ZWave-binding - Battery operated zwave-devices and OH2

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Thank you for your answer :

@jaydee73

First of all: Are all battery operated devices included sucessfully? Or are they maybe still in initialization process?

Yes. They are. Besides one which works properly. Besides its battery state.

@jaydee73

Second:
I noticed, that for some command classes in OH2 the item type changed. I used a motion sensor as CONTACT in OH1, but it only worked as a SWITCH in OH2. You should also check this for your devices.

I noticed that too and changed them accordingly.

@jaydee73

Third;
You wrote that you ended up not using the simple mode (which is indeed preferrable for OH1 users migrating over). But in another sentence you wrote that you don’t use item files. From my understanding it has to be one or the other?!

No. You can use HABmin to add items and link them to thte channels using the channels menu/config-options of a thing. And without the simple mode in PaperUI you have another menu entry items. With those two options you even don’t have to use any items-file. But sometimes for OH1 users it’s easier to use them.

@jaydee73

Fourth:
You should take some time and read docs.openhab.org and also the migration tutorial from Rich, which can be found here in the forum. Both deliver many, many useful hints for any kind of problems.

Yes you’re right. I read the docs and those for migration too. I tried several things. Migration with old item-files and changing the channel-linking. Setting up everything from zero on without any config file. This is now my status. Most things work really nice. But some things went better with OH1. But I like the way which OH2 takes to get more people to use it. Especially less technical experienced people.

@jaydee73

Fifth:
Debugging doesn’t work with only starting start_debug.sh. You have to specify the DEBUG log level in a configuration file. How to? Read the docs.

Yes. You are absolutely right. Regarding to this How do I turn on debug mode in openhab2? - #2 by Kai I found that post: Logging under OH2 / Karaf - #9 by chris
This helped me and now I have set up the DEBUG mode. Thanks.[quote=“jaydee73, post:2, topic:15425”]
Concerning the battery status: When did you include the devices? For battery devices it could take some time (hours, even days), before the battery status gets updated. Do you see the battery status in HABmin?
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I know. The devices worked properly before. So why not now. I just switched to OH2. I didn’t change anything. I know that the battery values take some time to be transmitted to OH or its corresponding binding, because of the wakeup interval.

@jaydee73

Again: I would clearly suggest you to use the file based configurations (item files, persistence files and so on) like you did in OH1. You are familiar with this and it seems to be the easier way. Again: Take a look at the migration tutorial.

I want to use and try the new way. I backed up everything and I can switch back at any time. But with OH2 there are new ways to achieve things. So I think it’s the way to go and to try. And perhaps to help to test it as it still in beta status. In some time OH1 will be EOL so why not trying the new way. And if I am right there are some discussions here which suggest to use the way without the config files, because they are relicts from OH1. Not saying that they aren’t be used anymore

Best regards,
André