a note about naming conventions on hubitat and rtl_433 etc...

[Thomas Arman]

Hi James,

I understand what you are saying, but can you add a “Name of device on Hubitat: [<HubitatName>]” entry to the unit dialog similar to what we have for Vera so we can easily find it in Hubitat Devices List?

(I also wish you would remove the “white space” Hubitat seems to add to some devices name when you create your Unit name.)

Tom


> On Jun 18, 2021, at 12:40 PM, James Sentman <james at sentman.com> wrote:
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> Good afternoon folks!
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> This is about default unit naming for created units. By default I create some unit name that is descriptive of what the system is telling me, but you don’t have to leave it that way. Indeed as soon as you’ve located the proper unit I would immediately name it something more useful. The default name is just a starting point to help you identify the new unit that was automatically created. XTension will never change the name of a unit back to what the remote hub or controller thinks it is once you’ve changed it, that is only for the initial creation of the unit. So it may be created named something like “RF Remote 123456789 button 2” but you should not leave it that way, go ahead and change the name to something like “living room remote lights full on” or whatever makes sense.
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> Thanks,
> James
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> James Sentman                       http://www.PlanetaryGear.org		http://MacHomeAutomation.com
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