Create Generic Thing missing?

[diRk262]

Hi,
if I remember correctly it was possible in OH2 to create a generic thing with the GUI to use unsupported EEP‘s.

Is this option not longer available in OH3? The documentation still says you can create a generic thing, but I can’t find an option for this?

OH2:

Thank you!

Best regards Dirk

[fruggy83]

Hi Dirk @diRk262

since OH3 GenericThings cannot be created with the GUI any longer. As these things should only be used in rare cases, I unlisted them. However in OH2 you had the option to show all thing types of a binding (like the advanced channels). This option is gone in OH3.

I plan to change the channels of a GenericThing to be extensible. So you can add more than one Number channel for example. I will remove the "unlist" flag with this change too. In the meantime you have to add your GenericThings by file.

Best regards
Daniel

[diRk262]

Hi Daniel @fruggy83 ,
Thank you for the response and clarification.

It was my fear that this option is gone in OH3 :(
I am not familiar with textual definition, I set up all of my things and itmes with the GUI.

My plan is to create a virtual BiDi Peha actuator and control it with a 450 FU-HS128 remote. For this I need to receive the remote‘s telegram and send the confirmation telegram from openhab to the remote. So it is vica versa compared to a real actuator because openhab needs to be acting like the actuator. Maybe this will be doable with a generic thing.

I will take a look for some documentation how I can create the generic thing, use the unsupported EEP‘s and transform it to my needs.

Thank you for your work.
Best regards Dirk