Summer is over and we're heading into autumn with renewed vigor. Although things have traditionally been a bit quieter in recent months as many of the developers have been on well-deserved vacation, there have still been a few updates and new adapters that we would like to introduce to you.
New adapters
e3oncan
Developer: MyHomeMyData
https://github.com/MyHomeMyData/ioBroker.e3oncan
The e3oncan adapter enables monitoring of the CAN bus communication of devices from the Viessmann E3 series (One Base). In mode Collect, data points are recorded as from the energy meters E380CA and E3100CB. In addition, the adapter offers the option of actively reading and writing data, which is known as UDSonCAN. This allows, for example, setpoints and schedules to be changed or new schedules to be added, e.g. for a hot water circulation pump.
Important note: This adapter is only supported on Linux systems. More information on how it works and how to install it can be found in GitHub repository.
egigeozone2
Developer: obakuhl
https://github.com/obakuhl/ioBroker.egigeozone2
The egigeozone2 adapter is used to integrate the Android app EgiGeoZone into ioBroker. The app enables geofencing, and the adapter receives events when the mobile device enters or leaves a defined area. This allows presence and absence detection to be efficiently automated.
Configuration: The URL must be defined in the EgiGeoZone app in the format protokoll://adresse:port/person. Detailed instructions can be found in GitHub repository.
extron
Developer: Bannsaenger
https://github.com/Bannsaenger/ioBroker.extron
The extron adapter enables control of Extron audio and video products via the Simple Instruction Set (SIS) protocol. It offers comprehensive options for controlling selected Extron devices, including matrix switchers and streaming encoders. Please note that the selected device type cannot be changed after configuration.
Supported devices include the DTP2 CrossPoint 82 and the SMD 202. A free license is available for private users and non-profit organizations. For more information, see GitHub repository.
gotify-ws
Developer: Simatec
https://github.com/simatec/ioBroker.gotify-ws
With the gotify-ws adapter you can establish a WebSocket connection to a Gotify server and receive all messages in ioBroker. Gotify is an increasingly popular notification service that is used in systems such as Proxmox, among others. With this adapter, messages can be forwarded to notification services such as Telegram, Signal, Whatsapp and many more.
The configuration is simple: You create a new client on your Gotify server and insert the generated token into the adapter configuration. The adapter can then receive all messages from the server. Further details can be found in GitHub repository.
rainbird
Developers: Marius Burkard and iobroker-community-adapters
https://github.com/iobroker-community-adapters/ioBroker.rainbird
The rainbird adapter allows you to integrate a Rain Bird irrigation system with a LNK WiFi adapter into ioBroker. This project has no official connection to Rain Bird, but offers the possibility to control your irrigation system directly from ioBroker.
remeha-home
Developer: Simatec
https://github.com/simatec/ioBroker.remeha-home
The Remeha Home Adapter enables the integration and control of Remeha heating systems via the Remeha Home platform. The adapter continuously connects to the API and enables the control of heating zones, setting the room temperature and activating the fireplace mode.
New widgets
vis-2-widgets-rssfeed
Developer: Oweitman
https://github.com/oweitman/ioBroker.vis-2-widgets-rssfeed
There are now new vis-2 widgets for the RSSFeed Adapter. These allow you to display RSS feeds of various standards (RSS, Atom, RDF) in a user-defined layout. A flexible template system allows you to customize the feed with HTML, CSS and JavaScript.
Important: Due to errors in the automatic translation, only the English descriptions of the widgets are correct. For more information, see GitHub repository.
Vis 2 (o)various widgets
Developer: Oweitman
https://github.com/oweitman/ioBroker.vis-2-widgets-ovarious
This adapter contains various vis-2 widgets, including a JSON template widget that can be used to display arbitrary JSON data points in the desired format. More widgets are on the roadmap.
vis-2-widgets-weather-and-heating
Developer: rg-engineering
https://github.com/rg-engineering/ioBroker.vis-2-widgets-weather-and-heating
This adapter contains vis-2 widgets for displaying weather forecast data from DasWetter.com or WeatherUnderground. Additionally, widgets are provided to support heating control.
Further updates and features
- ping: (Bluefox) The Ping Adapter now supports the detection of IP address ranges with less than 4096 addresses. Additionally, IP addresses can be added directly from notifications.
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admin: (Bluefox) States can now be controlled directly via the JSON configuration, e.g. for IP range detection.
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wifilight: (Bluefox) The adapter has been completely redesigned and now supports compact mode and configuration via JSON.
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admin: (Bluefox) A new feature checks on Linux systems if a user with a known default password exists and prompts to change it. In addition, the admin now supports a dynamic GUI for notifications.
- node-red: Node-red now has the same ID selection dialog as other adapters. Important: The admin instance must run on the same host. The node-red package version has been increased to 4.0.3.
- admin: (Bluefox) A new feature has been added to jump from an alias target directly to the alias itself to make navigation and administration easier.
Monthly IoT blog
by core developer Moritz Heusinger
In his current blog post Moritz gives us an insight into his current projects and the latest developments around the platform. Here are some of the topics he addresses in this post:
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js-controller Lucy
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Matter Adapter and Visu App
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Central Eslint configuration for developers
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Other developments
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Community Events
That's it for this month! Even though the summer months were a bit quieter, there are still interesting new developments in the ioBroker ecosystem. We are looking forward to autumn and further developments. Stay tuned!