better comments, adhere to cdn normalization

ChangeLog.md

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 * add option to discover device via mDNS
 * add dedicated log level for device messages
 * add option to extend MQTT variables from env/cmdline
-* add date+datetime to Home Assistant MQTT discovery integration
+* add date+datetime mapping and better device update check to Home Assistant MQTT discovery integration
 
 ## Breaking Changes
 * change default config path to https://ebus.github.io/ serving files generated from new TypeSpec message definition sources

contrib/etc/ebusd/mqtt-hassio.cfg

@@ -155,11 +155,11 @@ type_map-datetime = datetime
 type_map-string =
 
 # field type switch designator, see below.
-# HA integration: this is used to set several variable values depending on the field type, message name, field name, and unit.
+# HA integration: this is used to set several variable values depending on the field type, message name+field name, and unit.
 type_switch-by = %name%field,%unit
 
 # field type switch variables names to use in addition to %type_switch in case of multiple keys (separated by comma).
-# HA integration: var names for topic/class/state/sub values mapped from field type, message name, field name, and unit.
+# HA integration: var names for topic/class/state/sub values mapped from field type, message name+field name, and unit.
 type_switch-names = type_topic,type_class,type_state,type_sub
 
 # field type switch for each field type and optionally direction (between dash before the field type) available as
@@ -169,29 +169,29 @@ type_switch-names = type_topic,type_class,type_state,type_sub
 # when the wildcard string in the right part matched the "type_switch-by" value. The list is traversed from top to
 # bottom stopping at the first match. If direction specific definitions exist, these are traversed first. If no line
 # matches at all, the variable(s) are set to the empty string.
-# HA integration: the mapping list for (potentially) writable number entities by field type, name, message, and unit.
+# HA integration: the mapping list for (potentially) writable number entities field type, message name+field name, and unit.
 type_switch-w-number =
     number,temperature, = temp|,°C$
     number,temperature, = temp|,K$
     number,, = integral|,°min$
     number,power_factor, = power*%%
     number,power, = power|,kW$|,W$
     number,voltage, = volt|,V$
-    number,current, = current,|,A$
+    number,current, = current,|currentvalue,|,A$
     number,pressure, = bar$
     number,gas, = gas*/min$
     number,humidity, = humid*%%$
-    number,, = curve,
+    number,, = curve,|curvevalue,
 
-# HA integration: the mapping list for numeric sensor entities by field type, name, message, and unit.
+# HA integration: the mapping list for numeric sensor entities field type, message name+field name, and unit.
 type_switch-number =
-    sensor,,total_increasing = poweron|count,
+    sensor,,total_increasing = poweron|count,|countvalue,
     sensor,temperature,measurement = temp|,°C$
     sensor,temperature,measurement = temp|,K$
     sensor,power_factor,measurement = power*%%
     sensor,power,measurement = power|,kW$|,W$
     sensor,voltage,measurement = volt|,V$
-    sensor,current,measurement = current,|,A$
+    sensor,current,measurement = current,|currentvalue,|,A$
     sensor,,measurement = integral|,°min$
     sensor,energy,total_increasing = energy|,Wh$
     sensor,yield,total_increasing = total*,Wh$
@@ -202,35 +202,35 @@ type_switch-number =
     sensor,humidity,measurement = humid*%%$
     sensor,, =
 
-# HA integration: the mapping list for (potentially) writable binary switch entities by field type, name, message, and unit.
+# HA integration: the mapping list for (potentially) writable binary switch entities field type, message name+field name, and unit.
 type_switch-w-list =
     switch,, = onoff
     switch,,,yesno = yesno
     select,, =
 
-# HA integration: the mapping list for rather binary sensor entities by field type, name, message, and unit.
+# HA integration: the mapping list for rather binary sensor entities field type, message name+field name, and unit.
 type_switch-list =
     binary_sensor,,measurement = onoff
     binary_sensor,,measurement,yesno = yesno
     sensor,,,list =
 
-# HA integration: the mapping list for (potentially) writable string entities containing a time value by field type, name, message, and unit.
+# HA integration: the mapping list for (potentially) writable string entities containing a time value field type, message name+field name, and unit.
 type_switch-w-time =
    text,,,time = from,|to,|time2,|timer
-   text,,,time3 = time,
+   text,,,time3 = time,|timevalue,
 
 type_switch-time =
    sensor,,,time = from,|to,|time2,|timer
-   sensor,,,time3 = time,
+   sensor,,,time3 = time,|timevalue,
 
-# HA integration: the mapping list for (potentially) writable string entities containing a date value by field type, name, message, and unit.
+# HA integration: the mapping list for (potentially) writable string entities containing a date value field type, message name+field name, and unit.
 type_switch-w-date =
     text,,,date =
 
 type_switch-date =
     sensor,,, =
 
-# HA integration: the mapping list for (potentially) writable string entities containing a datetime value by field type, name, message, and unit.
+# HA integration: the mapping list for (potentially) writable string entities containing a datetime value field type, message name+field name, and unit.
 type_switch-w-datetime =
     text,,,datetime =