openHAB 2.4 erschienen

Die gleichnamige Open-Source Lösung zur Hausautomatisierung ist im Dezember in der Version 2.4 erschienen. Das mit Java entwickelte Serversystem ist seit 2010 auf den Markt und wird inzwischen von einer aktiven Gemeinschaft vorangetrieben. openHAB ist herstellerunabhängige und setzt auf auf viele übliche Protokolle.

Die neue Version enthält viele Neuerungen, Verbesserungen sowie Bugfixes. Zudem wurden 34 neue Add-ons veröffentlicht und vorhandene aktualisiert.

openHAB 2.4 wesentliche Neuerungen

• Profile ermöglichen es Regeln aufzunehmen, die für verschiedene Geräte und Situationen mit den selben Aktionen gelten, dadurch werden wiederholte Regeln gespart und die Übersichtlichkeit gewahrt, die Auswahl eines Profils erfolgt in der PaperUI
• 2 neue Optionen für Text-to-Speech mit Google cloud TTS engine und Pico TTS service
• HABot ist eine Möglichkeit mit openHAB per Sprache zu interagieren. Zudem bringt es ein graphisches Interface mit einer neuen UI für openHAB. HABot nutzt natural language processing (NLP) und Maschinenlernen mittels Apache OpenNLP. Es kann angepasst und konfiguriert werden. Es kann z.B. Bilder der Webcam anzeigen, Wetterdaten, Historische Daten und Geräte steuern.
• SmartMeter Binding nach IEC 62056-21 und Supprt von Smart meter Language SML sowie DSMR Binding für die Niederlande
• GPS Tracker welches OwnTracks im sicheren HTTPs Privat-Mode integriert
• Aktoren und Sensoren von EnOcean werden mit dem neuen EnOcean Binding gefunden, secure gepaired und somit voll unterstützt
• MQTT Binding ist nun nach openHAB 2 portiert worden, was nun eine grafische Verwaltung mittels Paper UI und Integration der Geräte im Netzwerk ermöglicht

openHAB 2.4 Quick Notes

• Notes about the Core runtime
• Notes about the Add-ons
• Upgrade Process for openHABian, APT, RPM, Manual Installations
• Breaking Changes that require manual interaction after the upgrade.

Relevant Changes

Core Runtime

Type	Issue#	Change
Enhancements	5629	Added metadata console command
5643	Distinguish between no item found and no item for pattern in item console command
5648	Made max number of sitemap SSE subscriptions configurable
5721	Serialize degree celsius with °C instead of special character
5732	Added Dobson unit
5827	Made jmDNS handle network changes
5846	Added Bar unit
5882	Made jUPNP handle network changes
6031	Sorted Text-to-Speech options in console
6043	Sorted audio sink and source options in console
6051	Extended console command for things to show more information
6105	Added console command to remove inbox entries by thing UID or thing type
6130	Improved error reporting in inbox approve REST resource
6420	Added mbar unit
6425	Remove old mDNS discovery results from Inbox
6427	Performance improvements in registries
6480	Allow calling Timer#reschedule() after a timer has terminated
6504	Allow disabling of Things through console command and Paper UI
6563	Added Miligram per Cubic Metre unit
6575	Added Microwatt per Square Centimetre unit
6628	Upgraded to JmDNS 3.5.5
6673	Upgraded to JUPnP 2.5.1
396	Upgrade to Karaf 4.2.1
447	Added arm64 support for serial port access
Bug Fixes	4468	Fixed circular service reference in automation component
5683	Use media type json for thing’s config status REST response
5690	Consider GroupItem’s base dimension in arithmetic group functions
5696	Correctly support Dimmer and Color items in toggle profile
5698	Do not use invalid filenames on Windows for JSON storage
5707	Prevented exceptions when dealing with empty sitemap models
5726	Fixed Internal Server Error thrown by REST API on /{thingUID}/status
5910	Releasing of sitemap SSE subscriptions improved
6087	Fixed ClassCastException in mDNS client
6656	Suppressed EOFExceptions on chart image creation
372	Corrected rounding behaviour of decimal values in 1.x compatibility layer
426	Prevented NPEs if persistence service does not play nice

New Add-ons

The following add-ons are newly introduced with the 2.4 release:

