In this article you can find tips and tricks for operation of openHAB2 in alphabetical order. Additional topics will be added step-by-step….
Addons
see command “help feature”
Addons query:
Q: Which bindings/addons are installed/started?
console -> feature:list
console -> feature:list | grep <text> e.g. feature:list | grep fs20
Icons
You are allowed for beautifiing your sitemaps by icons (e.g. item = “temperature”).
The classic icon set is shown here. There is also a list of default icons for openHAB2 from ESM project.
Items
see command “help items”
Q: Which items are defined? What is the status?
console -> items:list
console -> items:list <pattern> e.g. items:list | ntp*
Log
see command “help log” and here
Q: How I can see logs and change the log level?
Log level:
console -> log:set e.g. log:set ERROR (default is WARN, others: DEBUG, INFO, …)
see your settings: log:list
Log display:
console -> log:tail
Yon can filter log display for certain bindings: log:display org.openhab.binding.edimax
SSH/Remote access
Use Kitty (or) Putty in order to access your Raspberry running openHAB2. Enable SSH in “rasp-config”