Thank you for your response, Matthias! Sorry if I did not make myself clear enough.
I have a sitemap file
[code]
sitemap siemensbsbus label=“BS-Bus Heizung”
{
Frame label=“Date” {
Text item=Date
}
Frame label="Kategorie" {
Group item=gUhrzeitDatum label="Datum und Zeit setzen" icon="calendar"
Group item=gZeitprogramm_HK1 label="Zeitprogramm Heizkreis 1" icon="clock-on"
Group item=gZeitprogramm_HK2 label="Zeitprogramm Heizkreis 2" icon="clock-on"
Group item=gZeitprogramm4_TWW label="Zeitprogramm Trinkwasser" icon="clock-on"
Group item=gZeitprogramm5 label="Zeitprogramm 5" icon="clock-on"
Group item=gFerienHK1 label="Ferien Heizkreis 1" icon="calendar"
Group item=gFerienHK2 label="Ferien Heizkreis 2" icon="calendar"
Group item=gHeizkreis1 label="Einstellungen Heizkreis 1" icon="heating"
Group item=gHeizkreis2 label="Einstellungen Heizkreis 2" icon="heating"
Group item=gTrinkwasser label="Einstellungen Trinkwasser"
Group item=gTrinkwasserspeicher label="Einstellungen Trinkwasserspeicher" icon="cistern-80"
Group item=gWartungSonderbetrieb label="Wartung/Sonderbetrieb"
Group item=gStatus label="Status"
Group item=gDiagnoseErzeuger label="Diagnose Erzeuger"
} // end of Frame label="Kategorie"
//Switch item=language mappings=[0=“German” 1=“English”]
} // sitemap siemensbsbus
[/code/
and an items file (excerpt of Heizkreis 1)
/*
* GROUP DEFINITIONS
* There are several authorization levels of commands; they are in descending
* order: OEM, Expert, Install, User. Commands can be sorted into one of
* these groups.
* Some more group definitions help to bring order into the commands.
*/
// Hierarchy levels
Group gAll
Group gOEM // OEM
Group gF (gOEM) // Fachmann
Group gI (gF) // Installation
Group gE (gI) // Endbenutzer
// ****************************************************
// Categories as defined in the manufacturer manuals
// ****************************************************
Group gUhrzeitDatum
Group gBedieneinheit
Group gFunk
Group gZeitprogramm_HK1
Group gZeitprogramm_HK2
Group gZeitprogramm_HK3
Group gZeitprogramm4_TWW
Group gZeitprogramm5
Group gFerien_HK1
//Group gKuehlkreis1
Group gFerien_HK2
Group gFerien_HK3
Group gHeizkreis1
Group gHeizkreis2
Group gHeizkreis3
Group gTrinkwasser
(more ...)
// Heizkreis 1 710 - 900
Number Komfortsollwert_HK1 "Komfortsollwert HK1 [%.1f °C]" <temperature> (gHeizkreis1,gE) {siemensbsbus="710"}
Number Reduziertsollwert_HK1 "Reduziertsollwert HK1 [%.1f °C]" <temperature> (gHeizkreis1,gE) {siemensbsbus="712"}
Number Frostschutzsollwert_HK1 "Frostschutzsollwert HK1 [%.1f °C]" <temperature> (gHeizkreis1,gE) {siemensbsbus="714"}
Number KennlinieSteilheit_HK1 "Kennlinie Steilheit HK1 [%.2f]" <line2> (gHeizkreis1,gE) {siemensbsbus="720"}
Number KennlinieVerschiebung_HK1 "Kennlinie Verschieb HK1 [%.1f °C]" <line3> (gHeizkreis1,gF) {siemensbsbus="721"}
Switch KennlinieAdaption_HK1 "Kennlinie Adaption HK1" (gHeizkreis1,gE) {siemensbsbus="726"}
Number SommerWinterHeizgrenze_HK1 "Sommer/Winterheizgrenze HK1 [%.1f °C]" <temperature> (gHeizkreis1,gE) {siemensbsbus="730"}
Number TagesHeizgrenze_HK1 "Tagesheizgrenze HK1 [%.1f °C]" <temperature> (gHeizkreis1,gF) {siemensbsbus="732"}
Number VorlaufsollMinimum_HK1 "Vorlaufsollwert Minimum HK1 [%.1f °C]" <temperature> (gHeizkreis1,gF) {siemensbsbus="740"}
Number VorlaufsollMaximum_HK1 "Vorlaufsollwert Maximum HK1 [%.1f °C]" <temperature> (gHeizkreis1,gF) {siemensbsbus="741"}
Number Raumeinfluss_HK1 "Raumeinfluss HK1 [%.1f %%]" <temperature> (gHeizkreis1,gI) {siemensbsbus="750"}
Number RaumtempBegrenzung_HK1 "Raumtemperaturbegrenzung HK1 [%.1f °C]" <temperature> (gHeizkreis1,gF) {siemensbsbus="760"}
Number Schnellaufheizung_HK1 "Schnellaufheizung HK1 [%.1f °C]" <temperature> (gHeizkreis1,gF) {siemensbsbus="770"}
//Selection Schnellabsenkung_HK1 "Schnellabsenkung HK1" (gHeizkreis1,gF) {siemensbsbus="780"}
Number EinschaltoptngMax_HK1 "Einschaltoptimierung Max HK1 [%.1f min]" (gHeizkreis1,gF) {siemensbsbus="790"}and here are the screenshots how I picture the result
I would like to see
- An overview of categories on an entry screen to select from; the “Group” keyword in sitemaps does that
- An overview of parameters to read and set in each category (“Items” in my understanding). There are parameters which assume values from an exactly defined set. But Items don’t offer selection lists to represent this behavio(u)r.
- I would love to use the Item transform feature which resorts to .map files (see Explanation of items · openhab/openhab1-addons Wiki · GitHub) to display a numerically received Item status or to select one of several options from a textual list and send it as a numerical value. Those .map files come in handy when selection lists become quite large with around 50 possibilities.
However, .map files are not mentioned in the sitemap syntax.
With all that “somewhere” already existent, I am missing such features when I look at Items. I wonder if this one application is so unique or if not other appliances display a similar behavio(u)r. Maybe someone has come up with a smart solution (or OpenHAB could extend its functionality, hint, hint)