openHAB

openHAB: send Android Timer Alarm

To send a status update to openhab if the timer alarm is going off on the android phone we need some tools. First we need the openhab app installed and configured with the tasker plugin enabled Second we need tasker Third we need Automate to read notifications and, create a little logic. Automate Flow (OnePlus tested) I will explain the… Read more →

openHAB 3: conditionally log Items

I want to skip the logging for some items like Spotify track progress (which updates every second) so that the logs are not polluted. Since openHAB version 3 log4j2 is used as logging framework and the log4j2.xml has to be used to configure logging. We can use a RegexFilter to configure such behaviour. How to The RegexFilter allows the formatted… Read more →