OpenHAB3 - Insteon Binding Documentation - broadcastOnOff Type in Things

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System Information

Hardware: Raspberry Pi 3 Model B version 1.2 (ARMv8, with 1GB RAM, and SSD)
OS: Raspbian GNU/Linux 10 (Buster)
Java Runtime Environment: 
	openjdk version "11.0.11" 2021-04-20 LTS
	OpenJDK Runtime Environment Zulu11.48+21-CA (build 11.0.11+9-LTS)
	OpenJDK Client VM Zulu11.48+21-CA (build 11.0.11+9-LTS, mixed mode)
openHAB version:
	openhab-distro  : 3.0.2
	openhab-core    : 3.0.2
	openhab-addons  : 3.0.2
	karaf           : 4.2.7

Hello openHAB Community,

I’d like to understand the usage of Type with regard to the broadcastOnOff channel. The documentation seems to contradict itself and I’d like to understand what I am missing.

Consider the listing of Insteon - Bindings | openHAB

channel         type  	description
broadcastOnOff	Switch	Broadcast On/Off

Now consider Insteon - Bindings | openHAB

.Things Example

Bridge insteon:network:home [port="/dev/ttyUSB0"] {
  Thing device AABBCC             [address="AA.BB.CC", productKey="0x000045"] {
    Channels:
      Type broadcastOnOff : broadcastOnOff#2
  }
}

If the Channel Type for “broadcastOnOff” is a switch, shouldn’t the line under Channels read: “Type switch : broadcastOnOff#2”? Curiously, the version 2.5 documentation for Insteon - Bindings | openHAB shows the broadcastOnOff Channel Type as switch in the things example.

Regards,
Burzin

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The documentation for 2.5 was not correct. If you look here, it shows the definition for channel type:

<channel-type id="broadcastOnOff">
	<item-type>Switch</item-type>
	<label>Broadcast On/Off</label>
	<config-description-ref uri="channel-type:insteon:switch"/>
</channel-type>

The item type for broadcastOnOff is Switch, as you have shown. If you really want, use switch, but label in the UI won’t be correct.

3

Thanks Rob. That helps and explains why switch worked as well.

4

This is all explained in the documentation.