]
2017-11-20 11:17:30.342 [DEBUG] [binding.icloud.handler.DeviceHandler] - Current data element: [69e7d8f7]
2017-11-20 11:17:30.359 [DEBUG] [binding.icloud.handler.DeviceHandler] - Current data element: [faa6ee2a]

idkpmiller · November 19, 2017, 10:49pm

Although I have specified updates are every 5 minutes in the binding configuration I seem to get them every 10. its certainly not a big issue but I thought I would advise.

I seem to get the BatteryStatus and BatteryLevel values erratically as in not every update seems to have them, as the values go to ‘unknown’ and 0.0 respectively when not provided. This reliability is a little more concerning.

but certainly heading in the right direction with the latest updates

Thanks!!!

Paul

[EDIT] The updates are looking like every 15 minutes not 10 as stated above.
Still the same unreliable Battery meta data retrieval.

Philipp · November 20, 2017, 12:54am

@idkpmiller could you please switch your debug level to TRACE and post the line start with “json”. This will help to identify why the deleted device is still visible.

Before you post the json string, please check for sensitive information like your Apple ID.

idkpmiller · November 20, 2017, 2:55am

@Philipp I will get this sorted shortly.

I thought I would advise that when I was out I realised that my updates were not grabbing new data properly so I performed a refresh now ON using the switch.

This provided all the information including the previously missing BatteryStatus and BatteryLevel.
Unfortunately since that refrfesh at 1354 I have only had one other update around an hour later. at the time of grabbing the logs it was 15:53 so the regular updating is certain not very regular.

LOGS:

