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steilerDev / homebridge-openhab2-complete

A homebridge plugin for openHAB, that has the expectation to fully support all Services offered by Apple's Homekit Accessory Protocol (HAP)
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Creating an Item that represents OFF, Heating, Cooling & Auto or a Switch representing Heating in OpenHAB2 #85

Closed notluwi closed 3 years ago

notluwi commented 3 years ago

Hello, I am very sorry for creating probably such a trivial issue but I just cannot figure out how or what kind of item I need to create to let homebridge know that my thermostat is Heating.

The error in Homebridge after checking the cache of my current "Thermostat Mode": Unable to transform NULL using transformation map {"ON":1,"OFF":0,"OPEN":1,"CLOSED":0}

My theory is that it just needs to be changeable by Homebridge to either 1 or 0.

If you can help me create a ThermostatMode Item that can change to all 4 states: OFF, HEATING, COOLING and AUTO that would be perfect! The fix for my issue is probably very simple but as I am a real newbie and have no experience in coding except for high school I cannot figure it out even after searching all around the internet for an example config or item configuration...

Thank you in Advance! Luis

steilerDev commented 3 years ago

Hi Luis, no worries.

It depends on how your item is shown in openhab. The easiest way is to use the modeItem, which needs to be a Number item, whereas 0 ≙ Off, 1 ≙ Heating, 2 ≙ Cooling, 3 ≙ Auto.

Otherwise just define heatingItem and coolingItem. If both are present the heating mode is deferred based on which of those items is active.

Regards,

Frank