Names, am I the only one

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How do you organize your devices? Naming conventions? (2018)

Since there is no way to order your devices on the smart things app, how do you guys organize things? Do you have naming conventions on your devices like ‘Motion - Front Door’ or ‘Light - Family Room’? I have 30 or so devices now and it is getting difficult in the app at this point. Hopefully they add some features that allow it to be organized but until then…How do you organize/group all your devices?

Looking for Standard SmartThings Naming Taxonomy Recommendations (2015)

Hi folks - relatively new ST user here (few months playing around) and have had some great experiences hooking things up, making some rules, etc. One of the things that I noticed is the diverse strategy that folks have for naming, grouping, aligning their devices to modes, etc. For example, when you add a bunch of dimmable light switches, they all show up with the same device name making it difficult to know where they are. Rinse, repeat for other device types such as bulbs, etc. I’ve been experimenting with prefixing the names with the location (i.e., Kitchen, Deck, Bedroom A, etc.). But before I start spending a lot of cycles jumping hoops, thought I’d ask Does anyone have any standing guidance on taxonomy for setting up ST from scratch for newbs? The OOB experience seems a bit ba…

Naming Devices

Does anyone have any suggestions on naming all their devices in smartthings. On several occasions when I try to use Alexa, I get the response “There are more than 1 devices using that name” type of response. Just wondering if someone came up with a nice fluid naming convention.