I have read all the website documentation, and searched the forums, but I must be overlooking something really fundamental.
I am trying to set up a very simple openHAB2 system on a Windows 7 PC running the Java 8 SDK.
I have a wemo smart plug installed on my LAN.
I have been able to discover this device using the Alexa skill and can communicate with it using Amazon echo.
I am also able to discover and control this device using a program called wemoserver.
The device responds to a ping.
I set up openhAb2 (and set the value for JAVA_HOME) and created a file named firstpass.things In the conf\things folder with a single line:
I launch start.bat, point my browser (chrome) at localhost:8080 and click on Paper UI.
I click on inbox and get the message “inbox is empty”. I click on “search for things” but nothing happens. I click on CONFIG> THINGS and get the message “no things configured yet”. I click on “search for things” and, again, nothing happens.
My log files don’t report any problems.
What am I misunderstanding?
thanks in advance
rekoj
Also, manual creation/configuration of Things is possible, if that is your preference. But you can also choose to let them be automatically created, which is the default option.
In case this was what you were after, Manual Wemo Thing configuration can be found here (but the uPnP discovery will make this much easier, and you can use the information from the auto-discovered Thing to manually create a Thing later)… http://docs.openhab.org/addons/bindings/wemo/readme.html#thing-configuration
The OP said no Things were showing up in Config> Things.
I agree, if he is trying to create a Thing for the Network binding.
It depends on what you are trying to do. The Wemo binding will allow you to control your device. The Network binding will allow you to monitor it’s network connection.
Great! I removed the .things file, installed the Wemo bindings, and my device was discovered. I will fumble around and see what I can do with it. I am sure I will be back with more questions.
In the meantime:
When I had a manually created Thing in my .things file why didn’t it show up in paper UI?
I do not have much background with manually configured Things, and I don’t use them. My guess is that it was incorrectly configured, or the binding is needed before the manually configured Things will show up. Either way, the Things you were setting up was for the Network binding, so wouldn’t have helped much with the Wemo.
Setup your Items (if you didn’t have them automatically created) in the UI or in files, then setup Habpanel or a sitemap. And read, read, read! Welcome and enjoy!