Multiple instances of Items or Things , from a template Thing -- Is it possible?

[rlkoshak (Rich Koshak)]

@rlkoshak

You can define your Things using .things files

• Things | openHAB
• Things | openHAB
• Things | openHAB
• Openhab 2.5 things file - #2 by H102 (there are lots more examples)

@rlkoshak

The other approach is to use the REST API docs.

• openHAB REST API | openHAB

@rlkoshak

The final approach, which is my least recommended approach is to stop openHAB, and copy/paste/edit the JSONDB file directly. It’s located in $OH_USERDATA/jsondb and has “Things” in the name.

• JsonDB Storage | openHAB

In all three cases you are creating one Thing, then copy/paste/edit the Thing to create more Things that are only slightly different from the first.