openweather plugin ?

[therealdb]

@archers you’re good. No development branch, as it’s almost stable and only attached to openluup, since I’ll not update the Vera AppStore soon.

[ArcherS]

@therealdb I created a simple Virtual Binary Switch and it now has three Mqtt variables:
MQTT_BrightnessValue
MQTT_PowerStatusOff
MQTT_PowerStatusOn

I can see the format "topic/=/message" in the instructions, but I am clerarly missing something.
Do I need to define IP address etc in some other variable?

I tried to get it to work, but I do not get it right, no reaction in the Tasmota device console. How do I put e.g. the following into "MQTT_PowerStatusOn", i.e. to get the device to send this when it is powered on?

cmnd/TasmotaIR/IRhvac {"Vendor":"FUJITSU_AC","Model":1,"Mode":"Heat","Power":"On","Celsius":"On","Temp":20,"FanSpeed":"Auto","SwingV":"Off","SwingH":"Off","Quiet":"Off","Turbo":"Off","Econo":"Off","Light":"Off","Filter":"Off","Clean":"Off","Beep":"Off","Sleep":-1}

(Where the TasmotaIR has IP 192.168.1.59)

Sorry for the stupid questions.

[therealdb]

@archers no need to put ip or anything. Just push the mqtt message to the broker. In you case

cmnd/TasmotaIR/IRhvac/=/{"Vendor":"FUJITSU_AC","Model":1,"Mode":"Heat","Power":"On","Celsius":"On","Temp":20,"FanSpeed":"Auto","SwingV":"Off","SwingH":"Off","Quiet":"Off","Turbo":"Off","Econo":"Off","Light":"Off","Filter":"Off","Clean":"Off","Beep":"Off","Sleep":-1}

[Buxton]

@akbooer I tried to archive several MQTT values from devices by checking the variable's archive box in the historian cache console. When I reloaded the luup engine, the variables disappeared from the console UI. As well, the variables do not show up in the console UI on the historian database page.

[akbooer]

@buxton

Not obvious, but answered previously here...

https://smarthome.community/topic/313/historian/4?_=1620559885357

What variables are you trying to archive? From the Tasmota bridge, they’re likely to have special serviceIds. It should be easy enough to set up manually, anyway.

[Buxton]

@akbooer humidity and temperature from Bluetooth sensors that talk to the tasmota device.
I'm saying above that the variables disappear--- completely from the UI-- not just the checkmark.

[akbooer]

Yes, that’s expected. They won’t appear on that display until their value is updated.

[ArcherS]

@akbooer what I have seen is that in the "testing" release it seems as if the checkmarks in the Hstorian disappear, at east for me. When I check a variable the check is gone when I return to the Historian.

Despite this I have historical data when looking at a graph, e.g:

I have not connected my test Pi to Grafana, but I assume that if the graph in Historian contains data so should a graph in Grafana.

@Buxton what I have noticed is that Tasmota for BLE sometimes freezes, at least for me running the beta on an ESP32. It seems that it deliveres the same value every time over Mqtt, I assume that OpenLuup then acts on this and that is why the data is not there in Historian.
In fact when I read you report I checked my data for one of the BLE variables and it was gone. A restart of the Tasmota BLE device fixed that and now data is back.

[ArcherS]

@therealdb said in openLuup: Tasmota MQTT Bridge:

@archers no need to put ip or anything. Just push the mqtt message to the broker. In you case

I have tried this, but it seems not to work for some strange reason.
I put the Mqtt message in the "MQTT_PowerStatusOn" variable but I do not get any Mqtt message in either the Tasmota Console or in Mqtt Explorer when toggling the device, I assume that it should react when doing that.

Any ideas on what could be wrong?

Just for comparison, when testing this in the Lua Code Test it works, so the messsage should be ok.

luup.openLuup.mqtt.publish ("cmnd/TasmotaIR/IRhvac","{\"Vendor\":\"FUJITSU_AC\",\"Model\":1,\"Mode\":\"Heat\",\"Power\":\"On\",\"Celsius\":\"On\",\"Temp\":20,\"FanSpeed\":\"Auto\",\"SwingV\":\"Off\",\"SwingH\":\"Off\",\"Quiet\":\"Off\",\"Turbo\":\"Off\",\"Econo\":\"Off\",\"Light\":\"Off\",\"Filter\":\"Off\",\"Clean\":\"Off\",\"Beep\":\"Off\",\"Sleep\":-1}")

[therealdb]

@archers oh, my bad. This is to catch an event associated to on. If you want to trigger on, you should use the Standard on variable. Let me go back to my pc and I’ll post a working sample.

