New binding for BSB-LAN device

hypetsch · April 17, 2020, 9:43am

No problem, nice to hear.

akashkumar · April 20, 2020, 1:06pm

Hello,

thanks for creating the binding. I had been using the bsb-lan via http for almost a year now without any problems except json transform failing once in a while. I would like to try this binding. However, most of the links referred to in the post above seem to be broken except the jar file itself. (it looks like the ‘tree’ subfolder from the git repository is missing.)
Is there something I am missing? In any case, I put the JAR file in the addons folder, but now I can’t find any instructions on configuring the binding since the documentation link is also broken. Should I just rename the http links in the item to bsblan:parameter:heating:xxx?

Thanks a lot in advance!

hypetsch · April 20, 2020, 3:54pm

Hi,

sorry - the binding has been added to the official openHab repo some days ago. That’s why the link is broken now. Until a release is available you can find the docu here:

github.com

openhab/openhab-addons/blob/2.5.x/bundles/org.openhab.binding.bsblan/README.md

# BSB-LAN Binding

This binding uses the REST API of [BSB-LPB-PPS-LAN](https://github.com/fredlcore/bsb_lan) to obtain data from the device.

## Supported Things

Currently the binding supports the following thing types:

| Thing Type  | Description                                                    |
|-------------|----------------------------------------------------------------|
| bridge      | Represents the BSB-LAN device.                                 |
| parameter   | Represents a single parameter available at the BSB-LAN device. |

## Discovery

There is no discovery implemented. You have to create your Things manually and specify the hostname/IP of the BSB-LAN device in the Bridge.

## Binding Configuration

The binding has no configuration options, all configuration is done at Thing level.

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Regards
Peter

hypetsch · April 20, 2020, 9:12pm

just saw, that version 2.5.4 ist now available. Docu can be found here: https://www.openhab.org/addons/bindings/bsblan/

akashkumar · April 21, 2020, 1:23pm

Thanks, that solved the problem. The binding works great, perfect. I will try the new version of 2.5.4 now.

OH_Beginner · September 28, 2022, 7:38am

Hi,
first of all - thanks a lot for your great work!

I am using the latest OpenHAB release (3.3) and installed your binding.
configuring the bridge and reading parameter works fine.
i have tested with parameter 700.

But i can’t set the parameter - what is the correct configuration for writing the parameter?

Parameter Set-ID ???
Message Type: INF or SET???

I should mention that I have flashed the BSB-LAN adapter in write mode and writing this parameter through webinterface of BSB-Lan works!

kind regards,
Stefan

hypetsch · September 28, 2022, 7:24pm

Hi,

thanks - in my setup I use SET (just tried it and it works for me), the thing configuration looks like this:

UID: bsblan:parameter:heating:p700
label: Betriebsart
thingTypeUID: bsblan:parameter
configuration:
  setType: SET
  id: 700
bridgeUID: bsblan:bridge:heating

It is linked to a “number value item”

via the number-value channel

with the following state description:

…I use a pretty old BSB-LAN version (BSB-LAN Web, Version 0.44.5-20200223082848), not sure if the API has changed on their side.

kind regards
Peter

dmartinpro · October 24, 2022, 6:28pm

Current version of BSB-LAN seems to be slightly different from the one you used to develop the plugin.
Do you plan to update the plugin to support the latest version of the API (2.1)?

hypetsch · October 24, 2022, 7:39pm

Hello, currently I don’t have any plans for an update, mainly due to my very limited spare time - think I would have to setup another BSB-LAN device first to avoid having to touch my production system and also because the current version now seams to be based on a different hardware…

To be honest I haven’t tracked the BSB-LAN changes since implementing the binding.

I now just quickly browsed through their release notes, seems some data types have been added and probably some authentication changes were made?
Which changes/incompatibilities in particular are you referring to?

Regards
Peter

dmartinpro · October 26, 2022, 2:35pm

Currently I’m not concerned yet as I will receive my BSB-LAN in a few weeks. But, as I’ve seen your add-on was developed with an older version than the current one, I was wondering if you were still active on its development.
As a former Java developer, if needed, I could rather easily (I hope…) try to adapt your add-on. I think the most difficult part is to configure a complete build chain for an Openhab addon.

OH_Beginner · November 9, 2022, 9:19am

Hi TuxTux.
I like your openHAB widget for BSB-LAN. Is it a custom widget for Main-UI?
could you please share it?