ioBroker.fritzdect

Tests:

Fritzbox DECT adapter for ioBroker

Setup

IP-address and password of Fritzbox should be defined via admin page, before the first start of the instance. The IP-address must be written with leading 'http://'

The devices are detected automatically during startup of fritzdect instance. If devices are added to the fritzbox during a running adapter instance, then please restart the adapter for object creation.

Several permissions have to be set in the fritzbox in order to interact with the adapter!

If the polling interval is set to 0 in the adapter configuration, automatic cyclic polling is disabled and updates are performed only on demand (via the update command).

A german explanatory doc is available here: install_de

The widget requires that also vis-metro and vis-jqui-mfd are installed

Common Issues / Frequently Asked Questions

1. Fritzbox returned '00000000' no login possible. possible reasons:

   The fritzbox allows only a limited number of logins in a timeframe. There are no appropriate user rights set in the fritzbox. There is a time elapsing in the fritzbox blocking the logins. A german doc is available here: troubleshooting

2. using https would result in:

     { error: { [Error: self signed certificate] code: 'DEPTH_ZERO_SELF_SIGNED_CERT' }
   

   to overcome this, the option "rejectUnauthorized: false" is used in the https.request.

Thermostat

Fritzbox AHA API

The API of fritzbox has the following access:

• sethkrtsoll
  • 8-28°C for automatic control
  • greater 28°C (254=ON)
  • greater 28°C (253=OFF)

These settings are covered by the hkrmode and the 3 buttons. The activation lasts as long there is no other command or programmed sequence.

Additionally there is the access to:

• windowopenactiv
• boostactive

These are indications as well as commands (sethkrwindowopen,sethkrboost) and when commanded they act with the provided time limit (max. 24h). For activation of boost/windowopen the following sequence applies:

• set the activetime to the desired value in minutes
• activate the activ (from false -> true)
• the acteendtime changes to the target For deactivation of boost/windowopen the following sequence applies:
• deactivate the activ (from true -> false)
• the acteendtime changes to unixtime=0

fritzdect implementation

From the above API possibilities the thermostat has different modes in point of view of iobroker.adapter:

• auto (temperature control), to be set by hkrmode (0) or button "setmodeauto" -> the tsoll value will be used!
• night if tsoll = absenk
• comfort if tsoll = komfort
• on (full open), to be set by hkrmode (1) or button "setmodeon"
• off (full close), to be set by hkrmode (2) or button "setmodeoff"
• boost (full open for limited time), detected by feedback boostactive, can be set by boostactive (false->true)
• windowopen (full closed for defined time), detected by feedback windowopenactiv, can be set be windowopenactiv (false->true)
• holiday (temp control), detected by holidayactive
• summer (temp control), detected by summeractive

ioBroker objects

objects in italic are not part of all fritz.box configurations objects in bold are datapoints from the adapter

The datapoints are created on the basis of the returned values of the Fritz AHA API. All groups or devices start wirth "DECT_".

devices or groups

Object	Value	settable	Description	DECT2x0	DECT3x0	DECT400	DECT440	DECT500	Blinds	Contact
id	text	-	internal id of device	DECT2x0	DECT3x0	DECT400	DECT440	DECT500	Blinds	Contact
name	text	-	name of device	DECT2x0	DECT3x0	DECT400	DECT440	DECT500	Blinds	Contact
productname	text	-	product name	DECT2x0	DECT3x0	DECT400	DECT440	DECT500	Blinds	Contact
manufacturer	text	-	product manufacturer	DECT2x0	DECT3x0	DECT400	DECT440	DECT500	Blinds	Contact
fwversion	text	-	product FW version	DECT2x0	DECT3x0	DECT400	DECT440	DECT500	Blinds	Contact
mode	text	-	mode, manuell or auto	DECT2x0	DECT3x0
present	boolean	-	true/false -> connected/not available	DECT2x0	DECT3x0	DECT400	DECT440	DECT500	Blinds	Contact
txbusy	boolean	-	true/false -> cmd sending active/not active	DECT2x0	DECT3x0	DECT400	DECT440	DECT500	Blinds	Contact
batterylow	boolean	-	battery status		DECT3x0	DECT400	DECT440			Contact
battery	number	-	actual capacity in %		DECT3x0	DECT400	DECT440			Contact
state	boolean	-/x	true/false	DECT2x0				DECT500	Blinds	Contact
power	number	-	actual power in W	DECT2x0
energy	number	-	actual energy consumption in Wh	DECT2x0
voltage	number	-	actual voltage in V	DECT2x0
lock	boolean	-	UI/API lock	DECT2x0	DECT3x0
devicelock	boolean	-	Button lock	DECT2x0	DECT3x0
celsius	number	-	actual temperature in °C	DECT2x0	DECT3x0		DECT440
offset	number	-	offset temperature in °C	DECT2x0	DECT3x0		DECT440
rel_humidity	number	-	relative humidity %				DECT440
tist	number	-	actual temperature in °C		DECT3x0
tsoll	number	x	target temperature in °C		DECT3x0
komfort	number	-	comfort temperature in °C		DECT3x0
absenk	number	-	night temperature in °C		DECT3x0
hkrmode	array	x	0=AUTO/1=OFF/2=ON state of thermostat		DECT3x0
lasttarget	number	-	last target temperature in °C		DECT3x0
errorcode	number	-	errorcode		DECT3x0
operationList	number-	list of possible modes		DECT3x0
operationMode	number	-	actual mode		DECT3x0
windowopenendtime	time	-	time when open window status ends		DECT3x0
windowopenactiv	boolean	x	status and cmd of window open detection		DECT3x0
windowopenactivtime	number	x	time (minutes) when activation of window open		DECT3x0
boostactive	boolean	x	boost mode active status and cmd		DECT3x0
boostactiveendtime	time	-	time when boost status ends		DECT3x0
boostactivtime	number	x	time (minutes) when activation of boost		DECT3x0
adaptiveHeatingRunning	boolean	-	adaptive heating status		DECT3x0
adaptiveHeatingActive	boolean	x	adaptive heating cmd		DECT3x0
setmodeauto	number	x	set Auto		DECT3x0
setmodeon	number	x	set On		DECT3x0
setmodeoff	number	x	set Off		DECT3x0
summeractive	boolean	-	summer program status		DECT3x0
holidayactive	boolean	-	holiday program status		DECT3x0
tchange	number	-	temp with next change in °C		DECT3x0
endperiod	time	-	time when next change is active		DECT3x0
supported_modes	number	-	supported colormodes					DECT500
fullcolorsupport	boolean	-	fullcolorsupport					DECT500
mapped	boolean	-	indication mapped					DECT500
unmapped_hue	number	-	unmapped hue value					DECT500
unmapped_saturation	number	-	unmapped saturation value					DECT500
current_mode	number	-	actual colormode					DECT500
level	number	x	level 0-255					DECT500	Blinds
levelpercentage	number	x	level 0-100 %					DECT500	Blinds
hue	number	x	color 0-359					DECT500
saturation	number	x	saturation 0-100					DECT500
temperature	number	x	color temperature (white mode)					DECT500
lastpressedtimestamp	time	-	timestamp			DECT400	DECT440			Contact
blindsopen	booelan	x	target open						Blinds
blindsclose	boolean	x	target close						Blinds
blindsstop	boolean	x	target stop						Blinds
lastalertchgtimestamp	time	-	timestamp						Blinds
enpositionsset	boolean	-	status configuration						Blinds
mode	text	-	modus						Blinds

