switch/power datatype

[mjcumming]

I see in one example using a power property as a Boolean to represent the state of and to control the state of a device say a light with true being on and false being off.

Is this the standard approach for a property with an on/off state?

I realized this after doing an implementation using enum with ON/OFF datatypes.

What is the best practice to implement a switch device in Homie?

[Thalhammer]

There is currently no convention regarding the actual properties of a node.
However, it is marked as an issue to include common device profiles.
See #152

[kollokollo]

Maybe one can extend the specification for a boolean property, accepting "ON" in addition to "TRUE" and "OFF" in addition for "FALSE".
I usually have called the topics for an on/off switch: "device/light/ONOFF/set" Maybe also the combination ".../something/ONOFF/set" could be standardized.

[mjcumming]

Closing so we can discussion in one thread.

#205