fhempy allows the usage of Python 3 (NOT 2!) language to write FHEM modules. Python 3.7 or higher is required, therefore I recommend using buster.
This repository includes following working modules:
Module | Description |
---|---|
ble_presence | Presence detection incl. RSSI for Bluetooth Low Energy |
ble_reset | Resets all Bluetooth interfaces every X hours |
bt_presence | Presence detection incl. RSSI for Bluetooth |
discover_mdns | Discover mDNS (e.g. googlecast) devices |
discover_ble | Discover Bluetooth LE devices |
discover_upnp | Discover UPnP devices |
dlna_dmr | Control DLNA MediaRenderer devices |
eq3bt | Control EQ3 Bluetooth thermostat |
esphome | Installs and starts the ESP Home dashboard for easy ESP Home device management |
gfprobt | Control GF Pro Bluetooth irrigation control |
googlecast | Control Cast devices and stream Spotify |
helloworld | Hello World example for developers to start writing their own module |
miflora | Xiaomi BLE Plant Sensor |
miio | Control Xiaomi WiFi devices |
mitemp | Xiaomi BLE Temperature/Humidity Sensor |
nespresso_ble | Nespresso Bluetooth coffee machine |
object_detection | TensorFlow Lite object detection |
ring | Ring doorbell/chime/cam |
spotify | Control Spotify Connect and use FHEM as Spotify Connect player |
tuya | Control tuya devices via local key |
wienerlinien | Wiener Linien departure times |
xiaomi_gateway3 | Xiaomi Gateway V3 (only V3!) |
xiaomi_tokens | Retrieve all Xiaomi Tokens from Cloud |
Python >=3.7 is required, Python 2 won't work!
sudo apt install python3 python3-pip python3-dev libffi-dev libssl-dev libjpeg-dev zlib1g-dev autoconf build-essential libglib2.0-dev libdbus-1-dev bluez libbluetooth-dev
sudo cpan Protocol::WebSocket
update add https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dominikkarall/fhempy/master/controls_pythonbinding.txt
update
define local_pybinding BindingsIo Python
All further requirements are installed automatically via pip as soon as the specific module is used the first time.
This are just a few examples for some modules, please see the modules readme linked in the table above for more details
define castdevice PythonModule googlecast "Living Room"
define eq3bt PythonModule eq3bt 00:11:22:33:44:66:77
define upnp PythonModule discover_upnp
fhempy allows to run modules locally (same device as FHEM runs on) or on remote peers. Those remote peers only make sense if you want to extend the range of bluetooth or want to distribute the load of some modules to other more powerfull devices (e.g. video object detection).
Only on remote peers, do not run this commands on the FHEM instance.
pip3 install --upgrade fhempy
# systemd service installation
curl -sL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dominikkarall/fhempy/master/install_systemd_fhempy.sh | sudo -E bash -
The following steps are only needed if you want to install fhempy on a remote peer, you should not run them on your FHEM installation.
- Install fhempy with user pi:
pip3 install --upgrade fhempy
- Make sure your main fhempy instance (within FHEM) is running
- Test fhempy by just running it with user pi, type
fhempy
and enter. Wait a few seconds until it gets discovered and you see the incoming FHEM connection. - Systemd configuration for autostart
curl -sL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dominikkarall/fhempy/master/install_systemd_fhempy.sh | sudo -E bash -
- fhempy is run with user pi, you can change that in the fhempy.service file in /etc/systemd/system/
- FHEM configuration
- The remote peer is autodiscovered and will show up in FHEM as device e.g. fhempy_remote_192_168_1_50
- You can move any device to the remote peer by changing the IODev of the device.
- If autodiscovery doesn't work (it's based on zeroconf), you can define it with
define fhempy_remote_IP BindingsIo IP:15733 Python
journalctl -u fhempy.service -f
Just do set remote_pybinding update
and the remote peer will install the new package via pip and restart afterwads.
This module is a DevIo device which builds a language neutral communicaton bridge in JSON via websockets.
This module just starts the fhempy server instance
This module is used as the bridge to BindingsIo. It calls BindingsIo with IOWrite.
This is the Python server instance which handles JSON websocket messages from BindingsIo. Based on the message it executes the proper function and replies to BindingsIo via websocket.
This example shows how Define function is called from the Python module.
- define castdevice PythonModule googlecast "Living Room"
- PythonModule sends IOWrite to BindingsIo
- BindingsIo sends a JSON websocket message to fhempy
- fhempy loads the corresponding module (e.g. googlecast), creates an instance of the object (e.g. googlecast) and calls the Define function on that instance
- Define function is executed within the Python context, as long as the function is executed, FHEM waits for the answer the same way as it does for Perl modules
- Python Define returns the result via JSON via websocket to BindingsIo
At any time within the functions FHEM functons like readingsSingleUpdate(...) can be called by using the fhem.py module (fhem.readingsSingleUpdate(...)). There are just a few functions supported at the moment.
Check helloworld example for writing an own module. Be aware that no function which is called from FHEM is allowed to run longer than 1s. In general no blocking code should be used with asyncio. If you want to call blocking code, use run_in_executor (see googlecast code).