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    • apollon77
      apollon77 @Stephan Schleich last edited by

      @Stephan-Schleich Feature Request bitte im Github beim Devices Adapter 🙂

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      • Stephan Schleich
        Stephan Schleich @apollon77 last edited by

        @apollon77 Wollt ich gerade machen, gibt es bereits 🙂 - https://github.com/ioBroker/ioBroker.devices/issues/18

        sbormann created this issue in ioBroker/ioBroker.devices

        closed Allow adding more states to device #18

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        • apollon77
          apollon77 @Stephan Schleich last edited by

          @Stephan-Schleich Dann hinterlass ein "Daumen hoch" im ersten post

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            mlengen @apollon77 last edited by

            @apollon77 Es ist hier so still geworden. Geht es hier noch weiter oder ist dieser Weg eine Sackgasse?

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            • braindead
              braindead Developer @mlengen last edited by

              @mlengen In einem der letzten Dev Meetings wurde betont, dass Alias die Zukunft ist und der momentane Stand nur ein Zwischenstand ist. Was genau erwartest Du denn, was hier passieren soll?

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              • apollon77
                apollon77 @mlengen last edited by

                @mlengen Tage ... 24h ... Privatleben ... andere Prios ... such Dir nen Grund aus ... ja es ist immer noch der Plan ...

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                  kubi last edited by

                  Ich habe mal eine Frage zum Adapter Devices, wie kann ich selbst Aliase zusätzlich anlegen ?

                  a73b7239-ddf6-42b0-82ec-3b41e1626e6d-image.png

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                    Videonisse @apollon77 last edited by Videonisse

                    Sorry for late feedback but I just found this thread. I hope it's okey that I write in english as mein deutch ist leider nicht sehr gut (ich kann aber deutch gut lesen).

                    I'm thrilled to read about the enhancements in this area! This enables ioBroker to become smart 🙂

                    However, I would not use the Alexa Skills as a great Taxonomy for how to implement the metadata in ioBroker. Alexa is great and very flexible, but it lacks a good structure. For example, it only specifies 15 different Device types (Skill Device Templates). Google Assistant is much better; they have currently 78 Devices types for smart home area. Apple HomeKit has 23 (Accessory types).

                    Have I understood the proposed structure correctly that the Device top level will be called "Alias" and an alias then has a "Function", and below this, it will have one or more "Roles/Types" and these have different "States"?

                    Could you share how those different levels map to the Taxonomy used by, for example Alexa and Google?

                    Something else I would suggest is to not focus too much on Alexa and Google but use as much as possible from the already standardized and open framework from OpenConnectivity Foundation, the OCF Specification. The latest release is from July this year. They have already a huge amount of Devices types specified, 54 types for smart home and another 127 for appliances and other IoT devices. For the next level, they call it "Resource Types", they have specified 169 types. Most of the big players are members of OCF. Have you guys already looked at this spec and if so, what is your opinion about it?

                    For my own benefit, I have put a table together with how I understand the used Taxonomy and how they map. I also counted all the standardized types they currently have officially documented. Please, let me know if I misunderstood something.

                    2020-10-19 00_10_41-Smart home APIs Google Alexa Homekit.xlsx - Taxonomy mapping.png

                    Many thanks for the impressive work with ioBroker and all of the adapters!

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                      Videonisse @Videonisse last edited by Videonisse

                      EDIT: I found an online tool showing all the device and resource types as well as enumerations: https://openconnectivityfoundation.github.io/devicemodels/docs/index.html

                      Here is the list of OCF Universal Device types (Source: OCF spec Annex A)

                      Device Category  / Device Type  / Normative
                      
                      Space Conditioning	
                      	Air Conditioner	oic.d.airconditioner
                      	Water Heater	oic.d.waterheater
                      	Furnace	oic.d.furnace
                      	Pump	oic.d.pump
                      	Fan	oic.d.fan
                      	Condensing Unit	oic.d.condensingunit
                      	Condenser	oic.d.condenser
                      	Humidifier	oic.d.humidifier
                      	Dehumidifier	oic.d.dehumidifier
                      	Thermostat	oic.d.thermostat
                      	HVAC	oic.d.hvac
                      	Air Purifier	oic.d.airpurifier
                      	Air Quality Monitor	oic.d.airqualitymonitor
                      
                      Lighting
                      	Lighting Controls	oic.d.lightingcontrol
                      	Light	oic.d.light
                      
                      Appliance
                      	Airer	oic.d.airer
                      	Dryer (Laundry)	oic.d.dryer
                      	"Washer (Laundry)"	oic.d.washer
                      	Clothes Washer Dryer	oic.d.washerdryer
                      	Dishwasher	oic.d.dishwasher
                      	Freezer	oic.d.freezer
                      	Ice Machine	oic.d.icemachine
                      	Indoor Garden	oic.d.indoorgarden
                      	Mattress	oic.d.mattress
                      	Oven	oic.d.oven
                      	Range	oic.d.range
                      	Refrigerator	oic.d.refrigerator
                      	Water Heater	oic.d.waterheater
                      	Water Purifier	oic.d.waterpurifier
                      	Cooker Hood	oic.d.cookerhood
                      	Cooktop	oic.d.cooktop
                      	Steam Closet	oic.d.steamcloset
                      
