Enhance 'follow' profile description in items.md#2653
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Clarified the description of the 'follow' profile to better explain its functionality and impact on linked channels. Signed-off-by: Jim Watson <jimwrwatson@gmail.com>
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| | `default` | State | All | If you don't specify any Profile, this Profile will be used. For State Channels, this means that states and commands are just propagated from the Channel to the Item and vice versa without any changes. For Trigger Channels, the Default Profile won't change anything on the Item. | | ||
| | `follow` | State | All | If one device should "follow" the actions of another device, this can be used. The term "follow" in this case means that any state that is sent to an Item will be forwarded from this Item to any linked Channel with the `follow` Profile. It takes state updates on an Item and sends them as a command onto the Channel. In the direction from the ThingHandler towards the Item, this Profile ignores state updates. | | ||
| | `follow` | State | All | This Profile can be used to make one device "follow" the actions of another device. The channel will "follow" an item linked to the Channel using this Profile. This means that any state that is sent to that Item will be forwarded from this Item to any Channel linked using the `follow` Profile. It takes state updates on the Item and sends them as a command onto the Channel. Here is can affect other Items linked to that channel with say a `Default` Profile, or can carry out other command actions configured on that channel (e.g. to publish a command via MQTT). In the direction from the ThingHandler towards the Item, this Profile ignores state updates. | |
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I don't understand that new sentence "Here is can ..."
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Quite correct - it should read "Here it can..."
What's the bast way to correct this?
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This can affect other Items linked to that channel with, say, a Default Profile, or can carry out other command actions configured on that channel (e.g., to publish a command via MQTT).
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Clarified the description of the 'follow' profile to better explain its functionality and impact on linked channels. I didn't understand the existing wording, so hopefully this makes it clearer and more useful.