Total noob to HA. I’m coming over from a OpenHAB setup. Flashed Hass.io to my Rpi3 and it’s up and running. Z-wave devices are all detected. However, I am unable to rename the devices from the web interface. I select a device from the menu, enter the new name, hit Rename Node, and nothing happens. If I switch to another device and back my nice name is gone. It doesn’t show up on the main States screen either.
Is there a trick to renaming Z-Wave devices in the web interface? I saw a bunch of posts about using OZWCP to rename nodes, but also some saying that is a deprecated method. I’m not sure how I’d even launch OZWCP on Hass.io since it’s in a container. I don’t think I have shell access to the container innards, do I?
I too was having a similar problem, but rebooting the host didn’t fix it on my fresh hass.io install on RPi 3 with Home Assistant v. 0.55.0.
I solved the problem by manually editing the /config/zwcfg_0xfc41ee37.xml file and by adding the correct name to the “name” field such as <Node id=“2” name=“Front Porch”. After a reboot these values showed up in the web interface.
I believe that there should be a ticket on this, but haven’t found one.
You need to issue a Restart from the Hassio menu (above Configuration). Click the 3 dots in the upper right hand corner and there is a “Restart Home Assistant” option.
That will allow you to rename the zwave entity. I notice with the GE switches that when I rename them, I get the following:
zwave.custom_name
switch.custom_name_switch (I wish the _switch wasn’t appended to my custom name)
Now I am having issues renaming a zwave switch. I have restarted several times and I have updates hassio to the latest version (0.63.2). I also tried changing the z-wave name a 2nd time, nothing seems to work.
This is what I see under the States Developer Tool: