Add UPB binding to OH2

[watou]

The UPB binding has been shown to work properly under openHAB 2 (by @DaAwesomeP). So it should be added.

See https://github.com/openhab/openhab2-addons/issues/1461

It can be configured with refresh (optional), port and network.

@cvanorman May I use your real name on the UPB binding in openHAB 2 (if so, what is it?), or would you prefer to have no author credit at all (the only two options)?

[cvanorman]

My full name is Chris Van Orman and, yes, you may use it.

[DaAwesomeP]

@cvanorman just want to thank you again for the binding. Today I successfully set up dummy links to control OH switch states that aren't actually devices.

[watou]

I have a branch ready to add the binding to OH2. Only thing left afaik is @cvanorman's preference on author attribution.

[DaAwesomeP]

@watou if the binding will be mapped to any "things," remeber that there are two types: devices and links.

Switch Link20 "Link 20" {upb="id=20 link=true"}
Dimmer Link17 "Link 17" {upb="id=17 link=true"}
Switch Device2 "Device 2" {upb="id=2"}
Dimmer Device12 "Device 12" {upb="id=12"}

[watou]

OK! Thanks Chris!

[watou]

No Things in OH1 bindings!

[DaAwesomeP]

Thank you!

[gmoneyman]

I am stuck. I decided to upgrade to OpenHab 2.0 because of the myopenhab change and the future with direct communication with Amazon Alexa.

I used the Openhabian image so I headless using Karaf which I am not that familiar. The problem is with the UPB binding or the new image communication with the USB port or the binding. The owfs.config is using /dev/ttyUSB0 and so is the upb.cfg file.
This is what the lsusb looks like:

[08:19:51] pi@openHABianPi:~$ sudo lsusb
[sudo] password for pi:
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 17dd:5500
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0424:ec00 Standard Microsystems Corp. SMSC9512/9514 Fast Ethernet Adapter
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0424:9514 Standard Microsystems Corp.
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub

I can get figure out where the logs are stored but I took a screen shot of the log.

Someone help……

[watou]

@gmoneyman: Do you see your device /dev/ttyUSB0 in a directory listing?

ls -l /dev

What are its ownership and permissions? Could you paste your upb.cfg file here exactly as it is on disk?

[gmoneyman]

No, it is not. The ttyS0 is there and I tried with that in my upb.cfg file and it did not work. [image: Inline image 1] The upb.cfg reads: port=/dev/ttyUSB0 network=17

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[DaAwesomeP]

This sounds related to my issue in #4814. I could not get the OH2 binding to see any configuration or connect to the right serial port, resulting in an error.

[watou]

Do you see your device /dev/ttyUSB0 in a directory listing? / No, it is not.

You must first make sure you have the device name for a working serial port on your machine that is connected to your hardware before the binding will be able to work with it. There might be other forums or maybe https://community.openhab.org that can help with that part.