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All Sensors created need text to identify them #119

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borpin opened this issue Jan 8, 2024 · 4 comments
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All Sensors created need text to identify them #119

borpin opened this issue Jan 8, 2024 · 4 comments

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@borpin
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borpin commented Jan 8, 2024

Currently, all the sensors have very generic names so it is difficult to identify what device created them.

e.g. sensor.body_battery_highest

These need text to link to the Device e.g.

sensor.Garmin_connect_body_battery_highest

This will be especially useful if 2 devices are added.

This could be done by allowing the Device to be renamed and the sensors then being renamed such that the device name is included in the sensor name. e.g. sensor.<device_name>_body_battery_highest

@cyberjunky
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cyberjunky commented Jan 8, 2024

Yes and even better:
sensor.<device_name>_username_body_battery_highest

To prevent any _2 devices when using multiple accounts... It's on the list.

@borpin
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borpin commented Jan 10, 2024

Allow users to rename the Device and sensors as well, please? Some sensor names just become too long and multiple accounts are not the most common use case, I'd suggest :)

@cyberjunky
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cyberjunky commented Jan 10, 2024

Allow users to rename the Device and sensors as well, please? Some sensor names just become too long and multiple accounts are not the most common use case, I'd suggest :)

Hi Brian, what do you mean exactly? Giving it a name when installing, or renaming existing device and sensors, this last option is already possible using the cogwheels/three dots, though cumbersome if you have a lot of active sensors, I haven't found a what to automatie this, haven't seen any other integrations yet with this option.

@borpin
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borpin commented Jan 10, 2024

I tried renaming the device (the pencil top right in the Device View), but this didn't flow into the sensors despite the warning. This may be because the Device name isn't used in the sensors currently. Some Devices do do this - I got caught out as it seems a one way thing and you cannot go back to the default :( - perhaps Tasmota, but cannot be sure.

Changing the naming is a pain for users, but worth it I suggest :)

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