KidSquid
(The Squid)
May 20, 2017, 7:38pm
1
Going a bit crazy here…
I have added a new sensor to the system for my front gate and everything seems to appear just as it should it PaperUI -> Control.
When I move the contact back and forth the state changes from OPEN to CLOSED and then CLOSED to OPEN when I move it back.
Yet, it does not update in Basic UI from the item that I have created. It just remains at a “-”
I have added the following item:
String GateStatus "The Gate Is: [%s]" { channel="zwave:device:ad34b696:node5:sensor_door" }
And I have the following in my sitemap
sitemap sid label="5517 Control" {
Frame label="Front Gate Control"{
Switch item=FGate icon="gate2" mappings=[ON="OPEN/CLOSE"]
Text item=GateStatus icon="gate2"
}
Here’s the thing and the channel correctly set up:
I feel like I am missing something simple…
Any suggestions? I am running the latest Snapshot of the Zwave binding.
Dim
(Angelos)
May 21, 2017, 4:45am
2
shouldn’t this be:
Switch item=GateStatus icon="gate2" mappings=[ON="OPEN/CLOSE"]
?
KidSquid
(The Squid)
May 21, 2017, 5:08am
3
Your looking at the switch the controls my gate relay which is working correctly as is…
This is the item that is not displaying correctly
Text item=GateStatus icon="gate2"
Dim
(Angelos)
May 21, 2017, 5:30am
4
hmmm… (maybe the channel is reporting 0/1 for the sensor status and you should use a map transformation with a switch? I am not sure…)
What is the state of the Text item GateStatus
in OH2 (from the console)?
openhab> items list GateStatus
KidSquid
(The Squid)
May 21, 2017, 5:32am
5
Dim:
items list GateStatus
GateStatus (Type=StringItem, State=NULL, Label=The Gate Is:, Category=null)
GateStatus (Type=ContactItem, State=NULL, Label=Binary Sensor, Category=Door)
openhab>
Why am I getting a NULL when I can see the status in PaperUI?
Dim
(Angelos)
May 21, 2017, 5:35am
6
It seems that PaperUI is reporting from another source? (I don’t really know :))
I found this: Ecolink DWZWAVE2 Z-Wave Door Sensor only works as Switch, not Contact
maybe it can help
By the way: it seems that you have a duplicate item named “GateStatus” (one string and one contact type)…
KidSquid
(The Squid)
May 23, 2017, 3:52pm
7
I have found the solution to this with assistance from the great members of this forum. I am including the solution below in the event others stumble across this and are confused as I was…
The solution was correcting the ITEM type it should be a CONTACT, and not a STRING
Contact GateStatus "The Gate Is: [%s]" { channel="zwave:device:ad34b696:node5:sensor_door" }
Many thanks to all of you that help us on a daily basis figure these things out!
Squid