OpenHAB2

Openhab hacks

• console at ohab: console
• timeout exception prevents any further updates. This is evidently a eclipse smarthome framework bug

2017-11-21 16:59:30.517 [WARN ] [org.apache.karaf.services.eventadmin] - EventAdmin: Blacklisting ServiceReference [{org.osgi.service.event.EventHandler, org.eclipse.smarthome.core.events.EventPublisher}={event.topics=smarthome, component.name=org.eclipse.smarthome.core.internal.events.OSGiEventManager, component.id=38, service.id=139, service.bundleid=109, service.scope=bundle} | Bundle(org.eclipse.smarthome.core_0.9.0.201711202142 [109])] due to timeout!

• • It appears the same bug is described here as well: https://community.openhab.org/t/openhab-stopped-working-after-update-2-2-0-build-1088/36441/2
  • there is a fix that I applied in that thread, basically add

org.apache.felix.eventadmin.Timeout=0

to

/var/lib/openhab2/etc/org.apache.felix.eventadmin.impl.EventAdmin.cfg

. This should probably be removed at some point since it basically hides long running (or never returning) event handlers

homekit setup

• there is a issue with the homekit addon overwriting the generated mac address on exit (I think). See https://github.com/openhab/openhab2-addons/issues/1822
  • for now, after successful pairing, set /var/lib/openhab2/jsondb/homekit.json read only after successful pairing. May have to undo to re-create a new pairing
• after a reset of the openhab server, it may take quite some time for homekit to attempt a reconnect to the server. You can force a reconnect by putting the iPhone etc temporarily into and out of airplane mode. This forces homekit to reconnect