Add support for new RGB-W bulbs to MiLight binding

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There is a new API for bridge version 3.0 supporting the RGB-W bulbs 
http://www.limitlessled.com/dev/

You can assign this feature request to me.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by josh.m5968 on 23 Sep 2013 at 5:07

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Original comment by kai.openhab on 24 Sep 2013 at 3:36

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Hi,

First off all thanks a lot for the great work on the milight binding.
I really appreciate this.
Some quick test confirm that it works. 
The only thing that doesn't seem right is the brightness control.
I have some strange behavior when trying to change brightness. 
Most often nothing happens and from time to time the RGB-W bulbs changes 
brightness to some minor difference.

Example:
Dimmer Firstfloor_bureau_ceiling_led_power  "Bureau led sterkte 
[%d]"   (Leds)  {milight="bridge1;8;brightness"}
Setpoint item=Firstfloor_bureau_ceiling_led_power minValue=0 maxValue=100 
step=10

Then I capture the UDP packets :

osgi> 21:04:11.861 INFO  runtime.busevents[:42] - 
Firstfloor_bureau_ceiling_led_power received command 80
.
.
.
21:05:08.787 INFO  runtime.busevents[:42] - Firstfloor_bureau_ceiling_led_power 
received command 10

No UDP packets seen

21:05:09.410 INFO  runtime.busevents[:42] - Firstfloor_bureau_ceiling_led_power 
received command 0

UDP data 4800 55 (bulb off)

Another thing i see are some errors when switch the bulb on and off :
21:09:44.296 INFO  runtime.busevents[:42] - Firstfloor_bureau_ceiling_RGB 
received command OFF
21:09:45.197 ERROR o.o.b.m.i.MilightBinding[:644] - messageBytes must not be 
null
21:09:45.199 ERROR o.o.b.m.i.MilightBinding[:637] - Failed to send Message to 
'10.10.1.125': 
21:09:45.199 INFO  runtime.busevents[:42] - Firstfloor_bureau_ceiling_led 
received command ON
21:09:50.193 INFO  runtime.busevents[:42] - Firstfloor_bureau_ceiling_led 
received command OFF
21:09:51.524 ERROR o.o.b.m.i.MilightBinding[:644] - messageBytes must not be 
null
21:09:51.525 ERROR o.o.b.m.i.MilightBinding[:637] - Failed to send Message to 
'10.10.1.125': 
21:09:51.526 INFO  runtime.busevents[:42] - Firstfloor_bureau_ceiling_led 
received command ON
21:09:59.393 INFO  runtime.busevents[:42] - Firstfloor_bureau_ceiling_led 
received command OFF
21:10:00.524 ERROR o.o.b.m.i.MilightBinding[:644] - messageBytes must not be 
null
21:10:00.525 ERROR o.o.b.m.i.MilightBinding[:637] - Failed to send Message to 
'10.10.1.125': 
21:10:00.526 INFO  runtime.busevents[:42] - Firstfloor_bureau_ceiling_led 
received command ON

But it works.

I hope this helps.
Regards,
Nico

Original comment by nicoat...@gmail.com on 20 Oct 2013 at 7:11

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Hi,
Thats strange, i will investigate on this.

Regards
Hans-Joerg

Original comment by josh.m5968 on 20 Oct 2013 at 7:33

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Hans-Joerg,

I tried with a slider item too bu the behavior is the same :

21:49:17.458 INFO  runtime.busevents[:42] - Firstfloor_bureau_ceiling_RGB
received command 0.0,0.0,0.0
21:49:24.251 INFO  runtime.busevents[:42] -
Firstfloor_bureau_ceiling_led_power received command 49
21:49:26.336 ERROR o.o.b.m.i.MilightBinding[:644] - messageBytes must not
be null
21:49:26.337 ERROR o.o.b.m.i.MilightBinding[:637] - Failed to send Message
to '10.10.1.125':
21:49:26.338 INFO  runtime.busevents[:42] -
Firstfloor_bureau_ceiling_led_power received command 100
21:49:28.999 INFO  runtime.busevents[:42] -
Firstfloor_bureau_ceiling_led_power received command 52
21:49:30.701 INFO  runtime.busevents[:42] -
Firstfloor_bureau_ceiling_led_power received command 0
21:49:33.809 INFO  runtime.busevents[:42] -
Firstfloor_bureau_ceiling_led_power received command 32
21:49:36.848 INFO  runtime.busevents[:42] -
Firstfloor_bureau_ceiling_led_power received command 84
21:49:38.041 ERROR o.o.b.m.i.MilightBinding[:644] - messageBytes must not
be null
21:49:38.041 ERROR o.o.b.m.i.MilightBinding[:637] - Failed to send Message
to '10.10.1.125':
21:49:38.042 INFO  runtime.busevents[:42] -
Firstfloor_bureau_ceiling_led_power received command 100
21:50:05.478 INFO  runtime.busevents[:42] -
Firstfloor_bureau_ceiling_led_power received command 39
21:50:06.593 INFO  runtime.busevents[:42] -
Firstfloor_bureau_ceiling_led_power received command 97
21:50:09.453 INFO  runtime.busevents[:42] -
Groundfloor_living_ceiling_led_white received command ON

Original comment by nicoat...@gmail.com on 20 Oct 2013 at 7:53

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Hi Nico,
I made a mistake causing the binding not to run into the command for sending 
brightness values to the RGBW bulbs. Fixed this, so new version should work now.
It's posted on google-groups.
Error messages when switching ON or OFF can be ignored, its still working.
I will try to solve this later on.

Regards
Hans-Jörg

Original comment by josh.m5968 on 20 Oct 2013 at 9:01

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Original comment by teichsta on 5 Nov 2013 at 10:53

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merged PR into default (see https://github.com/openhab/openhab/pull/62)

Please confirm that everything works fine now.

Original comment by teichsta on 13 Nov 2013 at 2:18

• Changed state: Implemented
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