# OH3.1 textual files not working corrrectly

**URL:** <https://community.openhab.org/t/oh3-1-textual-files-not-working-corrrectly/111453>\
**Category:** Installation\
**Tags:** oh3, things-and-items-fil\
**Created:** [December 26, 2020, 10:15pm UTC](https://community.openhab.org/t/oh3-1-textual-files-not-working-corrrectly/111453 "2020-12-26T22:15:46Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 9\
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**Author:** ![Ronny\_Desmedt](https://community.openhab.org/user_avatar/community.openhab.org/ronny_desmedt/32/36909_2.png) [@Ronny\_Desmedt](https://community.openhab.org/u/Ronny_Desmedt)\
**Post date:** [December 26, 2020, 10:15pm UTC](https://community.openhab.org/t/oh3-1-textual-files-not-working-corrrectly/111453/1 "2020-12-26T22:15:46Z")

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Hello all,

After installing latest snapshot 2101 and reboot my system,  
my items files are not linked anymore when i look to the things in oh3.

My create links with the ui are also not active any more.  
Only when i create new one, the stay active.

any idea why my textuel files are loade and not linked anymore.

regards,  
Ronny

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**Author:** ![Bruce\_Osborne](https://community.openhab.org/user_avatar/community.openhab.org/bruce_osborne/32/38531_2.png) [@Bruce\_Osborne](https://community.openhab.org/u/Bruce_Osborne)\
**Post date:** [December 26, 2020, 10:52pm UTC](https://community.openhab.org/t/oh3-1-textual-files-not-working-corrrectly/111453/2 "2020-12-26T22:52:37Z")

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> [@Ronny\_Desmedt](#):
>
> After installing latest snapshot 2101 and reboot my system,  
> my items files are not linked anymore when i look to the things in oh3.

Did you report it on GitHub? that is where snapshot problems go. That is an early snapshot for 3.1.0.

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**Author:** ![Ronny\_Desmedt](https://community.openhab.org/user_avatar/community.openhab.org/ronny_desmedt/32/36909_2.png) [@Ronny\_Desmedt](https://community.openhab.org/u/Ronny_Desmedt)\
**Post date:** [December 27, 2020, 5:01am UTC](https://community.openhab.org/t/oh3-1-textual-files-not-working-corrrectly/111453/3 "2020-12-27T05:01:49Z")

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I have this with [3.1.0~S2101/](https://openhab.jfrog.io/openhab/list/openhab-linuxpkg/pool/main/3.1.0%7ES2101/) snapshot

see also

# [Strange behavior of KNX binding in OH3](https://community.openhab.org/t/strange-behavior-of-knx-binding-in-oh3/110749)

added a issue on github

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**Author:** ![Bruce\_Osborne](https://community.openhab.org/user_avatar/community.openhab.org/bruce_osborne/32/38531_2.png) [@Bruce\_Osborne](https://community.openhab.org/u/Bruce_Osborne)\
**Post date:** [December 27, 2020, 12:44pm UTC](https://community.openhab.org/t/oh3-1-textual-files-not-working-corrrectly/111453/4 "2020-12-27T12:44:44Z")

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You need to specify OH 3.1 to differentiate from the recent stable release of 3.0. Snapshots, especially early ones are expected to be broken and this user forum is likely to be of little help.

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**Author:** ![Ronny\_Desmedt](https://community.openhab.org/user_avatar/community.openhab.org/ronny_desmedt/32/36909_2.png) [@Ronny\_Desmedt](https://community.openhab.org/u/Ronny_Desmedt)\
**Post date:** [December 30, 2020, 10:28am UTC](https://community.openhab.org/t/oh3-1-textual-files-not-working-corrrectly/111453/5 "2020-12-30T10:28:18Z")

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Hi all,

still havig trouble with textual files in openHAB 3.1.0 Build #2107

DEvice is offline

 ![afbeelding](https://community-openhab-org.s3.dualstack.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/original/3X/7/3/73df7c0d7b812d957cc7e4e54d56645b6aed056a.png)

my things file

```
Thing knx:device:tunnel108:knx0101002 "KNX_01_01_002" (knx:ip:tunnel108) @ "WC"

    [
        address="1.1.2",
        fetch=false,
        pingInterval=300,
        readInterval=3600

    ]

    {

         // bediening
        Type switch : sw09 "licht wc (sw09)" [ga="0/1/1+<0/1/101"]
        Type switch : sw10 "licht boven spiegel (sw10)" [ga="0/1/2+<0/1/102"]
        Type switch : sw11 "ventilator (sw11)" [ga="0/1/3+<0/1/103"]
        // status terugmelding
        Type switch : st09 "status licht wc (st09)" [ga="0/1/101"]
        Type switch : st10 "status licht boven spiegel (st10)" [ga="0/1/102"]
        Type switch : st11 "status ventilator (st11)" [ga="0/1/103"]
    }

```

when removing

```
            address="1.1.2",
            fetch=false,
            pingInterval=300,
            readInterval=3600

