Bulk Remove Item/Things

[5iver (Scott Rushworth)]

This rule uses the REST API to do something similar. It wouldn’t take much to modify it to remove Things from another binding.

Rule for deleting and rediscovering Things

OH2 does not currently have a mechanism for updating Thing types. When a binding update includes new or modified Channel definitions, the Thing needs to be manually deleted and recreated in order to use the new/modified Channel. For most bindings, it is not too cumbersome to do this manually. But when you are using the Zwave binding with ~120 devices, this can be a real headache. Here is an example of how I have automated the deletion, rediscovery, and reconfiguration of my Zwave Things. I run t…