Openhab-designer help

[rlkoshak (Rich Koshak)]

@shogan50

Also, in searches, I see screen shots showing pop up windows with what look like suggestions, which I don’t get.

If you hover your mouse over an underlined bit of text, or the red circle with the X to the left of the line it will pop-up the error.

If you start typing a line and press CTRL-SPACE it will pop-up a dialog with all valid ways you can complete the line.

For example typing Garage_Door<CTRL><SPACE> will pop-up a dialog with all the methods that are part of the Garage_Door Item. You can arrow down through the list and select the method you want and it will auto-complete the line.

Here is some code I use to determine whether the current time is between two time periods (scroll down to the “Get time period for right now” rule):

Automation/Orchestration Design Patterns

RLK back with another Design Pattern to add to the list. Time Of Day Triggers The Problem: Many of us have rules that we want to only execute or behave differently during certain time periods of the day. As our rules grow there is the potential that more and more parts of the system will need to have this capability (e.g. lighting, HVAC, blinds, etc). Sometimes the times that define a period are fixed (e.g. 11pm) and others they are based on celestial events (e.g. sunset). This can result in …

@shogan50

I believe I’m using 1.4 with OH 1.8.3.

It would be best to use the latest version of Designer as there are minor changes necessary to keep the syntax highlighting up to date with changes in the server.