                      Electronics
                      	Audio System	oic.d.audiosystem
                      	AV Player	oic.d.avplayer
                      	Camera	oic.d.camera
                      	Desktop PC	oic.d.desktoppc
                      	Notebook PC	oic.d.notebookpc
                      	Server	oic.d.server
                      	Computer	oic.d.pc
                      	Data Storage Unit	oic.d.datastorageunit
                      	Display	oic.d.display
                      	Portable Electronics	oic.d.portableelectronics
                      	Game Console	oic.d.gameconsole
                      	3D Printer	oic.d.3dprinter
                      	Printer	oic.d.printer
                      	Printer Multi- Function	oic.d.multifunctionprinter
                      	Scanner	oic.d.scanner
                      	Musical Instrument	oic.d.musicalinstrument
                      	Networking Equipment	oic.d.networking
                      	Handset	oic.d.handset
                      	Receiver	oic.d.receiver
                      	Set Top Box	oic.d.stb
                      	Telephony	oic.d.telephonydevice
                      	Television	oic.d.tv
                      	Active Speaker	oic.d.speaker
                      	Electronics	oic.d.smallelectrical
                      
                      Miscellaneous
                      	Air Compressor	oic.d.aircompressor
                      	Bathroom General	oic.d.bathroomdevice
                      	Battery Charger	oic.d.batterycharger
                      	Business Equipment	oic.d.businessequipment
                      	Robot Cleaner	oic.d.robotcleaner
                      	Portable Stove	oic.d.portablestove
                      	Exercise Machine	oic.d.exercisemachine
                      	Portable HVAC	oic.d.hvacportable
                      	Optical augmented RFID Reader	oic.d.orfid
                      	Coffee Machine	oic.d.coffeemachine
                      	Food Probe	oic.d.foodprobe
                      	Grinder	oic.d.grinder
                      	Kettle	oic.d.kettle
                      	Decorative Lighting	oic.d.lightdecorative
                      	Emergency Lighting	oic.d.lightemergency
                      	Microwave Oven	oic.d.microwave
                      	Vending Machine	oic.d.vendingmachine
                      	Water Dispenser	oic.d.waterdispenser
                      	Battery	oic.d.battery
                      
                      Infrastructure	
                      	Water Valve	oic.d.watervalve
                      	Blind	oic.d.blind
                      	Door	oic.d.door
                      	Garage Door	oic.d.garagedoor
                      	Smart Lock	oic.d.smartlock
                      	Window	oic.d.window
                      	Fireplace	oic.d.fireplace
                      	Pump	oic.d.pump
                      	Energy Generator	oic.d.energygenerator
                      	Smart Plug	oic.d.smartplug
                      	Arc Fault Circuit Interrupter	oic.d.afci
                      	Circuit Breaker	oic.d.circuitbreaker
                      	Ground Fault Circuit Interrupter	oic.d.gfci
                      	Inverter	oic.d.inverter
                      	PV Array System	oic.d.pvarraysystem
                      	Switch	oic.d.switch
                      	Security Panel	oic.d.securitypanel
                      	Generic Sensor	oic.d.sensor
                      	Electric Meter	oic.d.electricmeter
                      	Energy Monitor	oic.d.energymonitor
                      
                      Transportation	
                      	Electric Vehicle Charger	oic.d.electricvehiclecharger
                      
                      Fitness	
                      	Fitness Device	oic.d.fitnessdevice
                      	Activity Tracker	oic.d.activitytracker
                      	Blood Pressure Monitor	oic.d.bloodpressuremonitor
                      	Body Thermometer	oic.d.bodythermometer
                      	Cycling Power Meter	oic.d.cyclingpowermeter
                      	Cycling Speed Sensor	oic.d.cyclingspeedsensor
                      	Cycling Cadence Sensor	oic.d.cyclingcadencesensor
                      	Heart Rate Monitor	oic.d.heartratemonitor
                      	Muscle Oxygen Monitor	oic.d.muscleoxygenmonitor
                      
                      Medical	
                      	Blood Pressure Monitor	oic.d.bloodpressuremonitor
                      	Body Scale	oic.d.bodyscale
                      	Body Thermometer	oic.d.bodythermometer
                      	CGM	oic.d.cgm
                      	Glucose Meter	oic.d.glucosemeter
                      	Heart Rate Monitor	oic.d.heartratemonitor
                      	Medical Device	oic.d.medicaldevice
                      	Pulse Oximeter	oic.d.pulseoximeter
                      	Sleep Monitor	oic.d.sleepmonitor
                      
