How to set an MQTT sensor's ID manually? [SOLVED: you can't]

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Hi,

I’m setting up some MQTT sensors using ESPEasy.

I would like to set the sensor ID manually, but it is always inferred from the friendly name:

  - platform: mqtt
    state_topic: "ESP_LoLin_A/bme280/Pressure"
    name: "Pression Bureau"    
    unique_id: lolinA_pressure
    device_class: pressure
    unit_of_measurement: 'hPa'

This would give a sensor named sensor.pression_bureau, although I’d like to have it named sensor.lolinA_pressure, in case I want to change its location some day.

Obviously, I’m using unique_id wrong.

How could I set the name manually?

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Well for a start you can’t use uppercase letters in the object_id.

Secondly, unique_id is only used by the UI to keep track of entities, not to create the object_id.

3

Good point for the uppercase A, thanks.

However, as you might guess, this is not the heart of the problem.

Are you saying this cannot be done?

4

Yes. The object_id is taken from the sensor name and there is no way to alter it.

5

Correct. That’s how it is designed to work.

The only way to achieve it is like this (and capitalized letters aren’t allowed):

    name: lolina_pressure
6

You can also use

name: Lolina Pressure

7

Thank you all for your answers.

I want the friendly name to be “Pression Bureau” (Workroom pressure) and it is more important than the object_id identifying my LoLin A.

It is very surprising that the two are so intricate.