Move a probe from a Shelly 1 device to another, how to proceed

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Hello everyone.

I have several Shelly 1 devices in the same location to control pumps for an underfloor heating system. One of them has a probe connected.

Recently, it has started malfunctioning; for no apparent reason, the probe-sensor becomes unavailable, both in HA and the Shelly app. Sometimes it reappears, and sometimes it stays unavailable for hours. The only way to get it back is to cut the power to the device; it doesn’t reappear even after restarting it.

The probe value is crucial for the system’s operation. It’s very easy for me to physically connect the add-on to another nearby Shelly 1, but I don’t know how to do it without making a mess with the multiple automations that involve the Shelly 1 and the sensor. I’m not interested in saving data values.

What’s the easiest way to proceed?

Thanks in adavance!

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  • Switch the probe to the other Shelly & take note of the new entity name.
  • Back up your automations.yaml file, just in case.
  • Open it with File Editor Addon or notepad if you have Samba Addon installed.
  • Click once inside the file contents, then press Ctrl+H
  • In the popup, enter the old entity name & the new entity name > click Replace:
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  • Save the file
  • Go to Developer Tools & click Check Config. If ok, Click Automations on that same page under YAML configuration reloading.

You can also do the above steps if you open each affected automation in yaml mode (use Ctrl+F instead of Ctrl+H).
It’s safer since you only change 1 automation at a time & doesn’t require manual reloading, but it’s more tedious and you might miss one of the affected automations.

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Sorry for the delay answering, but we have the holidays and the probe doesn’t fail again until a few days ago.
I will try this, it seems to be a good solution.
Thanks so much!!

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