My.openHAB not displaying Rollershutters

[Julian_Divett]

Hi - I’ve setup my.openHAB and persistance and it it working fine except for Rollershutters which are not coming through. I am using the Rfx binding to control Somfy RTS shutters.

Here is an example of the items file

Rollershutter LivingShutter “Living Shutter” (gDownstairs_shutters, gShutters, gMyOpenHAB) { rfxcom=">1.1.1.1:RFY.RFY:Shutter" }

There is no feedback from the shutters so is that the problem? Do I need to setup a virtual switch using Rules?

Also whilst on the topic of My.openHAB is there any way to give items real names?

I want to use IFTTT but this would be much easier with friendily names.

Thanks

[rlkoshak (Rich Koshak)]

@Julian_Divett

There is no feedback from the shutters so is that the problem? Do I need to setup a virtual switch using Rules?

If there is no feedback then I would expect that might be the problem. Though when you control it through your rules or sitemap it should get a value and that value should come through. What does your myopenhab.persist file look like?

A Virtual switch or Number might work but don’t know enough about Rollershutter nor how you are using them to know for sure.

@Julian_Divett

Also whilst on the topic of My.openHAB is there any way to give items real names?

I want to use IFTTT but this would be much easier with friendily names.

What you name it in your Items file is its name. What do you mean by a “real name”? You have full control over what you name items with a couple of limitations (can’t use spaces, can’t start with a number, can’t include special characters). So the item’s name is as friendly as you decide to name it. I guess I don’t understand what you are going for.