Zwave Multiple entries for same device in entiry_registry

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I feel like I have multiple entries for some of my devices in my registry file.

I’d like to clean it up, what’s the best way to go about it. How can I tell which ones are valid and which ones are not.

For example, I only have one. kichen counter light. (which one is valid?)

light.kitchen_counter_light:
name: Kitchen Counter Lights
platform: zwave
unique_id: 6-105480209
light.kitchen_counter_light_level:
name:
platform: zwave
unique_id: 6-72057594143408129

As I have been learning, I’ve renamed devices using the UI zwave area, I’m renamed items in the front end UI where I turn things off and on, and lastly I renamed many of these directly in the registry file itself. I believe that the recommended way to do this is via the registry file. I just want to clear this up and make it most efficient. I feel like he zwave start up time after a restart is quite long. Like 2-3 minutes before I can turn items off and on without a delay.

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That looks right. Z-Wave devices create multiple entities, one zwave. entity, and a number of others. All are valid, they just serve different purposes - looking in <> (the dev-states menu) will show you what they’re reporting.

Slow response during startup is entirely normal, and there’s no way to avoid it (other, obviously, than not restarting).

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Thanks, makes sense, I am running a dev version of openzwave, now that I think of it. I think it may be entries from the two versions I’ve had installed 0.4.3 and now 0.4.4. Maybe?? Just a thought. Either way, I’ll leave them there, thanks again