Conventions used

There are a number of text conventions used throughout this book.

Code in text: Indicates code words in text, database table names, folder names, filenames, file extensions, pathnames, dummy URLs, user input, and Twitter handles. Here is an example: “You can configure some attributes of the entities, such as friendly_name, to better serve your needs.”

A block of code is set as follows:

- id: ‘1676691530760’  name: ALL OFF
  entities:
    switch.desk_outlet:
      friendly_name: Desk outlet
      state: ‘off’
    light.garagelights:
      supported_color_modes:
      - onoff
      friendly_name: GarageLights
      supported_features: 0
      state: ‘off’
  icon: mdi:home-off
  metadata:
    switch.desk_outlet:
      entity_only: true
    light.garagelights:
      entity_only: true

Any command-line input or output is written as follows:

Rule1 on Switch1#state=1 do publish sensor/%topic%/PIR1 ON endon on Switch1#state=0 do Publish sensor/%topic%/PIR1 OFF endon

Bold: Indicates a new term, an important word, or words that you see onscreen. For instance, words in menus or dialog boxes appear in bold. Here is an example: “After the Write bar completes loading, if everything goes well, another window will present the message Process successful! Power cycle the device.”

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