Add-on	Type	Issue#
AirVisual Node	Binding	#2805
Dresden Elektronik deCONZ	Binding	#4213
DSMR	Binding	#3720
EnOcean	Binding	#3826
evohome	Binding	#2342
Google Cloud Text-to-Speech	Voice	#3721
GPSTracker	Binding	#3839
GROHE ONDUS	Binding	#3696
HABot	UI	#1
Homematic	Binding	#5695
KM200	Binding	#1877
Konnected	Binding	#3702
Leap Motion	Binding	#3820
meteoblue	Binding	#4821
Modbus	Binding	#2246
MQTT	Binding	#5880
Neato	Binding	#1709
NEEO	Binding	#3191
NibeUplink	Binding	#2695
Nuki	Binding	#2019
OneWire	Binding	#4287
Open UV	Binding	#3595
OpenWeatherMap	Binding	#5694
Pico Text-to-Speech	Voice	#3125
PLCLogo	Binding	#2286
Powermax	Binding	#2225
SmartMeter	Binding	#2167
SolarEdge	Binding	#2770
Somfy Tahoma	Binding	#2503
SonyAudio	Binding	#4838
ValloxMV	Binding	#2990
Xiaomi Mi IO	Binding	#2548
Yeelight	Binding	#3582

2.x Add-on Changes

Add-on	Type	Issue#	Change
amazonechocontrol	Enhancements	3743	Amazon Devices – serial number location
4177	Mobile app based login, websocket for faster state update, new channels
Astro	Enhancements	5854	Added shade length ratio channel
avmfritz	Enhancements	3599	Refactored handler to use AIN for updating things instead of deriving it from the ThingID
3616	Fixed and streamlined thing status handling
3684	Preparation for FRITZ!OS 7
3775	Added deactivation of background discovery
3803	Added support for HAN-FUN devices
4051	Added handling for REFRESH commands
Basic UI	Enhancements	5667	Consider item options for selection widget when no mapping is defined
6046	Show label and icon for Webview widgets
Bluetooth	Enhancements	5885	Added BlueGiga USB dongle support
Blukii	Bug Fixes	6564	Fixed temperature decoding
Bose Soundtouch	Enhancements	5968	Improved thing status check
6346	Add containerArt if available
6555	Added stereo pair handling
Bug Fixes	5685	Fixed NullPointerException
6300	Fix discovery for Bose SoundTouch 300
Chromecast	Enhancements	4032	Upgrade API client to 0.10.4
4325	Added support of Units of Measurement (UoM), added representation property and translations
Classic UI	Enhancements	5666	Consider item options for selection widget when no mapping is defined
6415	Added dynamic icon support for Setpoint widget
CoolMasterNet	Bug Fixes	3660	Fix NPEs, stop refreshJob when disposing bridge, add null annotations
3726	Fix NPEs, restart refreshJob on Thing updates
3731	Fix NumberFormatException during refresh
denonmarantz	Bug Fixes	3745	SurroundProgram was assigned to the wrong ChannelGroup
digitalSTROM	Bug Fixes	5673	Fixed some issues with newer dSS firmware
DSCALARM	Bug Fixes	3650	Various Bug Fixes
Freebox	Enhancements	3864	Make Thing discovery configurable
Fronius	Bug Fixes	3694	Fix the NullPointerException
3749	Fixed the NullPointerException if timeout response received
3828	Fixed the NullPointerException if timeout by evaluate the status
gardena	Enhancements	3678	Added support for Irrigation Control
3850	Fixed hanging reconnect and added missing error codes
3862	Added manual watering timer to turn the smart pressure pump on/off
4269	Ignore known gateway properties
Bug Fixes	4109	Fixed device offline when device property is missing
GroheOndus	Enhancements	3902	Add support for GROHE SENSE device
HABPanel	Enhancements	307	Close #306 – knob: Formatting options for value display
311	Update slider.widget.js – add more options
315	Pass unused openHAB events on for other components to use
Bug Fixes	308	Fix #300 – hide empty labels
310	Allow formatting of UoM item states
330	Fixed display of selected choice in selection widget
336	Use strict comparator for current selection widget choice
337	Button: apply format & transformation on state value
338	Button widget icon follows underlying item state
HD PowerView	Bug Fixes	3470	Fix quoted ID issue
4248	Scene Fix
HomeBuilder	Enhancements	417	Support for semantic labels
Homematic	Enhancements	5826	Added duty cycle channel for bridges
5928	Restrict Bin/XmlRpcServer to specified callback host address
5963	Added support for configuration of device parameters
6633	Added STATE_CONTACT support for all HMIP-SWDO devices
Bug Fixes	6113	Leave the binrpc connection open for a configurable time
Hue	Enhancements	5946	Added support for bulbs using CIE XY colormode only
6511	Added support for sensors
Bug Fixes	6629	Fixed brightness of 1 shown as OFF
HueEmulation	Enhancements	4216	Support Coloured bulbs & other improvements
iCloud	Enhancements	4209	Adding system low battery channel and french localization
Bug Fixes	3919	Solved SSL errors after iCloud API switched to new certificate
4329	Improved the ONLINE / OFFLINE lifecycle
innogy	Enhancements	3642	Added missing channels to wall mounted thermostat
jeelink	Enhancements	3822	Ignore buffer size in case update interval is 0
3846	Add units of measurement
3855	Add support for TX22 sensors and connected TX23 & TX26 sensors.
4215	Cancel cyclic status update task on disposal of Pca301SensorHandler
KNX	Enhancements	3433	Add Color Channel
4208	Added MainType: 4 and 8
4258	Extend *-control channels
4298	Replace spaces in GA config string
Kodi	Enhancements	3530	Feature Kodi currenttime & duration
3631	Added new channel ‚genreList‘
3747	Streamlined and fixed deactivation of background discovery
3774	Fixed duration for unknown media sources
3785	Added deactivation of background discovery
4125	Added advanced channels for audio codec and video codec
4164	Switched to shared instance of WebSocketClient
4188	Improvements in handling system commands
kostalinverter	Enhancements	3593	Incorporated new QuantityType (Units of Measurement)
3604	Added German translations
LGWebOS	Bug Fixes	4292	Fixed README Examples and ONLINE/OFFLINE flapping
LIFX	Enhancements	6476	Added support for LIFX Beam (ID 56) and temperature ranges
Bug Fixes	5922	Some bugfixes
lutron	Enhancements	2325	Add support for legacy Lutron HomeWorks (RS232) processors.
