RE: Confused by filters

["Tony Tofts" <tony@xxxxxxxxxx>]

> Reading the bit of the core document about filters, it says
> they are only applied to broadcast messages, which as I
> understand means ones with * as the target.
>
> If that's the case, what is the purpose of the
> vendor.device.instance elements of the filter?  Surely a
> broadcast message would always pass.

The filter doesn't filter the contents of target=, it's the source= it
filters

So if target=* and filter is xpl-cmnd.tonyt.tts.*.tts.basic

Then only tts.basic xpl-cmnd messages _from_ tonyt-tts.* will be allowed
thru

Regards
Tony