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Select from the available options.
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If you pick the wrong type, you will need to delete the device and set
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-it up again.
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+it up again. This is because different types of devices create different
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+entities, so changing the device type without deleting everything is
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+not easy.
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### Stage Three
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@@ -181,30 +183,13 @@ Assistant. Although Home Assistant allows you to change the name
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later, it will only change the name used in the UI, not the name of
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the entities.
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-#### (entities)
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-
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- _(boolean) (Optional)_ Additional options
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-may be available for deprecated entities exposed by the device.
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-They will be named for the platform type and an optional name for
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-the entity as a suffix (eg `climate`, `humidifier`, `lock_child_lock`)
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-Setting them to True will expose the entity in Home Assistant.
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-
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-It is strongly recommended that you do not enable deprecated entities when
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-setting up a new device. They are only retained for users who set up the
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-device before support was added for the actual entity matching the device,
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-or when a function was misunderstood, and will not be retained forever.
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-
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-As of 0.18.0, there are no longer any deprecated entities, but they
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-may be reintroduced in future if better representations of existing
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-devices emerge again.
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-
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-## Offline operation gotchas
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+## Offline operation issues
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Many Tuya devices will stop responding if unable to connect to the
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Tuya servers for an extended period. Reportedly, some devices act
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better offline if DNS as well as TCP connections is blocked.
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-## General gotchas
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+## General issues
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Many Tuya devices do not handle multiple commands sent in quick
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succession. Some will reboot, possibly changing state in the process,
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@@ -230,7 +215,7 @@ time, so you may need to experiment with your automations to see
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whether a single command or multiple commands (with delays, see above)
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work best with your devices.
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-## Heater gotchas
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+## Heater issues
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Goldair GPPH heaters have individual target temperatures for their
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Comfort and Eco modes, whereas Home Assistant only supports a single
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@@ -273,7 +258,7 @@ The Inkbird thermostat switch does not seem to work for setting
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anything. If you can figure out how to make setting temperatures and
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presets work, please leave feedback in Issue #19.
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-## Fan gotchas
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+## Fan issues
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Reportedly, Goldair fans can be a bit flaky. If they become
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unresponsive, give them about 60 seconds to wake up again.
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@@ -283,7 +268,7 @@ work. If you can figure out how to set the speed through the Tuya
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protocol for these devices, please leave feedback on Issue #22.
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-## Smart Switch gotchas
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+## Smart Switch issues
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It has been observed after a while that the current and
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power readings from the switch were returning 0 when there was clearly
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@@ -307,14 +292,14 @@ helper - the [Riemann integral](https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/integ
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Select `power` of switch as the sensor for it. The result of the integral will be
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calculated in `(k/M/G/T)W*h` and will correspond to the consumed energy.
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-## Kogan Kettle gotchas
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+## Kogan Kettle issues
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Although these look like simple devices, their behaviour is not
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consistent so they are difficult to detect. Sometimes they are
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misdetected as a simple switch, other times they only output the
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temperature sensor so are not detected at all.
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-## Beca thermostat gotchas
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+## Beca thermostat issues
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Some of these devices support switching between Celcius and Fahrenheit
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on the control panel, but do not provide any information over the Tuya
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@@ -329,7 +314,7 @@ config for the temperature units you use. If you change the units on the
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device control panel, you will need to delete the device from Home Assistant
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and set it up again.
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-## Saswell C16 thermostat gotchas
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+## Saswell C16 thermostat issues
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These support configuration as either heating or cooling controllers, but
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only have one output. The HVAC mode is provided as an indicator of which
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Jason Rumney