3787	Add enhanced keypad and VCRX Support
4031	Update initialization and device state logic in RA2 device handlers
4152	Add support for Radio RA2 Timeclock and Green Mode control
Bug Fixes	4056	Bridge connection resiliency improvements
max	Enhancements	3506	Incorporated new QuantityType (Units of Measurement)
3795	Considered ‚error‘ flag to set thing to OFFLINE
3901	Reduced logging levels
Bug Fixes	1789	Fix for concurrency issue and small cleanups
3810	Fixed wrong timestamp in logs
mcp23017	Bug Fixes	3833	Fix for input pins not being initialized
meteostick	Enhancements	3662	Allow configurable spoon, UoM support, bug fixes
3675	Advanced channels for wind statistics
3831	Consistently wrap rain counters
Bug Fixes	3746	Avert CME by synchronizing all iterations
miele	Enhancements	2804	Added support for Miele coffee systems.
MiHome	Enhancements	3865	Add Aqara Cube & fix flapping state
3881	Add units of measurement for Temperature, Humidity and Pressure sensors
3897	Add Smart Vibration Sensor & Switch aith Accelerometer & more
3907	Add Aqara Lock
4202	Fixed Update of magnet sensorStatus from heartbeat’s
4268	Fix json format error and add support for Aqara mini wireless switch
4279	Added another model type for new Aquara switch
4295	Add basic thing type for yet unsupported models
4300	Add model remote.b286acn01
Bug Fixes	4133	Fix bridge timeout timer
4137	Corrected handling of short/double press
Milight	Enhancements	4192	Fix spawing of endless timers. Add increase/decrease support for channel „color“.
4341	Use any free port instead of fixed port on client-side for bridge communication
modbus	Enhancements	4276	Support for 64 bit integers on read & write
Nest	Enhancements	3695	Performance improvements
Bug Fixes	3794	Prevent race conditions when NestStreamingRestClient reconnects
netatmo	Enhancements	3336	Introducing Planning capability for Thermostat module.
3551	Automatic discovery of things without the need of a user request
3793	Automatic search of the refresh interval
4266	Added NPE safe-guard
Bug Fixes	3629	Fix various issues
3791	Fix a potential resource leak (webhook servlet)
Nibe Heat Pump	Enhancements	3552	Added support for F750 pump model
4171	Throttle incoming messages support
4326	Fixed issue related to linked channels
nibeuplink	Enhancements	4272	Improved handling of configuration / fixed handling of configuration updates
nikohomecontrol	Enhancements	3669	Implementation of thermostats for NHC I.
Bug Fixes	4141	Fix thermostat parameter.
Onkyo	Enhancements	3863	Add support for TX-NR708 receiver
4118	Add support for device TX-NR575E
4223	Add volume scaling variants
openhabcloud	Bug Fixes	3804	Fixed NullPointerException
Paper UI	Enhancements	5708	Sort bindings in inbox scan alphabetically
5709	Sort filter options alphabetically
5812	Sort Thing properties by key name alphabetically
5813	Sort bindings in ‚Scan for Things‘ dialog alphabetically
6159	Added validation for location parameters
Bug Fixes	5706	Fixed drag & drop order in rules editor
robonect	Bug Fixes	3713	Fix MANUAL mower mode not working and wrong documentation
Seneye	Enhancements	4251	Add disconnected, slideserial, outofwater, wrongslide channels – new pull
somfytahoma	Enhancements	4131	Added support for the Window Handle thing
Sonos	Enhancements	5682	Added a dynamic state options
Bug Fixes	5927	Fixed discovery with firmware 9.0
squeezebox	Bug Fixes	3889	Fix 60-second squeeze server reconnect
4157	Fix for ArrayIndexOutOfBounds exception
4294	Synchronized to stop ConcurrentModificationException from happening
Synop	Enhancements	4065	Added UoM to Synop analyzer.
tado	Enhancements	3630	Automatically recover things from offline state
tellstick	Enhancements	2994	Added support for Power and Lux sensor values from the Telldus Live.
Bug Fixes	4231	Fix for broken binding
Tesla	Enhancements	3607	Update of the Tesla API implementation
Bug Fixes	4218	Allow vehicle to sleep to fix vampire drain
tplinksmarthome	Enhancements	3572	Added support for HS210 and HS220, and some improvements
4255	Discovery package timeout gets more time, clear cache before discovery
Bug Fixes	3884	Missing colorTemperature channel update
TRADFRI	Enhancements	5973	Added support for OnOff Plugs
6376	Smoother transition for color commands
Bug Fixes	6079	Suppressed ‚old firmware‘ warning in some situations
6193	Fixed gateway connection losses
ValloxMV	Enhancements	4239	Switched to shared instance of WebSocketClient
WeatherUnderground	Enhancements	5501	Added a bridge for accounts to easily allow multiple locations
WifiLED	Enhancements	4211	Missing WHITE2 parameter while updating item
YamahaReceiver	Enhancements	3700	Party mode, scene, compatibility fixes and tests
4314	Add representation-property for Zones
Bug Fixes	4155	Fixing NPE while refreshing timer and add XML descriptor for RX-V775
yeelight	Bug Fixes	4246	Fix brightness handling
Zigbee	Enhancements	169	Static thing definitions
224	Integrate ZigBee console into the ZigBee binding.
229	Improve level control converter to update conditional on the on/off state
238	Add water sensor channel
250	Remove the node from the ZigBeeNetworkManager when the thing is removed
252	Provide option in Ember to use boost mode (and make default) and set tx power
254	Add door lock state channel
255	Initial code additions for setting join key, and support for Ember coordinator
258	Add ASH protocol statistics channels
275	Add stack compliance level to the device properties
Bug Fixes	292	Use reporting for battery voltage instead of battery rated voltage
ZWave	Enhancements	895	Add UoM support for temperature sensor
942	Refactor color converter
978	Add UoM for luminance
1028	Ignore any configuration updates that do not change values
1037	Add door_sensor channel from door lock command class
1042	Alarm and multilevel sensor report updates
1074	Implemented CLOCK/CLOCK_GET

