diff --git a/source/getting-started/concepts-terminology.markdown b/source/getting-started/concepts-terminology.markdown index a53e5176053..313529c99fc 100644 --- a/source/getting-started/concepts-terminology.markdown +++ b/source/getting-started/concepts-terminology.markdown @@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ Once an {% term integration %} has been added, the hardware and/or data are repr Entities are the basic building blocks to hold data in Home Assistant. An {% term entity %} represents a {% term sensor %}, actor, or function in Home Assistant. Entities are used to monitor physical properties or to control other {% term entities %}. An {% term entity %} is usually part of a {% term device %} or a {% term service %}. Entities have {% term states %}. +

Screenshot showing the Entities tableScreenshot of the Entities table. Each line represents an entity.

+ ## Devices Devices are a logical grouping for one or more {% term entities %}. A {% term device %} may represent a physical {% term device %}, which can have one or more sensors. The sensors appear as entities associated with the {% term device %}. For example, a motion sensor is represented as a {% term device %}. It may provide motion detection, temperature, and light levels as {% term entities %}. Entities have states such as *detected* when motion is detected and *clear* when there is no motion. diff --git a/source/images/getting-started/entities.png b/source/images/getting-started/entities.png new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..9cb2ef30fc0 Binary files /dev/null and b/source/images/getting-started/entities.png differ