Help with setup/rules in openHab for Momentary buttons

[MDAR (Stuart Hanlon, UK importer of Velbus hardware)]

Hi

I’m not entirely sure what you’re trying to achieve, but I suspect you want to split the string and do something with it,

Do these topics help you?

Good Luck,

Stuart

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