Help converting group based xtend rule to JSR233 please

[5iver (Scott Rushworth)]

I was making more of a general statement. For this rule, I think you will be fine, but I wanted to mention it in case you ran into trouble further on and for others reading through this topic. To be safe, convert your state to a string. You could use Rich’s suggestion or you could use the string conversion that you’re used to in the rules DSL (just remember to use the parens)…

events.sendCommand(lightingItem, items[lightingPresetName].toString())

https://www.openhab.org/docs/configuration/jsr223.html#events-operations

@rlkoshak

I think the warning is that not all States can be sent as a Command so if you happen to have a lightingItem that has a State that is not also a Command you will get an error.

[5iver (Scott Rushworth)]

@higgers, in case you haven’t seen it yet, check out this topic…

Area Triggers --> Area Actions

The main thing I am aiming to communicate in this tutorial is the concept of using the logic built into groups to lessen the complexity of rules. By setting up your Items and groups in the following way, you will be able to use one rule for much of the automation in your home. A second rule is needed if you’d like to have the lights adjust to Mode (Time of Day) and outside lux levels. The concept is that each area within a home has triggers and the combined state of those triggers can represent …

There are more details in GH. It’s similar to what you were implementing, but with more bells and whistles!