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# RME Binding

This binding integrates the RME RainManager rain water pump and management system

## Supported Things

Manager

## Thing Configuration

The Thing configuration requires the name of the serial port that is used to connect the ESH host with the RME unit

## Channels

All devices support some of the following channels:

| Channel Type ID | Item Type    | Description  |
|-----------------|------------------------|--------------|----------------- |------------- |
| waterlevel | Number  | Indicates the % the cistern is filled with water |
| mode | String | Indicates the operation mode of the RME Rain Manager, Automatic or Manual |
| source | String | Indicates water source used to supply water, e.g cistern or city |
| exitpump | Switch | Indicates whether the exit pump is switched on |
| entrypump | Switch | Indicates whether the entry pump is switched on |

## Full Example

.things

```
Thing rme:manager:m1 [ port="/dev/tty.usbserial-FTGVQA6D" ]
```

.items

```
Number RMECisternLevel "Water level [%.1f %%]"(rme) {channel="rme:manager:m1:waterlevel"}
String RMEMode (rme) {channel="rme:manager:m1:mode"}
String RMESource (rme) {channel="rme:manager:m1:source"}
Switch RMEExitPump (rme) {channel="rme:manager:m1:exitpump"}
Switch RMEEntryPump (rme) {channel="rme:manager:m1:entrypump"}
Switch RMEWaterExchange (rme) {channel="rme:manager:m1:waterexchange"}
Switch RMECisternSupply (rme) {channel="rme:manager:m1:cisternsupplyalarm"}
Switch RMEOverflowAlarm (rme) {channel="rme:manager:m1:overflowalarm"}
Switch RMECisternBlockedAlarm (rme) {channel="rme:manager:m1:cisternblockedalarm"}
Switch RMEFilterCleaning(rme) {channel="rme:manager:m1:filtercleaning"}
```