RFlink switches not visible after restart

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Hi,

I’m using a RFLink to connect to some cheap 433Mhz switches. It all works fine but after a restart the switches are not visible in the dashboard. Therefore I can’t trigger them. Once I;ve triggered a switch through the regular remote, it is shown in the dashboard. I thought this might be related to the fact that these device only support one-way communication. I added the devices to the customize.yaml and added a assumed_state so that home_assistant has a value to show for the switch. However, it still does not show up after a restart.

Anyone has a clue what I’m doing wrong? How do I make my devices persistant?
Pieter

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I understand that first you need to find your devices’ names.
You can do that by enabling rflink component in configuration.yaml and adding
lights: - platform: rflink
automatic_add: true

After restart rflink will start registering devices when you activate your switches.
Note down their names and declare accordingly in switch: section.
Then you can safely remove automatic_add and customise your switches however you want, they should be always there.

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@AhmadK Is there a way to do this automatically?

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Could you elaborate?

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The fact that we need to manually edit configuration.yaml once discovery is completed

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Well, only you know what devices are yours (because there is A LOT of RF devices around).
RFLink automatically adds them all and I believe it is possible to do the same, but can see no reason for that.
Note devices’ names, edit your config and off you go. Quick and easy.
Or am I missing something?

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Ok, I understand. It’s just for me to understand Home Assistant philosophy, as I am new, coming from Domoticz world

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Strictly speaking, it’s RFLink plugin philosophy as it’s a bit ‘tricky’ thing comparing to HA.
I’m currently use it only for sensors and migrated PIRs, RF switches/lights etc to OpenMQTTGateway as a bit more reliable and convenient solution.

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