I own a Qubino module, ZWave+, to pilot one of my heater. The pilot wire function to control the dimmer is on fact a set of signals, sent on the heater wire, to let it understand which mode it has to switch (off, comfort, …).
Qubino uses an dimmer interface to let a smarthome box choose one of the 6 possible modes: the 100% range of the dimmer is splitted in 6 area (0%-> 10%, 11%-20%, 21-30%, 31-40%, 41-50%, 51-100%). Each on is then translated into the right signal, sent to the heater… (please this this page in french for a complete description: http://www.domotique-info.fr/2015/11/ajoutez-module-z-wave-fil-pilote-a-radiateur-electrique/)
(I hope I’m clear).
My concern here is simple: It could be really nice to have a 6 (exclusive) buttons interface associated to the “thing” instead of a slider. As I’m totally new to OH, I clearly don’t know if this is possible, and if so, how to do this.
I try to do the same installation with my heaters. I have recently purchased a Qubino ZMNHJD1 zwave module.
For your problem, the solution could be the Setpoint or Selection sitemap elements. More details on this link : https://github.com/openhab/openhab/wiki/Explanation-of-Sitemaps
Thanks. I’ve managed to get the thing working using a Switch element in a sitemap, and using the auto generated item.
But as I’m trying now to have a better control of my items, I’m creating each one by one in a *.items file. Thanks for your trick. I may use Selection in the future.
