Pulled in the latest version of the code (master-fb7b9f1) .
I enabled the Sonos plugin and performed and started Openhab2 from the IDE.
Found a sonos speaker and added it to a group.
The Sonos-thing configuration page then opens and I see the several channels.
Curiously they are all checked out.
And when I enable one of the channel I get the following pop-up
Is this expected behavior or a bug or something wrong in my environment (browser/build) ?
( do note that with previous version of the code, this behaviour did not occur )
I just retested it from a another clean-environment and have the same wih a Yahoo-Weather thing.
I’ll try to test another pc, but help would already be handy.
If I need to shift my question/report to another forum, let me know.
Yes, this is fully expected. You can link your item to channels here.
I will try to produce some tutorial for the Paper UI by next Monday, this will explain the concepts a bit.
I think if you wanted to have the old behavior you can go to the preferences page (last item in the navigator) and deselect the ‘advanced’ checkbox. In that case a liked item is automatically created for you.
From end Nov it seems like the ‘advancedDefault’ became true, hence you manually need to deselect it
When linking a channel to an item, I was expecting that my item file to be updated but it is not. Does it mean that I have to set the channel link in my item files and don’t care about this paper UI feature?
Where is saved this link if not in the item file ?
When things are discovered with the paper UI, where are they saved? I see no things file created. Is it still required to define things file ? I did it but then the things appeared in double in paper UI.
Sorry if my remarks are stupid, I am new with OH2.
When I start classic UI with the default sitemap, I discover a page with all my things but nothing behind each thing.
Except this general understanding problem, paper UI looks very promising, especially if it can help to define items.
@Kai: Thanks for the info and interested to know the concept behind further
@marcel_verpaalen: Bedankt, so I can use the old behaviour until it gets more clear.
@lolodomo
As explained by shorty707 and as how I see it (for the moment):
When you need to have a “thing” In the system where manual configuration is required ( no network discovery ), then you need to specify the necessary in the conf files.
Furthermore if you need a more “abstract”-UI-switch such “Turn all Lights Switches”, then I defined them also in the conf files ( items & rules) .
For Discoverable items ( and my current setup), I don’t define anything in the conf files. For example Just look for a sonos-spk on your network (upnp) and then add it your desired group. And then you should be able to control you sonos speaker.
But if you wish to write a rule to control the sonos speaker you need to update the rules-conf file.
Since this page still scores on top when you google the advanced dialog, and since the Git-hub link above is no longer valid; for further information, check the current version of the docs on Paper UI. Which, by the way, is always good practice if you haven’t done so for a while!
At the time of writing this, you will find some information as per the link below!
