Sorry, I’ve googled and search and I am probably staring right at it. How do I assign a device to an area in Zigbee2MQTT. Some guides say “hit the pencil” but that just brings up a box to rename the device or add a description — not area assignment.
Are you clicking on the pencil in the very top right of the device page ? When I click on it there is an place to edit area
EDIT: Ah, you’re in Z2M
You do not set the area in Zigbee2mqtt GUI. You set the device area in HA, using the pensil
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I always set them in MQTT integration page. It’s easy to scan down and spot any that are missing.
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That was it. I can’t set it from teh Zigbee2MQTT page but have to go to Integrations, MQTT
Would be so much easier to set them up as you add devices in the Z2M console. I am adding a bunch of bulbs and having to sift through the integrations page is very time consuming. Ideally, I would just add the area when I change the name in the console.
Z2M works with other home automation software, not all of which have a concept of what an Area is. They can’t just add an option which might cause issues with other installations.