Controlling Philips Hue using OpenHAB in Raspberry Pi

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Mona Jalal picture Mona Jalal · Mar 10, 2016 · Viewed 7.1k times · Source

I want to control the Philips Hue Lux color lamps with OpenHAB. So I wonder what are the steps I should do and if I am missing something.

In pi@raspberrypi:/opt/openhab/configurations/rules $ sudo vi demo.rules 

rule "Select scene"
    when
        Item scene received command
    then
        switch(receivedCommand) {
            /*alles uit */
            case 0 : {
            sendCommand(Toggle_7, OFF); 
            sendCommand(Toggle_3, OFF);
            sendCommand(Toggle_1, OFF);
            sendCommand(Toggle_10, OFF);
            sendCommand(Toggle_11, OFF);
            sendCommand(Toggle_5, OFF);
            sendCommand(Toggle_9, OFF);
            }
            /*sfeer */
            case 1 : { 
            sendCommand(LWD_3, 90);
            sendCommand(Color_7, "45.584415,86.033516,70.19608");
            sendCommand(Color_1, "45.584415,86.033516,70.19608");
            sendCommand(Color_10, "45.584415,86.033516,70.19608");
            sendCommand(Color_11, "45.584415,86.033516,70.19608");
            sendCommand(Color_5, "45.584415,86.033516,70.19608");
            sendCommand(LWD_9,10);
            }
            /*Alles aan */
            case 2 : {
            sendCommand(Toggle_7, ON); 
            sendCommand(Toggle_3, ON);
            sendCommand(Toggle_1, ON);
            sendCommand(Toggle_10, ON);
            sendCommand(Toggle_11, ON);
            sendCommand(Toggle_5, ON);
            sendCommand(LWD_9,100);
            }
            /*eten */
            case 3 : {
            sendCommand(Toggle_3, OFF);
            sendCommand(Color_7, "42.391304,73.6,100.0");
            sendCommand(Color_1, "42.391304,73.6,100.0");
            sendCommand(Color_10, "42.391304,73.6,100.0");
            sendCommand(Color_11, "60,42,100");
            sendCommand(Color_5, "60,42,100");
            sendCommand(LWD_9,10);        
            }
            case 4 : {
            /*nacht */
            sendCommand(LWD_9, 50);
            sendCommand(Color_7, "46.25,37.64706,100.0");
            sendCommand(Color_10, "46.25,37.64706,100.0");
            sendCommand(Toggle_1, OFF);
            sendCommand(Toggle_3, OFF);
            sendCommand(Toggle_11, OFF);
            sendCommand(Toggle_5, OFF);
            }
            case 5 : {
                /* Sunset */
            sendCommand(Color_7, "42.391304,73.6,100.0");
            sendCommand(Color_1, "42.391304,73.6,100.0");
            sendCommand(Color_10, "42.391304,73.6,100.0");
            sendCommand(Color_11, "42.391304,73.6,100.0");
            sendCommand(Color_5, "42.391304,73.6,100.0");
            sendCommand(Toggle_3, OFF);
            sendCommand(LWD_9,10);        
            }
            case 6 : {
                /* Aqua */
            sendCommand(Color_7, "230.82353,100.0,100.0");
            sendCommand(Color_1, "230.82353,100.0,100.0");
            sendCommand(Color_10, "230.82353,100.0,100.0");
            sendCommand(Color_11, "230.82353,100.0,100.0");
            sendCommand(Color_5, "230.82353,100.0,100.0");
            sendCommand(Toggle_3, OFF);
            sendCommand(LWD_9,10);        
            }
            case 7 : {
            /* Duo */
            sendCommand(Color_7, "272,100.0,100.0");
            sendCommand(Color_5, "272,100.0,100.0");
            sendCommand(Color_1, "330,100.0,100.0");
            sendCommand(Color_10, "330,100.0,100.0");
            sendCommand(Color_11, "330,100.0,100.0");
            sendCommand(Toggle_3, OFF);
            sendCommand(LWD_9,10);        
            }

            case 8 : {
            /* Duo ambilight play */
            sendCommand(Color_7, "272,100.0,30.0");
            sendCommand(Color_5, "272,100.0,30.0");
            sendCommand(Color_1, "330,100.0,30.0");
            sendCommand(Color_10, "330,100.0,30.0");
            sendCommand(Color_11, "330,100.0,30.0");        
            }
            case 9 : {
            /* Duo ambilight pauze*/
            sendCommand(Color_7, "272,100.0,100.0");
            sendCommand(Color_5, "272,100.0,100.0");
            sendCommand(Color_1, "330,100.0,100.0");
            sendCommand(Color_10, "330,100.0,100.0");
            sendCommand(Color_11, "330,100.0,100.0");
            }
        }
end

in pi@raspberrypi:/opt/openhab/configurations/items $ vi demo.items

I have
:

/* Hue */
Switch Toggle_1   "left bulb"   (Switching) {hue="1"}
Switch Toggle_2   "center bulb" (Switching) {hue="2"}
Switch Toggle_3       "right bulb"  (Switching) {hue="3"}

Color Color_1     "left bulb"   (Colorize)  {hue="1"}
Color Color_2         "center bulb" (Colorize)  {hue="2"}
Color Color_3     "right bulb"  (Colorize)  {hue="3"}

Dimmer Dimm_1     "left bulb"   (WhiteDimmer)   {hue="1;brightness;30"}
Dimmer Dimm_2     "center bulb" (WhiteDimmer)   {hue="2;brightness;30"}
Dimmer Dimm_3     "right bulb"  (WhiteDimmer)   {hue="3;brightness;30"}

Dimmer CT_Dimm_1      "left bulb"   (CTDimmer)  {hue="1;colorTemperature;30"}
Dimmer CT_Dimm_2      "center bulb" (CTDimmer)  {hue="2;colorTemperature;30"}
Dimmer CT_Dimm_3      "right bulb"  (CTDimmer)  {hue="3;colorTemperature;30"}

in pi@raspberrypi:/opt/openhab/configurations $ vi openhab.cfg:

I have:

############################### Philips Hue Binding ###################################
#
# IP address of Hue Bridge (optional, default is auto-discovery)
hue:ip=192.168.1.117
hue:secret=openHABRuntime
hue:refresh=10000

I ran it using sudo ./start.sh and then paired the Hue hub with OpenHAB. I am not what is missing because still I can't control the Hue with OpenHAB.

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My main struggle is connecting the web UI to the code in openHAB. Any pointer is really appreciated! Also I have stitched the code above from various tutorials so it possibly would make no sense at all!

Answer

LeonG picture LeonG · Mar 10, 2016

Changing how the UI's look is done with the *.sitemap files. This files define how and which items are shown in the UI: https://github.com/openhab/openhab/wiki/Explanation-of-Sitemaps

As for the rest of the example: - Are you sure about the ip and secret of the Hue bridge? - How many light bulbs are connected to the bridge? Because in the *.items file hue=1 means the first bulb connected to your bridge.

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