Everything was working fine but today I tried too issue a command too Google and its saying it can’t contact openhab trying to sync devices gets same response anyone else having problems?
I have also unlinked openhab from Google assistant and can’t relink its saying can’t change setting
Yh sounds like the same problem looks like it didn’t receive no replys
Recent post so it might sort itself out if someone else is experiencing it
Looking at the myopenhab it says my setup is offline and went offline earlier today
Did you turn it off and on? Happened to me once. I think I just restarted the service, maybe the computer, then it went back to normal. I assumed myopenhab.org was just down for the first day before I realized.
I have fixed it now restarted openhab and Google home
Removed openhab from Google assistant
Removed google assistant from my openhab site
Readded working now
Hi All
As a total newbie to OpenHab, I’ve been having a terrible job getting my head around how to add tags (as my system was configured using PaperUI, rather than text files).
I followed this post (mentioned by adam_e) and have added my own experience / tips to the bottom of it (May 22nd 2018)
[Apply tags to items added/linked in Paper UI - #11 by oklona]
I hope it helps someone else.
@rlkoshak
I couldn’t work out what you were referring to when you kept questioning if I had linked things to items.
I think I’ve got my head around it now.
To give my feedback, It seems like if I left OpenHab2 in Simple Mode and let it create Items from Things automatically, I was unable to edit the Items later.
So although it a bit of a long winded process, I’m finding that creating Items as I add Things not only makes it easier in the future, but the names I choose make more sense.
One tiny observation, which might be due to me using a SnapShot build (Circa 1283),
When I add a Thing, then open the Thing’s channels to link to an Item.
I have to create a New Item each time, but clicking “Link” doesn’t link the newly created Item.
It appears to create the Item because if I click Cancel, then try to Link the channel of the Thing again, the new Item appears in the list and can be linked.
Hi @ALL,
I ve deployed the latest state of the openHAB Action to production for the upcoming openHAB 2.3 Release. There is now a USAGE.md file as a user guide, so this is actually the right docs to read if you just wanna use the openHAB action. The current version brings in also a fix for the tagging issue. Thanks to @skimdankish for the thermostat contribution.
Would be cool if you guys test, if all remains ok and possibly those with Tagging issues could check if we
magically solved your issue 
BR Mehmet
Hi @MARZIMA
For the thermostat mode, what are the Strings allowed?
Should they be uppercase, lowercase, does it accept both?
Thanks
Anybody been able to get Google Assistant to read text from a String in OpenHab?
Such as:
“Google, what show is running on Kodi?”
And it would respond by reading the text from my item:
String kodi_title “Kodi Show [%s]”
Thanks.
I gather the ChromeCast reads the text for you in the room (instead of your phone running google assistant).
I am looking for Google Assistant to give me the information.
Similar to how i would ask if a switch is On or Off.
Ah sorry, I misunderstood your ask. As far as I know there is no way to ‘push’ text to the assistant to have it read out. The closest I have seen is using IFTTT to reply to a request with whatever text you enter in the IFTTT applet, or whatever it’s called these days, but that requires you to ask the assistant something first to elicit the response.
I’m still having issues with linking my account. How can I find out what’s going on? All I get back is the generic error “Couldn’t update the settings. Check your connection” in the Google Assistant.
Is there any logs available from the cloud connector that would let me know what the issue is?
Hi the issue seems to still be there i tried the with the tagging I tried the 2.3.0 RC2 and openHAB 2.4.0 Build #1292.
Hi Marzima,
Thanks for this great functionality. I started by using the official myopenhab.org site and have also got it working on a development myopenhab cloud site.
I am trying to implement google assistant functionality for a TV Remote (via a IR beamer). I have tried to figure out how to add a tag, such as “TVRemote” rather than “Switchable” so that the vocabulary of the requests and responses better suit the device, i.e. changing channels, input sources etc.
Is this possible? I have noted rikoshak’s comment about using Google Assistant shortcuts, but the response makes the user’s conversation a little weird.
I have added the “TVRemote” tag to the google assistant code using similar code as for the “Thermostat” tag. I then used this tag for all the “Switch” elements for the remote control, which are collected together in a group. However, it seems that the tag is not recognised by google assistant, though it is successfully sent during syncing.
From the first post:
Currently the follwoing Tags are supported (also depending on Googles API capabilities):
[“Lighting”]
[“Switchable”]
[“CurrentTemperature”]
[“Thermostat”]
Hi Rich Koshak,
Thanks for the reply. I do understand what existing tags are available, I just gave the “Switchable” tag as an example. Learning to use the Google API’s has been a steep learning curve for me. I suspect that the tag restriction is on the Google side and not the custom openhab Google assistant code. I was asking just in case I was wrong.
My understanding is that Google Assistant for Smart Home use supports these Traits:
https://developers.google.com/actions/smarthome/traits/
I cant really see any that would be appropriate for TV remote use ( so the vocab/conversation is correct)
Good luck if you find a solution.
Hi Greg,
Yes that is what I saw too. Thanks. I am planning to investigate what kind of leeway I can get from using the “modes” trait, which seems to provide the most variable of interactions.