[therealdb]

@archers so, to execute something when you turn a device ON, just add this as the SetPowerURL variable's value:

mqtt://cmnd/TasmotaIR/IRhvac/=/{"Vendor":"FUJITSU_AC","Model":1,"Mode":"Heat","Power":"On","Celsius":"On","Temp":20,"FanSpeed":"Auto","SwingV":"Off","SwingH":"Off","Quiet":"Off","Turbo":"Off","Econo":"Off","Light":"Off","Filter":"Off","Clean":"Off","Beep":"Off","Sleep":-1}

(Notice the mqtt:// prefix that I omitted from the docs - my bad).

I've not implemented thermostats yet, but I could do it easily, grabbing some code from the heaters.

[ArcherS]

@therealdb thanks, that works!
A useful addition to the Mqtt setup in OpenLuup for sure.

[akbooer]

@archers said in openLuup: Tasmota MQTT Bridge:

Despite this I have historical data when looking at a graph

Yes, this works even if the Historian is not archiving to disk. It maintains an in-memory cache of the 1000, or so, latest values for numeric variables.

@archers said in openLuup: Tasmota MQTT Bridge:

I assume that if the graph in Historian contains data so should a graph in Grafana.

Not so. This cache is not available to Grafana, which requires an on-disk archive. This behaviour is described in some detail on pp.12–13 of the User Guide.

@Buxton, you have two options:

1. create the archive files manually (using the correct attributes.) Once they're there, the Historian will continue to write to them.
2. Let me know the variable names (I'm assuming Temperature and Humidity?) and I will add them to the archive defaults.

#2 is obviously the better option.

[ArcherS]

@therealdb said in openLuup: Tasmota MQTT Bridge:

I've not implemented thermostats yet, but I could do it easily, grabbing some code from the heaters.

I have the idea to control the temperature of my HVAC and looked at your VirtualHeater device.
For some reason it does not seem to keep the values I set when changing the temperature. Any ideas?

My first thought is to keep things simple. A hetater or thermostat device for setting the temp and possibly something more. Maybe fan speed also later on.

[ArcherS]

@akbooer said in openLuup: Tasmota MQTT Bridge:

Not so. This cache is not available to Grafana, which requires an on-disk archive. This behaviour is described in some detail on pp.12–13 of the User Guide.

I had forgotten about setting that up on my main OpenLuup server, but that of course explains the difference with my test server.

@Buxton, you have two options:

create the archive files manually (using the correct attributes.) Once they're there, the Historian will continue to write to them.
Let me know the variable names (I'm assuming Temperature and Humidity?) and I will add them to the archive defaults.

On my BLE Tasmota it is Temperature, Humidity and Battery (for my LYWSD03MMC Xiaomi BLE sensors).

[therealdb]

@archers I need verbose logs. I have mine setup this way to control a dehumidifier and it’s working ok.

[Buxton]

@akbooer Yes, I'm starting to see what your up against here. MQTT, because of its flexibility, is not going fit into established serviceiDs. Developing a UI to manage this complexity will take some creative insight.....

Attached is a sample screenshot of the device file. Note the three sensors listed on the left with non-friendly names

And here is the actual device file as displayed in the console:

[{
  "ControlURLs":[],
  "altid":"power_BedroomTV",
  "category_num":0,
  "device_file":"D_GenericTasmotaDevice.xml",
  "device_json":"D_GenericTasmotaDevice.json",
  "device_type":"GenericTasmotaDevice",
  "disabled":0,
  "id":30001,
  "id_parent":262,
  "invisible":"0",
  "ip":"",
  "local_udn":"uuid:d764c8cc-e932-55c4-478d-7aa05d83f3ea",
  "mac":"",
  "manufacturer":"could be anyone",
  "model":"",
  "name":"power_BedroomTV",
  "plugin":"",
  "room":"35",
  "states":[{
    "id":0,
    "service":"urn:micasaverde-com:serviceId:HaDevice1",
    "value":"1620676905",
    "variable":"LastUpdate"
  },{
    "id":1,
    "service":"power_BedroomTV",
    "value":"{\"Time\":\"2021-05-10T21:01:44\",\"Switch1\":\"ON\",\"Switch2\":\"ON\",\"ENERGY\":{\"TotalStartTime\":\"2021-04-04T05:29:11\",\"Total\":0.000,\"Yesterday\":0.000,\"Today\":0.000,\"Period\":0,\"Power\":[0,0],\"ApparentPower\":[0,0],\"ReactivePower\":[0,0],\"Factor\":[0.00,0.00],\"Frequency\":60,\"Voltage\":121,\"Current\":[0.000,0.000]}}",
    "variable":"tele"
  },{
    "id":2,
    "service":"LYWSD03eb4f4f",
    "value":"a4c138eb4f4f",
    "variable":"mac"
  },{
    "id":3,
    "service":"LYWSD03eb4f4f",
    "value":"21.7",
    "variable":"Temperature"
  },{
    "id":4,
    "service":"LYWSD03eb4f4f",
    "value":"62",
    "variable":"Humidity"
  },{
    "id":5,
    "service":"LYWSD03eb4f4f",
    "value":"-74",
    "variable":"RSSI"
  },{
    "id":6,
    "service":"LYWSD03eb4f4f",
    "value":"14.1",
    "variable":"DewPoint"
  },{
    "id":7,
    "service":"power_BedroomTV",
    "value":"2021-05-10T21:01:44",
    "variable":"Time"
  },{
    "id":8,
    "service":"LYWSD0338eb2e",
    "value":"a4c13838eb2e",
    "variable":"mac"
  },{
    "id":9,
    "service":"LYWSD0338eb2e",
    "value":"21.6",
    "variable":"Temperature"
  },{
    "id":10,
    "service":"LYWSD0338eb2e",
    "value":"54",
    "variable":"Humidity"
  },{
    "id":11,
    "service":"LYWSD0338eb2e",
    "value":"-85",
    "variable":"RSSI"
  },{
    "id":12,
    "service":"LYWSD0338eb2e",
    "value":"11.9",
    "variable":"DewPoint"
  },{
    "id":13,
    "service":"LYWSD03a59e0c",
    "value":"a4c138a59e0c",
    "variable":"mac"
  },{
    "id":14,
    "service":"LYWSD03a59e0c",
    "value":"20.9",
    "variable":"Temperature"
  },{
    "id":15,
    "service":"LYWSD03a59e0c",
    "value":"58",
    "variable":"Humidity"
  },{
    "id":16,
    "service":"LYWSD03a59e0c",
    "value":"-91",
    "variable":"RSSI"
  },{
    "id":17,
    "service":"LYWSD03a59e0c",
    "value":"12.3",
    "variable":"DewPoint"
  },{
    "id":18,
    "service":"power_BedroomTV",
    "value":"ON",
    "variable":"Switch2"
  },{
    "id":19,
    "service":"power_BedroomTV",
    "value":"ON",
    "variable":"Switch1"
  },{
    "id":20,
    "service":"ENERGY",
    "value":"0",
    "variable":"Total"
  },{
    "id":21,
    "service":"ENERGY",
    "value":"table: 0x556c23b0f060",
    "variable":"Power"
  },{
    "id":22,
    "service":"ENERGY",
    "value":"table: 0x556c23b0f100",
    "variable":"ApparentPower"
  },{
    "id":23,
    "service":"ENERGY",
    "value":"table: 0x556c237e4cd0",
    "variable":"Current"
  },{
    "id":24,
    "service":"ENERGY",
    "value":"121",
    "variable":"Voltage"
  },{
    "id":25,
    "service":"ENERGY",
    "value":"table: 0x556c237e48d0",
    "variable":"Factor"
  },{
    "id":26,
    "service":"ENERGY",
    "value":"0",
    "variable":"Period"
  },{
    "id":27,
    "service":"ENERGY",
    "value":"table: 0x556c23b0f1d0",
    "variable":"ReactivePower"
  },{
    "id":28,
    "service":"ENERGY",
    "value":"0",
    "variable":"Yesterday"
  },{
    "id":29,
    "service":"ENERGY",
    "value":"2021-04-04T05:29:11",