                      Personal Health
                      	Activity Tracker	oic.d.activitytracker
                      	Blood Pressure Monitor	oic.d.bloodpressuremonitor
                      	Body Composition Analyser	oic.d.bodycompositionanalys er
                      	Body Scale	oic.d.bodyscale
                      	Body Thermometer	oic.d.bodythermometer
                      	CGM	oic.d.cgm
                      	Glucose Meter	oic.d.glucosemeter
                      	Heart Rate Monitor	oic.d.heartratemonitor
                      	Personal Health Device	oic.d.personalhealthdevice
                      	Pulse Oximeter	oic.d.pulseoximeter
                      	Sleep Monitor	oic.d.sleepmonitor
                      
                      Other		oic.d.unknown
                      	Access Management Service	oic.d.ams
                      	Credential Management Service	oic.d.cms
                      	Device Ownership Transfer Service	oic.d.dots
                      

                      And a list with the 169 Resource Type definitions

                      Friendly Name (informative)	Resource Type (rt)
                      3D Printer	oic.r.printer.3d
                      Acceleration Sensor	oic.r.sensor.acceleration
                      Activity	oic.r.activity
                      Activity Count	oic.r.sensor.activity.count
                      Activity Tracker Atomic Measurement	oic.r.activitytracker-am
                      Air Flow	oic.r.airflow
                      Air Flow Control	oic.r.airflowcontrol
                      Air Quality	oic.r.airquality
                      Air Quality Collection	oic.r.airqualitycollection
                      Alarm	oic.r.alarm
                      Altimeter	oic.r.altimeter
                      Atmospheric Pressure	oic.r.sensor.atmosphericpressure
                      Audio Controls	oic.r.audio
                      Auto Focus	oic.r.autofocus
                      Automatic Document Feeder	oic.r.automaticdocumentfeeder
                      Auto White Balance	oic.r.colour.autowhitebalance
                      Battery	oic.r.energy.battery
                      Battery Material	oic.r.batterymaterial
                      Body Composition Analyser Atomic Measurement	oic.r.bodycompositionanalyser-am
                      Binary switch	oic.r.switch.binary
                      Blood Pressure	oic.r.blood.pressure
                      Blood Pressure Monitor Atomic Measurement	oic.r.bloodpressuremonitor-am
                      BMI	oic.r.bmi
                      Body Fat	oic.r.body.fat
                      Body Fat Free Mass	oic.r.body.ffm
                      Body Location Temperature	oic.r.body.location.temperature
                      Body Scale Atomic Measurement	oic.r.body.scale-am
                      Body Soft Lean Mass	oic.r.body.slm
                      Body Thermometer Atomic Measurement	oic.r.bodythermometer-am
                      Body Water	oic.r.body.water
                      Brewing	oic.r.brewing
                      Brightness	oic.r.light.brightness
                      Button Switch	oic.r.button
                      Cadence	oic.r.cadence
                      Calibrate for Continuous Glucose Meter (CGM)	oic.r.cgm.calibrate
                      Calorific Value	oic.r.calorificvalue
                      Carbon Dioxide Sensor	oic.r.sensor.carbondioxide
                      Carbon Monoxide Sensor	oic.r.sensor.carbonmonoxide
                      Circuit Breaker (IEC 61850)	oic.r.circuitbreaker
                      Clock	oic.r.clock
                      Colour Chroma	oic.r.colour.chroma
                      Colour Hue Saturation	oic.r.colour.hs
                      Colour RGB	oic.r.colour.rgb
                      Colour Saturation	oic.r.colour.saturation
                      Colour Space Coordinates	oic.r.colour.csc
                      Colour Temperature	oic.r.colour.colourtemperature
                      Consumable	oic.r.consumable
                      Consumable Collection	oic.r.consumablecollection
                      Contact Sensor	oic.r.sensor.contact
                      Continuous Glucose Meter (CGM) Atomic Measurement	oic.r.cgm-am
                      Conversion Factor	oic.r.conversionfactor
                      Cycling Power	oic.r.cyclingpower
                      Delay Defrost	oic.r.delaydefrost
                      Demand Response Load Control (DRLC)	oic.r.energy.drlc
                      Deodorization	oic.r.deodorization
                      Device Settings - Accessibility	oic.r.settings.accessibility
                      Device Settings - Broadcasting	oic.r.settings.broadcasting
                      Device Settings - Picture	oic.r.settings.picture
                      Device Settings - Sound	oic.r.settings.sound
                      Device Settings - Support	oic.r.settings.support
                      Device Settings - System	oic.r.settings.system
                      Dimming	oic.r.light.dimming
                      Door	oic.r.door
                      Ecomode	oic.r.ecomode
                      Electric Vehicle Connector	oic.r.vehicle.connector
                      Electrical Energy	oic.r.energy.electrical
                      Energy Consumption	oic.r.energy.consumption
                      Energy Generation	oic.r.energy.generation
                      Energy Overload/Circuit Breaker	oic.r.energy.overload
                      Energy Usage	oic.r.energy.usage
                      Gas Consumption	oic.r.gas.consumption
                      Gas Usage	oic.r.gas.usage
                      Fault Interrupter Switch	oic.r.switch.fault
                      Foaming	oic.r.foaming
