Z-Wave - Getting item status

[rlkoshak (Rich Koshak)]

Assuming the devices periodically update you can do something in rules. If not it won’t help.

[Deprecated] Design Patterns: Generic Is Alive

There is now a Rule Template on the marketplace to implement this for you. See below for instructions on how to set it up. Please see Design Pattern: What is a Design Pattern and How Do I Use Them for a description of what Design Patterns are and how to use them. Problem Statement Many sensors report status to openHAB periodically (e.g. temperature sensor) or unpredictably (e.g. motion sensors) and a subset of these sensors do not have a built in way for openHAB to query whether or not they a…