Null pointer exceptions and 500 - Internal server error when configuring z-wave smoke detector

[5iver (Scott Rushworth)]

@malgoe

but the problem with doing things like this (testing other binding versions etc. having to add/remove devices and including/excluding) is that it messes up everything.

You shouldn’t need to exclude anything… just delete and rediscover the Things to pull in the updated Thing definitions. Here is a rule that will do it for you…

Rule for deleting and rediscovering Things

OH2 does not currently have a mechanism for updating Thing types. When a binding update includes new or modified Channel definitions, the Thing needs to be manually deleted and recreated in order to use the new/modified Channel. For most bindings, it is not too cumbersome to do this manually. But when you are using the Zwave binding with ~120 devices, this can be a real headache. Here is an example of how I have automated the deletion, rediscovery, and reconfiguration of my Zwave Things. I run t…

I’ve thought about putting this into the manual install script, but I’ve gotten little to no feedback on it, so I haven’t bothered.

@malgoe

Anyway, thank you again.

Having a good backup is very handy! If you’d like some more help if/when you get the nerve up, just ask! You are very welcome!