Openhab 3 Anel NET-PwrCtrl Binding

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Hi,

Is there any chance the “Anel NET-PwrCtrl Binding” binding will be ported to Openhab v3 ?
Or what it would take?

Rgds,
Peter

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This was also something I had to deal with last december with upgrade from OH2 to OH3. The only hint I can give you is my todays workaround:

It is possible to send commands to Anel-Devices with a simple URL-Command like this:

http://192.168.188.26?Sw=0x55,AAoIBQ8PCwkN
http://net-control?Sw=0b00001111,AAoIBQ8PCwkN

I got it from here (it is in German):
https://forum.anel.eu/viewtopic.php?t=888

In openHAB this can be achieved with the HTTP-Binding and a Thing like this:

Thing http:url:anelhut "Anel PowerHut" [baseURL="http://192.168.1.65"] {
    Channels:
        Type switch : Output "Switch" [commandExtension="/?%2$s", onValue="Sw_on=1,userandpassword(base64)", offValue="Sw_off=1,userandpassword(base64)", mode="WRITEONLY"]
}

userandpassword(base64) = user and password without space encoded to Base64

E.g.
User: test
Password: 1234
Base64: dGVzdDEyMzQ=

The above Thing would then look like this:

Thing http:url:anelhut "Anel PowerHut" [baseURL="http://192.168.1.65"] {
    Channels:
        Type switch : Output "Switch" [commandExtension="/?%2$s", onValue="Sw_on=1,dGVzdDEyMzQ=", offValue="Sw_off=1,dGVzdDEyMzQ=", mode="WRITEONLY"]
}

With that you can then use the channel in openHAB like a normal switch an send ON and OFF commands.

Hope this helps :slight_smile:

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Thanks for the workaround.
Unfortunatly also the input IO’s are needed, all my input push switches are connected to them.

How much time would it take for a developper to port the v1 binding to v3?

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It would depend on how familiar they were with openHAB binding development in general. From a quick 2-minute look at the V1 code, it looks relatively simple, and the communication and parsing code can probably be re-used directly. So I don’t think a V3 port would be a major project.

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My plan is to started writing an OH3 binding for the Anel devices within the next weeks (I’ve also written v1 of the binding).
I’ll keep you updated as soon as I have something ready for testing.

→ ANEL Net-PwrCtrl Binding for OH3

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