diff --git a/bundles/org.openhab.binding.plclogo/src/main/resources/OH-INF/config/analog.xml b/bundles/org.openhab.binding.plclogo/src/main/resources/OH-INF/config/analog.xml
index d6540f719..f1db22b2c 100644
--- a/bundles/org.openhab.binding.plclogo/src/main/resources/OH-INF/config/analog.xml
+++ b/bundles/org.openhab.binding.plclogo/src/main/resources/OH-INF/config/analog.xml
@@ -5,22 +5,19 @@
 	xsi:schemaLocation="https://openhab.org/schemas/config-description/v1.0.0 https://openhab.org/schemas/config-description-1.0.0.xsd">
 
 	<config-description uri="thing-type:plclogo:analog">
-		<parameter name="kind" type="text" pattern="AI|AM|AQ|NAI|NAQ">
+		<parameter name="kind" type="text" pattern="AI|AM|AQ|NAI|NAQ" required="true">
 			<label>LOGO! Analog Block Kind</label>
 			<description>LOGO! analog block kind</description>
-			<required>true</required>
 		</parameter>
-		<parameter name="force" type="boolean">
+		<parameter name="force" type="boolean" required="false">
 			<label>Force Channels Update</label>
 			<description>Propagate channels update to openHAB whether value changed or not</description>
 			<default>false</default>
-			<required>false</required>
 		</parameter>
-		<parameter name="threshold" type="integer" min="0">
+		<parameter name="threshold" type="integer" min="0" required="false">
 			<label>Smallest Value Change to Sent</label>
 			<description>Smallest value change will be sent to openHAB</description>
 			<default>0</default>
-			<required>false</required>
 		</parameter>
 	</config-description>
 </config-description:config-descriptions>
diff --git a/bundles/org.openhab.binding.plclogo/src/main/resources/OH-INF/config/bridge.xml b/bundles/org.openhab.binding.plclogo/src/main/resources/OH-INF/config/bridge.xml
index 4050f224a..d52ba4c9a 100644
--- a/bundles/org.openhab.binding.plclogo/src/main/resources/OH-INF/config/bridge.xml
+++ b/bundles/org.openhab.binding.plclogo/src/main/resources/OH-INF/config/bridge.xml
@@ -5,37 +5,32 @@
 	xsi:schemaLocation="https://openhab.org/schemas/config-description/v1.0.0 https://openhab.org/schemas/config-description-1.0.0.xsd">
 
 	<config-description uri="thing-type:plclogo:bridge">
-		<parameter name="address" type="text">
+		<parameter name="address" type="text" required="true">
 			<context>network-address</context>
 			<label>Network Address</label>
 			<description>Network address of the PLC.</description>
-			<required>true</required>
 		</parameter>
-		<parameter name="family" type="text">
+		<parameter name="family" type="text" required="true">
 			<label>LOGO! Family</label>
 			<description>LOGO! PLC hardware family version</description>
 			<options>
 				<option value="0BA7">0BA7</option>
 				<option value="0BA8">0BA8</option>
 			</options>
-			<required>true</required>
 		</parameter>
-		<parameter name="localTSAP" type="text" pattern="(0x[0-9]{4})">
+		<parameter name="localTSAP" type="text" pattern="(0x[0-9]{4})" required="true">
 			<label>Local TSAP</label>
 			<description>Local TSAP of the client as hex string</description>
-			<required>true</required>
 			<default>0x3000</default>
 		</parameter>
-		<parameter name="remoteTSAP" type="text" pattern="(0x[0-9]{4})">
+		<parameter name="remoteTSAP" type="text" pattern="(0x[0-9]{4})" required="true">
 			<label>Remote TSAP</label>
 			<description>Remote TSAP of the client as hex string</description>
-			<required>true</required>
 			<default>0x2000</default>
 		</parameter>
-		<parameter name="refresh" type="integer" min="100" step="50">
+		<parameter name="refresh" type="integer" min="100" step="50" required="true">
 			<label>Refresh Interval</label>
 			<description>Milliseconds between reread data from PLC.</description>
-			<required>true</required>
 			<default>100</default>
 		</parameter>
 	</config-description>
diff --git a/bundles/org.openhab.binding.plclogo/src/main/resources/OH-INF/config/datetime.xml b/bundles/org.openhab.binding.plclogo/src/main/resources/OH-INF/config/datetime.xml
index 1a873949f..6362ab4eb 100644
--- a/bundles/org.openhab.binding.plclogo/src/main/resources/OH-INF/config/datetime.xml
+++ b/bundles/org.openhab.binding.plclogo/src/main/resources/OH-INF/config/datetime.xml
@@ -5,12 +5,11 @@
 	xsi:schemaLocation="https://openhab.org/schemas/config-description/v1.0.0 https://openhab.org/schemas/config-description-1.0.0.xsd">
 