                      Generic Sensor	oic.r.sensor
                      Geolocation Sensor	oic.r.sensor.geolocation
                      Glass Break Sensor	oic.r.sensor.glassbreak
                      Glucose	oic.r.glucose
                      Glucose Meter Complex Carbohydrates	oic.r.glucose.carb
                      Glucose Meter Exercise	oic.r.glucose.exercise
                      Glucose Meter HbA1c	oic.r.glucose.hba1c
                      Glucose Meter Context Health	oic.r.glucose.health
                      Glucose Meter Context Meal	oic.r.glucose.meal
                      Glucose Meter Context Medication	oic.r.glucose.medication
                      Glucose Meter Atomic Measurement	oic.r.glucosemeter-am
                      Glucose Meter Context Sample Location	oic.r.glucose.samplelocation
                      Glucose Meter Context Tester	oic.r.glucose.tester
                      Grinder	oic.r.grinder
                      HVAC Capacity	
                      Oic.r.hvac.capacity	6.157
                      Heart Rate	oic.r.heartrate
                      Heart Rate Monitor Atomic Measurement Representation	oic.r.heartratemonitor-am
                      Heart Rate Zone Sensor	oic.r.sensor.heart.zone
                      Heating Zone	oic.r.heatingzone
                      Heating Zone Collection	oic.r.heatingzonecollection
                      Height	oic.r.height
                      Humidity	oic.r.humidity
                      IAS Zone Info	oic.r.iaszoneinfo
                      IAS Zone Collection	oic.r.iaszone
                      Icemaker	oic.r.icemaker
                      Illuminance Sensor	oic.r.sensor.illuminance
                      Impact Sensor	oic.r.impactsensor
                      Inverter (IEC 61850)	oic.r.inverter
                      KeyCard Switch	oic.r.keycardswitch
                      Keypad Character	oic.r.keypadchar
                      Liquid Level	oic.r.liquid.level
                      Lock	oic.r.lock.status
                      Lock Code	oic.r.lock.code
                      Magnetic Field Direction	oic.r.sensor.magneticfielddirection
                      Media	oic.r.media
                      Media Audio	oic.r.media.audio
                      Media Core	oic.r.media.core
                      Media Image	oic.r.media.image
                      Media Source	oic.r.mediasource
                      Media Source List	oic.r.mediasourcelist
                      Media Source Input	oic.r.media.input
                      Media Source Output	oic.r.media.output
                      Media Text	oic.r.media.text
                      Media Video	oic.r.media.video
                      Mode	oic.r.mode
                      Movement	oic.r.movement.linear
                      Motion Sensor	oic.r.sensor.motion
                      Muscle Oxygen Saturation	oic.r.muscleoxygensaturation
                      Night Mode	oic.r.nightmode
                      Opaque Data	oic.r.opaquedata
                      Open Level	oic.r.openlevel
                      Operational State	oic.r.operational.state
                      Optical RFID Station	oic.r.orfid.station
                      Optical RFID Tag	oic.r.orfid.tag
                      Pan Tilt Zoom Movement	oic.r.ptz
                      Power Source	oic.r.powersource
                      Presence Sensor	oic.r.sensor.presence
                      Print Queue	oic.r.printer.queue
                      Pulsatile Characteristic for Pulse Oximeter	oic.r.pulsatilecharacteristic
                      Pulsatile Occurrence for Pulse Oximeter	oic.r.pulsatileoccurrence
                      Pulse Oximeter Atomic Measurement Representation	oic.r.pulseoximeter-am
                      Pulse Rate	oic.r.pulserate
                      PV array system connection terminal (IEC 61850)	oic.r pvconnectionterminal
                      Ramp Time	oic.r.light.ramptime
                      Refrigeration	oic.r.refrigeration
                      Restricted Switch	oic.r.switch.restricted
                      Sampling Interface for Continuous Glucose Meter (CGM)	oic.r.cgm.samplinginterval
                      Selectable Levels	oic.r.selectablelevels
                      Sensor for Continuous Glucose Meter (CGM)	oic.r.cgm.sensor
                      Sensor Properties	oic.r.sensor.props
                      Signal Strength	oic.r.signalstrength
                      Sleep	oic.r.sleep
                      Sleep Monitor Atomic Measurement Batch Representation	oic.r.sleepmonitor-am
                      Sleep Sensor	oic.r.sensor.sleep
                      Smoke Sensor	oic.r.sensor.smoke
                      Speech Synthesis	oic.r.speech.tts
                      Speed	oic.r.speed
                      SpO2 for Pulse Oximeter	oic.r.spo2
                      Status for Continuous Glucose Meter (CGM)	oic.r.cgm.status
                      Temperature	oic.r.temperature
                      Three Axis Sensor	oic.r.sensor.threeaxis
                      Threshold for Continuous Glucose Meter (CGM)	oic.r.cgm.threshold
                      Time Period	oic.r.time.period
                      Time Stamp	oic.r.time.stamp
                      Torque	oic.r.torque
                      Touch Sensor	oic.r.sensor.touch
                      UV Radiation	oic.r.sensor.radiation.uv
                      User ID	oic.r.userid
                      User Info for Application Layer	oic.r.userinfo
                      Value Conditional	oic.r.value.conditional
                      Water Info	oic.r.waterinfo
                      Water Sensor	oic.r.sensor.water
                      Weight	oic.r.weight
                      Window Covering	oic.r.windowcovering
                      
