Device Name issues?

[marcohelmerich]

Hello,
i checked out your orbit b-hyve card in my homeassistant instance. It works pretty well, but the name that i defined under "device:" is ignored and the card is named "Smart Watering" instead. I checked the python files and smart metering seems to be the default value and the "device:" attribute is ignored. Any hints what is going wrong?

Regards,
Marco

[davidn]

Thanks for reporting this issue. Just as a heads up I won't get a chance to look at it for at least a week and a bit.

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[davidn]

Sorry for making you wait, I had a look at this now.

The device: ... line in the config needs to be the Home Assistant ID for the device, not a name you choose. You can find this ID by going to 'Settings > Devices & Services > Devices' and clicking on your b-hyve device. The ID appears in the URL, for example 3f0ead88edea0f6eef4b7aa6ac6a5aa1 in this screenshot:

I know that it is not ideal that you need to configure a bunch of entities and the device ID; I would like to do it automatically but have not yet found a good way to get all the info from a single ID yet. I will write some extra instructions in the README.

When the card is configured with the id (So device: 3f0ead88edea0f6eef4b7aa6ac6a5aa1 in my case), then the card will display the name of the device. This name can be changed in Home Assistant, from the same settings page above you click the pencil icon in the top right and then you can set a new name.

Do you prefer the card to show a different title than the name of the device in Home Assistant? It would be relatively easy for me to add a new configuration parameter for a custom card title.