Pulse Switch

[Elvis_Zeltitis]

Hello,

I’m trying to find a solution, to make switch item that sends a pulse of 1 then 0, which is used to turn on/off lights. I’ve had solutions to it, but it leads to the issue of icon not showing the state of the lights. Is it possible to write a rule for icon, or is there a workaround?

Thanks in advance.

[Bruce_Osborne]

@Elvis_Zeltitis

Is it possible to write a rule for icon,

Where have you searched? (Hint: try the official documentation.)

[rlkoshak (Rich Koshak)]

You need to post your Items and Rules that didn’t work. You can’t control the icon from a Rule but you can control the Item based on the Item’s state. See https://www.openhab.org/docs/configuration/items.html#dynamic-icons. For something like a momentary button, mappings is also useful. See https://www.openhab.org/docs/configuration/sitemaps.html#mappings. You can command the Item to 1 when the button is pressed and use a Rule to toggle it back to 0 after the desired amount of time.

[Bruce_Osborne]

I think Concepts could be useful too.

Concepts

[rossko57]

Pulse relay control thread (use two Items)

Momentary Button state

Hello, everyone. I try to make a push button whose state changes when pressed. The problem is that I press the push button for only 200 milseconds and then go back to the off state. This to do a real push button. So my push button is always off. I want him to change status every time it’s pushd Here are my config files Items Group Verlichting Switch keuken1 “keuken1” { gpio=“pin:17 debounce:10 activelow:no” } Rule rule "keuken1 is a switch" when Item keuken1 received command then …

[Bruce_Osborne]

So, the final answer was for the OP to search first.