OpenHab2 - MQTT binding demo

This demo demonstrates how to use MQTT binding addon in OpenHAB2 installed into Orange Pi zero. The idea is very basic. A switch is created on default sitemap. When you turn on the switch, it sends "ON" message to Topic /office/light via MQTT broker that is installed on Orange Pi. When you turn off the switch, it sends "OFF" message to Topic /office/light.

Require

Openhab2

MQTT broker installed.

First, install MQTT binding via paperui

Define all the brokers which you want to connect to, in your services/mqtt.cfg file.

cd /etc/openhab2/services

sudo nano mqtt.cfg

The file as follow

#
# Define your MQTT broker connections here for use in the MQTT Binding or MQTT
# Persistence bundles. Replace <broker> with an ID you choose.
#

# URL to the MQTT broker, e.g. tcp://localhost:1883 or ssl://localhost:8883
mosquitto.url=tcp://localhost:1883

# Optional. Client id (max 23 chars) to use when connecting to the broker.
# If not provided a default one is generated.
mosquitto.clientId=lion

# Optional. User id to authenticate with the broker.
#<broker>.user=<user>

# Optional. Password to authenticate with the broker.
#<broker>.pwd=<password>

Define demo item in demo.items

Switch mySwitch {mqtt=">[mosquitto:/office/light:command:ON:1],>[mosquitto:/office/light:command:OFF:0]"}

Define sitemap

sitemap default label="My first sitemap"
{
    Switch item=mySwitch label="Office Light"

}

Show log file

Open terminal, then run:

tail -f /var/log/openhab2/openhab.log