2017-11-20 13:54:42.229 [DEBUG] [binding.icloud.handler.BridgeHandler] - iCloud bridge refreshing data ...
2017-11-20 13:54:42.229 [DEBUG] [binding.icloud.handler.BridgeHandler] - iCloud bridge refreshing data ...
2017-11-20 13:54:45.089 [DEBUG] [binding.icloud.handler.DeviceHandler] - Device: [icloud:device:fbab2713:69e7d8f7]
2017-11-20 13:54:45.089 [DEBUG] [binding.icloud.handler.DeviceHandler] - Device: [icloud:device:fbab2713:69e7d8f7]
2017-11-20 13:54:45.092 [DEBUG] [binding.icloud.handler.DeviceHandler] - Current data element: [413c0f36]
2017-11-20 13:54:45.093 [DEBUG] [binding.icloud.handler.DeviceHandler] - Current data element: [69e7d8f7]
2017-11-20 13:54:45.153 [DEBUG] [binding.icloud.handler.DeviceHandler] - Device: [icloud:device:fbab2713:413c0f36]
2017-11-20 13:54:45.153 [DEBUG] [binding.icloud.handler.DeviceHandler] - Device: [icloud:device:fbab2713:413c0f36]
2017-11-20 13:54:45.154 [DEBUG] [binding.icloud.handler.DeviceHandler] - Current data element: [413c0f36]
2017-11-20 13:54:46.420 [DEBUG] [binding.icloud.handler.DeviceHandler] - Device: [icloud:device:fbab2713:faa6ee2a]
2017-11-20 13:54:46.420 [DEBUG] [binding.icloud.handler.DeviceHandler] - Device: [icloud:device:fbab2713:faa6ee2a]
2017-11-20 13:54:46.430 [DEBUG] [binding.icloud.handler.DeviceHandler] - Current data element: [413c0f36]
2017-11-20 13:54:46.433 [DEBUG] [binding.icloud.handler.DeviceHandler] - Current data element: [69e7d8f7]
2017-11-20 13:54:46.437 [DEBUG] [binding.icloud.handler.DeviceHandler] - Current data element: [faa6ee2a]
2017-11-20 13:54:47.109 [DEBUG] [binding.icloud.handler.BridgeHandler] - Discovery for index [0]
2017-11-20 13:54:47.111 [DEBUG] [binding.icloud.handler.BridgeHandler] - iCloud device discovery for [iPhone SE]
2017-11-20 13:54:47.111 [DEBUG] [binding.icloud.handler.BridgeHandler] - iCloud device discovery for [iPhone SE]
2017-11-20 13:54:47.113 [DEBUG] [binding.icloud.handler.BridgeHandler] - Device id [413c0f36] found.
2017-11-20 13:54:47.115 [DEBUG] [binding.icloud.handler.BridgeHandler] - Discovery for index [1]
2017-11-20 13:54:47.117 [DEBUG] [binding.icloud.handler.BridgeHandler] - iCloud device discovery for [iPhone 4s]
2017-11-20 13:54:47.117 [DEBUG] [binding.icloud.handler.BridgeHandler] - iCloud device discovery for [iPhone 4s]
2017-11-20 13:54:47.119 [DEBUG] [binding.icloud.handler.BridgeHandler] - Device id [69e7d8f7] found.
2017-11-20 13:54:47.122 [DEBUG] [binding.icloud.handler.BridgeHandler] - Discovery for index [2]
2017-11-20 13:54:47.126 [DEBUG] [binding.icloud.handler.BridgeHandler] - iCloud device discovery for [iPad Air 2]
2017-11-20 13:54:47.126 [DEBUG] [binding.icloud.handler.BridgeHandler] - iCloud device discovery for [iPad Air 2]
2017-11-20 13:54:47.129 [DEBUG] [binding.icloud.handler.BridgeHandler] - Device id [faa6ee2a] found.
2017-11-20 13:54:47.132 [DEBUG] [binding.icloud.handler.BridgeHandler] - iCloud bridge data refresh complete.
2017-11-20 13:54:47.132 [DEBUG] [binding.icloud.handler.BridgeHandler] - iCloud bridge data refresh complete.
2017-11-20 14:50:11.975 [DEBUG] [binding.icloud.handler.BridgeHandler] - iCloud bridge refreshing data ...
2017-11-20 14:50:11.975 [DEBUG] [binding.icloud.handler.BridgeHandler] - iCloud bridge refreshing data ...
2017-11-20 14:50:14.587 [DEBUG] [binding.icloud.handler.DeviceHandler] - Device: [icloud:device:fbab2713:69e7d8f7]
2017-11-20 14:50:14.587 [DEBUG] [binding.icloud.handler.DeviceHandler] - Device: [icloud:device:fbab2713:69e7d8f7]
2017-11-20 14:50:14.599 [DEBUG] [binding.icloud.handler.DeviceHandler] - Current data element: [413c0f36]
2017-11-20 14:50:14.602 [DEBUG] [binding.icloud.handler.DeviceHandler] - Current data element: [69e7d8f7]
2017-11-20 14:50:14.664 [DEBUG] [binding.icloud.handler.DeviceHandler] - Device: [icloud:device:fbab2713:413c0f36]
2017-11-20 14:50:14.664 [DEBUG] [binding.icloud.handler.DeviceHandler] - Device: [icloud:device:fbab2713:413c0f36]
2017-11-20 14:50:14.667 [DEBUG] [binding.icloud.handler.DeviceHandler] - Current data element: [413c0f36]
2017-11-20 14:50:16.208 [DEBUG] [binding.icloud.handler.DeviceHandler] - Device: [icloud:device:fbab2713:faa6ee2a]
2017-11-20 14:50:16.208 [DEBUG] [binding.icloud.handler.DeviceHandler] - Device: [icloud:device:fbab2713:faa6ee2a]
2017-11-20 14:50:16.210 [DEBUG] [binding.icloud.handler.DeviceHandler] - Current data element: [413c0f36]
2017-11-20 14:50:16.211 [DEBUG] [binding.icloud.handler.DeviceHandler] - Current data element: [69e7d8f7]
2017-11-20 14:50:16.213 [DEBUG] [binding.icloud.handler.DeviceHandler] - Current data element: [faa6ee2a]
2017-11-20 14:50:16.835 [DEBUG] [binding.icloud.handler.BridgeHandler] - Discovery for index [0]
2017-11-20 14:50:16.837 [DEBUG] [binding.icloud.handler.BridgeHandler] - iCloud device discovery for [iPhone SE]
2017-11-20 14:50:16.837 [DEBUG] [binding.icloud.handler.BridgeHandler] - iCloud device discovery for [iPhone SE]
2017-11-20 14:50:16.839 [DEBUG] [binding.icloud.handler.BridgeHandler] - Device id [413c0f36] found.
2017-11-20 14:50:16.841 [DEBUG] [binding.icloud.handler.BridgeHandler] - Discovery for index [1]
2017-11-20 14:50:16.846 [DEBUG] [binding.icloud.handler.BridgeHandler] - iCloud device discovery for [iPhone 4s]
2017-11-20 14:50:16.846 [DEBUG] [binding.icloud.handler.BridgeHandler] - iCloud device discovery for [iPhone 4s]
2017-11-20 14:50:16.849 [DEBUG] [binding.icloud.handler.BridgeHandler] - Device id [69e7d8f7] found.
2017-11-20 14:50:16.852 [DEBUG] [binding.icloud.handler.BridgeHandler] - Discovery for index [2]
2017-11-20 14:50:16.855 [DEBUG] [binding.icloud.handler.BridgeHandler] - iCloud device discovery for [iPad Air 2]
2017-11-20 14:50:16.855 [DEBUG] [binding.icloud.handler.BridgeHandler] - iCloud device discovery for [iPad Air 2]
2017-11-20 14:50:16.858 [DEBUG] [binding.icloud.handler.BridgeHandler] - Device id [faa6ee2a] found.
2017-11-20 14:50:16.862 [DEBUG] [binding.icloud.handler.BridgeHandler] - iCloud bridge data refresh complete.
2017-11-20 14:50:16.862 [DEBUG] [binding.icloud.handler.BridgeHandler] - iCloud bridge data refresh complete.

