Jython irrigation rule with netatmo integration not working, no response from the log

  • Platform information:
    • Hardware: Dockerized on a Terramaster NAS
    • OS: Linux
    • Java Runtime Environment: 11
    • openHAB version:3.0.2

I have been developing a Jython rule for the irrigation of the garden. I have set up an automation item which is responsible of turning the irrigation on, the jython script engine (jsr223, jython 2.7.2). and a netatmo weather station with a rain module attached. I also setup netatmo lib (python 2.7 compliant) via pip in the proprer directory(i.e. automation/python/lib/personal).

Meanwhille I faced the issue of importing the python standard library in the jsr223 openhab environment. My solution was to to set in in the EXTRA_JAVA_OPTS variable to make it accessible but i’m not sure it is the right way:

EXTRA JAVA OPTS=Dpython.path=/usr/lib/python2.7
I also added the directory as a docker bind volume

The rule should work like this:
Once a day the system checks rain 24h data(it gives the amount of rain fallen in a day) and add it to a python list that is saved to a json file. Then it loads data, computes the rain24h-mean of the list then it should start irrigating for ten minutes if the mean is zero.

So i developed such files using Pycharm IDE:
discover.py which is responsible of getting rain data from the station (located in automation/python/lib/personal);
persistence.py (located in automation/python/lib/personal). which is responsible for populating data of the list and save it to a json file;
irrigation_rule.py which is a cron rule that starts the rule (located in automation/python/jsr223/personal).
I see from openhab log that the rule starts but there is no response from it and nothing happens. Moreover i don’t know even how to debug!!! I am despered!

persistence.py

import json
class Persistence:
    @staticmethod
    def _load_data():
        filename = "rain.json"
        try:
            with open(filename) as f:
                rain_list = json.load(f)
        except IOError:
            return None
        else:
            return rain_list

    @staticmethod
    def _save_data(rain_list):
        filename = "rain.json"
        with open(filename,'w') as f:
            json.dump(rain_list, f)

    @staticmethod
    def add_to_rain_list(value, dimension):
        rain_list = Persistence._load_data()
        if rain_list is None:
            rain_list = [value]
        else:
            rain_list.append(value)
        while(len(rain_list)) > dimension:
            rain_list.pop(0)
        Persistence._save_data(rain_list)

    @staticmethod
    def get_rain_list():
        rain_list = Persistence._load_data()
        return rain_list

discover.py

import threading
import time
from persistence import Persistence
import netatmo_client.client

temperature_result = None
rain_result = None
results_available = threading.Event()


class Discover:

    def __init__(self, client_id, client_secret, username, password):
        self.client_id = client_id
        self.client_secret = client_secret
        self.username = username
        self.password = password

    def _background_thread(self):
        global temperature_result
        global rain_result
        temperature_result = self.get_temperature()
        rain_result = self.get_rain_24_h()
        results_available.set()
        time.sleep(1)

    def get_data_dict(self):
        client = netatmo_client.client.NetatmoClient(self.client_id, self.client_secret)
        scope = "read_station"
        client.request_token_with_client_credentials(self.username, self.password, scope)
        data_dict = client.station.get_station_data()
        return data_dict

    def get_rain_24_h(self):
        rain_dict = self.get_data_dict()['devices'][0]['modules'][1]['dashboard_data']
        return rain_dict['sum_rain_24']

    def get_temperature(self):
        temperature = self.get_data_dict()['devices'][0]['dashboard_data']['Temperature']
        return temperature

    def get_rain_list(self):
        return Persistence.get_rain_list()

    def get_rain_average(self):
        average=sum(self.get_rain_list())/len(self.get_rain_list())
        return average

    def rain_monitoring(self, list_dimension=3):
        thread = threading.Thread(target=self._background_thread())
        thread.start()
        results_available.wait()
        Persistence.add_to_rain_list(rain_result, list_dimension)

irrigation_rule.py


import sys
sys.path.append('/openhab/conf/automation/lib/python/personal')
from discover import Discover
sys.path.append('/openhab/conf/automation/lib/python/core')
from core.rules import rule
from core.utils import sendCommand
from core.triggers import when
from threading import Timer

@rule("irrigation rule")
@when("Time cron 0 50 18 * * ?")
def func(event):
    d = Discover('my_client_id', 'my_client_secret',
                 'my_username', 'my_password')
    d.rain_monitoring()
    if d.get_rain_average() == 0:
        sendCommand("iI3_switch", "ON")
        t = Timer(600.0, sendCommand("iI3_switch","OFF"))
        t.start()

openhab.log

...
021-06-19 19:38:29.888 [WARN ] [jython.startup                      ] - 

*******************************************************************************
Jython version:             2.7.2.final
Operating system:           Linux
OS Version:                 4.4.18-g8bcbd8a-dirty
Java vendor:                Azul Systems, Inc.
Java VM name:               OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM
Java runtime name:          OpenJDK Runtime Environment
Java runtime version:       11.0.10+9-LTS
configuration.py installed: True
sys.path:                   /openhab/conf/automation/lib/python
                            /openhab/userdata/cache/org.eclipse.osgi/232/0/bundleFile/Lib
                            __classpath__
                            __pyclasspath__/
*******************************************************************************

2021-06-19 19:38:29.892 [INFO ] [ab.core.service.AbstractWatchService] - Loading script '/openhab/conf/automation/jsr223/python/core/components/100_DirectoryTrigger.py'
2021-06-19 19:38:34.481 [INFO ] [ab.core.service.AbstractWatchService] - Loading script '/openhab/conf/automation/jsr223/python/core/components/100_StartupTrigger.py'
2021-06-19 19:38:38.366 [INFO ] [ab.core.service.AbstractWatchService] - Loading script '/openhab/conf/automation/jsr223/python/personal/irrigation_rule.py'

netatmo lib link:

Why are you not using the netatmo binding?

That’s a good point, I didn’t think about that!
I’ll let you know! Thanks for your help!

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