I’m getting confused!
I have blinds at home, and control them via KNX. I have the GIRA switching actuator 16-gang, 10A REG (1038 00). And I’m confused by the naming of the communication objects and the example within the KNX-binding.
so. let’s start with the openHAB KNX binding docu here: KNX Binding - further examples:
/* Rollershutters Up/Down, Stop/Move, Position */
Rollershutter Shutter_GF_Living "Shutter" (GF_Living, Shutters) { knx="4/2/10, 4/2/11, 4/2/12" }
It says, you have to have an GA for “Up/Down”, one for “Stop/Move” and one for “Position”. So, I got plenty of that within the GIRA actuator and don’t find out, which one to use how.
So, I got (sorry for the german, my ETS-catalog is german-only):
- Langzeitbetrieb (long time operation?)
- Kurzzeitbetrieb (short time operation?)
- Rückmeldung Jalousieposition (position feedback?)
- Rückmeldung Lamellenposition (slat position feedback?)
- Rückmeldung ungültige Position (invalid position feedback?)
- Rückmeldung Antriebsbewegung (drive movement Feedback?)
- Position Jalousie (position?)
- Position Lamelle (slat position?)
at present I use in the blinds.items this Syntax (which unfortunately won’t show me the positions)
/* Rollershutters Up/Down, Stop/Move, Position */
Rollershutter Shutter_EG_EssZi_Ost "Esszimmer Ost [%d %%]" (EG_WoZi, Shutters) { knx="4/1/0, 4/1/1, 4/1/2+<4/1/3", autoupdate="false" }
4/1/0 = Langzeitbetrieb / long time operation
4/1/1 = Kurzzeitbetrieb / short time operation
4/1/2 = Rückmeldung Jalousie / Position feedback
4/1/3 = Position Jalousie / position
4/1/4 = Position Lamelle / slat position (not used in .items at present)
I can use the up and down arrows as the stop button in the UI:
2016-11-22 22:38:49.362 [ItemCommandEvent ] - Item 'Shutter_EG_EssZi_Sued' received command DOWN
2016-11-22 22:38:51.488 [ItemCommandEvent ] - Item 'Shutter_EG_EssZi_Sued' received command STOP
2016-11-22 22:38:53.179 [ItemCommandEvent ] - Item 'Shutter_EG_EssZi_Sued' received command UP
2016-11-22 22:38:54.587 [ItemCommandEvent ] - Item 'Shutter_EG_EssZi_Sued' received command STOP
but it won’t show me the percentage of where the blinds are.
What I’d like to achieve is, to
- see the actual position of the in the item (e.g. in an UI)
- move the blinds in a specific position (regarding the blinds in % and the slat in degree or whatever) - I’d like to move the blinds in position for a hot, sunny day to let’s say 3/4 down and the slats in a position, that I can see through, but the sun won’t shine in.
Thanks for your help.