Do it the right way - Rules, Persitence and Items

[sihui]

For 1) see

System started trigger

I’ve changed to db4o. Persistence refresh order I have as follows: items, sitemap, persist, rules - I think it is default. Still I got same problem, it looks like it works when I just refresh some file, but it doesn’t when I ctrl+c script start script under Win or “service openhab restart” under Linux. As I understand data should be also recover after service restart, otherwise it makes no sense.

to control the sequence of loading the different files.

Or you may use System started triggers, there are many examples here in the forum.

For 2) see

Force one rule to load first

Set up the mapdb persistence file per the Persistence wiki page and everything is done for you. Just be sure to use “restoreOnStartup” and “everyChange” strategy and only list your startup switch in the mapdb.persist file. In your rule all you need to do is startingSwitch.sendCommand(OFF) where startingSwitch is the one that the other rules check to determine whether they are allowed to run. Also, if the rules you are having problems with are not associated with your GPIO problems, you can add…

to setup persistence (mapdb is a good choice)