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How to get Infos from Sonos-Binding for our binding [message #1770893]

Fri, 18 August 2017 09:08

Eclipse User

Hello,

we are developing a binding and are also using other bindings e.g. Sonos to interact with.

We can already trigger a function of other bindings via our triggerchannel and the rule-engine.

Now we need the otherway. We want to display e.g. the currently played title of sonos on our devices.

Is there any possibility to get these information? Maybe also via a triggerchannel?

Greetings
MP

Re: How to get Infos from Sonos-Binding for our binding [message #1771278 is a reply to message #1770893]

Wed, 23 August 2017 11:55

Eclipse User

Hello Markus,

bindings should never ever interact with each other directly!

The rule engine is a good way to achieve what you like to do. You can have an item displaying the current Sonos song title and a rule that reacts on state changes of that item. This rule can then change another item which is linked to your physical thing.

Regards,

Stefan

Re: How to get Infos from Sonos-Binding for our binding [message #1771328 is a reply to message #1771278]

Thu, 24 August 2017 02:46

Eclipse User

Hello Stefan,

yeah we already got this working with a rule. Our problem was that we wanted to configure the rules with the PaperUI but in this case the use is very limited. So we wrote our own rule in a textfile.

We also struggled to get the right syntax and the available commands for the rules. Is there a complete documentation for the rules?

Our way was to create different rules with HABmin and then study the created textfiles...

Regards
Markus

Re: How to get Infos from Sonos-Binding for our binding [message #1771337 is a reply to message #1771328]

Thu, 24 August 2017 03:56

Eclipse User

Hello Markus,

indeed the configuration of rules in PaperUI is very limited at the moment. But this is also due to the fact that it uses the "new" rule engine which is still work in progress. However it will be very powerful since it also supports scripting languages through JSR-223.

Since you are asking for documentation about the textual configuration of rules, this is the "old" rule engine, but its still supported and also will be supported because it will take a while until the "new" one is finished. You can find documentation about such rules on the openHAB website: http://docs.openhab.org/configuration/rules-dsl.html

Regards,

Stefan

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