From 1542004fc63a3e46aa6460f4f3f3c4681ac5eda3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: DubhAd Date: Sun, 18 Nov 2018 08:12:21 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Note about case (#7565) Since case sensitivity regularly trips people up, calling it out here. --- source/_docs/configuration/yaml.markdown | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) diff --git a/source/_docs/configuration/yaml.markdown b/source/_docs/configuration/yaml.markdown index c4546d40ebb..c73d6522142 100644 --- a/source/_docs/configuration/yaml.markdown +++ b/source/_docs/configuration/yaml.markdown @@ -105,3 +105,9 @@ found character '\t' that cannot start any token ``` This means that you've mistakenly entered a tab character, instead of spaces. + +### {% linkable_title Upper and lower case %} + +Home Assistant is case sensitive, a state of `'on'` is not the same as `'On'` or `'ON'`. Similarly an entity of `group.Doors` is not the same as `group.doors`. + +If you're having trouble, check the case that Home Assistant is reporting in the dev-state menu, under *Developer tools*.