Platform information: Hardware: RPi3b+ Java Runtime Environment: openjdk version “1.8.0_242” OpenJDK Runtime Environment (Zulu 8.44.0.11-CA-linux64) (build 1.8.0_242-b20) OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (Zulu 8.44.0.11-CA-linux64) (build 25.242-b20, mixed mode) openHAB version: 2.5.1-2 (with MQTT1.0 Bi…

Very strange… after restart, same issue - clearing the cache, restarting again solved the issue. All other rules worked fine and could be changed without any issue… Nevertheless now it’s working. Thanks for your support.

No, the items are in the mqtt.items file and the rules are defined in garage.rules There are a lot more items in the mqtt.items file, but I think this is not needed, nor?

I was curious about anything above this rule in the .rules file. The last error says line 6, but I don’t see Button_Tradfri_1 in line 6, so I assume something else is in the file. The other errors usually mean there is something in the file that is not an import, a global variable, or a rule.

Line 6 is if (Button_Tradfri_1.state == “on” && Tasmota_Garage_Distance.state > 250) {Sonoff_Basic_GA.sendCommand(ON)}

OK… code fences would have helped :wink: Do you have Button_Tradfri_1 in a sitemap, and if so, does it work properly? Is the Thing online? Make a change to your Items file (or touch it) and watch the openhab.log for errors.

Try to change Line 6 to Line 6 is if (Button_Tradfri_1.state == ON && Tasmota_Garage_Distance.state > 250) {Sonoff_Basic_GA.sendCommand(ON)} not “on” but ON

[image] Charley: not “on” but ON The definition of Button_Tradfri_1 is as a String not Switch (look in OP).

Does your xxx.items file actually load? There will be a message in openhab.log

Yes it’s loading without error.

How about the other questions that I asked? [image] 5iver: Do you have Button_Tradfri_1 in a sitemap, and if so, does it work properly? Is the Thing online? Make a change to your Items file (or touch it) and watch the openhab.log for errors.