Suggestion for controlling my underfloor heating, Roth Touchline

[rlkoshak (Rich Koshak)]

Create item that are not bound to anything not linked to any channels.

Design Pattern: Unbound Item (aka Virtual Item)

Problem Statement Sometimes one needs to create a flag, control, switch, or some other control that is not bound to a device or channel. For example, a Switch to override presence detection. Concept Create an Item that does not have a binding configuration. Simple Example Switch VirtualItem "label" <icon> (groups) // No binding config See the Sensor Aggregation Design Pattern for a more complicated example. The Virtual Item is Override_Presence in that example. Advantages and Limitations V…

Create rules triggered by commands on those items.

Put the call to the actions in these rules.