en Departures
The "Departures" tab manages stops for which departure data is retrieved. It consists of a stop overview (left) and a configuration panel (right).
The left side shows all configured stops in a list. Each entry displays the stop name (or custom name) and whether it is active.
Click "Add stop" to open the station search dialog:
- Minimum characters: 2 characters must be entered before the search triggers
- The search uses the currently configured transport service
- Results show the name and ID of matching stops
- Clicking a stop selects it and closes the dialog
Note: If a stop that is already in the list is selected, it will not be added again.
Each stop has a delete button. A confirmation dialog appears before deletion. All associated ioBroker datapoints under Stations.{stationId} are recursively deleted together with the stop.
Clicking a stop in the overview activates the configuration panel on the right. All fields can only be edited when the adapter is running (green status).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Type | Text field (read-only) |
| Source | automatically from station search |
Unique ID of the stop in the respective transport service (e.g. 900350163). Filled automatically, cannot be changed.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Type | Text field (read-only) |
| Source | API response during station search |
Official name of the stop according to the API (e.g. Berlin Hbf). Filled automatically.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Type | Text field |
| Default | same as station name |
Optional display name for the stop in ioBroker. Pre-filled with the station name on creation. Useful for better identification (e.g. Bus_Stop_Work).
This name is not used as the datapoint path — the path always uses the station ID.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Type | Toggle (on/off) |
| Default |
on (active) |
Enables or disables querying this stop. Disabled stops are skipped during the next polling cycle. Datapoints are retained.
When disabled, the product selector is also greyed out.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Type | Toggle (on/off) |
| Default | off |
Creates an additional channel of type timetable with all datapoints required for NSPanel Lovelace UI. Requires the NSPanel Lovelace UI adapter.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Type | Number input |
| Default |
10 (on creation), display fallback: 3 if unset |
| Minimum | 1 |
| Maximum | 50 |
Number of departures retrieved from the transport service and stored as datapoints. Determines the number of Departures_00 through Departures_NN objects.
The more departures configured, the more datapoints are created and updated each polling cycle.
Object count: Every departure gets its own channel with several states. Multiple stops with a high departure count raise the instance's object count accordingly — if the js-controller logs a warning about too many objects, raise the limit via the Object Count Warning Limit.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Type | Number input |
| Default | 0 |
| Minimum | 0 |
| Unit | minutes |
Defines from which future point in time departures are retrieved. At 0, departures are shown from now. At 5, only departures leaving in at least 5 minutes are shown.
Use case: If a stop is 4 minutes away on foot, an offset of 4 hides departures that can no longer be caught.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Type | Number input |
| Default | 60 |
| Minimum | 1 |
| Maximum | 720 |
| Unit | minutes |
Time span over which departures are retrieved — counted from the start time determined by the time offset. With 60, the transport service returns the departures of the next hour.
Interaction with "Number of Departures": Both fields limit the result independently — whichever applies first wins. At busy stops the count limit is often reached after just a few minutes, so the time window is never fully used.
Note: At such stops a larger time window alone achieves nothing — the number of departures has to be raised as well, otherwise the count limit is reached before the end of the time window.
Below the stop fields is the product selector. It shows all transport modes available for the selected profile as checkboxes.
Important: Which products are shown depends on the configured profile. Each profile only shows transport modes relevant to that service.
Underlined products were reported by the API for this specific stop. They indicate which transport modes actually serve this stop.
Disabled products are filtered out during queries and not stored as datapoints.
| Key | Display name | Color |
|---|---|---|
express |
ICE/IC/EC | Red (#EC0016) |
nationalExpress |
ICE | Orange (#FF6F00) |
national |
IC/EC | Light orange (#FF8F00) |
regionalExpress |
RE | Light blue (#709EBF) |
regional |
RE/RB | Blue (#1455C0) |
suburban |
S-Bahn | Green (#008D4F) |
subway |
U-Bahn (Subway) | Dark blue (#0065AE) |
tram |
Tram | Red (#D5001C) |
bus |
Bus | Purple (#A5027D) |
ferry |
Ferry | Light blue (#0080C8) |
expressTrain |
ICE | Red (#EC0016) |
nationalTrain |
IC/EC/CNL/IR | Orange (#FF6F00) |
localTrain |
Local train | Blue (#1455C0) |
watercraft |
Boat/Ferry | Light blue (#0080C8) |
dialARide |
Dial-a-ride | Purple (#A5027D) |
interregional |
IR | Light orange (#FF8F00) |
onCall |
On-call service | Brown (#6D4C41) |
taxi |
Taxi | Yellow (#F9A825) |
sBahn |
S-Bahn | Green (#008D4F) |
uBahn |
U-Bahn (Subway) | Dark blue (#0065AE) |
longDistanceTrain |
IC/EC/CNL/IR | Orange (#FF6F00) |
regionaTrain |
RE/RB | Blue (#1455C0) |
regionalTrain |
RE/RB | Blue (#1455C0) |
ast |
Shared taxi (AST) | Purple (#A5027D) |
cableCar |
Cable car | Brown (#795548) |
The last seven keys belong to the RMV and VMT profiles, which use their own HAFAS product IDs (
s-bahn,u-bahn,long-distance-train,regiona-train,regional-train,cable-car).regionaTrainis not a typo but the actual product ID of the RMV profile.
Not all 25 transport modes are visible for every profile. The selector hides modes not supported by the chosen profile.
| Profile | Available products |
|---|---|
| VBB (hafas:vbb) | suburban, subway, tram, bus, ferry, express, regional |
| VBN (hafas:vbn) | expressTrain, nationalTrain, localTrain, suburban, bus, watercraft, subway, tram, dialARide |
| ÖBB (hafas:oebb) | nationalExpress, national, interregional, regional, suburban, bus, ferry, subway, tram, onCall |
| RMV (hafas:rmv) | expressTrain, longDistanceTrain, regionaTrain, sBahn, uBahn, tram, bus, watercraft, ast, cableCar |
| VMT (hafas:vmt) | longDistanceTrain, regionalTrain, tram, bus |
| Deutsche Bahn (vendo:db) — currently disabled | nationalExpress, national, regionalExpress, regional, suburban, bus, ferry, subway, tram, taxi |
| MOTIS/Transitous (motis:compat) | nationalExpress, national, regionalExpress, regional, suburban, bus, ferry, subway, tram |
- Configuration — Set profile and polling interval
- Datapoints — All datapoints of a stop in detail
- NSPanel Integration — Set up NSPanel channel
