I do that using virtual light actuators. The hardware doesn’t exist but I send an light OFF command to an unused address when the scenario is run. I set openHAB up as though the actuator exists. The thing will show an error until the address is used and then it goes green. The initial comm error doesn’t prevent the openHAB rule from running. Things with and wthout error are shown below by the two arrows
items
Switch SunnyCills1_VirtualSwitch "Virtual switch: Sunny cills 1" <blinds> {channel="openwebnet:bus_on_off_switch:gateway:0812:switch"}
Switch SunnyCills2_VirtualSwitch "Virtual switch: Sunny cills 2" <blinds> {channel="openwebnet:bus_on_off_switch:gateway:0813:switch"}
Switch SunnyCills3_VirtualSwitch "Virtual switch: Sunny cills 3" <blinds> {channel="openwebnet:bus_on_off_switch:gateway:0814:switch"}
Switch OpenMorningCool_VirtualSwitch "Virtual switch: Morning open - cool" <blinds> {channel="openwebnet:bus_on_off_switch:gateway:0914:switch"}
Switch OpenMorningWarm_VirtualSwitch "Virtual switch: Morning open - warm" <blinds> {channel="openwebnet:bus_on_off_switch:gateway:0915:switch"}
things
Thing bus_on_off_switch 0812 "Sunny cills1" [ where="0812" ] //No hardware
Thing bus_on_off_switch 0813 "Sunny cills2" [ where="0813" ] //No hardware
Thing bus_on_off_switch 0814 "Sunny cills3" [ where="0814" ] //No hardware
Thing bus_on_off_switch 0914 "Morning open blinds - cool" [ where="0914" ] //No hardware
Thing bus_on_off_switch 0915 "Morning open blinds - warm" [ where="0915" ] //No hardware
MH202 scenario. If you look carefully I use a few features not mentioned much. Ask if your interested in the general discussion thread. openwebnet general discussions
openHAB rule to do stuff when MH202 scenario runs. Tip >> The commented out // stuff creates a marker in a Grafana chart sothat you can see exactly when the rule ran in the chart data.
rule 'Moving to sunny cills1'
when
Item SunnyCills1_VirtualSwitch changed to ON
then
logInfo("Blinds",'Sunny cills1. Gallery T = ' + Gallery_Temperature.state.toString)
AlexaAnnouncement.postUpdate('The gallery is ' + Gallery_Temperature.state.toString + ' degrees. Moving blinds to position one')
BlindPositionMode.postUpdate('Sunny cills1')
BlindPositionModeChanged_Timestamp.postUpdate(new DateTimeType)
//json = '{
// "time":' + Long::toString(now.toInstant().toEpochMilli()) + ',
// "tags":["BlindControl"],
// "text":"Sunny cills1"
//}'
//sendHttpPostRequest(url, "application/json", json)
end
Not all addresses work the same. So you will need to test. I have raised this in the past but back then there was only me doing this and Massimo was busy enough. In my notes I have >>>>
//Thing bus_on_off_switch 29 “29 test” @“Test” [ where=“29” ] // No hardware. Doesnt work but addresses A8-A9 do without hardware. Sending command works for these in myHomesuite but address not found on a scan