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OpenHAB auf QNAP installieren (Schritt-für-Schritt-Anleitung)

What is a ‘Sonoff’? In the context of this article, I am talking about the cheap power switch that can be remotely Switch On and Off (S On OFF) by multiple methods.

Out of the box they are adequately supported by their native mobile app. Many like le decide to go that extra mile and flash them with tasmota firmware and enjoy increased integration afforded at the demise of the original native app support.

I have recently adjusted my Sonoff integration model as I initially used my home controller of choice OpenHab to connect using MQTT (the IoT protocol) and for Amazon echo’s Alexa to send all the commands and requests to OpenHab to enact. As OpenHab has a mobile app and a web browser GUI that meant that OpenHab was the single way to connect and operate the Sonoff devices.

That old proverb advising not to put all your eggs in one basket comes to mind.

After a few outages that left family members having to get to awkward to reach Sonoff switches to press the little manual button on the top to switch a device on or off manually occurred I had a little rethink.

I split the remote operation into three categories:

1.       Manual – achieved using the button on top of the Sonoff. No change required

2.       Automated – performed mainly using OpenHab, the trigger can be another event occurring or at a specific time or interval.

3.       Interactive – Although there is a mobile app and a web browser through OpenHab, most of the family prefer to use Alexa for interactive commands. There is also a web GUI built into the Sonoff too that I use during troubleshooting to see why something isn’t working, and to identify the system or component at fault.

So the main change I needed to do is to allow Amazon Echo Alexa to have a direct interaction with the Sonoff, this is easily achieved as the tasmota firmware provides for hue emulation, when this is enabled a ‘Friendly name’ can be provided that is used when asking Alexa to turn something on or off. In this way I have multiple ways of getting to a device and I am not reliant on OpenHab or its server functioning.

I thought I would share my experience with these common items for others to ponder and comment on.

Ciao

Für all diejenigen die openHAB erfolgreich installiert haben (falls nicht siehe hier) bzw. für diejenigen die nichts damit anzufangen wissen, gibt es hier noch ein paar Ideen. Beachte bitte, beim einfügen in deine Vorlage, unbedingt noch die Namen der Items anpassen. Sonst stimmt die Verknüpfung zwischen der Sitemap und der Item-Datei nicht.

Übersicht der Lichter in der Sitemap

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openHAB Cloud Fernzugriff konfigurieren

Nachdem du openHAB auf deinem Raspberry Pi installiert (siehe diesen Beitrag) und die ersten Items und Sitemaps angelegt hast, möchtest du möglicherweise den Zugriff auch von Unterwegs auf dein Smart Home haben. Damit du die openHAB Cloud nutzen kannst, sind drei einfache Schritte notwendig:

1. Add-On installieren

Installiere den openHAB Cloud Connector. Gehe hierzu auf die Paper UI deiner…