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                      • da_Woody
                        da_Woody @kubi last edited by

                        @kubi said in Devices, Alias, Assistenten + Visualisierungen + die Zukunft:

                        Ich habe mal eine Frage zum Adapter Devices, wie kann ich selbst Aliase zusätzlich anlegen ?

                        Alias anlegen

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                        • Garfonso
                          Garfonso Developer @Videonisse last edited by

                          @Videonisse said in Devices, Alias, Assistenten + Visualisierungen + die Zukunft:

                          Have I understood the proposed structure correctly that the Device top level will be called "Alias" and an alias then has a "Function", and below this, it will have one or more "Roles/Types" and these have different "States"?

                          That is not how I understood it. It is more flexible and linked to the ioBroker way to do things. Currently all aliases have an ID that starts with alias.0. That probalby will stay that way.
                          The proposed device templates are a thing of an object of type "device", i.e. it describes one physical / logical device. The devices in ioBroker usually have multiple states (which can be sensor readings or ways to control the device). Currently this is all very loose and very different for different device types / manufacturers. The idea of the device templates is to have, as an attribute of the device itself, a list of possible "functions" that such a device can have and with that create a mapping from function to existing states in ioBroker. So that an adapter that creates a visualisation or device for alexa / google home or similar can determine from the device object which states to use to control the device.

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                            Videonisse @Garfonso last edited by Videonisse

                            Isn't "Device templates" and (partly) "Alias" just a technical way how to implement the standardized metadata for a Device into ioBroker? I'm not a developer so I don't fully understand what's the best way forward on the technical level. But what I try to understand is the needs of the standardized data; What data and How will this be structured. I'm not sure what has been decided upon already and if the team still wants some feedback. What is the status?

                            Currently several of mine Adapters has structured the ioBroker Objects into "Devices" and "Channels". Devices and channels can also be tagged with metadata "Roles" and "Functions". Also, the objects for "States" can/shall be tagged with those. So already, a lot of the technical structure is implemented.

                            As I understand it, currently both Roles and Functions, however, lack details of which group of states that are mandatory as well as are optional to represent, for example, a Light. If this was standardized on all three levels; Device, Channel and State, it should be much easier to programmatically interact with other adapters for automation and visualisation.

                            An important question must be how to standardize all of those possible Device types and the required data they must include as well as suggested additional Objects/States they may have and in which formats. To use a common Taxonomy and have agreed on a Semantic model should be very important. A lot of work is already invested in the ecosystems from Amazon Alexa, Apple HomeKit and Google Assistant and of course, it's a good idea to copy as much as possible from them. But as they are not complete, I think it would be even more important to use a more open and standardized data model to achieve Semantic interoperability. So far I can see, the most advanced and promising model for the Smart Home is today what OpenConnectivity Foundation can offer as part of their OCF Specification. Of course, if the Working Group Project Connected Home over IP would publish a Semantic specification it would perhaps be even greater, or? But if and when this will happen is hard to tell.

                            Regarding Semantic model, here is some example from the OCF spec of Device Types and Resource Types respectively:

                            2020-10-20 12_53_12-OCF Device Type overview - Example Required Resources.png
                            Source: https://openconnectivityfoundation.github.io/devicemodels/docs/index.html

                            2020-10-20 13_11_27-OCF_Resource_Type_Specification_v2.2.0.pdf - Example Light Dimming.png
                            Source: OCF Spec v.2.2.0 Resource Types

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                            • Garfonso
                              Garfonso Developer @Videonisse last edited by

                              @Videonisse said in Devices, Alias, Assistenten + Visualisierungen + die Zukunft:

                              As I understand it, currently both Roles and Functions, however, lack details of which group of states that are mandatory as well as are optional to represent, for example, a Light. If this was standardized on all three levels; Device, Channel and State, it should be much easier to programmatically interact with other adapters for automation and visualisation.

