Automower Binding

This is the binding for Husqvarna Automower a robotic lawn mowers (opens new window). This binding allows you to integrate, view and control Automower lawn mowers in the openHAB environment.

Supported Things

bridge: The bridge needs to be configured with credentials and an application key that allows communicating with the Automower Connect API

automower: A single Husqvarna Automower robot

All Husqvarna Automower models with "Automower Connect" should be supported. It was tested only with a Husqvarna Automower 430X and 450X.

Discovery

Once the bridge is created and configured, OpenHab will automatically discover all Automowers registered on your account.

Thing Configuration

bridge:

• appKey (mandatory): The Application Key is required to communicate with the Automower Connect API. It can be obtained by registering an Application on the Husqvarna Website (opens new window). This application also needs to be connected to the "Authentication API" and the "Automower Connect API" (opens new window)
• userName (mandatory): The user name for which the application key has been issued
• password (mandatory): The password for the given user
• pollingInterval (optional): How often the bridge state should be queried in seconds. Default is 1h (3600s)

Keep in mind that the status of the bridge should not be queried too often. According to the Husqvarna documentation not more than 10000 requests per month and application key are allowed. With the default value of 1h this would mean ~720 requests per month for the bridge state

automower:

• mowerId (mandatory): The Id of an automower as used by the Automower Connect Api to identify a mower. This is automatically filled when the thing is discovered
• pollingInterval (optional): How often the current automower state should be polled in seconds. Default is 10min (600s)

Keep in mind that the status of the Automowers should not be queried too often. According to the Husqvarna documentation, no more than 10000 requests per month and application key are allowed. With the default value of 10min this would mean ~4300 requests per month per single Automower

Channels

channel	type	access mode	description
mower-status#mode	String	R	The current mode (MAIN_AREA, SECONDARY_AREA, HOME, DEMO, UNKNOWN)
mower-status#activity	String	R	The current activity (UNKNOWN, NOT_APPLICABLE, MOWING, GOING_HOME, CHARGING, LEAVING, PARKED_IN_CS, STOPPED_IN_GARDEN)
mower-status#state	String	R	The current state (UNKNOWN, NOT_APPLICABLE, PAUSED, IN_OPERATION, WAIT_UPDATING, WAIT_POWER_UP, RESTRICTED_NONE, RESTRICTED_WEEK_SCHEDULE, RESTRICTED_PARK_OVERRIDE, RESTRICTED_SENSOR, RESTRICTED_DAILY_LIMIT, OFF, STOPPED, ERROR, FATAL_ERROR, ERROR_AT_POWER_UP)
mower-status#last-update	DateTime	R	The time when the automower updated its states
mower-status#battery	Number	R	The battery state of charge in percent
mower-status#error-code	Number	R	The current error code
mower-status#error-timestamp	DateTime	R	The timestamp when the current error occurred
mower-status#planner-next-start	DateTime	R	The time for the next auto start. If the mower is charging then the value is the estimated time when it will be leaving the charging station. If the mower is about to start now, the value is NULL.
mower-status#planner-override-action	String	R	The action that overrides current planner operation.
mower-status#calendar-tasks	String	R	The JSON with the information about Automower planner.
mower#start	Number	W	Starts the automower for a duration
mower#resume_schedule	Switch	W	Resumes the Automower schedule
mower#pause	Switch	W	Pause the Automower
mower#park	Number	W	Park the Automower for a duration
mower#park_until_next_schedule	Switch	W	Park the Automower until next schedule
mower#park_until_further_notice	Switch	W	Park the Automower until further notice.

Actions

The following actions are available for automowerthings:

action name	arguments	description
start	duration (int)	Starts the automower for the given duration (minutes), overriding the schedule
pause	-	Pauses the automower wherever it is currently located
parkUntilNextSchedule	-	Parks the automower, fully charges it and starts afterwards according to the schedule
parkUntilFurtherNotice	-	Parks the automower until it is started again by the start action or the schedule gets resumed
park	duration (int)	Parks the automower for the given duration (minutes), overriding the schedule
resumeSchedule	-	Resumes the schedule for the automower

Full Example

automower.thing

Bridge automower:bridge:mybridge [ appKey="<your_private_application_key>", userName="<your_username>", password="<your_password>" ] {
		Thing automower myAutomower [ mowerId="<your_id_received_from_discovery>", pollingInterval=3600] {
	}
}

automower.items

String Automower_Mode               "Mode [%s]"                   { channel="automower:automower:mybridge:myAutomower:mower-status#mode" }
String Automower_Activity           "Activity [%s]"         	     { channel="automower:automower:mybridge:myAutomower:mower-status#activity" }
String Automower_State              "State [%s]"            	     { channel="automower:automower:mybridge:myAutomower:mower-status#state" }
DateTime Automower_Last_Update      "Last Update"    	     { channel="automower:automower:mybridge:myAutomower:mower-status#last-update" }
Number Automower_Battery            "Battery [%d %%]"                { channel="automower:automower:mybridge:myAutomower:mower-status#battery" }
Number Automower_Error_Code         "Error Code [%d]"             { channel="automower:automower:mybridge:myAutomower:mower-status#error-code" }
DateTime Automower_Error_Time       "Error Time"             { channel="automower:automower:mybridge:myAutomower:mower-status#error-timestamp" }
String Automower_Override_Action    "Override Action [%s]"        { channel="automower:automower:mybridge:myAutomower:mower-status#planner-override-action" }
DateTime Automower_Next_Start_Time  "Next Start Time"        { channel="automower:automower:mybridge:myAutomower:mower-status#planner-next-start" }
String Automower_Calendar_Tasks     "Planned Tasks [%s]"          { channel="automower:automower:mybridge:myAutomower:mower-status#calendar-tasks" }

Number Automower_Command_Start               "Start mowing for duration [%d min]"    { channel="automower:automower:mybridge:myAutomower:mower#start" }
Switch Automower_Command_Resume              "Resume the schedule"          { channel="automower:automower:mybridge:myAutomower:mower#resume_schedule" }
Switch Automower_Command_Pause               "Pause the automower"          { channel="automower:automower:mybridge:myAutomower:mower#pause" }
Number Automower_Command_Park                "Park for duration [%d min]"            { channel="automower:automower:mybridge:myAutomower:mower#park" }
Switch Automower_Command_Park_Next_Schedule  "Park until next schedule"     { channel="automower:automower:mybridge:myAutomower:mower#park_until_next_schedule" }
Switch Automower_Command_Park_Notice         "Park until further notice"    { channel="automower:automower:mybridge:myAutomower:mower#park_until_further_notice" }

automower.sitemap

sitemap demo label="Automower"
{
    Frame {
        Text        item=Automower_Mode
        Text        item=Automower_Activity
        Text        item=Automower_State
        Text        item=Automower_Last_Update
        Text        item=Automower_Battery
        Text        item=Automower_Error_Code
        Text        item=Automower_Error_Time
        Text        item=Automower_Override_Action
        Text        item=Automower_Next_Start_Time
        Text        item=Automower_Calendar_Tasks
    }
}

automower.rule

Example rule that triggers an automower action

rule "AutomowerParkUntilFurtherNotice"
when
    Item Some_Item changed to ON
then
    val mowerActions = getActions("automower", "automower:automower:mybridge:myAutomower")
    mowerActions.parkUntilFurtherNotice()
end

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