Minoston 2 channel plug

[Torben_Madsen]

I have uploaded the users manual under the product page
https://www.cd-jackson.com/index.php/zwave/zwave-device-database/zwave-device-list/devicesummary/1229#documents

My username is: Torben.Madsen

Thank you.

[chris (Chris Jackson)]

Thanks. I’ve updated your access already so you are able to edit etc. I see there are some parameters, so these will need to be added along with the association groups. If you can also paste in some of the useful text to the overview and include/exclude sections that will be useful as this goes into the OH online documentation.

Thanks.

[Bruce_Osborne]

This is a community maintained database. Welcome.

[fmeili1 (Frank Meilinger)]

Hi,
I have nearly the same issue, but with the device MP21Z (one channel mini smart plug from Minoston - https://products.z-wavealliance.org/products/3973). My current OH version shows “2.5.9 Release build” (version shown after login to ssh openhab@localhost -p 8101) and “2.5.9-1” (with the command: dpkg --list | grep openhab) running on ubuntu 20.04.1.

Referring to this list here https://github.com/openhab/org.openhab.binding.zwave/blob/2.5.x/doc/things.md
there are already database entries for MP20Z and MP22Z, but not for MP21Z. Now I would like to add a new entry to the database by using the MP22Z database entry as a template which is just an outdoor one channel plug and I assume, both will be very similar. But unfortunately all links which are posted in this chat to cd-jackson internet pages (e.g. https://www.cd-jackson.com/index.php/zwave/zwave-device-database/zwave-device-database-guide) are not longer available so I can’t find the instructions to add/enhance the device database. I don’t know why, but I can’t find other instructions how to change the database locally for testing and I also want to contribute the changes… maybe someone can help me!
Thanks,
Frank

[Bruce_Osborne]

But unfortunately all links which are posted in this chat to cd-jackson internet pages (e.g. https://www.cd-jackson.com/index.php/zwave/zwave-device-database/zwave-device-database-guide) are not longer available

The database moved earlier this year. The Database Guide is here.

Z-Wave Device Database Guide

[fmeili1 (Frank Meilinger)]

Thanks a lot for your really fast response. I will try to add this device following these instructions.

[fmeili1 (Frank Meilinger)]

Oops, just find out, that the device is already in the device database (since 2020-10-25, link: https://opensmarthouse.org/zwavedatabase/1304). But in my current installation of OH 2.5.9-1, it’s not yet included. The console bundle:list shows this line:

230 │ Active │ 80 │ 2.5.9 │ openHAB Add-ons :: Bundles :: ZWave Binding

I’ve downloaded the current snapshot
https://ci.openhab.org/view/Integration%20Builds%20(2.5.x)/job/openHAB2.5.x-ZWave/ws/target/org.openhab.binding.zwave-2.5.12-SNAPSHOT.jar
but I’m not sure if can just do a bundle:uninstall of the current and install the new 2.5.12-SNAPSHOT with the console without destroying something in my ZWave installation/configuration. Also I’m not sure if I can revert to the original if something will went wrong. Is this the recommended way or may I change something on the file system instead?

The only location in the file system for such a file is
/var/lib/openhab2/tmp/mvn/org/openhab/addons/bundles/org.openhab.binding.zwave/2.5.9/org.openhab.binding.zwave-2.5.9.jar
but because it’s in “/tmp/” I think it’s not a good idea to do this in the filesystem…
Maybe you can give me a hint.
Thanks in advance,
Frank

[Bruce_Osborne]

The script also has a README listing the manual installation steps.Basically tou uninstall the old binding, put the new jar file in the addons directory and it gets automatically installed. Delete your zwave Thing from OH and rediscover/readd to get the new settings it keeps the same Thing ID so your Items and rules still work.

Stable 2.5.11 should have that device in it. so upgrading OH is another option.

[5iver (Scott Rushworth)]

@fmeili1

but I’m not sure if can just do a bundle:uninstall of the current and install the new 2.5.12-SNAPSHOT with the console without destroying something in my ZWave installation/configuration.

Uninstalling the binding will not remove any Things, Links, or Items, so you should have no worries. Easier to update to the latest stable OH release, or use…

Zigbee and zwave manual install script

A number of people have run into trouble performing manual installs of the Zigbee and Z-Wave bindings. A manual install (dropping the jar into addons) is rarely needed, but some people prefer a manual install over apt-get, or want to use a stable OH release with a recent Zigbee or Z-Wave binding. Here is a script that will hopefully make it easier to install, upgrade, and uninstall these bindings, and prevent some of the common issues. Who would benefit from this script: Anyone wanting to tes…

[fmeili1 (Frank Meilinger)]

Thanks a lot Bruce and Scott for your help! In the meantime I’ve found and added the repository https://dl.bintray.com/openhab/apt-repo2 to my ubuntu installation and done a regular OH update to 2.5.11-1 which includes now the device and it was found without any issues (I was not aware that the newest OH version was not automatically used with the standard ubuntu update/upgrade mechanisms).
Frank

[Bruce_Osborne]

@fmeili1

I was not aware that the newest OH version was not automatically used with the standard ubuntu update/upgrade mechanisms

It is if you use the official OH repos as listed in the installation documentation for Linux.