More than one Roomba - Issue with UI naming

Configuration
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Hi,

I want to add more than one roomba to my home assistant with the following configuration:

# Roomba
vacuum:
  - platform: roomba
    host: 192.168.178.22
    username: 3114071412010810
    password: !secret roomba_down_password
    continuous: true
  - platform: roomba
    host: 192.168.178.76
    username: 3168891061618540
    password: !secret roomba_up_password
    continuous: true

Functionally all works fine but the issue I am having is that in the UI they are both shown with the same name and I don’t know how and where to change it

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Under entities I can see that there are 2 different ones

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but still struggling how to change the name in the UI. Thanks for any hints.

2

If you are using Lovelace click on an icon. Click the gear in the upper right of the pop up window.

3

Thx, I am using lovelace but there is no gear icon I can see.

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4

Ok, I figured it out. Added the following in customize.yaml:

  vacuum.roomba:
    friendly_name: Roomba Up
  vacuum.roomba_2:
    friendly_name: Roomba Down
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5

Great!

I was away on my phone & just figured out the name but not where to put it :wink:

6

Yes, for future reference not all entities will have the gear icon. The gear icon is only available for entities that are created by components that generate a “unique_id” that gets stored in the .core.entity_registry file. There aren’t that many components that do that yet.

As you found out the rest of the entities can be (have to be) modified using the customize section of your configuration.yaml or you should be able to use the “customization” section in the “configuration” menu in dev-tools.

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