Hi, I just can’t seem to get the distanceFrom function working :sweat: Here’s the rule file: import org.openhab.core.library.types.* // GEOFENCES // 1. Home val PointType HomeLoc = new PointType(‘12.3456,56.4321’) // 2. Office val PointType OfficeLoc = new PointType(‘65.4321,1.234’) rule…

Does the example given here not work as well? Which openHAB version are you running? [image] Location Item example? Tutorials & Examples This area of openHAB is not well documented and has a few incomplete UI bits, but here’s what you can do. items: String …

Ah, I upgraded from 1.7.1 to 1.8.3 and it’s working, thanks. Forgot I was running an older version :slight_smile:

thanks for posting [image] lfs_alp5: val PointType myPos = new PointType(mqttMyPosition.state.toString) Can you tell: … does it really grab the lon lat out of the raw string? Is the mqttMyPosition a mqttitude or mqtt source? E.g. mqttitude allows only to resolve to a switch item, while mq…

Thanks… makes sense… as the enter | leave into regions is as well established by using mqtt… :slight_smile:

Hello, I am also getting this error when trying to call the DistanceFrom method: An error occurred during the script execution: Could not invoke method: org.eclipse.smarthome.core.library.items.LocationItem.distanceFrom(org.eclipse.smarthome.core.library.items.LocationItem) on instance: locationMark…

Location / distanceFrom / Geofence

Setup, Configuration and Use Scripts & Rules

watou (John C) January 26, 2017, 2:35am 5

My advice would be to use the MQTT binding with OwnTracks, since you get more flexibility. A PointType can take a string in the form lat,long[,elevation] (meaning elevation is optional). I think the topic below has more about it: