Areas are increasingly pivotal! Users are integrating an expanding array of entities within them—smart home appliances, 3D printers, and more—that share common sensors. Currently, these sensors hold equal priority within an area, although this may not always be accurate.
Allow me to illustrate:
Imagine having a studio equipped with connected lights, a heater, and a 3D printer linked to a home assistant system.
While it makes sense for the 3D printer to be categorized within the studio area, as certain sensors like power are relevant there, it’s erroneous for the studio lights to inadvertently trigger the 3D printer light.
This lack of tailored configuration also leads to errors, such as the one depicted in the image below, where the room temperature erroneously registers as 117°C due to the heated 3D printer bed, skewing the average temperature reading of all sensors.
What I propose is granting users the flexibility within areas to configure primary and secondary devices. This can be achieved by introducing labels to sensors, allowing users to selectively filter which devices to activate, what contributes to temperature readings, and what factors into the overall power consumption of the area.