Tradfri Binding

Setup, Configuration and Use Beginners
1

Hello, I’ve used the instructions in the Tradfri Binding documentation to set up my Tradfri gateway as follows:

Things
Bridge tradfri:gateway:myTradfri [ host=“192.168.1.249”, code=“XXXXXXX” ] {
0220 ceilingLight [ id=65538 ]
}

Items
Dimmer Light_Bedroom_Ceiling “Ceiling Light [%.1f %%]” (Bedroom, Lights) { channel=“tradfri:0220:myTradfri:ceilingLight:brightness” }

The problem is that if I turn the light on in OpenHAB I get a load of endless errors which cause the gateway to crash and go offline:

2017-07-08 15:03:28.435 [WARN ] [pse.californium.core.network.Matcher] - Possible MID reuse before lifetime end: 11 expected MID 36061 but received 12682
2017-07-08 15:03:28.439 [WARN ] [e.californium.scandium.DTLSConnector] - Outbound message queue is full! Dropping outbound message to peer [/192.168.1.249:5684]
2017-07-08 15:03:28.440 [WARN ] [e.californium.scandium.DTLSConnector] - Outbound message queue is full! Dropping outbound message to peer [/192.168.1.249:5684]
2017-07-08 15:03:28.442 [WARN ] [e.californium.scandium.DTLSConnector] - Outbound message queue is full! Dropping outbound message to peer [/192.168.1.249:5684]
2017-07-08 15:03:28.443 [WARN ] [e.californium.scandium.DTLSConnector] - Outbound message queue is full! Dropping outbound message to peer [/192.168.1.249:5684]
2017-07-08 15:03:28.444 [WARN ] [e.californium.scandium.DTLSConnector] - Outbound message queue is full! Dropping outbound message to peer [/192.168.1.249:5684]
2017-07-08 15:03:28.445 [WARN ] [e.californium.scandium.DTLSConnector] - Outbound message queue is full! Dropping outbound message to peer [/192.168.1.249:5684]
2017-07-08 15:03:28.445 [WARN ] [e.californium.scandium.DTLSConnector] - Outbound message queue is full! Dropping outbound message to peer [/192.168.1.249:5684]
2017-07-08 15:03:28.446 [WARN ] [e.californium.scandium.DTLSConnector] - Outbound message queue is full! Dropping outbound message to peer [/192.168.1.249:5684]
2017-07-08 15:03:28.447 [WARN ] [e.californium.scandium.DTLSConnector] - Outbound message queue is full! Dropping outbound message to peer [/192.168.1.249:5684]
2017-07-08 15:03:28.448 [WARN ] [e.californium.scandium.DTLSConnector] - Outbound message queue is full! Dropping outbound message to peer [/192.168.1.249:5684]
2017-07-08 15:03:28.451 [WARN ] [e.californium.scandium.DTLSConnector] - Outbound message queue is full! Dropping outbound message to peer [/192.168.1.249:5684]
2017-07-08 15:03:28.453 [WARN ] [e.californium.scandium.DTLSConnector] - Outbound message queue is full! Dropping outbound message to peer [/192.168.1.249:5684]
2017-07-08 15:03:28.454 [WARN ] [e.californium.scandium.DTLSConnector] - Outbound message queue is full! Dropping outbound message to peer [/192.168.1.249:5684]
2017-07-08 15:03:28.458 [WARN ] [e.californium.scandium.DTLSConnector] - Outbound message queue is full! Dropping outbound message to peer [/192.168.1.249:5684]
2017-07-08 15:03:28.459 [WARN ] [e.californium.scandium.DTLSConnector] - Outbound message queue is full! Dropping outbound message to peer [/192.168.1.249:5684]
2017-07-08 15:03:28.463 [WARN ] [e.californium.scandium.DTLSConnector] - Outbound message queue is full! Dropping outbound message to peer [/192.168.1.249:5684]
2017-07-08 15:03:28.464 [WARN ] [e.californium.scandium.DTLSConnector] - Outbound message queue is full! Dropping outbound message to peer [/192.168.1.249:5684]
2017-07-08 15:03:28.466 [WARN ] [e.californium.scandium.DTLSConnector] - Outbound message queue is full! Dropping outbound message to peer [/192.168.1.249:5684]
2017-07-08 15:03:28.467 [WARN ] [e.californium.scandium.DTLSConnector] - Outbound message queue is full! Dropping outbound message to peer [/192.168.1.249:5684]
2017-07-08 15:03:28.469 [WARN ] [e.californium.scandium.DTLSConnector] - Outbound message queue is full! Dropping outbound message to peer [/192.168.1.249:5684]
2017-07-08 15:03:28.470 [WARN ] [e.californium.scandium.DTLSConnector] - Outbound message queue is full! Dropping outbound message to peer [/192.168.1.249:5684]
2017-07-08 15:03:28.471 [WARN ] [e.californium.scandium.DTLSConnector] - Outbound message queue is full! Dropping outbound message to peer [/192.168.1.249:5684]
2017-07-08 15:03:28.472 [WARN ] [e.californium.scandium.DTLSConnector] - Outbound message queue is full! Dropping outbound message to peer [/192.168.1.249:5684]
2017-07-08 15:03:28.473 [WARN ] [e.californium.scandium.DTLSConnector] - Outbound message queue is full! Dropping outbound message to peer [/192.168.1.249:5684]
2017-07-08 15:03:28.474 [WARN ] [e.californium.scandium.DTLSConnector] - Outbound message queue is full! Dropping outbound message to peer [/192.168.1.249:5684]
2017-07-08 15:03:28.480 [WARN ] [e.californium.scandium.DTLSConnector] - Outbound message queue is full! Dropping outbound message to peer [/192.168.1.249:5684]
2017-07-08 15:03:28.481 [WARN ] [e.californium.scandium.DTLSConnector] - Outbound message queue is full! Dropping outbound message to peer [/192.168.1.249:5684]
2017-07-08 15:03:28.483 [WARN ] [e.californium.scandium.DTLSConnector] - Outbound message queue is full! Dropping outbound message to peer [/192.168.1.249:5684]
2017-07-08 15:03:28.484 [WARN ] [e.californium.scandium.DTLSConnector] - Outbound message queue is full! Dropping outbound message to peer [/192.168.1.249:5684]

What am I doing wrong?

2

just a check: are you sure that the instance id (65538) is correct?

http://docs.openhab.org/addons/bindings/tradfri/readme.html#thing-configuration

3

@Dim Thank you so much. It turns out its instance ID is 65537. That seems to have fixed the issue.

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4

I just tried to get my tradfri gateway to work with OH2.
It’s found in the inbox.
Then I enter the securitycode in the Thing.
But then it’s always displayed as Status: OFFLINE - COMMUNICATION ERROR

Do I have to press a pairing button?
Or can I find further debugging-infos?

Thank you

Michael

5

Not to my knowledge. I actually entered the details in the demo.things file

Bridge tradfri:gateway:myTradfri [ host=“192.168.x.x”, code=“XXXXXXX” ]
{
0220 ceilingLight [ id=65537 ]
}

*note that the id of the light bulb depends on the one assigned to it by the gateway so check the ID in the “Inbox”

6

also try to restart the gateway (disconnect and reconnect the USB cable)

7

Thank you - it was a spelling in the code - 0 instead of O

Michael