    "variable":"TotalStartTime"
  },{
    "id":30,
    "service":"ENERGY",
    "value":"0",
    "variable":"Today"
  },{
    "id":31,
    "service":"ENERGY",
    "value":"60",
    "variable":"Frequency"
  },{
    "id":32,
    "service":"ENERGY",
    "value":"0",
    "variable":"Power/1"
  },{
    "id":33,
    "service":"ENERGY",
    "value":"0",
    "variable":"Power/2"
  },{
    "id":34,
    "service":"ENERGY",
    "value":"0",
    "variable":"ApparentPower/1"
  },{
    "id":35,
    "service":"ENERGY",
    "value":"0",
    "variable":"ApparentPower/2"
  },{
    "id":36,
    "service":"ENERGY",
    "value":"0",
    "variable":"Current/1"
  },{
    "id":37,
    "service":"ENERGY",
    "value":"0",
    "variable":"Current/2"
  },{
    "id":38,
    "service":"ENERGY",
    "value":"0",
    "variable":"Factor/1"
  },{
    "id":39,
    "service":"ENERGY",
    "value":"0",
    "variable":"Factor/2"
  },{
    "id":40,
    "service":"ENERGY",
    "value":"0",
    "variable":"ReactivePower/1"
  },{
    "id":41,
    "service":"ENERGY",
    "value":"0",
    "variable":"ReactivePower/2"
  },{
    "id":42,
    "service":"power_BedroomTV",
    "value":"50",
    "variable":"Sleep"
  },{
    "id":43,
    "service":"power_BedroomTV",
    "value":"56414",
    "variable":"UptimeSec"
  },{
    "id":44,
    "service":"power_BedroomTV",
    "value":"Dynamic",
    "variable":"SleepMode"
  },{
    "id":45,
    "service":"power_BedroomTV",
    "value":"OFF",
    "variable":"POWER2"
  },{
    "id":46,
    "service":"power_BedroomTV",
    "value":"OFF",
    "variable":"POWER1"
  },{
    "id":47,
    "service":"power_BedroomTV",
    "value":"125",
    "variable":"Heap"
  },{
    "id":48,
    "service":"Wifi",
    "value":"CD",
    "variable":"SSId"
  },{
    "id":49,
    "service":"Wifi",
    "value":"FE:9F:DB:F5:A0:11",
    "variable":"BSSId"
  },{
    "id":50,
    "service":"Wifi",
    "value":"0T00:00:26",
    "variable":"Downtime"
  },{
    "id":51,
    "service":"Wifi",
    "value":"11",
    "variable":"Channel"
  },{
    "id":52,
    "service":"Wifi",
    "value":"86",
    "variable":"RSSI"
  },{
    "id":53,
    "service":"Wifi",
    "value":"2",
    "variable":"LinkCount"
  },{
    "id":54,
    "service":"Wifi",
    "value":"-57",
    "variable":"Signal"
  },{
    "id":55,
    "service":"Wifi",
    "value":"1",
    "variable":"AP"
  },{
    "id":56,
    "service":"power_BedroomTV",
    "value":"2",
    "variable":"MqttCount"
  },{
    "id":57,
    "service":"power_BedroomTV",
    "value":"0T15:40:14",
    "variable":"Uptime"
  },{
    "id":58,
    "service":"power_BedroomTV",
    "value":"19",
    "variable":"LoadAvg"
  }],
  "status":-1,
  "subcategory_num":0,
  "time_created":1618456263
}]

[ArcherS]

@therealdb said in openLuup: Tasmota MQTT Bridge:

@archers I need verbose logs. I have mine setup this way to control a dehumidifier and it’s working ok.

I set the debugmode variable to 1. In the ReadMe it says logs could be captured by navigating to http://VeraIP/cgi-bin/cmh/log.sh?Device=LuaUPnP but this does not seem to work, is it another url for OpenLuup? Or can I find the log somewhere in cmh-ludl?

Just to clarify, the device is still not connected to anything (no IP given) could that be the reason, or should it work anyway?

[therealdb]

@archers it should work regardless. The openluup log page is under /console

[akbooer]

@ArcherS, @Buxton

Latest openLuup development version (v21.5.10, and yes, we're back to that branch) includes fixes for Tasmota (and Shelly) Historian, including archive rules for Temperature / Humidity / Battery variable names.

Please Note: you should reload openLuup once more after updating, to get the Historian and Grafana to sync properly.