Changing the name of a component that was automatically discovered

Configuration
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I’m trying to change the name of a WeMo switch. I have discovery on, and the switch was automatically discovered and works fine. I’m trying to change the name though, and can’t figure out how. I added a customize: section under homeassistant: in configuration.yaml. I’m not sure how to reference it in my customize section though. I’ve tried switch.wemo_switch, switch.wemo_switch_1 (which was used in a sample configuration.yaml file I saw somewhere on here), switch.“WeMo Switch” (since in the gui it gets listed as WeMo Switch) but none of these seem to work.

customize:
    switch.wemo_switch
        homebridge_name: light
        friendly_name: light

None of this seems to make any difference. I’ve reloaded core after changing the config file too.

What am I doing wrong?

Thanks!

2

You forgot to run a config check, either manually or via the GUI :wink:

You’re missing a : after the device:

customize:
    switch.wemo_switch:
        homebridge_name: light
        friendly_name: light
3

Thanks! Fixed that colon issue, but still having the same problem.

It seems like this should work from everything I’ve read, but two questions I haven’t figured out the answer for:

  1. What is the name of a component that’s discovered automatically (the name you should use to refer to it in config.yaml)? Is there a place to look it up?
  2. What changes to name? homeassistant_name? friendly_name?

I’m guessing if I know the answer to these I will get this working.

By the way, the reason I’m trying to change the name is because I’m using homebridge so I can control my light (plugged into the wemo switch) with Siri on an iPhone. Right now it works, but I have to say, “Hey Siri, turn on the wemo switch”. I’d like to be able to say, “Hey Siri, turn on the light”.

4

Have you read the documentation yet? Right at the bottom it says:

New customize information will be applied the next time the state of the entity gets updated.

  1. That’s the entity_id, which you can find by clicking on the name of the entity in the GUI
  2. There’s nothing in the documentation about homeassistant_name, it’s only friendly_name, which is the name displayed in the GUI.