Update:
I have just signed in icloud, gone to find my phone and the Iphone 4S that I asked to be removed from my account a few days ago is still there. I will try once more to ‘Remove from this account’ and see what happens.
Ahh! it seems I must switch off ‘Find My Phone’ on the device otherwise when it gets powered on and is online it will readd itself. I have now disabled on the phone and it is not showing in icloud web site. I will not yet delete the things entry in OH for the removed device and see what happens.

Update
After finally removing the iphone 42 which was listed as device 1. I can see that the iPad now moves from index 2 into index 1 slot and I get

2017-11-20 18:05:44.398 [DEBUG] [binding.icloud.handler.DeviceHandler] - Unable to find device data.

I think I will need to remove all the items and things and then start again? whats your thoughts?

Philipp · November 20, 2017, 2:41pm

Sounds like a plan! First of all, you should download the last version. Patrick has released a new version yesterday evening. Then I would start with a “plain” icloud.things file (see below) and check the discovery result on the paper ui. If everything is working correctly, you should see now you iCloud devices.

If not, please switch your log level from DEBUG to TRACE and provide one more time your log files.

./openhab/conf/things/icloud.things:

Bridge icloud:account:account1 [appleId="nomail4@me.com", password="SuperSecret", refreshTimeInMinutes=10, googleAPIKey="YOUR-API-KEY"]
{
     
}

idkpmiller · November 21, 2017, 4:04am

Here is the process I followed, I have documented this as I am performing
the tasks so that I know where I have got to and the order I performed the
tasks in case of later queries.

I commented out the icloud segments in my sitemaps
I commented out the icloud dependant rules
Using PaperUI I UNLINK the following things: Account, iPhone SE and
iPad; Note: the iPhone 4S did not have any items linked to the things
Using PaperUI removed all the items files for ALL devices and the account
Using PaperUI remove things; iPhone Se, iPhone 4S, iPad and finally the
iCloud account.

