After the very inspiring SmartHome-Day in Ludwigsburg yesterday, especialy the habot-presentation of @ysc I started to refresh my groups and items.
I never knew about the semantic tag library and try to understand it’s use: https://github.com/eclipse/smarthome/wiki/Semantic-Tag-Library
Now my Items are starting with these groups:
Group Forstbachweg "Haus Forstbachweg" <house> ["location:Home"]
Group Innen "Innen" <house> (Forstbachweg) ["location:Inside"] { habot="im Haus" [ useCategory=false ] }
Group Aussen "Außen" <garden> (Forstbachweg) ["location:Outside"] { habot="draußen" [ useCategory=false ] }
Group OG "Obergeschoss" <firstfloor> (Innen)
Group EG "Erdgeschoss" <groundfloor> (Innen)
Group UG "Untergeschoss" <cellar> (Innen)
Group EG_Wohnzimmer "Wohnzimmer" <sofa> (EG) ["location:LivingRoom"]
Group EG_Bibliothek "Bibliothek" <group> (EG_Wohnzimmer) { habot="Bibliothek, Klavierzimmer, Klavier" [ useCategory=false ] }
Group EG_Kueche "Küche" <kitchen> (EG)
Group EG_GaesteWC "Gäste-WC" <toilet> (EG) ["location:Toilet"] { habot="Gästeklo" }
Group EG_Kammer "Kammer" <pantry> (EG) { habot="Vorratskammer, Abstellkammer" [ type="location" ] }
Group EG_Flur "Flur" <corridor> (EG)
Group EG_Windfang "Windfang" <wardrobe> (EG_Flur) { habot="Eingang, Garderobe" [ type="location" ] }
Group OG_Bad "Badezimmer" <bath> (OG)
Group OG_Schlafzimmer "Schlafzimmer" <bedroom> (OG) { habot="Elternschlafzimmer" [ type="location" ] }
Group OG_Sarah "Sarah Zimmer" <girl_1> (OG) { habot="Sarahs Zimmer, Zimmer Sarah" [ type="location" ] }
Group OG_Malou "Malou Zimmer" <girl_2> (OG) { habot="Malous Zimmer, Zimmer Malou" [ type="location" ] }
Group OG_Arbeitszimmer "Arbeitszimmer" <office> (OG) { habot="Büro" [ type="location" ] }
Group OG_Flur "Flur" <corridor> (OG)
Group UG_Bad "Gästebad" <bath> (UG)
Group UG_Schlafzimmer "Spielekeller" <smiley> (UG) { habot="Gästezimmer" [ type="location" ] [ useCategory=false ] }
Group UG_Lagerkeller "Lagerraum" <niveau> (UG) { habot="Lager, Lagerkeller" [ type="location" ] [ useCategory=false ] }
Group UG_Waschkeller "Waschkeller" <washingmachine> (UG) { habot="Heizungskeller, Waschküche" [ type="location" ] [ useCategory=false ] }
Group UG_Flur "Flur" <corridor> (UG)
To avoid mistakes, I need your advice for a few details:
- Is this a valid use of brackets - the combination of type and useCategory? { habot=“Lager, Lagerkeller” [ type=“location” ] [ useCategory=false ] }
- Groups without lowercases were displayed in white in the editor. Is this a problem?
- When is it recommended to us the location-tag and when it’s unneccessary?
Would [“location:Kitchen”] redundant or good practice? - I’m missing some roomnames in the semantic list (childroom, musicroom, guestroom…). Can I add these by myself or should I define a childRoom as bedroom, too?
- I want to group the shutters by direction to controll all south-jalousies together. Is there an existing semantic construct I can use?
- Can the habot="" scope be opened to work with all kinds of voice-devices (Alexa, GoogleHome) - or do I have to define synonyms in multiple ways?
Michael
the ESH semantics support was added at the last minute and I didn’t have time to update it. I’m in holidays now but will try to correct it ASAP! In a nutshell, the prefixes like