Things configuration file: How to add a name and location

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Hi,

during the migrating from OH1 to OH2 I want to use configuration files instead of using the PaperUI for defining things…
The migration from OH1 to OH2 is already finished, using OH1 bindings. I’m now using a 2nd OH2 installation to prepare the move from the OH1 to OH2 bindings. So currently I’m defining the things in configuration files. Works like a charm - only problem is that I haven’t found a way to define the name and location of the thing in the configuration file. So now I’ve a bunch of “Funk-Schaltaktor 1-fach, Unterputzmontage” in the Paper UI - only way to identify them is by looking at the address “LEQ012234”. Is there anyway to define name and location in the configuration file? I can’t use PaperUI for those parameters because the thing itself is stored in the configuration file and those are read only for PaperUI,
THX

Thomas

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Hello Thomas,
from your text it did not get clear to me if you followed the official documentation. As stated in the Homematic Binding doc, you need to build a things file and then derive a items file from it. Let me show you my configuration as an example: things, items 1, items 2

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Hi Thomas,

actually I took your config files as blueprint for my configuration (thanks for publishing your config!)
So the configuration itself is working fine, also no problems linking the items.
I just want to give the things custom name and possibly a location, because that would make it easier to identify them in the PaperUI Configuration - also to group them in the Basic UI.

So it would be great if there is some kind of parameter in the thing Configuration like

Thing HG-BC-SC-Rd-WM-2 LKF0012944 [name=“Bathroom Window”]

Without the possibility to give a custom name via the thing configuration file it looks like that:

Configuration / Things

Thomas

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Good question. Maybe @gerrieg can tell more about that?

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The names are fetched from the gateway, you have to set the names there.

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Reading the following, you can set a name in the .things file.

https://www.eclipse.org/smarthome/documentation/features/dsl.html

This is working for me with different bindings.

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@gerrieg : I’ve added the name in homegear to the actors - but then the entry for the thing in OH2 showed “No Description” - before it was showing at least the Actor description (like Max Fensterkontakt)

@hmerk : Thanks! that is exactly what I was looking for!!

So for others as reference, copied from the link posted by Hans-Jörg:

Thing yahooweather:weather:losangeles "Los Angeles" @ "home" [ location="2442047", unit="us", refresh=120 ]

Los Angeles would be the name of the Thing and home the location.
Here as example parts of my homematic things configuration file:

Bridge homematic:bridge:homegear [gatewayAddress="192.168.0.60",gatewayType="auto" ]
{
    Thing   HG-HM-CC-RT-DN      	LEQ12345678  "Heating Kitchen"  @  "Kitchen"
}

Thomas

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Great that I could help.

Best
Hans-Jörg

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@ThomasH
Did you reload the page in PaperUI? Sometimes the descriptions are not shown and you have to reload the page. It’s a PaperUI issue. If it still does not work, then i have to take a look.

@hmerk
Thanks for the link, i didn’t know that!

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That’s great! Would you or @ThomasH care to include this in the homematic readme?

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@ThomDietrich I’ve updated the readme.md and created a pull request - my first commit on Github - so sorry in advance if I did anything wrong :wink:

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