Want a Switch item to display a Contact status

Setup, Configuration and Use Items & Sitemaps
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my garage has a button that simply opens, stops or closes my garage door. to check if the door is open or closed I`ve a sensor that closes when the door is closed. In the BasicUI I have two items:
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I use a proxy with rules to translate the switch into a contact.

items:
Switch FibUN1_IN1 {channel=“zwave:device:4dfe5541:node15:sensor_binary1”}
Contact GaragentorrechtsProxy “Garage rechts [MAP(garage.map):%s]”

sitemap:
Switch item=Garage_rechts mappings=[ON=“Taster”]
Text item=GaragentorrechtsProxy

Is there a chance that the “Garagentor rechts” switch displays the status of the Sensor “Garage rechts”. I`d like to have only one line in the GUI, instead of two. “Taster” should display the value of the Sensor.
thx

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Use the visibility tag on the sitemap to show a Switch with a custom label and icon when it is open and another when it is closed.

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You been drinking Rich?

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Yes actually. Yes gads auto correct mangled that post. Clearly I’m not very good at actually reading what I posted.

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may you help me please once more

sitemap:
Switch item=Garage_links visibility=[GaragentorlinksProxy == “offen”, GaragentorlinksProxy == “zu”]
does not work at all, the switch is not seen in basicUI.

here my items:
Switch Garage_links “Garagentor links[]” (Garage) {channel=“zwave:device:4dfe2711:node10:switch_binary1”} //thats the switch that actually opens or closes the door
Switch FibUN1_IN1 {channel=“zwave:device:4dfe2711:node15:sensor_binary1”} //thats the sensor that tells if door is opened or closed
Contact GaragentorlinksProxy “Garage links [MAP(garage.map):%s]” //thats the proxyitem that displays the door status as contact instead of switch

garage.map
CLOSED=zu
OPEN=offen
NULL=undefiniert
-=nix

thanks

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You have to use the actual state of the item in visibility, not the mapped value.

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Switch item=Garage_links visibility=[GaragentorlinksProxy == OPEN, GaragentorlinksProxy == CLOSED]

I dont get that working... playing around with the visiblity is either not working or showing nothing. I also tried to combine the mapping with visibility command without success. Im wondering if this is possible at all…
I need to put Switch item Garage_links on my sitemap because this switch (its actually acting as button) rolls up or down the garagedoor. When the garagedoor is closed another Switch item (FibUN1_IN1) changes to CLOSED. now I would like the GUI to display something like this:
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any idea?

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Switch item=aGarageOpener1 icon="garagedoorclosed" mappings=[ON=Open]  visibility=[vGarageOpener1 == CLOSED]
                Switch item=aGarageOpener1 icon="garagedooropen"   mappings=[ON=Close] visibility=[vGarageOpener1 == OPEN]
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thanks Rich, that works.

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the icons garagedoorclosed and open do not properly show. (shown as door half-way open). I did a workaround and created garage_open.svg and garage_closed.svg and put it in the icons directory…
I was not able to find the svg files in any openhab directory, so I just downloaded the picture from the GUI…

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Does this solution still work for OH2.5 (2.5.2-1)?

I tried and the icon is not closed or opened according to the status, it is always garagedoor-ajar, regardless of status :frowning:

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Yes, it works.
If you have a problem you should share your Item and sitemap details, and what icon files you have.