You can also connect to openHAB remotely, using either a direct connection or an openHAB Cloud instance like myopenHAB. Please see the article on secure remote access for more details. Simply enter your "Remote URL" in the respective Settings field.
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How do I use openHAB on Android devices?
If you want to use openHAB Android on a wall mounted tablet, go to settings and select Disable display timer and Fullscreen. # Alarm Clock. The openHAB app will send the next wake-up time from your alarm clock app to the server. The time is sent as a number containing the number of milliseconds since the epoch.
What is openHAB Cloud Connector?
openHAB Cloud Connector. Let’s get started, shall we? The openHAB cloud connector allows you to connect your local instance of openHAB to a secured cloud, you can install your own cloud or use the one provided by the openHAB foundation for free.
How do I enable Tasker integration with openHAB?
You can enable it by clicking on "Turn on" when trying to select an Item or go to the openHAB app settings and turn on "Tasker integration". Variables can be selected as state after they have been created in the task.
What is openhub connector?
The openHAB cloud connector allows you to connect your local instance of openHAB to a secured cloud, you can install your own cloud or use the one provided by the openHAB foundation for free.
What services require oAuth2?
Connectivity to services that require oAuth2 authentication like IFTTT or Amazon Alexa to add voice control to your Smart Home.
Does OpenHAB have authentication?
One of the things that you have probably noticed already is that openHAB doesn’t have, at least natively, a way to implement authentication for the different UI’s (PaperUI, BasicUI, Habmin…). Having said that, the community has done a very nice job making things like implementing a reverse proxy a walk in the park.
Is OpenHAB cloud in the cloud?
The openHAB cloud is in the cloud….sounds obvious doesn’t it? The point is that you are exposing your data to a third party. If you have trust issues this is definitely a concern.
Can you use privacy to add privacy to your browsing activities while you are not at home?
Privacy: You can use it to add privacy to your browsing activities while you are not at home (at the coffee shop for example)
Is OpenHAB easy to set up?
It is not as easy to set up as the openHAB cloud connector although if you are using OpenHABian the implementation is quite simple. It requires port forwarding in the router. Using different user profiles is not an option.
Enable Remote Access to a Local openHAB Instance
The openHAB Cloud solution offers the possibility to make your openHAB based smart home environment accessible over the internet. Besides offering proxy access directly to your local instance, it enables e.g. remote app access, push notifications, and integration with other cloud based services like IFTTT, Amazon Alexa and others.
Set up openHAB Cloud Connector
The communication with the openHAB Cloud instance requires the openHAB Cloud Connector being installed on your local instance. There is a separate chapter available in the documentation, which helps during setup. Besides that, we will have a closer look at the necessary steps here.
Create a new account on myopenhab.org
As already mentioned, the openHAB foundation offers a free and public instance of the openHAB Cloud service reachable via myopenhab.org. We will connect our local instance to this service by using the previously installed openHAB Cloud Connector. Therefore we need to create a new account on myopenhab.org first.
Configuring openHAB Cloud
Once your account was created and you logged in, you can browse the different pages offered there. We won’t cover them all, but the users section is worth a look. You are able to access your local instance via openHAB Cloud with your personal credentials.
Remotely accessing the local instance
After the steps described so far are done, you can access your local instance by logging in to myopenhab.org, opening the “Home” tab and clicking on the link labeled “Click here to access your openHAB’s dashboard”. As an alternative, you can directly access your dashboard via https://home.myopenhab.org/start/index.
Conclusion
With openHAB Cloud and the free and public instance myopenhab.org, the openHAB ecosystem offers a solution for enabling remote access to your local instance. In addition to the web access, you can use already available apps for monitoring your local smart home environment.
