Update 08-12-2022. Now a days ZenseHome has MQTT connection, so this page is 100% outdated. Use the MQTT Connection in ZenseHome to provide bridging to OpenHAB or similar.
Architecture
Java Application as Bridge
Github Source: https://github.com/jobu279/zensehome
Compile the source code or fetch the runtime. Edit config.properties to suit your network and mqtt.
Samples below are referenced from /home/bnp/production/zensehome/zensemqtt
You need to create a "/home/bnp/production/zensehome/zensemqtt/logs" directory; - then execute the application
root@robin:~/production/zensehome/zensemqtt# java -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8 -classpath /home/bnp/production/zensehome:/home/bnp/production/zensehome/zensemqtt/mqtt-client-0.4.0.jar zensemqtt.ZenseMQTT Jan 09, 2019 8:14:01 PM zensemqtt.Log logging INFO: Starting ZenseHome MQTT listener
Setup a light source
I have defined a Thing for the ZenseHome box:
And are adding each light as a channel See Concepts):
With the Topics according to https://github.com/jobu279/zensehome. The Id can be found in the Zensehome Windows Application:
Adding as "Percentage value" instead of ON/OFF, gives a slider for the light
After the Save operation, the Channel has a unique id:
This is is used in Sitemaps and Item files .
Visible and testing in Paper UI - Controls
You should be able to see the Channels in Paper UI and test them:
Installing as a service
Follow: https://computingforgeeks.com/how-to-run-java-jar-application-with-systemd-on-linux/
Logging
Watch the Log in /home/bnp/production/zensehome/zensemqtt/logs
root@robin:~/production/zensehome/zensemqtt/logs# cat 2019-1_ZenseLog.log Jan 09, 2019 7:44:53 PM zensemqtt.Log logging INFO: Starting ZenseHome MQTT listener Jan 09, 2019 7:46:35 PM zensemqtt.Log logging INFO: New message with topic: zense/execute/10604, Message: ON Jan 09, 2019 7:46:37 PM zensemqtt.Log logging INFO: New message with topic: zense/execute/10604, Message: OFF Jan 09, 2019 7:46:43 PM zensemqtt.Log logging INFO: New message with topic: zense/execute/10604, Message: ON Jan 09, 2019 7:46:44 PM zensemqtt.Log logging SEVERE: Error in socket creation: java.net.SocketException Jan 09, 2019 7:46:54 PM zensemqtt.Log logging INFO: New message with topic: zense/execute/10604, Message: OFF Jan 09, 2019 7:46:55 PM zensemqtt.Log logging SEVERE: Error in socket creation: java.net.SocketException Jan 09, 2019 7:47:00 PM zensemqtt.Log logging INFO: New message with topic: zense/execute/10604, Message: ON
Notice the "SEVERE: Error in socket creation: java.net.SocketException" - this means the ZenseHome box is non-responding
Use the MQTT Explorer for examining the topics