[SOLVED] Only lights on status

Setup, Configuration and Use Beginners
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Hey guys,

Is there a way of only displaying items (lights) that are currently switched on?

thanks

Matt

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You could do so with a group, but displaying them in what method are you looking for?

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I’d just like to be able to glance at the app on my phone and see which lights the kids have left on :slight_smile:

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If you have a site map setup then you should see when a light is on or off. Either by the switch itself or by the light icon.

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:smiley: I have found the expire binding to work wonderfully in shutting them down, it at least lowers the number of lights that left on in hallways. Combine expire and a motion sensor and you have the ability to keep the lights on only if they are moving around in the room.

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You can use the visibility tag in OH to only show the individual light when it is ON on a status page.

Personally, I think that is too much work. I create a Group:Switch:OR(ON, OFF) which will be ON when any one of its members are ON. Then in a frame under that Group I show ALL the Items. So I can see at a glance that there is at least one light on (or in my case at least one service or device I rely on offline) and can then drill down to see which one it is, assuming I missed the notification when the device first went offline.

But, like that most prolific of authors and artists anonymous suggests, this sounds like a job for automation. Why do something manually that OH can do for you?

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