Setup, Configuration and Use

Widgets Items & Sitemaps 1.x Compatibility Beginners Ask your questions of the first hour here. Please also read the “About the Beginnners category” article to find some helpful hints. Installation All questions and discussions around the initial installation of openHAB. Runtime News & Important Changes This category is a channel to communicate important changes and updates on the openHAB 2 distro snapshots. Scripts & Rules All questions and discussions around scripts, rules, (official) helper libraries and automation add-ons. Migration

Topic	Replies	Views	Activity
Two Simple rules stopped triggering Scripts & Rules	21	243	July 2, 2026
openHAB 5.2 Milestone discussion News & Important Changes	356	8200	July 2, 2026
Which air conditioner buy to work with OH? Beginners air-conditioner	33	834	July 1, 2026
YAML thing provider string conversion info message Runtime	1	40	July 1, 2026
RTSP stream works in VLC but not in IPCamera Binding Beginners camera , rtsp , mqtt-binding , ipcamera	13	134	June 30, 2026
Matter Exposed Items For Alexa Runtime matter	2	75	June 29, 2026
Charts: does not continue, but new values are present? Items & Sitemaps charts	0	34	June 29, 2026
Main stream or sub-stream for multiple cameras? Beginners openhab2 , camera , performance , ip-camera	0	30	June 29, 2026
Javascript rules compilation at openhab startup fails with error Scripts & Rules	12	379	June 28, 2026
MainUI Fixed Canvas Page: Embedded SVG breaks positions and CSS styles in Run Mode (openHAB 5.1.4) Widgets	0	36	June 28, 2026
Action context parameter groups are not properly displayed on configuration dialogs Widgets	12	61	June 27, 2026
Best practice: Calculate grid power from house consumption and PV power? Beginners	5	118	June 27, 2026
Echart problem with oh-aggregate-series Widgets echarts , oh-aggregate-series	33	405	June 26, 2026
Main UI on 5G/4G (ie not on Wifi) Suddenly Stops Working (authentication error) Installation	19	137	June 26, 2026
Time-based rules not working on 5.0.1 Beginners rules , openhab-5	26	639	June 25, 2026
Location history Widgets	8	153	June 25, 2026
Control Hue bulb via MQTT Beginners	8	74	June 25, 2026
Small gap between card and inline-expanded content won't close (custom widget, oh-swiper-card) Widgets	2	42	June 24, 2026
OH 5.2 SNAPSHOT - Removing any binding causes JS Automations etc to fail Scripts & Rules openhab , bindings , scripts	15	69	June 24, 2026
MQTT binding for cloud IP camera alarms — Things, Items, and a motion rule Beginners webhook , ip-camera , home-automation , node.js	2	62	June 24, 2026
Position: fixed popup inside widget gets visually "trapped" behind other grid cards – z-index/stacking-context issue Widgets	10	107	June 24, 2026
Add a confirmation popup in a widget Widgets	14	389	June 23, 2026
Virtual Switch with Google Assistant/Google Home Items & Sitemaps	5	84	June 23, 2026
Custom date/time range picker for Grafana widget — oh-input "variable" binding broken (related to PR #3978?), looking for a workaround Widgets	10	100	June 22, 2026
How is javascript calculating persistence.averageSince Scripts & Rules persistance , javascript	4	102	June 21, 2026
Custom roles and permissions Widgets permissions , role	14	216	June 20, 2026
How can i make a slider cell within a widget more compact? Widgets	4	110	June 19, 2026
Problem with JavaScript rule with SystemStartLevel not loading Scripts & Rules javascript	13	151	June 18, 2026
Do you still check camera feeds manually? Beginners openhab , camera	2	123	June 18, 2026
[amazonechocontrol v5.x.x] - lastVoiceCommand vs. TTS (both never working together) Beginners amazonechocontrol	20	276	June 18, 2026