Use of generic DPTs

[frankvandenhurk]

Hi Supergiovane,

Thank you for your work, it is a very powerful part of my home automation.

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
I have quite a few GAs that don't match the measurement unit of the supported sub DPTs. E.g. a sensor that send a 4Byte value to indicate the distance towards the water level in CM. But also kWh counters and some more other sensors. In the past this worked (but with a lot of warnings), in the new version it doesn't recognize this DPT anymore)

Describe the solution you'd like
I would like to be able to use the generic DPT-nn, without the sub (like -5), zo instead of having the wrong unit of measurement, there is no measurement (but it translates the value, that's the most important to me).

Describe alternatives you've considered
To prevent errors I now have assigned them a subDPT (e.g. "DPST-14-5") instead of the generic one (e.g. "DPT-14"). However, that means that in the output there is now the measurement unit "°" added, instead of having no measurement unit.

Additional context
I would like to be able to configure the GA as:

In the export, it looks like:

"Group name" "Address" "Central" "Unfiltered" "Description" "DatapointType" "Security"
"debug06 - 4Byte FP" "0/0/206" "" "" "" "DPT-14" "Auto"

Thank you in advance for considering this feature.

[Supergiovane]

Hi Frank
I'll keep noted. Thank you for your suggestion. Monday i'll take a look at that!

[frankvandenhurk]

Hi, really appreciate that. Looking forward to your response.

[Supergiovane]

Hi
Yes i know… sorry, i’ve have a family problem in progress. I cannot take a look yet into that, but i’ll appreciate e PR, if you wish to fork the code.

[frankvandenhurk]

Sorry to about your family problem. Unfortunately, I don't have the skills to make the change myself, but no rush, family is always more important.