# digitalSTROM Binding
![](/logos/digitalstrom.png)
This binding integrates the digitalSTROM-System (opens new window). The integration happens through the digitalSTROM-Server, which acts as a gateway to connect the digitalSTROM-Devices. The digitalSTROM-Server communicates through the digitalSTROM-Meters with the digitalSTROM-Devices, which are directly connected to the power-line.
Note: All was tested with digitalSTROM-Server firmware version 1.9.3 to 1.10.3.
# Supported Things
# digitalSTROM-Server
The digitalSTROM-Server is required for accessing any other digitalSTROM-Devices. It acts like a "bridge".
# digitalSTROM-Devices
At this point almost all available GE, SW, GR and BL digitalSTROM-Devices with a set output-mode, unequal disabled, are supported by this binding. Furthermore sensor devices like the dS-iSens200 and SW-devices with binary-inputs are supported. Last but not least the circuit (dS-Meter) is supported, too. They will provide the power consumption and electric meter as channels.
For that there are identically named thing types. Only the GR type has a channel (shade), which cannot be changed. The other types add their channels dynamically affected by the set color-group and output-mode. They also automatically change or add the channels, if the color-group or output-mode has changed through the dSS-web-configuration or the configured sensor priorities of the thing has changed.
- The following table shows all tested digitalSTROM-Devices with their output-modes.
HW-Type | Output-Mode | Tested color group |
---|---|---|
GE-KL200 | switched | yellow |
GE-KM200 | switched, dimmed | yellow |
GE-TKM210 | switched, dimmed | yellow |
GE-SDM200 | switched, dimmed | yellow |
GE-UMV200 | 1-10V dimmed | yellow |
GR-KL200 | standard output-mode | grey |
GR-KL210 | standard output-mode | grey |
GR-KL220 | standard output-mode | grey |
SW-KL200 | switch, powersave, wipe | black, yellow |
SW-UMR200 | single switched, combined switch, combined 2 stage switch, combined 3 stage switch | yellow , black |
SW-ZWS200 | switch, powersave, wipe | black, yellow |
BL-KM200 | switch, pwm | blue |
- Binary-inputs were tested with SW-UMR200.
- Sensor channels were tested with dS-iSens200 and power sensor with all other supported devices, which are listed in the table above.
# digitalSTROM-Scenes
Furthermore the digitalSTROM-Scene concept is part of the digitalSTROM-Binding. These scenes are implemented as virtual things. The different scene thing types are listed in the following table.
Thing-Type-ID | Label | Description |
---|---|---|
appScene | Apartment-Scene | Represents a digitalSTROM Apartment-Scene. |
zoneScene | Zone-Scene | Represents a digitalSTROM Zone-Scene. |
groupScene | Group-Scene | Represents a digitalSTROM Group-Scene. |
namedScene | Named-Scene | Represents a digitalSTROM Scene, which has a user-defined name. |
# digitalSTROM-Zone-Temperature-Control
Last but not least, the digitalSTROM-Zone-Temperature-Control is also supported, if a zone-temerature-control is configured, as thing-type zone_temperature_control. The difference between the digitalSTROM-heating-control-app is, that there are no operation-modes, like comfort or eco. You can directly set the target temperature, in case pid-control is configured, otherwise you can set the value in percent of heating valves at the zone. The needed channels will be added automatically, as it is also the case for the devices.
# Discovery
The digitalSTROM-Server is discovered by mDNS or dss.local. at the local network. Once the server is added as a thing, you have to set a user name and password or insert a valid application-token to authenticate with the server. If the binding is authorized, it automatically reads all supported devices, the dS-Meters and temperature controlled configured zones, that are set up on the digitalSTROM-System, and puts them into the inbox.
digitalSTROM-Scenes can be discovered, too. The background scene-discovery is deactivated by default to not flood the inbox. Otherwise it will discover so many scenes, that it can be difficult to find the searched devices.
Discoverable scenes are all user named scenes, group scenes that are reachable by local push-buttons, zone scenes and apartment scenes. The discovery also will discover all called scenes, if they aren't automatically discovered yet. Temperature control scenes, like eco will be ignored, so they cannot be discovered.
