Multiple Venstar T7900 Thermostats

Configuration
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I’m about to install 2 Venstar T7900 thermostats. I noticed that the venstar climate component does not accept “name”. How would I go about setting a logical (friendly) name such as ‘Bedroom’ or ‘Living Room’ to the 2 units. I’m relatively new to HA.

Seems all the venstar component will accept is: (using direct API)

  • platform: venstar
    host: 192.168.1.123

  • platform: venstar
    host: 192.168.1.124

What would I place in customize.yaml (or elsewhere) to assign a friendly name?

Thanks in advance!

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Turns out it’s simpler than i expected - you must activate the thermostats FIRST and set the name via the thermostat’s setting menu. Restart HA. Voila - now HA sees the names. There appears to be no way to preset the name prior.