Dimmer and MQTT: No percent state

[rlkoshak (Rich Koshak)]

I admit that I have zero practical experience with Dimmers and Sliders.

Without out knowing the “proper” way, I would probably use a Proxy Item.

Create an Item that is not bound to anything (i.e. has no { } clause). Put this Item on your sitemap.

Add back in your Rule only this time when the Proxy Item receives INCREASE, sendCommand the number to LED15.

I wrote up a short tutorial on Proxy Items here:

Design Pattern: Proxy Item

Please see Design Pattern: What is a Design Pattern and How Do I Use Them for information on what a DP is and how to use them. Problem Statement Often one faces one or more of the following situations: the need to perform additional logic before sending a command to a device the need to send a command to multiple devices based on a single event the need to do something different based on the state of one or more other Items the channel to update the state of an Item and the channel to send c…