'Set up the base class.
[:param]device the device metadata
[:param]bridge the smartbridge object'

def __init__(self, device, bridge):

    self._device_id = device['device_id']
    self._device_type = device['type']
    self._device_name = device['name']
    self._device_zone = device['zone']
    self._state = None
    self._smartbridge = bridge
