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What naming scheme do you use for your devices/entities/animations? (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 days ago by CaptainBlagbird@lemmy.world to c/homeassistant@lemmy.world

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Are there any recommended best practices?

I'm doing a fresh setup on a new system and want to use this opportunity to organise things better. Previously it was quite a mess 😅

Some loose thoughts:

I don't really want to use the brand, so I could replace devices
Not all devices have a fixed place (e.g. the phone), so using the room in the name might not be a nice solution, or I could use "portable" instead for those

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[–] Successful_Try543@feddit.org 4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

In my installation, I use descriptive names like, e.g. 'wall light couch', 'ceiling light living room', etc. or 'night light', 'bright', 'mood' for scenes.

[–] AA5B@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

Same here. My primary use case is making it work naturally for a voice assistant, so it’s a bit inconsistent because it needs to reflect what we actually call things