This is a thread posted by a guy who joined the openHAB community August 12 this year. I really think his first post is the journey of a first time users perspective. Give a read if you like, it’s interesting
This is obviously a bright techie guy.
Now we’re talking
ok… so anyhow
The nomenclature can’t be expected to be universally understood
To use openHAB, you must understand these Things…
are a metaphor
for a thing, maybe a lightbulb, maybe a web service, maybe the sun in the sky
And items rather Items… only live in openhab land, and there are only a few, and they all act the same. A switch turns on and off
Channels are the glue
And none of this matters if you need a binding first
Why do I need a binding? I don’t know
So… I have a light bulb, I have an internet browser, I find openHAB
go from there.
