Autoupdate = false

Setup, Configuration and Use Items & Sitemaps
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I’ve seen a lot of threads on the forum recently about Autoupdate = false. I’ve learned a lot about what it is and how it works but I don’t think it is actually documented anywhere. I would expect to see it documented on the Items wiki page or on each of the binding’s wiki pages but I can find no discussion of it anywhere.

  1. Is this an OH 2 only thing or is it also for OH 1?

  2. Am I missing the documentation for it or is it missing from the wiki?

  3. Has this always been there or is it a relatively new feature?

Thanks

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Just for reference (I’m guessing Rich has already read it)…

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The autoupdate=“false” parameter existed since … :slight_smile: let’s say, it’s an old parameter :), I use it since ~ 2013…

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So am I just missing the documentation for it in the wiki (bad on me) or does it not exist (bad on us)?

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No, I don’t think there is any documentation yet :confused:

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It’s a binding (although it’s built-in) so it makes sense to document it on wiki binding page.

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Bing! :bulb:

I thought it was a flag, not its own binding. Now a lot more makes sense. Thanks!

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I don’t think it counts as documentation, but I first learned about it on this wiki page

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Does anyone know if there any Openhab 2 binding which implements the service interface, or handles autoupdate as they should?

I have a new binding which creates items via discovery(simple linking), and I would like to demarcate some of the channels for the various items as autoupdate=false (e.g. Toggle switches). This is an openhab 2 binding, so there is not items file. So not sure how I should be doing that.

thanks,
Craig

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Would you not represent those as Contacts ?

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There is a ticket. @rlkoshak will you include this in your updated items article?

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my understanding is that contacts are read-only. i.e., for a motion sensor.

I need more of a push button, ideally which would send the command ON every time it is pressed.

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Yes. I’ll be on tavel with limited access until next Feb. 18 and then again the week after that so it will likely be March before I can get to this.

You would use a Switch (or Number or String) and the “Push button” aspect is implemented by the Sitemap/UI. For example, on the sitemap:

Switch item=MySwitch mappings=["ON"="On"]

On Habpanel you would use a Button widget.

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Oh hmmm. If I find the time, I could also work on my comments. Would that be okay with you?

@craigh http://docs.openhab.org/configuration/sitemaps.html#element-type-switch

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That is fine with me. I’ve no sense of ownership over this sort of thing. Far more important to move forward.

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My concern was not aimed at ownership but on… let’s call it personal space. I don’t want to mess around in your turf. (Is that a meaningful expression in English?) :smile:

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Very meaningful idiom. :slight_smile:

You never have to worry about that with me. If I can’t get a change made and checked in quick quick quick I welcome others to pitch in and help out. And I’m so overloaded right now I find it a releaf for any help on anything I can get.

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