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Structure of ABB free@home Addons

An Addon is a single .tar archive that contains the following files:

  • free-at-home-metadata.json

    This file contains information about the Addon that will be used by the system access point. See the metadata documentation for details.

  • TypeScript or JavaScript files that implement the logic of the Addon.

  • The node_modules directory with all dependencies necessary to run the Addon.

Metadata

The free-at-home-metadata.json file contains information about the Addon that is used by the system access point. Every Addon must provide this file and has to adjust a few attributes, such as id and name of the Addon.

See the metadata documentation for details.

Building the Addon archive

The Addon archive .tar file can be built using the command line tool provided in the ABB free@home Addon Development Kit (ADK), for example in the example Addon.

Please refer to the walkthrough for usage details. This tool will copy all required files and create the final .tar file that can be uploaded to the system access point.