At this stage all configuration has been removed or prevented from loading
in the OH instance.
The following activitys occur on the console.

bundle:list
253 | Active | 80 | 2.2.0.201711192039 | iCloud Binding
bundle:stop 253
bundle:list
253 | Resolved | 80 | 2.2.0.201711192039 | iCloud Binding
bundle:update 253
253 | Resolved | 80 | 2.2.0.201711201923 | iCloud Binding
bundle:start 253
bundle:list
253 | Active | 80 | 2.2.0.201711201923 | iCloud Binding
Check using PaperUI Configurations > bindings > icloud is still present
Using PaperUI deleted Add-Ons > Bindings > iCloud
Check using PaperUI Configurations > bindings > icloud has now gone
using console the iCloud binding no longer appers in the bundle:list

[EDIT]
The tail of my email response got lost somehow, I have readded it back below.

Now to add the new version of iCloud

Using PaperUI, Add-ons > Bindings > iCloud. INSTALL, successful
bundle:list
254 | Active | 80 | 2.2.0.201711201923 | iCloud Binding
log:set DEBUG org.openhab.binding.icloud
ISSUE -
Cannot seem to locate the iCloud thing
Cannot see the icloud binding using the Things ‘filter by binding’

At this stage I will stop so you can advise what I have done wrong as it is not appearing in the PaperUI

Paul

nolan_garrett · November 22, 2017, 6:01pm

For those curious, I settled on a modified version of this approach. It occurred to me that there are indicators that I might be arriving home - the garage door opening, the front door unlocking, and so on. So now, I’ve configured the rules to automatically trigger me as being “home” when one of these events occurs, then I send refresh commands to iCloud a couple of times via timers in rules to get up to date location info for everyone, so I can know exactly who is home. This seems to work well without impacting battery life very terribly, since there’s only two of us at my place and it’s not like we have people coming and going all day long.

idkpmiller · November 23, 2017, 12:04am

I have tried rebooting a number of times and I still see no log entries from the iCloud binding.
Also as per my step-by-step the iCloud thing type is not selectable using PaperUI.

Any ideas of what I have done wrong in my step-by-step or is this an issue with the binding?

Regards

Paul

ThomDietrich · November 23, 2017, 1:07am

Hey @idkpmiller,
just so you know. I have just reported another issue with this binding (over on Github). There will be another breaking change before the binding is final. Besides this change everything works fine for me. I’d suggest to wait for this last change and then try again.

As per your detailed step-by-step list: I can’t quite follow as I am using the latest pull request build automatically published here: https://openhab.jfrog.io/openhab/libs-pullrequest-local/org/openhab/binding/org.openhab.binding.icloud/

The file provided there needs to go into the addons folder. After that the binding should be ready to be used. The addons folder is even shared via samba if you use openHABian.

idkpmiller · November 23, 2017, 5:45am

Thanks ThomDietrich.
I am trying to improve the binding use-ability and so was trying the more
GUI installation process with the console really to confirm everything is
deleted/log levels etc are correct.
If the current binding is more alpha than beta then of course I will go for
functionality testing first and follow your advise of copying the file into addons
directory.

ThomDietrich · November 23, 2017, 12:00pm

Hey Paul,
I didn’t say that, the binding feels stable and mature. The issue I was talking about is about how the binding does things rather than a malfunction. See for yourself: https://github.com/openhab/openhab2-addons/pull/2672#issuecomment-346318855
I expect a merge into the main addons repository soon.

idkpmiller · November 24, 2017, 2:45am

I have now tried downloading the file you kindly gave the link to and copied to the addons directory.
This resulted in the same outcome for me.

binding is seen as active in the console
PaperUI > configuration > Thing does not see the binding
No entries are found in the log.

Regards

Paul

idkpmiller · November 26, 2017, 2:29am

I am now trying the latest version 2.2.0.201711251926 installing again using the PaperUI.
Now I have added the thing and setup my icloud account.
The binding has discovered the two devices on my account correctly.

I now go to the PaperUI Think menu and try and create items and link to them and hit a new problem, the item list is empty and the ‘create new item’ is also missing, see screen shot below.

patrik_gfeller · November 26, 2017, 12:38pm

Hi Paul,

I tried to reproduce the problem here; but I can see the list of items and also create new ones. Can you try if this works on an other thing from an other binding - or is this specific to the iCloud binding on that installation?

thank you for all the time you invest to help with testing; it is much appreciated!

with kind regards,
Patrik