If you only want to discover one of the thing types, you can start a discovery scan on the thing type you want to have discovered.
You can use the command line command, e.g.: openhab:discovery start digitalstrom:namedScene
to start the scan.
Which thing types this binding supports, please have a look at Supported Things.
# Thing Configuration and Properties
# digitalSTROM-Server
The digitalSTROM-Server thing has the following configuration parameter groups: Connection configuration, Server information and General configurations.
# Connection configuration
If the digitalSTROM-Server isn’t found automatically, e.g. because the server isn’t placed at the local network or the mDNS-service is deactivated, you have to insert the network address or URL and the authentication data manually through the graphical user interface or type it into the *.thing with textual configuration. If you use your user name and password for authentication and there is already a token for this application, it will be automatically retrieved from the digitalSTROM-Server, otherwise a new application-token will be generated.
Parameter Label | Parameter ID | Description | Required | Advanced |
---|---|---|---|---|
Network address | dSSAddress | Network address of the digitalSTROM-Server. | true | false |
User name | userName | Name of a registered user to authenticate to the digitalSTROM-Server. | user name and password or Application-Token | false |
Password | password | Password of a registered user to authenticate to the digitalSTROM-Server. | user name and password or Application-Token | false |
Application-Token | applicationToken | The Application-Token to authenticate to the digitalSTROM-Server. | user name and password or Application-Token | false |
# Server information
The parameter group Server information only includes informative parameters, which have no special functionality.
Parameter Label | Parameter ID | Description | Required | Advanced |
---|---|---|---|---|
dSID | dSID | The unique identifier of a digitalSTROM-server. | false | false |
# General configuration:
Here you can set general binding configuration parameters, which are shown in following table:
Parameter Label | Parameter ID | Description | Required | Advanced | default |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sensor update interval | sensorDataUpdateInterval | Sets the seconds after the digitalSTROM-Device sensor data will be updated. If the priority is higher than 'never'. | false | false | 60 |
Total power update interval | totalPowerUpdateInterval | Sets the interval in seconds, after the digitalSTROM total power consumption and total electric meter sensor data will be updated. | false | false | 30 |
Days to be slaked trash bin devices | defaultTrashBinDeleateTime | Sets the days after the temporary saved digitalSTROM-Device configuration from not reachable digitalSTROM-Devices get permanently deleted. | false | false | 7 |
Wait time sensor reading | sensorWaitTime | Waiting time between the evaluation of the sensor values and the reading of the scenes in seconds. ATTENTION: digitalSTROM rule 8 and 9 require a waiting period of 1 minute. Values less than 60 seconds could affect the digitalSTROM system. | false | true | 60 |
At the thing file, a manual configuration looks e.g. like
Bridge digitalstrom:dssBridge:dssBridge1 [ dSSAddress="dss.local.", userName="dssadmin", password="dssadmin", sensorDataUpdateInterval=180]
# Properties
In addition to the configuration the digitalSTROM-Server has the following properties.
Property-Name | Description |
---|---|
serverCert | The SSL-Certificate of the digitalSTROM-Server. |
dS-Installation-Name | The digitalSTROM-System installation name. |
version | The digitalSTROM-Server-Application version. |
distroVersion | The digitalSTROM-Server firmware version. |
Hardware | The digitalSTROM-Server hardware identifier. |
Revision | The digitalSTROM-Server hardware revision number. |
Serial | The digitalSTROM-Server hardware serial number. |
Ethernet | The digitalSTROM-Server IEEE mac address. |
MachineID | The digitalSTROM-Server unique id. |
Kernel | The digitalSTROM-Server Linux kernel release string. |
# digitalSTROM-Devices
The digitalSTROM-Device things have the following configuration parameter groups Device information and Sensor setup.
