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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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              • K
                kubi last edited by

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

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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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                                            mlengen last edited by mlengen

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