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The Gateway API will return a specific type of class for certain devices. Specific device classes, such as ThermostatDevice, will have their own convenience methods that allow you to skip using the getProperty/updateProperty API's.
For example, for a ThermostatDevice, you could interact with it as follows:
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final Device d = gw.getDevice(id);
if (d instanceof ThermostatDevice) {
final ThermostatDevice device = (ThermostatDevice) d;
device.readMode();
device.changeMode(SystemMode.AUTO);
} else {
System.out.println("device is not a thermostat");
} |
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