# Device information
Each digitalSTROM-Device needs the device ID named dSID as configuration parameter. The device ID is printed as serial number at the digitalSTROM-Device and can also be found within the web-interface of the digitalSTROM-Server. The following table shows the parameter:
Parameter Label | Parameter ID | Description | Required | Advanced |
---|---|---|---|---|
ID | dSID | The unique identifier of a digitalSTORM-device. | true | false |
# Sensor setup
The GE, BL and SW digitalSTROM-Devices usually have sensors to capture power consumption data. So these devices have the following parameters to read them out.
Parameter Label | Parameter ID | Description | Required | Advanced | Default |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Active power refresh priority | activePowerRefreshPriority | Sets the refresh priority for the active power sensor value. Can be never, low priority, medium priority or high priority. | false | false | never |
Electric meter refresh priority | electricMeterRefreshPriority | Sets the refresh priority for the electric meter sensor value. Can be never, low priority, medium priority or high priority. | false | false | never |
Output current refresh priority | outputCurrentRefreshPriority | Sets the refresh priority for the output current sensor value. Can be never, low priority, medium priority or high priority. | false | false | never |
# Properties
Furthermore a supported digitalSTROM-Device has some informative properties. The following table shows all informative properties:
Property-Name | Description |
---|---|
dSUID | The unique identifier of a digitalSTORM-device with virtual devices. |
deviceName | he name of a digitalSTROM-Device. |
meterDSID | Identifier of the meter to which the device is connected. |
hwInfo | The hardware type from this digitalSTROM-Device. |
zoneID | The digitalSTROM-Device is part of this zone. |
groups | The digitalSTROM-Device is part of this user-defined or functional groups. |
output mode | The current digitalSTROM-Device output mode e.g. 22 = dimmable. |
funcColorGroup | The current digitalSTROM-Device functional color group e.g. yellow = light. |
The device scene configurations will also be persisted in the properties. There are in the format:
Property-Name | Description |
---|---|
scene[sceneID] | {Scene: [sceneID], dontcare: [don't care flag], localPrio: [local prio flag], specialMode: [special mode flag]}(0..1), {sceneValue: [scene value], sceneAngle: [scene angle]}(0..1) |
# digitalSTROM-Meter
A digitalSTROM-Meter needs, like the digitalSTROM-Devices, only the unique digitalSTROM device ID named dSID as configuration parameter, which has the same parameters, so please have a look at the point Device information.
# Properties
In contrast to the digitalSTROM-Device there are other informal properties. The following table shows the available properties:
Property-Name | Description |
---|---|
hwName | The hardware name of the digitalSTROM-Meter |
swVersion | The software version of the digitalSTROM-Meter |
apiVersion | The api version of the digitalSTROM-Meter |
dspSwVersion | The dsp software version of the digitalSTROM-Meter |
dSUID | The dSUID of the digitalSTROM-Meter |
deviceName | The user defined name of the digitalSTROM-Meter |
armSwVersion | The arm software version of the digitalSTROM-Meter |
hwVersion | The hardware version of the digitalSTROM-Meter |
# digitalSTROM-Zone-Temperature-Control
The thing type of a digitalSTROM-Zone-Temperature-Control is zone_temperature_control. As configuration only the zone ID or the zone name, to identify the controlled zone, is needed.
Parameter Label | Parameter ID | Description | Required | Advanced |
---|---|---|---|---|
Zone ID or name | zoneID | The zone id or zone name of the temperature controlled zone. | true | false |
# Properties
Property-Name | Description |
---|---|
controlMode | The currently configured control mode. |
controlDSUID | The dSID of the meter or service that runs the control algorithm. |
controlState | The currently configured control state. |
# digitalSTROM-Scenes
The digitalSTROM-Scenes can be defined with following parameters.
Parameter Label | Parameter ID | Description | Required | Advanced |
---|---|---|---|---|
Zone ID or name | zoneID | The zone ID or zone name of the called scene. 0 or empty is broadcast to all. | false | false |
Group ID or name | groupID | The group ID or group name of the called scene. 0 or empty is broadcast to all. | false | false |
Scene ID or name | sceneID | The call scene ID or scene name, e.g. preset 1 for scene ID 5. Callable scenes are from 0 to 126. | false | false |
The Scene-Thing-Type Named-Scene and Group-Scene have all parameters. The Apartment-Scene only has the parameters Scene name and Scene ID an the Zone-Scene has all parameters without Group ID or name.
