michbeck100/pimatic-echo

duplicated names

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n3roGit commented

I have the following problem.

I use the same display name for several devices. e. g."wohnzimmer".

This means that alexa has duplicated names and can no longer switch some devices.

is it possible to set the default name for alexa in the device settings independent of the display name?

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michbeck100 commented

Note that this doesn't work for ButtonsDevice

n3roGit commented

You are FAST :D i will try it!

Give me a sec

n3roGit commented

ah okay you mean the additionalNames feature.

I only want to use the additionalNames.
The display name should be excluded for alexa. is there any way to do this?

michbeck100 commented

No i'm talking about the name:

"devices": [
  {
    "id": "switch",
    "class": "DummySwitch",
    "name": "Switch",
    "echo": {
      **"name": "EchoSwitch",**
      "additionalNames": ["AnotherNameForMyEchoSwitch", "YetAnotherName"],
      "active": true,
      "debug": false,
      "comfyTemp": 21,
      "ecoTemp": 17
    }
  }
]

In this example the original name of the device is "Switch" and will be overridden by "EchoSwitch"

n3roGit commented

perfect!!!!!! THX

n3roGit commented

OK it works after editing the config directly. THX

michbeck100 commented

don't know why it's not editable. This has to do with the mobile frontend i guess. Closing this issue.