 	<config-description uri="thing-type:plclogo:datetime">
-		<parameter name="block" type="text" pattern="VW(\d|[1-9]\d|[1-7]\d{2}|8[0-4]\d)">
+		<parameter name="block" type="text" pattern="VW(\d|[1-9]\d|[1-7]\d{2}|8[0-4]\d)" required="true">
 			<label>LOGO! Memory Address</label>
 			<description>LOGO! memory address</description>
-			<required>true</required>
 		</parameter>
-		<parameter name="type" type="text">
+		<parameter name="type" type="text" required="true">
 			<label>Send Value As</label>
 			<description>Interpret received channel value as date or time</description>
 			<options>
@@ -18,13 +17,11 @@
 				<option value="time">time</option>
 			</options>
 			<default>time</default>
-			<required>true</required>
 		</parameter>
-		<parameter name="force" type="boolean">
+		<parameter name="force" type="boolean" required="false">
 			<label>Force Channels Update</label>
 			<description>Propagate channels update to openHAB whether value changed or not</description>
 			<default>false</default>
-			<required>false</required>
 		</parameter>
 	</config-description>
 </config-description:config-descriptions>
diff --git a/bundles/org.openhab.binding.plclogo/src/main/resources/OH-INF/config/digital.xml b/bundles/org.openhab.binding.plclogo/src/main/resources/OH-INF/config/digital.xml
index 5dae52613..a539f7675 100644
--- a/bundles/org.openhab.binding.plclogo/src/main/resources/OH-INF/config/digital.xml
+++ b/bundles/org.openhab.binding.plclogo/src/main/resources/OH-INF/config/digital.xml
@@ -5,16 +5,14 @@
 	xsi:schemaLocation="https://openhab.org/schemas/config-description/v1.0.0 https://openhab.org/schemas/config-description-1.0.0.xsd">
 
 	<config-description uri="thing-type:plclogo:digital">
-		<parameter name="kind" type="text" pattern="I|M|Q|NI|NQ">
+		<parameter name="kind" type="text" pattern="I|M|Q|NI|NQ" required="true">
 			<label>LOGO! Digital Block Kind</label>
 			<description>LOGO! digital block kind</description>
-			<required>true</required>
 		</parameter>
-		<parameter name="force" type="boolean">
+		<parameter name="force" type="boolean" required="false">
 			<label>Force Channels Update</label>
 			<description>Propagate channels update to openHAB whether value changed or not</description>
 			<default>false</default>
-			<required>false</required>
 		</parameter>
 	</config-description>
 </config-description:config-descriptions>
diff --git a/bundles/org.openhab.binding.plclogo/src/main/resources/OH-INF/config/memory.xml b/bundles/org.openhab.binding.plclogo/src/main/resources/OH-INF/config/memory.xml
index d05eb2f89..fa8b72d64 100644
--- a/bundles/org.openhab.binding.plclogo/src/main/resources/OH-INF/config/memory.xml
+++ b/bundles/org.openhab.binding.plclogo/src/main/resources/OH-INF/config/memory.xml
@@ -6,22 +6,20 @@
 
