This binding integrates Viessmann heating devices using the Viessmann API.
It provides information similar to what you can get through the ViCare mobile app.
Please note this binding is unofficial and not endorsed by Viessmann in any way.
Requirements
This binding requires OpenHAB 3.4
Upgrading from previous versions
Remove the old binding, and then install the new one via the bindings page. There is no need to add or remove any of the Things they will still work with the new binding.
Supported Devices
Currently this binding has only been tested with Vitodens 100-W in a fairly
basic configuration, however it should support other Viessmann devices.
Supported Features
Below is an incomplete summary of the main features supported - depending on your boiler model and/or heating
configuration some or all of these may or may not be present:
Read and write of active heating circuit operating mode.
Temperature sensors
Temperature setpoints (read/write)
Supply temperature max/min limit (read/write)
Burner status
Burner modulation
Burner statistics (hours and starts)
Circulation pump status
Frost protection status
Basic text properties: device serial number etc.
DHW, Heating and Total consumption statistics
Program mode temperature settings
DHW Heating status
DHW Hot water storage temperature
DHW Primary and Circulation Pump Status
DHW target temperature (read/write)
DHW One time charge mode (read/write)
Holiday program settings (read-only)
Holiday-at-home program settings (read-only)
Heating curve settings
Heating circuit names
Heating circuit operating mode (read/write)
Heating circuit supply temperature
Extended heating mode
Solar production statistics
Solar collector temperature
Solar circuit pump status
Heat pump compressor status
Heat pump compressor statistics
Heat pump primary and secondary supply temperature sensors
Configuring
In order to use the binding, you will need to have a Viessmann API account and
configure it with the redirect URL for your OpenHAB installation and then authorise
the binding. Follow the instructions in openhab at http://<Your OpenHAB>/vicare/setup
Create an instance of the Viessmann API Bridge thing, and configure it with your Client ID
which you should obtain from the Viessmann Developer portal. The developer portal should be
configured with the redirect URI shown on the setup page. Then you should be able to
authorise the Viessmann binding by clicking on the Authorise button on the setup page.
After authorising the binding, then it should automatically discover any heating devices you have
and they will appear in your Inbox.
Changelog
3.4.0
Add official support for OpenHAB 3.4
Issue #30 Add support for writing to heating circuit eco/comfort operating program active status (not all systems support this)
Issue #27 Add support for heating circuit room temperature sensor
Known Issues
https://github.com/rtuck99/openhab-binding/issues/36
Please note due to recent changes in the underlying Viessmann API, some features relating to DHW operating mode that were previously supported under one name may now be reported elsewhere and therefore any existing Item links may need to be updated.
I want to upgrade to 3.4 binding from my working 3.3 setup. What is the correct procedure? I went to Settings->Bindings and installed Viessmann API binding for 3.4.x [3.4.0,3.5.0) and removed Viessmann API binding for 3.3.x [3.3.0,3.4.0)
But how do I upgrade Bridge API in Things? It still shows 3.3.5 for Thing Properties. If I go to Things->Add->Viessmann API Binding I have there Viessmann API Bridge listed twice (as well as Heating Circuit and Heating Device). Do I have to delete the old binding from Things and start from scratch? Thanks.
Thereās no need to add new items or things, delete the ones youāve added and retain the originals. If you didnāt remove the old binding first, then it may be that it didnāt properly start the new binding due to clashing the one that was already installed so you may have to restart openhab for it to initialise properly.
So far I did only add 3.4 binding and remove 3.3 one. Iāve restarted OH (or the whole Ubuntu system) but the bridge API still shows 3.3.5.
Hereās output from OH console:
openhab> feature:list | grep vicare
com.qubular.openhab-binding-vicare-feature x 3.4.0 x x x Started x com.qubular.openhab-binding-vicare-feature x com.qubular.openhab-binding-vicare-feature
openhab> bundle:list | grep vicare
235 x Active x 80 x 3.3.5 x com.qubular.openhab-binding-vicare-bundle
236 x Active x 80 x 3.3.5 x com.qubular.vicare-osgi
257 x Waiting x 80 x 3.4.0 x com.qubular.openhab-binding-vicare-bundle
258 x Active x 80 x 3.4.0 x com.qubular.vicare-osgi
For whatever reason, looks like it didnāt get removed properly, try doing a bundle:uninstall from the console for the old version (both parts 235, 236)
Thanks, bundle:uninstall did the trick. Now, the bridge is reporting 3.4.0 and have bunch of new channels for my Vitodens 200-W. Do you know by any chance what are Viessmannās plans with different data points regarding consumption? e.g.heating.power.consumption.heating and heating.power.consumption.summary.heating? Just so many consumption stats which could all be replaced with just one total consumption number that can be graphed any way I want for any period I want.
