DomoticsDuino by Marco Lamanna

In this new video of the OpenHAB in a nutshell series, I talk about the concept of group, the object that is the basis of semantic modeling.

After a small theoretical introduction, let's see together a practical example of configuring a group, starting from its creation up to the management of its value.

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In this new video of the OpenHAB in a nutshell series, we continue to talk about persistence by checking stored data and their display.

Using API I'm able to read the stored values and create a "chart" page to display them as a time series

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In this new video from the OpenHAB in a Nutshell series, let's introduce the concept of data persistence.

What is persistence, what is it used for and how to setup in OpenHAB

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In this new video from the OpenHAB in a Nutshell series, let's try some tips & tricks to make system configuration via graphical interface faster.

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In this video from the OpenHAB in a Nutshell series, we talk about the advantages and disadvantages for the two design modes of OPENHAB: text file and graphical interface.

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In this video we install the LG THINQ Binding to integrate LG brand appliances that use the LG THINQ app into OpenHAB.

The installation of the binding is done manually, because it is not a binding officially distributed by OpenHAB and therefore it is not found in the addon store

After installing the binding we create the thing to connect to the LG THINQ cloud and then import the configured appliances.

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In this video from the OPENHAB in a NUTSHELL series let's see another way to design our Smart Home on OpenHAB, using the TEXT FILES.

Let's install bindings and create things, channels, items and links using the text files placed into the OpenHAB configuration folders

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In this video from the OPENHAB in a NUTSHELL series we move on to the practice of designing the Smart Home on OpenHAB, using the MAIN UI graphic interface.

Let's transform the theoretical concepts we saw in the previous video into objects.

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In this video from the OPENHAB in a NUTSHELL series we talk about the Smart Home design theory on OpenHAB, introducing the concepts of real environment, through Things, Bindings and Channels and virtual / functional environment, through Items and Links.

Let's try to understand together how OpenHAB thinks and how we need to design and configure our devices to make it work best.

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In this video we talk about Bitcoin and OPENHAB.

But what do Cryptocurrencies have to do with Home Automation ???

Obviously "almost" nothing but as a fan of both sectors I tried to put them together.

The result was to obtain the exchange values in dollars of the most "famous" cryptocurrency, BITCOIN, directly in OPENHAB, simply using the HTTP binding and the CoinMarketCap API services (https://coinmarketcap.com)

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Ninth video of the OpenHAB in a nutshell series: let's see together how to change the type of OpenHAB version on an installation that has already been carried out.

There are three versions of OpenHAB available:

• stable release: better version for stability and security, extensively tested but updated infrequently
• milestone: pre-production beta version, less stable than the "release" but sufficiently tested to be used. It may contain new features, not yet present in the "release" version, updated more frequently.
• snapshot: version not recommended for those looking for stable operation, little tested and updated on a daily basis. Contains all the latest changes made.

**** It is important to always make a backup of your configuration before switching versions, because something may not work correctly and downgrading is not fully supported ****

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Eighth video of the OpenHAB in a nutshell series: we complete the initial configuration with OpenHABian config.

After installing OpenHAB on Raspberry PI with OpenHABian and carrying out the first initial configuration steps, I complete the configuration with the last openhabian-config menu items.

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Seventh video of the OpenHAB in a nutshell series: initial configuration with OpenHABian config.

After installing OpenHAB on Raspberry PI with OpenHABian, let's proceed with the initial configuration through UI and then move on to the configuration and optimization of the operating system using the OpenHABian-config tool, from system updates to the installation of services useful to OpenHAB such as Samba.

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In this video I don't talk directly about OpenHAB, but I try to configure a SHELLY 2 PM Plus for local and native MQTT connectivity.

Obviously the goal is to integrate it into OpenHAB via MQTT without having to use TASMOTA.

The SHELLY 2 PM Plus is a double wifi switch with consumption monitoring and ROLLER SHUTTER function, for the automated management of roller shutters.

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Sixth video of the OpenHAB in a nutshell series: let's install Portainer on the Raspberry PI.

Portainer is a web software that allows, through a simple UI, to simplify the management of Docker containers.

I chose to install the free Community Edition.

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Fifth video of the OpenHAB in a nutshell series in which I talk about installing OpenHAB as a DOCKER container, not before having installed DOCKER on the Linux operating system (in particular Raspberry PI OS)

After a short introduction on what Docker is, let's see together step by step the installation of DOCKER ENGINE 32 bit on Raspberry PI OS.

I then install OpenHAB 4.1.1 as a docker container, paying particular attention to the management of DOCKER Named Volumes and their importance for data persistence.

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