```

the device comming online

 ![afbeelding](https://community-openhab-org.s3.dualstack.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/original/3X/4/0/4083668806670d2529561c2943ed1415638668c9.png)

any idea what be the correct syntax has to be

regards  
and happy hollidays

Ronny

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**Author:** ![Ronny\_Desmedt](https://community.openhab.org/user_avatar/community.openhab.org/ronny_desmedt/32/36909_2.png) [@Ronny\_Desmedt](https://community.openhab.org/u/Ronny_Desmedt)\
**Post date:** [January 4, 2021, 6:42pm UTC](https://community.openhab.org/t/oh3-1-textual-files-not-working-corrrectly/111453/6 "2021-01-04T18:42:51Z")

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How to use

> # Retrofitting Existing Items to the Model
> 
> There may be times where a user needs to add existing Items to their model. Perhaps they are migrating from an older version of OH, they did not follow the advice above to start with the model to begin with, or they are following a tutorial or example that doesn’t include the model. In this case all is not lost. Existing Items can be added to the model. Browse to the Item in the Items settings, click on Edit and choose an appropriate Semantic Class and Semantic Property. Then add the Point as a member of the appropriate Equipment or Location Group. If the Equipment Group doesn’t exist yet, create a Group and use the appropriate Equipment semantic tag first and add the Equipment to the appropriate Location Group.

with textual files ?

Regards  
Ronny

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**Author:** ![hafniumzinc](https://community.openhab.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/b9bd4f/32.png) [@hafniumzinc](https://community.openhab.org/u/hafniumzinc)\
**Post date:** [January 4, 2021, 6:49pm UTC](https://community.openhab.org/t/oh3-1-textual-files-not-working-corrrectly/111453/7 "2021-01-04T18:49:43Z")

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> [@Ronny\_Desmedt](#):
>
> with textual files

> [@\[OH3\] Semantic Model setup via tags in configuration Items files](https://community.openhab.org/t/oh3-semantic-model-setup-via-tags-in-configuration-items-files/112520):
>
> Foreword If you are unsure of what the Semantic Model is, or what it can do for you in openHAB 3, [then check the documentation here](https://www.openhab.org/docs/tutorial/model.html). This post is my notes on creating a Semantic Model via the configuration files (\*.items files), rather than the UI. Background I [read this post](https://community.openhab.org/t/habot-walkthrough-2-n-semantic-tagging-item-resolving/55651), and [used this list](https://github.com/openhab/openhab-core/blob/master/bundles/org.openhab.core.semantics/model/SemanticTags.csv) in order to work this all out. General The Semantic Model is made up of Items with extra bits of information tagged on to them. These extra bits of information tell openHAB a little bit more about wha…

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**Author:** ![Ronny\_Desmedt](https://community.openhab.org/user_avatar/community.openhab.org/ronny_desmedt/32/36909_2.png) [@Ronny\_Desmedt](https://community.openhab.org/u/Ronny_Desmedt)\
**Post date:** [January 7, 2021, 5:15am UTC](https://community.openhab.org/t/oh3-1-textual-files-not-working-corrrectly/111453/8 "2021-01-07T05:15:08Z")

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> [hafniumzinc]

Thanks for the answer,  
i check it out and let know of i get it working

regards,  
Ronny

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**Author:** ![Ronny\_Desmedt](https://community.openhab.org/user_avatar/community.openhab.org/ronny_desmedt/32/36909_2.png) [@Ronny\_Desmedt](https://community.openhab.org/u/Ronny_Desmedt)\
**Post date:** [January 7, 2021, 6:06pm UTC](https://community.openhab.org/t/oh3-1-textual-files-not-working-corrrectly/111453/9 "2021-01-07T18:06:49Z")

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Hi all,

After reading and trying everything, I still haven’t found the tree in the forest 🙂

![afbeelding](https://community-openhab-org.s3.dualstack.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/original/3X/d/4/d492a7733765264238eea04b465e19d5a8db955c.png)

**my changed items file**

```
Switch sw09 "licht wc (sw09) [%s]" <button01> (KNX_01_01_002) ["point"] {channel="knx:device:tunnel108:knx0101002:sw09"} Switch sw10 "licht boven spiegel (sw10) [%s]" <button01> (KNX_01_01_002) ["point"] {channel="knx:device:tunnel108:knx0101002:sw10"} Switch sw11 "ventilator (sw11) [%s]" <button01> (KNX_01_01_002) ["point"] {channel="knx:device:tunnel108:knx0101002:sw11"} Switch st09 "status licht wc (st09) [%s]" <lampgeel> (KNX_01_01_002) ["point"] {channel="knx:device:tunnel108:knx0101002:st09"} Switch st10 "status licht boven spiegel (st10) [%s]" <lampgeel> (KNX_01_01_002) ["point"] {channel="knx:device:tunnel108:knx0101002:st10"} Switch st11 "status ventilator (st11) [%s]" <lampgeel> (KNX_01_01_002) ["point"] {channel="knx:device:tunnel108:knx0101002:st11"}

```

**the model**

 ![afbeelding](https://community-openhab-org.s3.dualstack.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/original/3X/a/d/ad4c1cc66647d3a3b5d879381a7f93ff138fa677.png)

 ![afbeelding](https://community-openhab-org.s3.dualstack.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/original/3X/8/a/8a4473404cf19c686feedec96774c3dcabbf7151.png)

**Question,**

points created in the ui3 are visible in model, those with textual files not

 ![afbeelding](https://community-openhab-org.s3.dualstack.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/original/3X/6/e/6e3ed10a5a8c214025f9817e4ee83abd0504f115.png)

is still missing something ☹

regards  
Ronny