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I agree it would add undue complexity on the implementation side. Initially, I thought it would be convenient to break down complex properties (structs) into their own hierarchy, but realized...

OK, I got the impression that Homie thought JSON was evil and to _try_ to avoid it. I stand corrected. P.S.: The example was purely theoretical. One of my use...

My gut reaction is that controllers shouldn't care whether it is a switch/dimmer/contact. They should be able to read the `$datatype` and display the appropriate indicator/control along with the `$name`....

The `$type` property should not be required (or used in the convention at all) unless/until a list of types is defined. If what @Thalhammer says is true, then the only...

Good points. The error message could be a property, but on which node? It seems if `alert` is set at the device level, that's where the error message should be....

Very good points (again). To reiterate: * `disconnected` - Graceful disconnect as an intended operation * `alert` - Graceful disconnect due to an internal device error (which now needs human...

As a general issue, I would consider this to be a duplicate of #433 (or vice versa). The general issue is that the aspect ratio of the outer boundary of...

Since the OP requested an example with Python + Paho MQTT, I just rewrote my Python module and the README has an example: https://github.com/bggardner/pyhomie

Like @shamoon, I've implemented camera integration in a PHP script at [bggardner/simplisafe-proxy](https://github.com/bggardner/simplisafe-proxy). The whole script takes a very minimalist approach, especially during authentication, as I only pass what seems to...

I'm getting these stack trace dumps quite frequently on a Raspberry Pi 2 Model B Rev 1.1. My adapter is no longer listed on Amazon, but similar to this one:...