vdcd-bridge

README

External Device for plan44's vdcd to bridge between Digitalstrom and other Devices

Disclaimer: Work in Progress =) and build for my home, so only really devices I own are tested, not all use-cases covered

This Golang based project allows to integrate existing smart devices (specially lights and relays) into the digitalSTROM system. The project uses the free virtual device connector (vdc) from plan44.

Currently the following devices are supported:

• Tasmota based relays. Uses MQTT for discovery and control of the device
• Shelly based relays. Uses MQTT for discovery and control of the device.
• Deconz Lights and (selected) Sensors. Uses REST-AOI and Websockets
• Zigbee2MQTT Lights exposing state,brightness,color_temp Featurs. Only tested with some selected models. Uses MQTT for discovery and control of the device

How to

1. start a vcdc

Clone the vdcd project:

git clone https://github.com/plan44/vdcd.git

Build the container image:

cd vdcd
docker build -t myImageName .

Start the vdcd:

 docker run --network=host -v /var/run/dbus:/var/run/dbus -v /var/run/avahi-daemon/socket:/var/run/avahi-daemon/socket myimagename vdcd --externaldevices 8999 --externalnonlocal

2. Start the vdcd Brige

Clone the vdcd-bridge Project

git clone https://github.com/splattner/vdcd-bridge.git

Build the binary:

cd vdcd-bridge
make $(pwd)/./vdcd-bridge-amd64

Start the vdcd bridge:

./vdcd-bridge-amd64 -H ipofvdcdhost --mqtthost ip:portmqttbroker

or as a container:

Build the container:

make docker-build

Start the vcdc-brige as a container:

docker run ghcr.io/splattner/vdcd-bridge:latest-amd64 vdcd-bridge -H ipofvdcdhost --mqtthost ip:portmqttbroker