                              That is exactly the current situation, we have states in some structure of devices and channels associated with roles and they have types and flags of read/write. From all this the type-detector tries to derive a device type. This is quite brittle.
                              So I understood the proposal to add a description of the device to the device object meta data where a developer can define a device type for the device in question and which states of the device offer which functionality of the device type. So the device-object would describe which device type it is and how to control it / read data from it.

                              Of course those device templates need to be defined, collected and described somewhere. From what I understood, when there is talk about Alexa devices or Google home, then that is not exclusive but a "base set" of devices that should be somehow supported (because integration of those services currently is an important freature for iobroker). If there are definitions of device templates that are a superset of those, then it might be worth having a look.

                              From what I understood this still is a proposal and has not been decided upon (but I could be wrong there).

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                                Videonisse @Garfonso last edited by

                                (feel free to write in German, this is still the Deutsche Abteilung 🙂 )

                                I believe that the proposed Device Templates are similar to what OCF has defined with their Device Types and the mandatory, as well as optional, Resource Types. For example, the Device Type Light that has 1 mandatory and 5 optional Resource Types. Each of them has a machine-readable template available.

                                Would be interesting to hear if @apollon77, or the other core developers, thinks this is something interesting for ioBroker or a plan is already set?

                                Example

                                {
                                     "devicename": "Light",
                                     "devicetype": "oic.d.light",
                                     "vertical":   "Smart Home",
                                     "resources": [
                                       {"resourcetypetitle": "Binary Switch", "resourcetypeid": "oic.r.switch.binary"}
                                     ],
                                     "recommendedresources": [
                                       {"resourcetypetitle": "Colour Hue Saturation", "resourcetypeid": "oic.r.colour.hs"},
                                       {"resourcetypetitle": "Colour Space Co-ordinates", "resourcetypeid": "oic.r.colour.csc"},
                                       {"resourcetypetitle": "Colour Temperature", "resourcetypeid": "oic.r.colour.colourtemperature"},
                                       {"resourcetypetitle": "Dimming", "resourcetypeid": "oic.r.light.dimming"},
                                       {"resourcetypetitle": "Ramp Time", "resourcetypeid": "oic.r.light.ramptime"}
                                     ]
                                   }
                                

                                Source: https://github.com/openconnectivityfoundation/devicemodels/blob/master/oic.devicemap-content.json

                                Example oic.r.light.dimming:

                                {
                                  "swagger": "2.0",
                                  "info": {
                                    "title": "Dimming",
                                    "version": "2019-02-15",
                                    "license": {
                                      "name": "OCF Data Model License",
                                      "url": "https://github.com/openconnectivityfoundation/core/blob/e28a9e0a92e17042ba3e83661e4c0fbce8bdc4ba/LICENSE.md",
                                      "x-copyright": "copyright 2016-2017, 2019 Open Connectivity Foundation, Inc. All rights reserved."
                                    },
                                    "termsOfService": "https://openconnectivityfoundation.github.io/core/DISCLAIMER.md"
                                  },
                                  "schemes": ["http"],
                                  "consumes": ["application/json"],
                                  "produces": ["application/json"],
                                  "paths": {
                                    "/DimmingResURI" : {
                                      "get": {
                                        "description": "This Resource describes a dimming function.\nThe Property \"dimmingSetting\" is an integer showing the current dimming level.\nIf Property \"step\" is present then it represents the increment between dimmer values.\nWhen the Property \"range\" is omitted, then the range is [0,100].\nA value of 0 means total dimming; a value of 100 means no dimming.",
                                        "parameters": [
                                          {"$ref": "#/parameters/interface"}
                                        ],
                                        "responses": {
                                            "200": {
                                              "description" : "",
                                              "x-example":
                                                {
                                                  "rt": ["oic.r.light.dimming"],
                                                  "if": ["oic.if.a", "oic.if.baseline"],
                                                  "dimmingSetting": 30,
                                                  "step": 5,
                                                  "range": [0, 100]
                                                },
                                              "schema": { "$ref": "#/definitions/Dimming" }
                                            }
                                        }
                                      },
                                      "post": {
                                        "description": "Sets the desired dimming level.\n",
                                        "parameters": [
                                          {"$ref": "#/parameters/interface"},
                                          {
                                            "name": "body",
                                            "in": "body",
                                            "required": true,
                                            "schema": { "$ref": "#/definitions/Dimming" },
                                            "x-example":
                                              {
                                                "dimmingSetting": 40
                                              }
                                          }
                                        ],
                                        "responses": {
                                            "200": {
                                              "description" : "Indicates that the dimming was changed.\nThe new dimming level is provided in the response.\n",
                                              "x-example":
                                                {
                                                  "dimmingSetting": 40
                                                },
                                              "schema": { "$ref": "#/definitions/Dimming" }
                                            },
                                            "403": {
                                              "description": "This response is generated by the OCF Server when the client sends:\n  An update with an out of range property value for dimmingSetting.\nThe server responds with the current resource representation.\n",
                                              "x-example":
                                                {
                                                  "dimmingSetting": 40
                                                },
                                              "schema": { "$ref": "#/definitions/Dimming" }
                                            }
                                        }
                                      }
                                    }
                                  },
                                  "parameters": {
                                    "interface": {
                                      "in": "query",
                                      "name": "if",
                                      "type": "string",
                                      "enum": ["oic.if.a", "oic.if.baseline"]
                                    }
                                  },
                                  "definitions": {
                                    "Dimming" : {
                                      "properties": {
                                        "rt": {
                                          "description": "The Resource Type.",
                                          "items": {
                                            "enum": ["oic.r.light.dimming"],
                                            "maxLength": 64,
                                            "type": "string"
                                          },
                                          "minItems": 1,
                                          "uniqueItems": true,
                                          "readOnly": true,
                                          "type": "array"
                                        },
                                        "dimmingSetting": {
                                          "description": "The current dimming value.",
                                          "type": "integer"
                                        },
                                        "n": {
                                            "$ref": "https://openconnectivityfoundation.github.io/core/schemas/oic.common.properties.core-schema.json#/definitions/n"
                                        },
                                        "id": {
                                            "$ref": "https://openconnectivityfoundation.github.io/core/schemas/oic.common.properties.core-schema.json#/definitions/id"
                                        },
                                        "range": {
                                            "$ref": "https://openconnectivityfoundation.github.io/IoTDataModels/schemas/oic.baseresource.properties-schema.json#/definitions/range_integer"
                                        },
                                        "step": {
                                            "$ref": "https://openconnectivityfoundation.github.io/IoTDataModels/schemas/oic.baseresource.properties-schema.json#/definitions/step_integer"
                                        },
                                        "if": {
                                          "description": "The OCF Interface set supported by this Resource.",
                                          "items": {
                                            "enum": [
                                              "oic.if.a",
                                              "oic.if.baseline"
                                            ],
                                            "type": "string"
                                          },
                                          "minItems": 2,
                                          "uniqueItems": true,
                                          "readOnly": true,
                                          "type": "array"
                                        }
                                      },
                                      "type": "object",
                                      "required": ["dimmingSetting"]
                                    }
                                  }
                                }
                                

