Restart a thing if connection is lost or if no new data within xx seconds

[rpwong (Russ)]

I don’t know how to do that in Blockly, but in RulesDSL it’s something like this.

Renew bridge connection with rule after midnight

If you’re using Rules DSL, set up an API token and then use a rule like this to disable and re-enable the thing. I’ve shown the cron as 1:30am every day. when Time cron "0 30 1 ? * * *" then //Header for REST authentication //https://community.openhab.org/t/javascript-syntax-to-insert-api-token-into-sendhttpgetrequest/116798 val headers = newHashMap("Authorization" -> "Bearer INSERT-API-TOKEN-HERE", "WWW-Authenticate"-> "Basic") //disable the thing sendHttpPutRequest("h…

Note that this is an OH3 example, and may have changed somewhat in OH4.

I recommend disabling/enabling on a schedule so that you’re being proactive. Then it’s a simple CRON rule that doesn’t care about the actual status of the thing.