GREAT WORK so far! Came across this new ViCare API Binding through my search how to implement my new heat pump into openHAB! Worked at the first try and I LOVE IT! THANK YOU SOOO MUCH!
Only one question at the moment: Is there a chance that in the Viessmann API is a switch or at least a string available, which reflects a so called āEVU Sperreā? Heat pump systems can be switched off with the help of an external relais (property of the local power / grid supplier) and my Vitocal 222-S shows this with an symbol at the heater control unit. So they can show the status of this āexternal contactā at least on the device and maybe it is available also in the API?
Please let me know if you need some more information or testing orā¦
Switching between dhwAndHeating/dhw/standby actively saves energy for me.
I am currently trying to set the hot water temperature. The idea is to only heat it to 60Ā°C for an hour every other day to avoid legionella, otherwise a lower temperature is enough for me.
Unfortunately, the value I set in OpenHab (heating_dhw_temperature_main) is not accepted and is overwritten with the configured value in the Viessmann time program, even if the time program is inactive or the corresponding day has even been deleted.
I use Openhab 3.4.2 and the binding version 3.4.
Am I doing something wrong by simply setting the value of the item?
As I now have the possibility to check these things, I can confirm, that setting the DHW target temperature is working!
I linked an item called āViessmann_Vitocal_222_S_DHW_Target_Temperatureā against the channel āvicare:heating:3b04155dc6:b74898a3-d63f-3859-88d2-c9c65a09f5b7:heating_dhw_temperature_mainā and the LOG shows, that this is working:
2023-03-26 09:42:21.469 [INFO ] [openhab.event.ItemCommandEvent ] - Item 'Viessmann_Vitocal_222_S_DHW_Target_Temperature' received command 45
2023-03-26 09:42:21.474 [INFO ] [penhab.event.ItemStatePredictedEvent] - Item 'Viessmann_Vitocal_222_S_DHW_Target_Temperature' predicted to become 45
2023-03-26 09:42:21.481 [INFO ] [openhab.event.ItemStateChangedEvent ] - Item 'Viessmann_Vitocal_222_S_DHW_Target_Temperature' changed from 49 Ā°C to 45 Ā°C
So the new value was accepted and I checked via the ViCare App that the value was reflected at the Viessmann server (and supposed to be accepted by the heater itself).
If this does not work for you, please check your item definition and channel linking. The item should be of Number:Temperature (UoM type).
Unfortunately, success has not yet come. Here is my item definition:
Number:Temperature Viessmann_DHW_Target āDHW target temperature newā (gEveryMinute) {channel=āvicare:heating:23be91b3d7:163f539d-dd98-3493-9522-26a506a61922:heating_dhw_temperature_mainā}
And here is the corresponding event log:
2023-03-26 10:55:10.142 [INFO ] [openhab.event.ItemCommandEvent ] - Item āViessmann_DHW_Targetā received command 50 Ā°C
2023-03-26 10:55:10.147 [INFO ] [penhab.event.ItemStatePredictedEvent] - Item āViessmann_DHW_Targetā predicted to become 50 Ā°C
2023-03-26 10:55:11.326 [INFO ] [openhab.event.ItemCommandEvent ] - Item āViessmann_DHW_Targetā received command 45 Ā°C
2023-03-26 10:55:11.330 [INFO ] [penhab.event.ItemStatePredictedEvent] - Item āViessmann_DHW_Targetā predicted to become 45 Ā°C
2023-03-26 10:55:11.346 [INFO ] [openhab.event.ItemStateChangedEvent ] - Item āViessmann_DHW_Targetā changed from 50 Ā°C to 45 Ā°C
And then comes the unexpected:
2023-03-26 10:55:21.354 [INFO ] [openhab.event.ItemStateChangedEvent ] - Item āViessmann_DHW_Targetā changed from 45 Ā°C to 55 Ā°C
The value will be written back from somewhere a little later. Unfortunately, the set value is never displayed in the Vicare either, only the value set in the time program is displayed.
Do you have to switch off the time program or will it be overwritten?
My program is actually ādhwAndHeatingā with time program active for the DHW pump. I did not stop the program or change the mode of the system. And it simply works.
Another idea: are your things (vicare:bridge and your vicare:heating) online?
Eventually you should enable TRACE logging or DEBUG logging to get more insights on what is going on / what the binding does or not. But this belongs to @rtuck99 as I have no knowledge about this binding from a developers perspective.
How exactly to you set the DHW target temperature? A slider on HABpanel or sitemap or through a rule orā¦?
Itās the same situation, dhwAndHeating and also a running DHW Programm.
All things are permanently online.
