Is it possible to get the name and not the serial number in discovery?

[hans99]

In MQTT integration the name is set to the serial number, but the MQTT info has the real name, would it be possible to get the real name as name instead?

[karloygard]

Maybe, let me dig a bit.

[hans99]

Any progress on this? :)

[karloygard]

I attempted a fix for this with 0.51, take a look. It's relatively simplistic, using the common part of the datapoint names for the device (the device itself is never explicitly named in the configuration files).

[hans99]

Great, I will try it out soon!

[hans99]

Devices looks good, great work! Thanks! Would it be possible to get the names reflected in the entities too?

[karloygard]

Can you give me an example?

[hans99]

I have one:

device: identifiers: 'I have removed value' manufacturer: Eaton model: Dimming Actuator (CDAx-01/xx) name: Backyard Light via_device: CI Stick

And a corresponding entity-sensor is named: sensor.signal_strength_47

Would be nice if it was named: sensor.backyard_light_signal_strength

[karloygard]

Yes, it's possible to change the naming, but I'm concerned that the change will cause duplication of entities. I'll investigate a little.

[hans99]

I think hass will add numbers for duplicates, I think that's we there is a number now. So if "we" assign name that makes duplicates its "our" fault and nothing to be handled by "you" :)

[hans99]

Any progress if entity names can be updated?