RfxCom change sensor battery

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Hi,

after changing battery in one of my temperature sensor, I found new device under RFXTRX integration.
I read that old device can be replaced with new one: https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/rfxtrx/. It says: " select the old device in the options menu under Select device to configure", but I can’t find, where in HA is possible to change this. I have HA version 2022.3.1.

Thanks for help.

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Hi,

did you manage to find the menu to replace an old device ?
i’m looking for that to…

thanks !

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Same here…maybe I’m blind :slight_smile: but I can’t find that either.

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Hey,
i finaly found the “Select device to replace” menu !

  • first go to the integration panel (/config/integrations)
  • click on CONFIGURE on the rfxcom Tile
  • in the menu “select device to configure” select the OLD device
  • click submit
  • and here you can select the NEW device !!!

after that all my dashboards were updated with the new datas

i hope this helps,

Mat

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Thanks, seems it wasn’t that hard :grin:

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I also replaced the batteries of device_A and noticed a new device device_new.
When I want to “replace” device device_A with device_new,
device_A is not in the “select device to conigure” list??

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Mathieu, thanks.
I ended with template sensor for each RFXCom sensor in configuration.yaml. After that, I use template sensor in dashboard cards.
In case of replacing sensor battery, I just replace sensor ID in template sensor in configuration.yaml and that’s it.

Couldn’t find better way.

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I have the same problem. The new device is not in the "select device to configure” list ??

An idea ??

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@DD33
What fixed it for me?
I also noticed that the device-with-new-battery had not registered with the RFXCOM plugin yet.
For that you need to enable “Enable newly added devices” under
“rfxcom/3dotmenu/system options”,
NOT under “rfxcom/configure/enable-automatic-add”

See image below: enable newly added entities and your battery-replaced device should appear. Then you can follow the replace procedure described here.

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Thanks @duittenb but I’m not clear.

It was about your message :

I have the same problem, the new sensors is detected but is not in the “select device to configure” list??

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I understand why:

The old sensor was detected as a model : THGR810, THGN800
The new sensor (it’s exactly the same, I just changed the battery) was detected as a model : THGN122/123, THGN132, THGR122/228/238/268

So HA propose only in the “select device to configure” the devices with the same model that old one.

Is it possible to change the model ?

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I remove the battery and re-install the battery and the device has been detected as the good model and i could follow the procedure to replace the device. The problem is solved but it’s strange.
Same problem with an another device, I had to remove the batteries twice so that the device was recognized as the correct model. :thinking:

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Thanks for sharing @DD33 !