This is an openHAB binding for [Hunter Douglas PowerView](https://www.hunterdouglas.com/operating-systems/motorized/powerview-motorization/overview) motorized shades via their PowerView hub.
In some countries the PowerView system is sold under the brand name [Luxaflex](https://www.luxaflex.com/)
PowerView shades have motorization control for their vertical position, and some also have vane controls to change the angle of their slats.
This binding also supports scenes that are defined in the PowerView app.
This helps to work around a limitation of the hub; commands are executed serially with a several second delay between executions.
By using a scene to control multiple shades at once, the shades will all begin moving at the same time.
| PowerView Hub | Bridge | The PowerView hub provides the interface between your network and the shade's radio network. It also contains channels used to interact with scenes. |
| PowerView Shade | Thing | A motorized shade. |
## Discovery
Make sure your shades are visible in the PowerView app before attempting discovery.
The binding can automatically discover the PowerView hub.
The discovery process can be started by pressing the refresh button in the Main Configuration UI Inbox.
However you can also manually create a (bridge) thing for the hub, and enter the required configuration parameters (see Thing Configuration below).
If the configuration parameters are all valid, the binding will then automatically attempt to connect to the hub.
If the connection succeeds, the hub will indicate its status as Online, otherwise it will show an error status.
Once the hub thing has been created and successfully connected, the binding will automatically discover all shades and scenes that are in it.
- For each shade discovered: the binding will create a new dedicated thing with its own channels.
- For each scene discovered: the binding will create a new channel dynamically within the hub thing.
If in the future, you add additional shades or scenes to your system, the binding will discover them too.
## Thing Configuration
### Thing Configuration for PowerView Hub
| Configuration Parameter | Description |
|-------------------------|---------------|
| host | The host name or IP address of the hub on your network. |
| refresh | The number of milli-seconds between fetches of the PowerView hub's shade state (default 60'000 one minute). |
| hardRefresh | The number of minutes between hard refreshes of the PowerView hub's shade state (default 180 three hours). See [Refreshing the PowerView Hub Cache](#Refreshing-the-PowerView-Hub-Cache). |
| hardRefreshBatteryLevel | The number of hours between hard refreshes of battery levels from the PowerView Hub (or 0 to disable, defaulting to weekly). See [Refreshing the PowerView Hub Cache](#Refreshing-the-PowerView-Hub-Cache). |
| id | The ID of the PowerView shade in the app. Must be an integer. |
## Channels
### Channels for PowerView Hub
Scene channels will be added dynamically to the binding as they are discovered in the hub.
Each scene channel will have an entry in the hub as shown below, whereby different scenes have different `id` values:
| Channel | Item Type | Description |
|----------|-----------| ------------|
| id | Switch | Turning this to ON will activate the scene. Scenes are stateless in the PowerView hub; they have no on/off state. Note: include `{autoupdate="false"}` in the item configuration to avoid having to reset it to off after use. |
### Channels for PowerView Shade
A shade always implements a roller shutter channel `position` which controls the vertical position of the shade's (primary) rail.
If the shade has slats or rotatable vanes, there is also a dimmer channel `vane` which controls the slat / vane position.
If it is a dual action (top-down plus bottom-up) shade, there is also a roller shutter channel `secondary` which controls the vertical position of the secondary rail.
All of these channels appear in the binding, but only those which have a physical implementation in the shade, will have any physical effect.
| position | Rollershutter | The vertical position of the shade's rail -- see [next chapter](#Roller-Shutter-Up/Down-Position-vs.-Open/Close-State). Up/Down commands will move the rail completely up or completely down. Percentage commands will move the rail to an intermediate position. Stop commands will halt any current movement of the rail. |
| secondary | Rollershutter | The vertical position of the secondary rail (if any). Its function is basically identical to the `position` channel above -- but see [next chapter](#Roller-Shutter-Up/Down-Position-vs.-Open/Close-State). |
| vane | Dimmer | The degree of opening of the slats or vanes. Setting this to a non-zero value will first move the shade `position` fully down, since the slats or vanes can only have a defined state if the shade is in its down position -- see [Interdependency between Channel positions](#Interdependency-between-Channel-positions). |
| lowBattery | Switch | Indicates ON when the battery level of the shade is low, as determined by the hub's internal rules. |
### Roller Shutter Up/Down Position vs. Open/Close State
The `position` and `secondary` channels are Rollershutter types.
For vertical shades, the binding maps the vertical position of the "rail" to the Rollershutter ▲ / ▼ commands, and its respective percent value.
And for horizontal shades, it maps the horizontal position of the "truck" to the Rollershutter ▲ / ▼ commands, and its respective percent value.
Depending on whether the shade is a top-down, bottom-up, left-right, right-left, or dual action shade, the `OPEN` and `CLOSED` position of the shades may differ from the ▲ / ▼ commands follows..
| Type of Shade | Channel | Rollershutter Command | Motion direction | Shade State | Percent |
Note: You can also force the hub to refresh itself by sending a `REFRESH` command in a rule to an item that is connected to a channel in the hub as follows:
```
rule "Hub Refresh (every 20 minutes)"
when
Time cron "0 1/20 0 ? * * *"
then
sendCommand(HUB_ITEM_NAME, "REFRESH") // refresh all shades in HUB
sendCommand(SHADE_ITEM_NAME, "REFRESH") // refresh single shade that ITEM is bound to