stats (part of device)

Object	Value	settable	Description
count	number	-	count of the values in array
grid	number	-	time between values in array in s
datatime	number	-	reference timestamp for array
stats	array	-	array of values

Above is available for power and voltage. Additional the energy has monthly and daily array and their belonging descriptive data. Furthermore for energy the array values are summed up for:

• today
• last 31 days
• month to date
• last 12 month
• year to date

groups

Object	Value	settable	Description
masterdeviceid	text	-	internal id of group
members	text	-	member id's of group
masterdeviceid	boolean	-	cmd sending active
synchronized	boolean	-	devices of group are synchron

templates

Object	Value	settable	Description
toggle	boolean	x	toggle switch for template activation
lasttemplate	text	-	last confirmed template

routines

Object	Value	settable	Description
active	boolean	x	toggle switch for routine activation

Manual Update

It is possible to trigger a manual update, for example between polling intervals or when polling is disabled. To do this, send a message with the text "update" and no parameters to the adapter instance. The optional callback will be executed once the update is complete.

Below is an example demonstrating how to trigger the manual update:

sendTo('fritzdect.0', 'update', null, e => {
    if (e['result']) {
        // update successful
    } else {
        console.log(e['error']);
    }
});

API limitations

• Boost and WindowOpen can only be set for the next 24h. time=0 is cancelling the command
• updates to the thermostat are within a 15min range, depending on the previous communication of thermostat with fritzbox the next cycle is sooner or later, but definitely not imediately after an ioBroker intervention
• if a windowopenactiv is set on a thermostat, which is part of a group, then the whole group and its thermostats is set to windowopenactiv (function inside the FB)
• only a few color temperatures are accepted (mapped already be the API to valid ones)
• only the predefined colors are valid combinations (getcolordefaults)

Write only on changes to the objects

This is a new feature to write only the changes to the objects. It reduces the logging and might be useful. If it is activated, a different feedback must be present to the actual state. Introducing a hysteresis makes not really practicable:

• if temperatures have a change, it is a change and the 0.5° step does not need a threshold
• values which are increasing over time would need an absolut threshold and not in %
• values scaled to 100 are transmitted in steps of 1, so a threshold of 1% is capturing the same steps otherwise it is more complex and individually to be parametrized.

3rd party devices (HAN-FUN, ZigBee)

These devices are split into a device and an unit (the function itself). The device has usually no interactions and therefore is not created in the adapter. The information portion and datapoints (i.e. battery status) of the device is merged into the unit. The id shown in the adapter belongs to the unit (which is not shown in the FB-App).

Known Adapter Limitations:

• Not all FW-versions of fritz.box support all objects.
• use exclude possibility in adapter config, to disable communication related to newer functions
• some datapoints are unavailable in newer FB-FW-versions (i.e. buttons of DECT440)

TODO:

• map of data input from user to valid predefined colors (nearest match)
• blind alert state -> decode bit array

Changelog

2.6.4 (WIP)

• new IKEA lamp commands issue #625
• object corrections

2.6.3 (npm)

• update to comply with repo checker

License

The MIT License (MIT)

Copyright (c) 2018-2026 foxthefox foxthefox@wysiwis.net