Dennis Keitzel

@zewelor I face the same issue in general. This is why I patch the [per device timeout](https://github.com/zewelor/bt-mqtt-gateway/blob/f0250bfb68d944ab585af8c5f995db9bc67d2adb/const.py#L2) to 15 seconds in my setup. That can interfere with the [overall timeout](https://github.com/zewelor/bt-mqtt-gateway/blob/f0250bfb68d944ab585af8c5f995db9bc67d2adb/config.yaml.example#L20)...

I agree with both of you ;) You should preferably use different prefixes to address separate bt-mqtt-gateways. But missing devices should not result in an uncatched exception, but rather in...

@snizzleorg > BTW. Do I need to pair the eqbt3 thermostats? I was under the impression that this is not necessary but since I cannot get bt-mqtt gateway to talk...

> @cybe Thanks for your suggestion. But If I'm not at home (for example now) then my phone should definitely not interfere with the connection - right? Or is the...

Using [mqtt-explorer](https://mqtt-explorer.com/) for debugging MQTT is really helpful. One can easily see the published autodiscover configuration as well as the published sensor data. I suspect a miss-match regarding the MQTT...

As an alternative you could use [lovelace-auto-entities](https://github.com/thomasloven/lovelace-auto-entities) with [lovelace-multiple-entity-row](https://github.com/benct/lovelace-multiple-entity-row) and display an icon with a service action as additional entity in each row.

Hi @jaroslaw-bochniak! I very much appreciate your reply, but I actually moved on and implemented my own mechanism. I achieved support for dynamic branch information as part of the image...

Not yet in `2024.9.0`, for those who are wondering.