From 5219c94cd7144a64707ae5f91abf95b629c652f4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: tsightler Date: Sat, 17 Oct 2020 16:38:57 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] 3.0.0 Documentation update --- README.md | 2 +- docs/DEVICES.md | 2 +- 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 888361a..3e7a7b9 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ # tuya-mqtt -This project provides an MQTT gateway for locally controlling IOT devices manufactured by Tuya Inc and sold under many different brands. +This project provides a method for locally controlling IOT devices manufactured by Tuya Inc., and sold under many different brands, via MQTT. Using this script requires obtaining the device ID and local keys for each of your devices after they are configured via the Tuya/Smart Life or other Tuya compatible app (there are many). With this information it is possible to communicate locally with Tuya devices using Tuya protocol version 3.1 and 3.3 without using the Tuya Cloud service, however, getting the keys requires signing up for a Tuya IOT developer account or using one of several other alternative methods (such as dumping the memory of a Tuya based app running on Andriod). diff --git a/docs/DEVICES.md b/docs/DEVICES.md index 0938fe5..c220783 100644 --- a/docs/DEVICES.md +++ b/docs/DEVICES.md @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -# Device in tuya-mqtt +# tuya-mqtt - Devices The most powerful feature in tuya-mqtt is the ability to configure devices to use friendly topics. For some devices there exist pre-defined device templates which makes using those devices quite easy, simply add the type information to the devices.conf file and tuya-mqtt automatically creates friendly topics for that device. Friendly topics make it easy to communicate with the device in a standard way and thus integrating into various Home Automation platforms. The topic style generally follows that used by the Home Assistant MQTT integration components and the pre-defined devices even send Home Assistant style MQTT discovery messages during startup to make integration with Home Assistant, or other platforms which understand Home Assistant MQTT discovery, even easier. If your device does not have a pre-defined device template, you can still create a template using the [generic device template](#generic-device-templates) feature.