# Textual configuration examples
Usually the discovery works reliable, so that a manual configuration is not needed.
However, at the thing file, a manual configuration looks e.g. like
# digitalSTROM-Devices
Thing digitalstrom:GE:GE-KM200 (digitalstrom:dssBridge:myDssBridge) [ dSID="3504175fe0000000000043d4", activePowerRefreshPriority="low", electricMeterRefreshPriority=“medium", outputCurrentRefreshPriority="high"]
Thing digitalstrom:GR:GR-KL200 (digitalstrom:dssBridge:myDssBridge) [ dSID="3504175fe0000000000043d5"]
# digitalSTROM-Meters
Thing digitalstrom:circuit:circuit (digitalstrom:dssBridge:myDssBridge) [ dSID="3504175fe0000000000043d5"]
# digitalSTROM-Zone-Temperature-Control
Thing digitalstrom:zone_temperature_control:zone_temperature_control3 (digitalstrom:dssBridge:myDssBridge) [ zoneID="3"]
# digitalSTROM-Group-Scene
Thing digitalstrom:groupScene:preset1 (digitalstrom:dssBridge:myDssBridge) [ zoneID="3", groupID="1", sceneID="5"]
# Channels
All devices support some of the following channels:
# Output-Channels
digitalSTROM-Devices with an activated output mode.
Channel Type ID | Item Type | Description | supported device type |
---|---|---|---|
light_dimmer | Dimmer | The light_dimm channel allows to dimm a light device. | GE, SW |
light_switch | Switch | The light_switch channel allows to turn a light device on or off. | GE, SW |
light_2_stage | String | The light_2_stage channel allows to turn both light devices on or off or switch only 1 of the both light device on or off. | SW-UMR200 |
light_3_stage | String | The light_3_stage channel allows to turn both light devices on or off or switch both light devices separated from each other on or off. | SW-UMR200 |
shade | Rollershutter | The shade channel allows to control shade device e.g. a roller shutter or awnings. | GR |
shade_angle | Dimmer | The shade_angle channel allows to control the relative slat position in percent of blinds. | GR |
general_dimmer | Dimmer | The general_dimmer channel allows to control the power of a device e.g. a ceiling fan. | SW |
general_switch | Switch | The general_switch channel allows to turn a device on or off e.g. a HIFI-System. | SW |
general_2_stage | String | The general_2_stage channel allows to turn both relais of the device on or off or switch only 1 of the both relais on or off. | SW-UMR200 |
general_3_stage | String | The general_3_stage channel allows to turn both relais of the device on or off or switch both relais of the device separated from each other on or off. | SW-UMR200 |
heating_switch | Switch | The heating_switch channel allows to turn a heating device on or off. | BL |
heating_dimmer | Dimmer | The heating_switch channel allows to control the value in percent of heating valve. | BL |
digitalSTROM-Zone-Temperature-Controlled
Channel Type ID | Item Type | Description |
---|---|---|
heating_temperature_controled | Number | The heating_temperature_controled channel allows to set a target temperature of a zone. |
heating_dimmer | Dimmer | The heating_switch channel allows to control the value in percent of heating valve. |
# Sensor-Channels
digitalSTROM-Devices which have sensors data.