Originally the temperature values were set from the UI:
Setpoint item=Viessmann_DHW_Target minValue=8 maxValue=60 step=5
Currently I have written a small program that is called every 5 seconds:
if (itemRegistry.getItem(āViessmann_DHW_Targetā).getState() != 50){
events.sendCommand(āViessmann_DHW_Targetā, 50);
log.info(āViessmann_DHW_Target was reset.ā)
}
It is noticeable that there are regular āupdatesā from Viessmann and then the value is reset by the program. Hereās an example:
2023-03-26 13:48:09.239 [INFO ] [re.internal.VicareDeviceThingHandler] - Update vicare:heating:23be91b3d7:163f539d-dd98-3493-9522-26a506a61922:heating_dhw_operating_modes_active with balanced
2023-03-26 13:48:09.239 [INFO ] [re.internal.VicareDeviceThingHandler] - Update vicare:heating:23be91b3d7:163f539d-dd98-3493-9522-26a506a61922:heating_controller_serial with ļæ½ļæ½ļæ½ļæ½ļæ½ļæ½ļæ½ļæ½ļæ½ļæ½ ļæ½ļæ½ļæ½ļæ½ļæ½ļæ½
2023-03-26 13:48:09.243 [INFO ] [re.internal.VicareDeviceThingHandler] - Update vicare:heating:23be91b3d7:163f539d-dd98-3493-9522-26a506a61922:heating_circuits_0_operating_programs_active with normal
2023-03-26 13:48:09.244 [INFO ] [re.internal.VicareDeviceThingHandler] - Update vicare:heating:23be91b3d7:163f539d-dd98-3493-9522-26a506a61922:heating_circuits_0_operating_modes_active with dhwAndHeating
2023-03-26 13:48:09.246 [INFO ] [re.internal.VicareDeviceThingHandler] - Update vicare:heating:23be91b3d7:163f539d-dd98-3493-9522-26a506a61922:device_serial with ļæ½ļæ½ļæ½ļæ½ļæ½ļæ½ļæ½ļæ½ļæ½ļæ½ ļæ½ļæ½ļæ½ļæ½ļæ½ļæ½
2023-03-26 13:48:09.247 [INFO ] [re.internal.VicareDeviceThingHandler] - Update vicare:heating:23be91b3d7:163f539d-dd98-3493-9522-26a506a61922:heating_boiler_serial with ļæ½ļæ½ļæ½ļæ½ļæ½ļæ½ļæ½ļæ½ļæ½ļæ½ ļæ½ļæ½ļæ½ļæ½ļæ½ļæ½
2023-03-26 13:48:14.261 [INFO ] [.openhab.model.script.Rules.sendInfo] - Viessmann_DHW_Target was reset.
I have upgrade my openhab from the last stable to the 4 m and now i lost the Viessmann binding its not exist anymore. i cant even find it on the add-ons to install again.
Any help
I think almost every binding is not meant to be available in OH4 at this early time. At least this Viessmann binding is made for the latest stable OH3.4 only. It also does not run on OH2.x or OH3.2 or 3.3.
This binding is a development from @rtuck99 - I donāt know if he or anybody else is willing to rewrite the binding for OH4. Hopefully yes, but of course - there is no guarantee. Like with any other binding, too. But the community is alive and sooner or later there was somebody to code a binding for everything so farā¦
Hi, looking at the log, I suspect one of two things:
the value is being sent to the API as otherwise I would expect a WARN level error message that you should see, assuming that your log4j2.xml is configured to show it. Then something is countermanding it (either from OpenHAB or somewhere else)
the value is dropped by the binding because the control that sends it maybe is sending an unrecognised value type. I suspect it may be this.
Increase the log level to TRACE by inserting the following into log4j2.xml
<Logger level="TRACE" name="com.qubular"/>
Hopefully that will show some more detailed output. Unfortunately OpenHAB doesnāt really provide bindings any great way of reporting transient errors due to failure to execute commands for some errors there may be a status change on the binding or the item, but itās likely to only be momentary.
For reference, it works on my install and my Item configuration is as follows:
Thank you,
Iām not quite sure I understand what EVU Sperre is. From what you are saying and what I can glean, it sounds like itās a system where the electricity provider can shut off the power to your heat pump?
(you may need to register for an account in order to read it)
so I assume itās not supported, unless you can find anything there that looks like it.
Does it shut off power to the whole system, or just the compressor? i.e. would the embedded system in the heat pump still be able to report its status over the network back to Viessmann?
Hi nikos, Iām not planning on releasing a v4 of the binding yet, I have yet to build against the 4.0 openhab jars, at some point I will create a branch in github for it, but probably wonāt make a release version until OH4 itself is released proper.
