4.1.0

Viessmann Binding

This binding connects Viessmann Heating via the new Viessmann API. It provides features like the ViCare-App.

• Note / Important
• Supported Things
• Discovery
• Binding Configuration
• Thing Configuration
• Channels
• Breaking changes

Note / Important

You have to register your ViCare Account at the Viessmann developer portal and create a Client ID.

• name - i.e. openhab
• Google reCAPTCHA - off
• Redirect URI - http://localhost:8080/viessmann/authcode/ (*)

(*) If your openHAB system is running on a different port than 8080, you have to change this in the Redirect URI

Hint:

On the Viessmann developer portal you can add more than one RedirectURI by tapping the plus sign.

Supported Things

The binding supports the following thing types:

• bridge - Supports connection to the Viessmann API.
• device - Provides a device which is connected (Discovery)

Discovery

Discovery is supported for all devices connected in your account.

Binding Configuration

The bridge thing supports the connection to the Viessmann API.

• apiKey (required) The Client ID from the Viessmann developer portal
• user (required) The E-Mail address which is registered for the ViCare App
• password (required) The password which is registered for the ViCare App
• installationId (optional / it will be discovered) The installation ID which belongs to your installation
• gatewaySerial (optional / it will be discovered) The gateway serial which belongs to your installation
• apiCallLimit (default = 1450) The limit how often call the API (*)
• bufferApiCommands (default = 450) The buffer for commands (*)
• pollingInterval (default = 0) How often the available devices should be queried in seconds (**)
• pollingIntervalErrors (default = 60) How often the errors should be queried in minutes
• disablePolling (default = OFF) Deactivates the polling to carry out the manual poll using an item

(*) Used to calculate refresh time in seconds. (**) If set to 0, then the interval will be calculated by the binding.

Thing Configuration

All configurations are made in the UI

Channels

bridge

channel	type	RO/RW	description
countApiCalls	Number	RO	How often the API is called this day
errorIsActive	Switch	RO	Indicates whether the error is set / unset
lastErrorMessage	String	RO	Last error message from the installation
runQueryOnce	Switch	W	Run device query once
runErrorQueryOnce	Switch	W	Run error query once

device

There are many different channels. The channels are automatically generated for all available features.

Breaking changes

Version 2.3.10

All channels on device - thing needs to be recreated to support Units Of Measurement. This happens automatically.

The item type of each item has to be adjusted:

unit	old item type	new item type
hour, minutes,…	Number	Number:Time
percent	Number	Number:Dimensionless
temperature	Number	Number:Temperature