I just added two sensors to my esphome and also changed the name of the esp in the process. Now, all things are working perfectly apart from that my new sensors show up with a trailing _2. And there is also an entity without the _2 which HA does not seem to update any more.
I want my one and only entity to be named without the trailing _2.
I have tried renaming the _2 entity in the entity register but while I don’t see the entity wthout the _2 I cannot rename the _2 device to a name without the trailing _2.
Anyone knows how to solve this?
Okay, this ‘may’ or ‘may not’ be relevant : -
I have some identical equipment (e.g. 17 off fibaro dimmers) so I add the first and it populates, I add the second and the same devices show up ecept they have _2 at the end (apart from energy which seems to have 2 'sensors per device so () and (_2) on the first and (_3) and (_4) on the second, ignore this though)
What I have also seen is supplementary ‘sensors’ added when they become available. so it has an energy and THEN (later not sure when) adds a previous_energy_2 (dunno where it gets the _2 from either but they both appeared after about a month.
Hope this helps to explain your mystery
I just called them “Null … whatever” and ignore them
Mutt