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# MTRBaseDevice

```
class MTRBaseDevice
```

## Topics

### Initializers

[`init(nodeID:controller:)`](/documentation/Matter/MTRBaseDevice/init(nodeID:controller:))

### Instance Properties

[`sessionTransportType`](/documentation/Matter/MTRBaseDevice/sessionTransportType)

### Instance Methods

[`deregisterReportHandlers(with:completion:)`](/documentation/Matter/MTRBaseDevice/deregisterReportHandlers(with:completion:))

[`deregisterReportHandlers(withClientQueue:completion:)`](/documentation/Matter/MTRBaseDevice/deregisterReportHandlers(withClientQueue:completion:))

[`downloadLog(of:timeout:queue:completion:)`](/documentation/Matter/MTRBaseDevice/downloadLog(of:timeout:queue:completion:))

[`invokeCommand(withEndpointID:clusterID:commandID:commandFields:timedInvokeTimeout:queue:completion:)`](/documentation/Matter/MTRBaseDevice/invokeCommand(withEndpointID:clusterID:commandID:commandFields:timedInvokeTimeout:queue:completion:))

[`invokeCommand(withEndpointId:clusterId:commandId:commandFields:timedInvokeTimeout:clientQueue:completion:)`](/documentation/Matter/MTRBaseDevice/invokeCommand(withEndpointId:clusterId:commandId:commandFields:timedInvokeTimeout:clientQueue:completion:))

[`openCommissioningWindow(withDiscriminator:duration:queue:completion:)`](/documentation/Matter/MTRBaseDevice/openCommissioningWindow(withDiscriminator:duration:queue:completion:))

[`openCommissioningWindow(withSetupPasscode:discriminator:duration:queue:completion:)`](/documentation/Matter/MTRBaseDevice/openCommissioningWindow(withSetupPasscode:discriminator:duration:queue:completion:))

[`readAttribute(withEndpointId:clusterId:attributeId:params:clientQueue:completion:)`](/documentation/Matter/MTRBaseDevice/readAttribute(withEndpointId:clusterId:attributeId:params:clientQueue:completion:))

[`readAttributePaths(_:eventPaths:params:queue:completion:)`](/documentation/Matter/MTRBaseDevice/readAttributePaths(_:eventPaths:params:queue:completion:))

[`readAttributes(withEndpointID:clusterID:attributeID:params:queue:completion:)`](/documentation/Matter/MTRBaseDevice/readAttributes(withEndpointID:clusterID:attributeID:params:queue:completion:))

[`readEvents(withEndpointID:clusterID:eventID:params:queue:completion:)`](/documentation/Matter/MTRBaseDevice/readEvents(withEndpointID:clusterID:eventID:params:queue:completion:))

[`subscribe(toAttributePaths:eventPaths:params:queue:reportHandler:subscriptionEstablished:resubscriptionScheduled:)`](/documentation/Matter/MTRBaseDevice/subscribe(toAttributePaths:eventPaths:params:queue:reportHandler:subscriptionEstablished:resubscriptionScheduled:))

[`subscribe(with:minInterval:maxInterval:params:cacheContainer:attributeReportHandler:eventReportHandler:errorHandler:subscriptionEstablished:resubscriptionScheduled:)`](/documentation/Matter/MTRBaseDevice/subscribe(with:minInterval:maxInterval:params:cacheContainer:attributeReportHandler:eventReportHandler:errorHandler:subscriptionEstablished:resubscriptionScheduled:))

[`subscribe(with:params:clusterStateCacheContainer:attributeReportHandler:eventReportHandler:errorHandler:subscriptionEstablished:resubscriptionScheduled:)`](/documentation/Matter/MTRBaseDevice/subscribe(with:params:clusterStateCacheContainer:attributeReportHandler:eventReportHandler:errorHandler:subscriptionEstablished:resubscriptionScheduled:))

[`subscribeAttribute(withEndpointId:clusterId:attributeId:minInterval:maxInterval:params:clientQueue:reportHandler:subscriptionEstablished:)`](/documentation/Matter/MTRBaseDevice/subscribeAttribute(withEndpointId:clusterId:attributeId:minInterval:maxInterval:params:clientQueue:reportHandler:subscriptionEstablished:))

[`subscribeToAttributes(withEndpointID:clusterID:attributeID:params:queue:reportHandler:subscriptionEstablished:)`](/documentation/Matter/MTRBaseDevice/subscribeToAttributes(withEndpointID:clusterID:attributeID:params:queue:reportHandler:subscriptionEstablished:))

[`subscribeToEvents(withEndpointID:clusterID:eventID:params:queue:reportHandler:subscriptionEstablished:)`](/documentation/Matter/MTRBaseDevice/subscribeToEvents(withEndpointID:clusterID:eventID:params:queue:reportHandler:subscriptionEstablished:))

[`writeAttribute(withEndpointID:clusterID:attributeID:value:timedWriteTimeout:queue:completion:)`](/documentation/Matter/MTRBaseDevice/writeAttribute(withEndpointID:clusterID:attributeID:value:timedWriteTimeout:queue:completion:))

[`writeAttribute(withEndpointId:clusterId:attributeId:value:timedWriteTimeout:clientQueue:completion:)`](/documentation/Matter/MTRBaseDevice/writeAttribute(withEndpointId:clusterId:attributeId:value:timedWriteTimeout:clientQueue:completion:))


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