Thoughts and Questions About Naming

Configuration
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Thinking about naming… I have read and watched what I could find. It occurred to me that there are fundamental “things” concerning names:

  • device (the switch, or the socket, etc.)
  • the thing the device effects, maybe the target (lamp, etc)

So, do we name them based on which?

  • Living room wall switch
  • Living room table lamp connected to living room wall switch

I would love to get your thoughts.

Also, would I be correct in thinking that Entities are sub items (triggers, responses or other data) produced by the device?

Thanks,
Paul.

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location_function has always served me well. The device type is already visible in the entity domain:

light.lounge_front_downlights
fan.bathroom_exhaust
switch.cinema_led_table

I use a lot of yaml so am not tempted to shorten this to just function and use labels or areas as these are not visible when constructing scripts or automations.

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It would be more correct to say that Devices are a collection of entities. Entities are not always created by a device. Some entities are created as part of a service and many entities like automations, scripts, scenes, and helpers are created by integrations.