[velbus] VMB4AN Number Formatting Feature Request

[smoothquark]

Thanks for a great binding. Can I suggest a feature request please (this is assuming I am not doing something stupid!)
I have an VMB4AN configured for Bathroom Humidity (CH9) and Temperature (CH10).
The channels (CH9, CH9Raw; CH10, CH10Raw) works as expected in that the Raw channels provide the current voltage in mV and CH9 and CH10 provide the humidity and temperature readings in % and °C respectively. As expected, the non-raw channels show % and °C when Type is "String" and not when Type is configured as "Number:Dimensionless" or "Number:Temperature". When it is configured as "String" the trend/Analyze function is not available. My current workaround is to use "%.1f %" and "%.1f °C" respectively. I guess this would be the correct way?
I wonder if it may be a good idea to provide CH9-12 channels with say a Number suffix and to use the openHAB types to get the correct formatting?
Thank you.

[smoothquark]

Oh. Just noticed - if I use both CH9 and CH9Raw as Channel Links to a Point (Bathroom Humidity) with type as Number:Dimensionless, it is displayed with '%' and updates and shows the trend/Analyze function and the workaround with StateDescription patterns is not required. Is this by design or a a happy coincidence?

[Rosen01]

The non-raw channels return the information from the module as a string (with the unit provided in the configuration).

I think we can close this request.