I have a concoction of devices from all kind of manufacturers with cryptic codes in their names. Each device exposes multitude of sensors which makes the dashboard look like a mess.

  1. Is there a best practice for renaming devices ? Do you name them by their location ? By their utility ? manufacturer ?
  2. How do you identify the devices later in case there’s a problem and one needs to be replaced / battery need to be replaced ?
  • Matt The HorwoodEnglish
    8•5 months ago

    For my Zigbee things I use this

    example:

    • 00 - Sensor - Hall - PIR - Motion
    • 01 - Switch - Bedroom 01 - Main Light

    So to break it down:

    • First 2 numbers represent the floor, 00 = Ground, 01 First Floor and so on.
    • Describes the type of device.
    • Room Name.
    • Describes the Function of Device, eg PIR, Temperature Sensor, Contact Sensor….
    • Used to describe the entities of the device.
    • @barbarosa@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      1•5 months ago

      So if a device has multiple entities, you rename each one ? i.e. a hygrometer that measures humidity and temperature, you name each one separately ?

      • Matt The HorwoodEnglish
        1•5 months ago

        No, if a device has multiple entities I leave the names as they are. HA will append them to the name of the device