Hi Is it possible to assign a friendly name to a Device.tracker ? I have few that are coming up with all kinds of gibberish . Ive tried in the entity screen but it tells me
“This entity does not have a unique ID, therefore its settings cannot be managed from the UI.”
If the device being tracked is created by one of the companion apps, the name can be set in the app.
Else you should be able to set it from the Configuration -> Customisations menu
Not sure if it totally relates… but I have a file:
/config/known_devices.yaml
and that has all tracked devices… and I can configure there to hide or not and put a friendly name in it…
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Interesting !
I thought all that info was now stored in the device and entity registry. I haven’t seen a known_devices.yaml file for I don’t know how long.
might be legacy but works well and I use it a lot…
Thanks for that, but how do I get the device to be recognised in the config yaml ,
Im using the BT smart hub integration (adsl modem /router) and I have renamed in the router but Hassio doesnt pick it up