Channel Type ID | Item Type | Description | supported device type |
---|---|---|---|
active_power | Number | This channel indicates the current active power in watt (W) of the device." | GE, SW, BL |
output_current | Number | This channel indicates the current output current in milliamper (mA) of the device." | GE, SW, BL |
electric_meter | Number | This channel indicates the current electric meter value in killowatts hours (kWh) of the device. | GE, SW, BL |
temperature_indoors | Number | This channel indicates the current temperature indoors in Celsius (°C) of the device. | dS-iSens200 |
temperature_outdoors | Number | This channel indicates the current temperature outdoors in Celsius (°C) of the device. | --- |
brightness_indoors | Number | This channel indicates the current brightness indoors in Lux (Lx) of the device. | --- |
brightness_outdoors | Number | This channel indicates the current brightness outdoors in Lux (Lx) of the device. | --- |
relative_humidity_indoors | Number | This channel indicates the current relative humidity indoors in percent of the device. | dS-iSens200 |
relative_humidity_outdoors | Number | This channel indicates the current relative humidity outdoors in percent of the device. | --- |
air_pressure | Number | This channel indicates the current relative humidity outdoors in hectopscal (hPa bzw. mbar) of the device. | --- |
wind_speed | Number | This channel indicates the current wind speed in m/s of the device. | --- |
wind_direction | Number | This channel indicates the current wind direction in degree of the device. | --- |
precipitation | Number | This channel indicates the current precipitation in milliliter per square meter of the device. | --- |
carbon_dioxide | Number | This channel indicates the current carbon dioxide in parts per million of the device. | --- |
sound_pressure_level | Number | This channel indicates the current carbon dioxide in Dezibel (dB) of the device. | --- |
room_temperation_set_point | Number | This channel indicates the current room temperation set point in Celsius (°C) of the device. | --- |
room_temperation_control_variable | Number | This channel indicates the current room temperation control variable in Celsius (°C) of the device. | --- |
*If no supported device type is at the table, digitalSTROM currently does not offer a device, which support this type of sensor.
# Binary-Input-Channels
digitalSTROM-Devices which are able to set a binary-input sensor like SW-UMR200 or SW-AKM200.
Channel Type ID | Item Type | Description | supported device type |
---|---|---|---|
binary_input_presence | Switch | Will be activated, if a presence is detected. | SW |
binary_input_brightness | Switch | Will be activated, if the brightness is higher than a setted value. | SW |
binary_input_presence_in_darkness | Switch | Will be activated, if a presence is detected. Sensor has an integrated twilight sensor. | SW |
binary_input_twilight | Switch | Will be activated by twilight. | SW |
binary_input_motion | Switch | Will be activated, if a motion is detected. | SW |
binary_input_motion_in_darkness | Switch | Will be activated, if a motion is detected. Sensor has an integrated twilight sensor. | SW |
binary_input_smoke | Switch | Will be activated, if smoke is detected. | SW |
binary_input_wind_strenght_above_limit | Switch | Will be activated, if wind strength is above a user adjusted limit. | SW |
binary_input_rain | Switch | Will be activated, if rain is detected. | SW |
binary_input_sun_radiation | Switch | Will be activated, if the sun light is above threshold. | SW |
binary_input_temperation_below_limit | Switch | Will be activated, if the temperature is below a limit. | SW |
binary_input_battery_status_is_low | Switch | Will be activated, if the battery status is low. | SW |
binary_input_window_is_open | Switch | Will be activated, if a window is open. | SW |
binary_input_door_is_open | Switch | Will be activated, if a door is open. | SW |
binary_input_window_is_tilted | Switch | Will be activated, if a window is tilted. | SW |
binary_input_garage_door_is_open | Switch | Will be activated, if a garage door is open. | SW |
binary_input_sun_protection | Switch | Will be activated, if the sun light is too heavy. | SW |
binary_input_frost | Switch | Will be activated by frost. | SW |
binary_input_heating_operation_on_off | Switch | Will be activated, if heating operation is on, otherwise it will be deactivated. | SW |
binary_input_change_over_heating_cooling | Switch | Will be activated, if heating is activated, otherwise cooling is activated. | SW |
# Metering-Channels
The digitalSTROM-Meters
Channel Type ID | Item Type | Description | supported device type |
---|---|---|---|
consumption_Wh | Number | The consumption_Wh channel indicates the current power consumption in watt (W) of the circuit. | circuit |
energy_Wh | Number | The energy_Wh channel indicates the current electric meter value in killowatt hours of the circuit. | circuit |
The digitalSTROM-Server
Channel Type ID | Item Type | Description | supported device type |
---|---|---|---|
total_consumption_Wh | Number | The total_consumption_Wh channel indicates the current consumption power in watt (W) of all connected circuits to the digitalSTROM-System. | dssBridge |
total_energy_Wh | Number | The total_energy_Wh channel indicates the current electric meter value in killowatt hours of all connected circuits to the digitalSTROM-System. | dssBridge |
# Scenes
Channel Type ID | Item Type | Description | supported device type |
---|---|---|---|
scene | Switch | The scene channel allows to call or undo a scene from digitalSTROM. | all scene-types |
**Notes: **
Generally:
- The digitalSTROM-Server only informs the binding about scene-commands. So if you set the output value of devices e.g. through the dSS-App, the binding will not be informed about the changes and you have to send a "refresh-command" to update the channel.
