[Solved] Openhab2 not sending HTTP or MQTT commands

[dikkedimi]

So, eventually I found a nice tutorial where I found the missing link (litteraly). So I thought I’d refer others here as well. I needed to define an event bus for MQTT messages to be piped through. See this topic for info:

[OH2] Control ESP8266 Relay using MQTT Eventbus

This simple tutorial will explain how to configure OpenHab 2 in order to remotely control a Relay (electrically operated Switch). It is based on my mini project with the NICE SpA Robo 500 Sliding Gate Opener but you can adopt it to your needs and control many other devices from OpenHab 2 using an ESP8266 based board. Requirements OpenHAB 2 Snapshot (I used Build # 636 but any version greater than beta4 will do) Mosquitto MQTT Broker (v1.4.10) MQTT Binding (v1.9.0.201612100210) with MQTT-…