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Feature Request: Device naming (HA Friendly name?)

Open HA-TB303 opened this issue 5 years ago • 3 comments

As a user I would like to be able to distinguish devices from one another which could be achieved by having more logical device naming, preferably (if technically possible) the "friendly name" that a has been assigned in Home Assistant.

I you have multiple motion sensors of the same type, As I have, it get's quit hard to see which device is which.

For example:

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Has the following "friendly name" in HA:

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It would be nice if Zigbee2MqttAssistant could display the device like:

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If not possible, then please make It possible to manually add a "friendly name" in Zigbee2MqttAssistant.

HA-TB303 avatar May 22 '20 08:05 HA-TB303

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carldebilly avatar May 24 '20 17:05 carldebilly

Thanks, I understand, but that is not really the feature I'm asking for. I would like to have them automagically renamed in accordance with the Home Assistant (friendly)name.

HA-TB303 avatar May 24 '20 17:05 HA-TB303

You want Z2MA to detect/monitor any rename in HA and replicate this renaming into Z2M ? That would mean a connection to HA API. There's currently no dependency between Z2MA & HA, the only link is through MQTT.

carldebilly avatar May 25 '20 22:05 carldebilly