How to say if a switch was pressed manually / physically

[rlkoshak (Rich Koshak)]

@Moerky

I thought there must be a design pattern for that type of question

There is. See

Design Pattern: Manual Trigger Detection

Edit: Updates for OH 4 Please see Design Pattern: What is a Design Pattern and How Do I Use Them for details on what a DP is and how to use it. Problem Statement Sometimes you are in a situation where you want to know where a certain command came from but there is no way built into the binding or the device to tell the difference between a manually initiated command at the device or a command initiated by a rule or the sitemap. For example, when one wants to override a Rule’s behavior when a l…

This one is one of the trickier DPs so if you run into trouble please ask.