1.x Legacy Add-on Changes

Add-on	Type	Issue#	Change
Cardio2e	Enhancements	5620	Added as new binding
ekey	Bug Fixes	5621	Fix values in thrown exceptions
EpsonProjector	Bug Fixes	5616	Prevent NullPointerException
Fritzboxtr064	Enhancements	5484	Synchronized access to fritzbox.
5603	replaced printStackTrace statement by proper logging
5656	replaced the trim method, to get rid of white spaces in between the tel numbers
MapDB	Bug Fixes	5591	Fix new items not immediately persisted, upgrade to mapdb-1.0.9
MQTT	Bug Fixes	5596	Fix UTF-8 encoding issues.
MySQL Persistence	Enhancements	5699	Updated connector to version 8.0
NetworkUPSTools	Bug Fixes	5626	Prevent ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsExceptions during configuration update
PLCBus	Enhancements	5707	Fix addon crash when two commands are sent in quick succession
Plex	Bug Fixes	5669	Eliminate a potential Null Pointer Exception in the getHost method
Serial	Enhancements	5633	Added setting to select charset for string encoding
Telegram	Enhancements	5721	Add support for file protocol
Twitter Action	Enhancements	5605	Updated to new Character Limit
velux	Enhancements	5647	Support for Velux Solar Blinds added
Weather ForecastIo	Enhancements	5582	Get UV-Index and Wind Gust from forecast.io
Zibase	Enhancements	5630	Added support for new devices and fixed a some bugs
Bug Fixes	5624	Fixed bug in cleaning the zibase message buffer

Aktualisierung auf openHAB 2.4

Vor dem Update sollte ein Backup der Konfiguration und Einstellungen gemacht werden.

openHABian

1. mittels SSH verbinden und ausführen von: # sudo openhabian-config
2. Option „Update“ auswählen
3. das Update läuft, danach erneut das Konfigruationstool starten
4. dort dann „openHAB 2.4.0 stable“ auswählen

Paket-basierte Installation

Hier kann es vorkommen, dass nach dem überschreiben der Konfiguration unter /var/lib/openhab2, gefragt wird – dies bestätigen. Das Backup ist am selben Ort unter dem selben Dateinamen mit dem Zusatz dpkg-old zu finden.

APT Installation

• # sudo apt-get update
• # sudo apt-get ugprade

RPM Installation

• # sudo yum update