Slides from our openHAB talk at Devoxx in Antwerp, Belgium on November 14, 2012

2. Home Automation for Geeks
Kai Kreuzer
Thomas Eichstädt-Engelen
openHAB.org | @openHAB

3. Kai Kreuzer
• Java & OSGi Professional
• Working for Deutsche Telekom AG
• Home Automation Enthusiast
• Founded openHAB in early 2010

4. Thomas Eichstädt-Engelen
• Java, OSGi, RCP Professional
• Working for innoQ Deutschland
• Home Automation Enthusiast
• openHAB Committer since 2010
• kind of a geek ;-)

5. Motivation

6. Definition
Automation
&
Integration

7. Goals
Comfort
Security
Energy saving

8. Smart Devices

9. The Project
http://www.openHAB.org
Initial Check-in 20.02.2010
Google-Code (Mercurial)
GPL v3
Maven/Tycho Build
CI-Server (CloudBees)
Version 1.0 on 19.08.2012
1600+ Downloads

10. Technology
openHAB Runtime openHAB Designer

11. Technology
Jetty/JAX-RS/Atmosphere Xbase
EMF Xtext
Declarative Services EMF
OSGi (Equinox) Eclipse RCP
Java SE 7 Java SE 7
openHAB Runtime openHAB Designer

12. Architecture
Commands Item Status Updates
ON / OFF Status ON / OFF
x% 80 % x%
INC/DEC
Power Switch Item
Volume Dimmer Item
Station Number Item

13. Architecture
Stateful Services
VIRTUAL
Automation Rules openHAB Persistence
openHAB
User Interface Item Registry openHAB Consoles
Status Updates
Status Updates
Commands
Commands
openHAB Event Bus
Status Updates
Status Updates
Status Updates
Status Updates
Commands
Commands
Commands
Commands
PHYSICAL
KNX
Binding
RS-232
Binding
Bluetooth
Binding
MPD
Binding
...
Bluetooth
RS-232
KNX
MPD

14. Web UIs

15. Native UIs

16. Bindings
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TCP/UDP
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17. Other Features
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18. Live Demo

19. Demo Server
http://demo.openHAB.org

20. The Future
Version 1.1 on 16.12.2012
• Bindings: TCP/UDP, CUPS, Modbus, PLCBus,
http://demo.openHAB.org
IHC/ELKO, Plugwise, Sonos, Koubachi
• Persistence: mySQL, Cosm
• New optional Text-to-Speech Engine (Mary)
• Many Enhancements & Bugfixes
More to come:
• RGB LEDs
• Timeseries through REST-API
• Vector-based Charts
• Notification-API

21. Community
15 Contributors
49 Clones
550+ Installations
vital GoogleGroup
german Forum
many, many ideas ...

22. Thank you!
Kai Kreuzer
Thomas Eichstädt-Engelen
openHAB.org | @openHAB

23. Q&A