Z-Wave + Docker + new entities --> doesnt seems to work

Installation
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Hi,

Today i decide to upgrade from 0.44 to he latest release (0.51.2).
I read the blog and understand the changes in Z-Wave so the concept is clear.

What I have:
HASS running on Synoglogy NAS using Docker.
I believe everything is properly setup, i have option.xml and the /config folder mapped, everything is encrypted, so far so good.

The issue:
Once i go to the Developer tools and click on “<>” states button, I can see my sensors and switches properly, I also notice the old_entity_id, new_entity_id and friendly_name.

so, in order to rename the old entity to the new entity, I click on it, then on the top of the page, there is the state “status”, i go there and modify the parameters and click SET STATE button.

immediately, everything works fine, and the new state is update and everything shows OK.

a few seconds/minutes later, “something” re-write it back to the previous state. and the update is lost.

So my question is: I am changing it in the right/wrong place? could be the docker mapping messing the things up?

HELP!

Also, i though in one of the previous releases a Z-Wave menu, where i could add/remove nodes, is that gone? or shouold i type something in the configuration.yaml file to have it shown?

thanks!

Luis

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If you rename with the Zwave panel, you need to restart HA for it to take effect.

Anything you change with the states <> button can be overwritten with the next update.

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Really?
i think that is the issue why i have the feeling something is overwriting the status. it is because something is really overwriting the status…

any clue how long do i have before the overwrite? i have about 50 Zwave devices, and several of them with multiple sensors linked to it :frowning:

I hope i dont need to re-start HASS around 300 times or?

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Okay,

I did the update as suggested here (https://home-assistant.io/blog/2017/06/17/release-47/) and here (https://home-assistant.io/blog/2017/06/15/zwave-entity-ids/).
what i did was to copy the old_entity_id to the new_entity_id, i know it is painful the entity ID stuff, but i would die if i have to re-work all the automation, sensors, scripts, switches in my installation. so i juut rename the old one, into the new one.

After that, i restart HASS, guess what… NOT A SINGLE ZWAVE DEVICE was affected.

all of them remained with the original name, in my case, that means A LOT OF CONFLICTS, as i am basically only using AEOTEC devices, with a few fibaros.

to be clear, i update all of them under the developer tools and the states attribute ( <> symbol). i am 300% sure i set the new state (i was using crtl f to jump to the right zwave device) so i could see the new_entity_id name exactly the same as the old one.

after the restart, everything was reseted, like if i had done nothings. and i could swear i replace more than 200 items :frowning:

any ideas?

Luis

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The Zwave Panel Should be under Configuration> Zwave. That is the only place that you should be renaming devices, not the <> states panel…

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ok. that fixed it. thanks!