 	<config-description uri="thing-type:plclogo:memory">
 		<parameter name="block" type="text"
-			pattern="VB(\d|[1-9]\d|[1-7]\d{2}|8[0-4]\d|850)\.[0-7]|VB(\d|[1-9]\d|[1-7]\d{2}|8[0-4]\d|850)|VW(\d|[1-9]\d|[1-7]\d{2}|8[0-4]\d)|VD(\d|[1-9]\d|[1-7]\d{2}|8[0-3]\d|84[0-7])">
+			pattern="VB(\d|[1-9]\d|[1-7]\d{2}|8[0-4]\d|850)\.[0-7]|VB(\d|[1-9]\d|[1-7]\d{2}|8[0-4]\d|850)|VW(\d|[1-9]\d|[1-7]\d{2}|8[0-4]\d)|VD(\d|[1-9]\d|[1-7]\d{2}|8[0-3]\d|84[0-7])"
+			required="true">
 			<label>LOGO! Memory Address</label>
 			<description>LOGO! memory address</description>
-			<required>true</required>
 		</parameter>
-		<parameter name="force" type="boolean">
+		<parameter name="force" type="boolean" required="false">
 			<label>Force Channel Update</label>
 			<description>Update of the channel be should propagated to openHAB</description>
 			<default>false</default>
-			<required>false</required>
 		</parameter>
-		<parameter name="threshold" type="integer" min="0">
+		<parameter name="threshold" type="integer" min="0" required="false">
 			<label>Smallest Value Change to Sent</label>
 			<description>Smallest value change will be sent to openHAB</description>
 			<default>0</default>
-			<required>false</required>
 		</parameter>
 	</config-description>
 </config-description:config-descriptions>
diff --git a/bundles/org.openhab.binding.plclogo/src/main/resources/OH-INF/config/pulse.xml b/bundles/org.openhab.binding.plclogo/src/main/resources/OH-INF/config/pulse.xml
index 58a9194bd..be93fca04 100644
--- a/bundles/org.openhab.binding.plclogo/src/main/resources/OH-INF/config/pulse.xml
+++ b/bundles/org.openhab.binding.plclogo/src/main/resources/OH-INF/config/pulse.xml
@@ -5,22 +5,20 @@
 	xsi:schemaLocation="https://openhab.org/schemas/config-description/v1.0.0 https://openhab.org/schemas/config-description-1.0.0.xsd">
 
 	<config-description uri="thing-type:plclogo:pulse">
-		<parameter name="block" type="text" pattern="VB(\d|[1-9]\d|[1-7]\d{2}|8[0-4]\d|850)\.[0-7]">
+		<parameter name="block" type="text" pattern="VB(\d|[1-9]\d|[1-7]\d{2}|8[0-4]\d|850)\.[0-7]" required="true">
 			<label>LOGO! Memory Address</label>
 			<description>LOGO! memory address</description>
-			<required>true</required>
 		</parameter>
 		<parameter name="observe" type="text"
-			pattern="I([1-9]|1\d|2[0-4])|NI([1-9]|[1-5]\d|6[0-4])|Q([1-9]|1\d|20)|NQ([1-9]|[1-5]\d|6[0-4])|M([1-9]|[1-5]\d|6[0-4])|VB(\d|[1-9]\d|[1-7]\d{2}|8[0-4]\d|850)\.[0-7]">
+			pattern="I([1-9]|1\d|2[0-4])|NI([1-9]|[1-5]\d|6[0-4])|Q([1-9]|1\d|20)|NQ([1-9]|[1-5]\d|6[0-4])|M([1-9]|[1-5]\d|6[0-4])|VB(\d|[1-9]\d|[1-7]\d{2}|8[0-4]\d|850)\.[0-7]"
+			required="false">
 			<label>LOGO! Block/Memory Address</label>
 			<description>LOGO! block or memory address to observe</description>
-			<required>false</required>
 		</parameter>
-		<parameter name="pulse" type="integer">
+		<parameter name="pulse" type="integer" required="false">
 			<label>Pulse Length</label>
 			<description>Time to wait before state reset</description>
 			<default>150</default>
-			<required>false</required>
 		</parameter>
 	</config-description>
 </config-description:config-descriptions>