semanticHomeMenu Part 7 - Lights [4.0.0.0;4.9.9.9]

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semanticHomeMenu - Lights

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The Lights widget card used by semanticHomeMenu will show all kind of lights equipment in a selected room and show controls based on equipment group members.

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Group members have to follow the naming shown in the example Items definition.

Usage and Configuration

All lights need to have their own Group (Group->Equipment), even they just have a Switch Item. For “simple” switchable Light, please use the semantic tag "Lightbulb, for a dimmable light the non semantic Tag “DimmableLight” and for a colorlight “ColorLight”
For Lightstripes, you can use the according semantic tag, setup and controls are identical to a ColorLight.

  • Equipment Group
    • Type: Group
    • Category: light or lightbulb (not used)
    • Semantic Class: Lightbulb, Lightstripe or empty for dimmable or color lights
    • Non semantic tags : DimmmableLight or ColorLight
  • Switch Item
    • Type : Switch
    • Category: light or lightbulb (not used)
    • Semantic Class: Point
    • Semantic Property: Switch
Group                       CeilingLightOffice                                              "Ceiling Light"                       <lightbulb>           (gOffice)                                             ["Lightbulb"]                      {uiSemantics="uiSemantics"[preposition=" in the", equipment="Ceiling Light", location="Office"]}
Switch                      CeilingLightOffice_switch                                       "Ceiling Light"                       <lightbulb>           (CeilingLightOffice)                                  ["Light", "Switch"]                {uiSemantics="uiSemantics"[preposition=" in the", equipment="Ceiling Light", location="Office"]}

For a Lightstripe, dimmable or color lights, the following Items can be configured.

  • Dimmer Item (Brightness)
    • Type: Dimmer
    • Category: slider
    • Semantic Class: Point
    • Semantic Property: None
  • Color Item (Color control)
    • Type: Color
    • Category: colorlight
    • Semantic Class: Point
    • Semantic Property: None
Group                       ColorLightOffice                                                "Color Light Office"                  <colorlight>          (gOffice)                                             ["ColorLight"]                     {uiSemantics="uiSemantics"[preposition=" in the", equipment="Color Light", location="Office"]}
Dimmer                      ColorLightOffice_brightness                                     "Brightness"                          <slider>              (ColorLightOffice)                                    ["Point", "Control"]
Dimmer                      ColorLightOffice_colorTemperature                               "Color Temperature"                   <slider>              (ColorLightOffice)                                    ["Control", "ColorTemperature"]
Color                       ColorLightOffice_color                                          "Color"                               <colorpicker>         (ColorLightOffice)                                    ["Control", "Light"]

Group                       DimmableLightOffice                                             "Color Light Office"                  <lightbulb>           (gOffice)                                             ["DimmableLight"]                  {uiSemantics="uiSemantics"[preposition=" in the", equipment="Dimmable Light", location="Office"]}
Dimmer                      DimmableLightOffice_brightness                                  "Brightness"                          <slider>              (DimmableLightOffice)                                 ["Point", "Control"]

For a „fancy“ naming, the widget makes use of the uiSemantics.
Information on usage/configuration can be found here

Community

Please check openHAB community for discussions and proposals. Do not post on the marketplace topics.

Changelog

Version 1.0.3

  • added some missing visibility configs.

Version 1.0.2

  • documentation for Lightstripe usage added

Version 1.0.1

  • ressource link corrected

Version 1.0

  • initial release for openHAB 4

Resources

https://github.com/hmerk/semanticHomeMenu/raw/main/lights/semanticHomeMenu_Lights.yaml

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