DomoticsDuino by Marco Lamanna

New video of the OPENHAB in a NUTSHELL series.

Another video and another type of OPENHAB page. We are talking about CHARTS PAGE, a type of page that allows us to create beautiful charts, to visualize the historical data of OPENHAB items.

CHARTS Pages in OpenHAB offer an interactive way to visualize persistent data in the Main UI. These pages leverage the Apache ECharts library to create various types of charts, including time series, aggregates, heat maps and calendars.

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New video of the OPENHAB in a NUTSHELL series.

Let's continue with the overview of OPENHAB page types.

Today we are going to delve into TABBED PAGES which are a type of page that allows you to combine several other pages and display them in tabs.

This allows you to organize different user interfaces in a single access point, offering a more structured and intuitive user experience, combined with simplicity of design.

You can use any type of page as the content of the tabs, including Layout Pages, Maps, Floorplans, Charts and even other Tabbed Pages. This offers great flexibility in organizing user interfaces.

The use of tabs makes navigation between different pages more intuitive and easy to use, especially for less experienced users, while the integration into other pages, such as Floorplan Pages offers quick access to detailed information about a certain element.

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New video of the OPENHAB in a NUTSHELL series.

Let's continue to talk about graphical interfaces and today let's see the FLOORPLAN page, very attractive from a graphical point of view and above all very functional.

Using a background image that represents the floor plan of an apartment, a house plan or even a single room, it is possible to insert interactive placeholders that map the OPENHAB objects.

In this way it is possible to have a direct view of the real position of the objects in the house.

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New video of the OPENHAB in a NUTSHELL series.

Let's talk about graphical interfaces and, after having analyzed SITEMAPs in detail in the previous videos, today we will delve into the MAP type page, trying to exploit its full potential.

In fact, with just a few clicks it is possible to create interactive and real-time updated geographic maps, using different types of markers linked to the status of OpenHAB items.

It is also possible to select the provider of the type of map to display and add additional layers of information.

The use cases for using this type of page are many: from the simple localization of people and vehicles to the visualization of the weather in different areas of the world.

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New video of the OPENHAB in a NUTSHELL series.

Let's talk about CLOUD and REMOTE ACCESS.

I install the OPENHAB-CLOUD addon to allow my OPENHAB instance to be reachable even outside the local network.

I can then control my SMART HOME wherever I am, as if I were connected directly to my home, using the MAIN UI via web interface, or the mobile app.

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New video on OPENHAB 4, to conclude the project dedicated to the RAIN and LIGHT sensors.

After making a change to the TASMOTA configuration to obtain a more real analog value, I put the sensors into operation.

For the rain sensor I decided to transform the absolute value into a percentage value by applying a JS transformation to the channel.

I then wrote a rule for the automatic switching on of the night lights, using the values ​​of the twilight sensor.

Finally, I go to see the data collected using the INFLUXDB 2 web interface for the creation of DASHBOARDS completely similar to GRAFANA.

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New video on OPENHAB 4, dedicated in particular to the configuration of the iCloud binding to retrieve battery data from an iPad.

It seems that the authentication problems of the Apple iCloud APIs are solved and the binding has started working again.

I then configure it on my OpenHAB instance to obtain battery data from an iPad intended to be a second control panel for my SMART HOME.

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New video of the OPENHAB in a NUTSHELL series.

After creating the first SITEMAP, I install the OPENHAB Mobile APP on an ANDROID smartphone.

I perform the manual configuration to interface locally with my OPENHAB server and analyze the configuration settings.

Worthy of note is the possibility of creating customized TILES to quickly and directly access OPENHAB functions directly from the ANDROID widgets

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New video of the OPENHAB in a NUTSHELL series.

I conclude the overview of WIDGETS that can be inserted into a sitemap, with MULTIMEDIA type objects.

In particular, let's see the syntax and examples of the WEBVIEW, MAPVIEW, IMAGE, VIDEO and CHART object types.

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New video of the OPENHAB in a NUTSHELL series.

Let's continue talking about SITEMAP and WIDGET that can be inserted into pages, making another roundup of examples related to some types of objects.

In particular, today I will show you the SELECTION, SETPOINT, SLIDER, COLORPICKER and INPUT objects, both from the point of view of syntax and directly rendered on sitemap.

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New video of the OPENHAB in a NUTSHELL series.

Let's continue to talk about SITEMAP, inserting the BUTTONGRID object inside the pages.

Through BUTTONGRID it is possible to manage one or more highly configurable buttons to control every aspect of OpenHAB.

As the name itself says, through the BUTTONGRID object we can create a grid of buttons, assign icons, labels and colors and send commands to the OpenHAB items.

It is also possible to obtain visual feedback on the current state of the item associated with the single button.

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New video of the OPENHAB in a NUTSHELL series.

Let's continue to talk about SITEMAP, going into detail with targeted examples of the different types of objects that we can add to our SITEMAP.

In this first part we see the most common and simple types; we will find the rest in the following videos

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A short video to talk about a very recent problem related to OpenHAB iCloud binding.

It suddenly stopped working a few days ago, due to an authentication problem, caused by the change of login services.

It seems that the problem affected many third-party software that used the iCloud APIs, in addition to OpenHAB itself.

Unfortunately this problem delays the implementation of my solution to have the information about the iPAD battery in OpenHAB.

Post on openHAB forum: https://community.openhab.org/t/icloud-binding-authentication-problem/159739

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Another new video from the OPENHAB in a NUTSHELL series, progressing into dynamic configurations for SITEMAPs.

Today I'm going to customize colors and icons for objects inserted into SITEMAPs.

Using conditions based on the system state, I can decide to apply different colors to labels, values, and icons.

It's also possible to use different icons for SITEMAP objects, based on their current state.

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In this new video of the OPENHAB in a NUTSHELL series let's continue the discussion on graphical interfaces and in particular we delve into advanced concepts for the creation of SITEMAPs.

After the brief introduction of the previous chapter, let's see how to create a SITEMAP from scratch, using the configuration via text file, inserting some objects;.

I then introduce the management of dynamic visibility that allows you to make an object visible or hidden based on one or more conditions dependent on the state of the system.

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In this second part of the integration process of the light and rain sensors that we saw in the previous videos, connected to the SONOFF via ADS1115 and serial port, we go deeper into the creation of OpenHAB objects (things, channel, items) via MQTT integration.

As we saw in the previous videos, the data comes from a SONOFF 4ch with TASMOTA firmware via MQTT protocol, connected to the sensors via serial port and ADS1115 analog / digital converter, using the I2C protocol; this configuration allows you to acquire analog values ​​on digital pins, very useful for devices that do not have analog inputs or that do not have enough of them.

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