- If you press a physical switch at your digitalSTROM-installation and the called scene-value is not red out yet, it can take a bit time to read it out and change the state of the channel. It the scene-value is red out, the state will change immediately. See also General-Informations/digitalSTROM-Scenes.
Channels with accepted command type increase and decrease:
- digitalSTROM will only evaluate increase and decrease commands, if a scene was called before which turn the device on.
Blinds:
- Increase, decrease and up, down commands of the shade channel changes the angle in digitalSTROM, too. If you want to set only the position, you have to set the value directly.
- To protect the slats digitalSTROM changes the position by setting the angle, too, if the position is very high or low. So if you want to see the correct position, you have to send a refresh or stop command, if the blind is ready.
# Full Example
# demo.things:
Bridge digitalstrom:dssBridge:dSS [ dSSAddress="urlOfMyDss", userName="dssadmin", password="mySecretPassword", sensorDataUpdateInterval=180] {
GE GE-KM-200 [ dSID="3504175fe000000000010db9", activePowerRefreshPriority="low", electricMeterRefreshPriority="medium", outputCurrentRefreshPriority="high"]
SW SW-ZWS-200 [ dSID="3504175fe0000000000651c0"]
SW SW-UMR-200 [ dSID="302ed89f43f00ec0000a1034"]
dSiSens200 dS-iSens200 [ dSID="302ed89f43f026800003543d"]
zoneTemperatureControl zoneTemperatureControl [ zoneID="livingroom"]
GR GR-KL220 [ dSID="3504175fe0000000000651c1" ]
namedScene Scene1 [ zoneID="5", groupID="1", sceneID="5"]
circuit circuit1 [ dSID="3504175fe0000010000004e4" ]
GR GR-KL200 [ dSID="3504175fe0000000000651c1" ]
}
# demo.items:
//dSS
Number TotalActivePower { channel="digitalstrom:dssBridge:dSS:total_consumption_wh" }
Number TotalElectricMeter { channel="digitalstrom:dssBridge:dSS:total_energy_wh" }
//circuit (circuit1)
Number TotalActivePowerDsm { channel="digitalstrom:circuit:dSS:circuit1:energy_wh" }
Number TotalElectricMeterDsm { channel="digitalstrom:circuit:dSS:circuit1:consumption_wh" }
//Light (KM-200)
Dimmer Brightness { channel="digitalstrom:GE:dSS:GE-KM-200:light_dimmer" }
Number ActivePower { channel="digitalstrom:GE:dSS:GE-KM-200:active_power" }
Number OutputCurrent { channel="digitalstrom:GE:dSS:GE-KM-200:output_current" }
Number ElectricMeter { channel="digitalstrom:GE:dSS:GE-KM-200:electric_meter" }
//Device
Switch DeviceSwitch { channel="digitalstrom:SW:dSS:SW-ZWS-200:general_switch" }
//Rollershutter (GR-KL200)
Rollershutter Shutter { channel="digitalstrom:GR:GR-KL200:shade" }
//Blind (GR-KL220)
Rollershutter BlindPosition { channel="digitalstrom:GR:GR-KL210:shade" }
Dimmer BlindAngle { channel="digitalstrom:GR:GR-KL210:shade_angle" }
//Scene (Scene1)
Switch Scene { channel="digitalstrom:namedScene:dSS:Scene1:scene" }
//binary input device (SW-UMR-200)
Switch SensorSwitch { channel="digitalstrom:SW:dSS:SW-UMR-200:binary_input_change_over_heating_cooling" }
//indoor climate (dSiSens200)
Number TempIndoor { channel="digitalstrom:dSiSens200:dSS:dS-iSens200:temperature_indoors" }
Number HumidityIndoor { channel="digitalstrom:dSiSens200:dSS:dS-iSens200:relative_humidity_indoors" }
//target temperature (zoneTemperatureControl)
Number Temperature { channel="digitalstrom:zoneTemperatureControl:dSS:zoneTemperatureControl:heating_temperature_controlled" }
# demo.sitemap:
sitemap demo label="Main Menu"
{
Frame label="System" {
Frame label="digitalSTROM-Server"{
Text item=TotalActivePower
Text item=TotalElectricMeter
}
Frame label="digitalSTROM-Meter"{
Text item=TotalActivePowerDsm
Text item=TotalElectricMeterDsm
}
}
Frame label="Climate" {
Frame label="heating/cooling"{
Switch item=SensorSwitch
