Modbus binding for openHAB-2

[ssalonen]

Great that you got it figured out!

The proxy approach might not be needed anymore with the new transformation support out as experimental version

Modbus support for transformations, roller shutter items, read-only items, write-only items, and others

Update: This feature is now part of modbus binding 1.10.0. Hello everyone! Originally discussed in here, there has been a need for having transformation support for opnehab. Some of the more complicated use cases (e.g. rollershutter items) could be implemented simply using transformations. I have been implementing this support for a while now, and feel confident sharing the first test version with the community. Along this update comes support for writing to different address based on the co…

I believe with the new version the dimmer items work straight away as the binding no longer ignores any item types. Since dimmer item type is decimal type, you might get it working without any transformation.

Let me know if you decide to try it out.

Best
Sami