                                Source: https://openconnectivityfoundation.github.io/IoTDataModels/DimmingResURI.swagger.json

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                                  bungee71 @apollon77 last edited by bungee71

                                  @apollon77
                                  Hallo, ich habe Anfang Dezember 2020 mit ioBroker begonnen und seit dem einiges getestet. Den Ansatz mit den Alias finde ich sehr gut, ähnlich einer Variablentabelle, allerdings habe ich noch einige Lücken im Verständnis der Philisophie des Adapters. 😕
                                  Soweit ich es bisher Verstanden habe erstellt man unter "Geräte" ein Alias Gerät (Geräte denen ich vorher schon Raum und Funktion zugeordnet hatte erscheinen automatisch in der Liste - allerdings nicht als Alias - was hat es damit auf sich wie sieht der Use case aus ?) hierbei kann man sich einen vorgefertigen Typ aussuchen.
                                  neuesGeraet.png
                                  Wenn man das neue Alias Gerät editiert sieht man, dass es eine vorgefertigte Struktur hat - welche sicherlich von dem zuvor gewaehlten Typ kommt.
                                  GeraetBearbeiten.png
                                  Leider kann man in diesem Fenster nur die Quellen zu den einzelnen Tags/Members editieren, die Struktur selbst lässt sich hier nicht ändern genauso wie andere Parameter wie z.B. eine Konvertierung des Wertes.
                                  Anpassungen der Struktur (Member hinzufügen) konnte ich nur unter Objekte durchführen und dort auch nur mit manuellen Anpassungen z.B. um diesen Fehler beim Anlagen eines neuen Datenpunkt unter dem Gerät zu lösen
                                  FehlerNeuerAliasDatenpunkt.png
                                  erst wenn man den alias Parameter einfügt wird der Datenpunkt erkannt.
                                  Parameter.png

                                  Legt man nun auf diese Weise mehrere Datenpunkte an funktionieren Sie in Objekte unter alias.0 auch wunderbar. Wenn man aber jetzt ein Geräte das entsprechende Gerät editiert sind die neuen Member zwar in dargestellt aber alle sind "scheinbar" mit der gleichen Quelle verbunden --> Darstellungsproblem ?
                                  gleicheQuelle.png
                                  wie gesagt die Datenpunkte funktionieren.

                                  Ok jetzt zu meinem Problem bzw. Verbesserungsvorschlag.
                                  Die Vorgegebenen Typen finde ich gut jedoch sehe ich hier den generischen Ansatz als problematisch. Z.B. passt der Typ Jalousie von der Struktur her nicht zu meinen HomePilot20 RademacherGeräten. So wie ich das bis jetzt verstanden habe werden diese Typen Entwicklerseitig zur Verfügung gestellt ? Was im Grunde sehr gut ist da so eine gewisse Standardisierung rein kommt.

