How to use a switch (button) with autoupdate=false and mapping

Setup, Configuration and Use Items & Sitemaps
1

I’m trying to setup 3 buttons as in the demo site but as momentary push buttons

Here is my item:

Number Scene_General "Scene" {autoupdate="false"}

and in my sitemap

Switch item=Scene_General label=“Scene” mappings=[1=Dinner, 2=TV, 3=Reading]

But with autoupdate=false set the value of Scene_General doesn’t get updated

Do I need to drop the autoupdate and use a rule to run a command based on the value of Scene_General and then set it back to 0 after the command has been run?

2

That’s intended with autoupdate=“false”. Your rule would have to look like:

rule Test
when
  Item Scene_General received command
then
  if (receivedCommand == 1) {
    //...
  }
end

So the state of Scene_General never gets updated, but since you are only using it for commands, that should be OK.

3

Thanks, that’s exactly what is was trying to achieve.

ps commandReceived should have been receivedCommand :wink:

4

Oops. Sorry; it seemed wrong as I was typing it, but thinking more about coffee than what I was doing!

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5

solved this also by simply using,

Switch relay1 "Garage" <garage> { autoupdate="false",http=">[ON:GET:http://10.1.100.200/index.php?trigger=1] >[OFF:GET:http://10.1.100.200/index.php?trigger=1]"  }