Hi everyone, I’m trying to test a rule that is triggered by a channel event. Is there any way to trigger a channel event via the REST API (similar to an incoming trigger event) ? The goal is to make rule testing reproducible without relying on real hardware interactions. I’m aware that item stat…

There is the Magic Binding [4.0.0.0;4.2.0.0) but I don’t think it’s been kept up to work with OH 5 unfortunately. This is a “fake” binding that lets you create Channels that let you do this sort of thing though. Maybe a reply on that thread will prompt the original developer or someone to update it …

I find it convenient to do it via mqtt :slight_smile: Just define the channels as needed and use a mqtt sniffer to publish the topics.

I beleive the approach would be to set up an MQTT Thing with event Channels. Use those event Channels to trigger the rule along side what ever Channel is currently triggering the rule. Then you can publish messages that match the payload of the events you want to test to the MQTT topic to trigger th…

Didn’t really understand it … I want to test astro event sunset#rise for example how can I do it

Do you use that sunset#rise in the rule somehow? What exactly are you trying to test? That the rule trigger is correct? Just what the rule does? How are you trying to test this? Manually? Via some testing script? If your answers are: not using sunset#rise in the rule, want to test what the rule d…

This rule exactly…But it was more a general question… const { items, log, rules, triggers } = require('openhab'); rules.JSRule({ name: "Tageszeit Phasen setzen mit Astro-Events", description: "Setzt die Tageszeitphase anhand von Astro-Events (9 Phasen)", triggers: [ triggers.ChannelEvent…

The general question was answered. No, you cannot inject a Channel event through the REST API nor any other easily accessible method. It’s still not clear what you are trying to test. If you want to test taht the Astro binding is triggering the rule, all you can do is wait for the Astro binding to …

[image] rlkoshak: Create a Generic MQTT Thing Add an Event Channel that subscribes to some topic, let’s say testing/astro/* Add this Event Channel as a trigger for this rule. Modify the rule as follows: That is clear but I want to test exactly the channel trigger…it would be helpful to test …

I just read „Tageszeitphasen". You should try the time based state machine. That’s much easier than setting up everything from scratch [image] Time Based State Machine [4.0.0.0;5.9.9.9] Rule Templates [image] Home automation often follows a set cycle or stat…

How can I trigger a channel event via REST API to test a rule?”

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Marfi (Martin) May 29, 2026, 10:26am 11

I just read „Tageszeitphasen".

You should try the time based state machine. That’s much easier than setting up everything from scratch