Restore bulb temperature after turned on

[rossko57]

@m0rgoth

these don’t receive any updates when bulb is turned back on

Okay, that is disappointing but seems to be a limitation of the gateway

Tradfri Bulb Status

Hi Garry, this behavoir comes from the gateway, not from the binding. Have a look at the tradfri app. If you switch on a bulb, the app reports it as online. But if you turn it off with the main switch, it stays online. Same behavoir as in the binding. I’m searching a solution since i’ve got my first Tradfri bulb. All my bulbs are installed in sockets which are switched through wall switches. Cause i’m living in a rental object i’m not allowed and don’t want to change the wall switc…

Thing changed trigger is of no use to you - if the Thing says online when it isn’t, it will still be online when the bulb comes back and reports. No change occurs.

There isn’t any Thing-update-to-same-value trigger function, so far as I know.

EDIT - current docs suggest

Thing <thingUID> received update

is a valid trigger. I don’t know what OH version that arrived in.

You’re sure you don’t get an Item update at switch on, even if its to the same level?

I’m assuming there are no periodic status updates, which would allow you to use expire binding.

I think you are goosed here; if the gateway doesn’t make periodic reports nor does it report offlines, you’ve got no way to tell if a bulb is really offline or is just doing what it was last told to do.