                                  1. Vorschlag:
                                    Der Adapterhersteller z.B. hier Homepilot20 liefert den GeräteTyp mit - er weiss am besten wie dieser auszusehen hat.

                                  2. Vorschlag:
                                    Der User sollte seine eigenen Typen erstellen können evtl. in einem Editor. In dem Editor können auch die Systemseitig gelieferten Typen dargestellt und verwaltet werden. Ich denke da an ein Typ --> Instanz Konzept. Das Gerät arbeitet nur mit der Instanz somit haben ich die Möglichkeit zentral den Typ zu editieren (single point of change)

                                  Die Verknüpfung der Quellen mit den einzelnen Member des Gerätes muss mit jedem neuen Gerät (für jeden Member) auch neu durchgeführt werden. Man kann es etwas schneller gestalten indem man das Gerät unter Objekte als JSON exportiert und nach Anpassung wieder importiert, ist aber alles nicht sehr effektiv.
                                  Beispiel: Ich habe 10 Rollos vom gleichen Hersteller somit haben alle die selbe Struktur
                                  Rollos.png
                                  und ein möglicher Typ "Rademacher_Rollo" hat die Parameter des Gerät ("Position"; "Action"; etc ) schon vorverbunden da diese ja bekannt sind, Somit muss ich nach anlegen eines neuen Gerätes nur noch den richtigen Pfad auswählen. Pfad.png

                                  1. Vorschlag: Zweistufige Projektierung
                                    Stufe Eins:
                                    Zuordnen eines GeräteTyp (oder User Defined Datatyp UDT) zu dem neu erstellten Alias Gerät.
                                    Stufe Zwei:
                                    Verschalten des Alias Gerät mit dem Pfad des realen Geräts.

                                  Vorteil ist ich muss nur noch eine Verbindung herstellen und nicht jeden einzelnen Member einzeln verbinden. Diese spart sehr viel Zeit und ist weniger Fehleranfällig.

                                  Ich hoffe ich habe es einigermaßen nachvollziehbar ausgedrückt sonst bitte einfach nachfragen. Gerne kann ich das auch in Github eintragen, möchte aber erst mal ein gemeinsames Verständnis und Wording finden.

                                  Gruß Bungee

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                                    Messiahs @bungee71 last edited by Messiahs

                                    Einfach mal über den Tellerrand geschaut:
                                    Habt Ihr mittlerweile eine Roadmap zu diesem Thema oder zumindest eine allgemeine Roadmap 2021 für uns ?

                                    Gefühlt wurde in letzter Zeit viel am "Haus" gestrichen und auch das Dach mit einer Solaranlage ausgestattet ("Alexa Custom Skill") und sogar eine neue Dachterrasse geplant ("Text Kommandos für Alexa" ,... ) .
                                    Aber gefühlt ist erstmal die Sanierung des Kellers notwendig, sonst bricht in den nächsten Jahren das Haus zusammen.

                                    Neue Anforderungen/UserStorys bzgl. Alexa-Unterstützung machen zurzeit keinen Sinn (wg. ausstehendem Update auf V3-AlexaApi).
                                    Selbst für simple Grundfunktionen fehlt anscheinend das Grundgerüst (Temperatur_Steuerung/_Sensor über Alexa-App, Rolladensteuerung, usw. ).

                                    Das Basement bzgl. V3-AlexaApi sollte man schnellstens mit hoher Priorität angehen.

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                                      apollon77 @Messiahs last edited by

                                      @messiahs Hi, das Thema steht immer noch auf der Roadmap. Dein Vergleich mischt ein bissl ziemlich verschiedene Dinge. Der Custom SKill existiert seid über 2 Jahren quasi "ungeändert" und textCommands in Alexa2 ist ein Adapter Feature.

                                      Aber ja, dieses Thema steht recht weit oben auf der Todo Liste ... so wie Zeit ist

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                                        mlengen @apollon77 last edited by mlengen

                                        @apollon77 Besteht den die Chance das dieses Jahr Zeit dafür ist?
                                        Ohne Unterstützung der V3-Api fehlt einfach ein essenzieller Bestandteil bei Alexa.

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                                          apollon77 @mlengen last edited by

                                          @mlengen Ich hoffe ja ... Das Jahr ist ja noch Jung und der controller 3.2 dann auch bald fertig 🙂

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                                            Videonisse last edited by

                                            I added an Issue as a Feature Request for the Devices Adapter regarding enhancements in the GUI. It relates to this topic as well. I hope that the GUI for Devices, in the long run, will be as great as the rest of ioBroker. You guys are doing an amazing job with js 3.2.x and the maturity of the core features! 🙂

                                            Are the suggestions useful?

                                            https://github.com/ioBroker/ioBroker.devices/issues/55

                                            Videonisse created this issue in ioBroker/ioBroker.devices

                                            closed A more flexible GUI #55

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