Where are my sensors?

Feature Requests
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These sensors are really sneaky! I need to change the battery, but I can’t remember where I put i!

I would love to be able to add at least 2 pictures to each device. For example a floorplan of the house with a X marking the spot, or a picture of the sensor in its surroundings, basically anything that will allow me to remember where I put these sensors… Even better if I can click on the picture and set a marker.

If a picture is too complex to implement, a text field would also be useful, so I can simply write down the sensor location in HA instead of using spreadsheets.

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Just name the sensors accordingly?

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Hello, have you looked into the Picture Element card? This can upload a floorplan and locate the devices accordingly in this floorplan. just upload your image to something like Imgur and then put the URL in the Picture Element.

4

Somebody is way ahead of you! :grin:

EDIT: I am sure at one point you could add notes to the entities too, but it is not there now. Maybe it is another integration I am think of.

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Just name the sensors accordingly?

“Living room temperature, sensor on the top right of the shelf to the north”, meh… not really convenient.

have you looked into the Picture Element card?

I’m too lazy to enter coordinates manually. It is more convenient to save a pic of the sensor in a folder somewhere.

Somebody is way ahead of you!

Great find! It doesn’t do what I want, but it does something I didn’t know I needed yet!

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It’s not perfect, but how about adding a label to each device with a short description of where the device is?

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Or you could do a “customize” for each battery entity adding a note for location. It’ll add it to the attributes.

homeassistant:
  customize:
    sensor.some_sensor_battery_level:
      location: sensor on the top right of the shelf to the north
    sensor.some_other_sensor_battery_level:
      location: sensor on the bottom left of the shelf to the south
    etc.

you could customize every entity you have like this for any attribute you want to add whether they are battery sensors or not.

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living room shelf temperature sensor, not like you have more than one on a shelf in the living room right? if so then shelf left/right/up/down dont have to make it too difficult.

Temperature sensors are ones that require thought to place it so a 1 or 2 word description in the name is more than enough. For example you dont pick a random spot like a hot wall or near an air vent/window. Like all other sensors its a bit planned out.

if you really need to use an image then use local file integration Local file - Home Assistant