}
Frame label="iSens200"{
Text item=TempIndoor
Text item=HumidityIndoor
}
Frame label="Target temperature"{
Slider item=Temperature
Text item=Temperature
}
}
Frame label="Shade"{
Frame label="Rollerschutter"{
Slider item=Shade
Text item=Shade
}
Frame label="Blind"{
Slider item=BlindPosition
Slider item=BlindAngle
}
}
Frame label="Scenes"{
Frame label="TV scene"{
Switch item=Scene
}
}
Frame label="HiFi" {
Frame label="TV light"{
Slider item=Brightness
Switch item=Brightness
Text item=ActivePower
Text item=OutputCurrent
Text item=ElectricMeter
}
Frame label="TV"{
Switch item=DeviceSwitch
}
}
}
# General-Informations
# digitalSTROM-Scenes
The device scene configuration will be saved persistently to the thing properties, if the thing is not textual configured (because textual configured things will not be persisted), to update the device state faster. For that each scene configuration of each device has to be read out first, because of the digitalSTROM-rule 9 that requires a waiting period of one minute, that take some time so that at the first start a scene call can be take some time to read it out and update the device state. To read it out faster only the discovered or called scenes will be read out.
Note: Because the digitalSTROM-Server can't inform the binding about save scene events at this time, the persistently saved scene configurations can't be updated. The current troubleshooting to read out the new scene configuration after a save scene action at the digitalSTROM-Server is the following:
- delete the thing to delete the persistently saved scene configuration
- restart the server to delete the temporary saved scene configuration
- add the thing again to read out the scene configuration again.
# Initial state of digitalSTROM-Scenes and devices
To get the device and scene state after a server start or restart, the binding uses the last called group scenes of digitalSTROM. Because of that there are two things to be observed:
- If a device status has changed through a device scene or a directly set output value, the status is maybe not correct.
- If the last called group scene was not read out yet, it can takes some time until the status will be updated.
# Textual configuration notice
If you configure your system with textual configuration files, like *.thing, there is one things you have to consider.
- The feature of the persisting of scene-configurations, to get the scene-configurations after a restart faster (see digitalSTROM-Scenes above), will not support textural configured things, because the properties cannot be persist in this case.
# Rule specific notice
If you want to create a rule, which uses things of the digitalSTROM-Binding, there are also two things you have to consider.
- If the rule contains several digitalSTROM-Devices, which can be summarized in a digitalSTROM-Scene, e.g. some lights in a zone, please use an equivalent supported scene. That will significantly reduce the communication to the digitalSTROM-Server, increases performance and does not bypass the digitalSTROM state-machine.
- If you implement your own temperature control algorithm for a zone/room, e.g. because you want to use other temperature sensors, and call more than one digitalSTROM-BL-KM200, please use the zone_temperature_control for valve value control. The zone_temperature_control for valve value control will call all digitalSTROM-BL-KM200 with one command and increases the performance. To get the needed channel at the zone_temperature_control you have to choose a control mode unequal to pid-controlled for the affected zone at the digitalSTROM-heating-control-app.
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