Homie Convention Binding

Devices that follow the Homie convention (opens new window) 3.x and 4.x are auto-discovered and represented by this binding and the Homie Thing.

Use this table to understand the topology mapping from Homie to openHAB:

Homie	Framework	Example MQTT topic
Device	Thing	homie/super-car
Node	Channel Group	homie/super-car/engine
Property	Channel	homie/super-car/engine/temperature

System trigger channels are supported using non-retained properties, with enum data type and with the following formats:

• Format: "PRESSED,RELEASED" -> system.rawbutton
• Format: "SHORT_PRESSED,DOUBLE_PRESSED,LONG_PRESSED" -> system.button
• Format: "DIR1_PRESSED,DIR1_RELEASED,DIR2_PRESSED,DIR2_RELEASED" -> system.rawrocker

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