Hi all,
Researching what to do when swapping bulbs: the advice is to rename the entity using the same name as the previous bulb.
However, I have a whole list of entities for my IKEA bulbs. Do I need to individually rename each entity? I also tried to delete and re-add the device, but all the old details are remembered by home assistant. I have swapped a Wiz Wifi bulb with an IKEA zigbee bulb, and want the functionality to swap as well. Screenshot attached. TIA
The point of renaming is to allow your automations, scripts and templates to carry on working as before, so if you actually use those entities you do need to change them.
An alternative approach is to install Spook.
When you change a bulb it will send you a notificiation about everywhere the old entity ID was used, so you can edit your scripts etc.
Great thank you! Will rename entities as I need them. Seems it would be quicker to entirely delete all entities associated a device and then readd the device, letting the names be automatically set as they were the first time i set up the device. But HA seems to remember the old entity names. Been meaning to try out Spook thanks for the suggestion for this use case.
