How to configure a contact Item in a Sitemap

[rlkoshak (Rich Koshak)]

@rockhock

First I created an Item as Switch and integrated it as Switch in my sitemap. But then i can toggle it in the sitemap which i don’t want.

Put it on your sitemap using Text

Text item=Kabuff_Tuer_Offen label=“Tür” icon=“door”

@rockhock

But in paper UI it says “triggered or untriggered” when i open or close the physical sensor.

You are looking at the Thing, not the Item I suspect. When you look at the Thing that represents this sensor in PaperUI, it will tell you what type of Item you must use to link that channel to an Item.

I suspect you must use a Switch.

@rockhock

So the Conntact item is not persistent in the system, just when i trigger it?

It is not clear to me what you are looking at so it is hard to answer. Item states are presistant in the system until you change a .items file or restart OH. At that point the Items get initialized to NULL (which will appear in your sitemap as “-”.

PaperUI is an administration UI so it doesn’t really let you control or show Items in general.

Please How to use code fences when posting logs.