How do you organize your HA devices (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 years ago by barbarosa@lemmy.world to c/homeassistant@lemmy.world

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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.

Is there a best practice for renaming devices ? Do you name them by their location ? By their utility ? manufacturer ?
How do you identify the devices later in case there's a problem and one needs to be replaced / battery need to be replaced ?

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[-] prenatal_confusion@lemmy.one 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Name is the functio, Like ceilinglight or ceiling light middle door middle etc. And then I assign the location. Seems to work.

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