I have been trying to keep a spreadsheet for my HA set up but sometimes it really feels like a game of pick‑up sticks. What is your method of keeping up with your HA set up?
It’s kindof a drag, but keeps me clear. Battery maintenance is not so bad this way, I do a smartapp “SimpleDeviceList?” report ONCE every 2-3 months and replace the worst 5-6 under 25%. But I can’t read the whole name in some screens of the phone app.
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bamarayne
(Jason "The Enabler" as deemed so by @Smart)
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My devices are named based on their use…
shower motion
sink light
porch lights
front door sensor
My automations are named like this…
SL - porch lights on at sunset
SL - porch lights on when front door opens
CoRE Sys - Routine sleep
CoRE US - bathroom modes
So when I look at a device/smartapps I know that there are two smart lighting automations, one CoRE system situation, and one CoRE upstairs automation. (I have multiple CoRE installs).
This is how my list looks in the Smart Lighting app:
This is my list of CoRE installs: I do this for organizing only. Though I’ve noticed a bit more response from the UI in CoRE when I break it up like this. But, if you use a lot of variables and have pistons firing other pistons and stuff, this method may not work for you.
I name stuff fairly wordy and in a way you’d normally describe something. Helps a lot with Alexa. Quite frankly I usually ask my wife most of the time to describe it and that’s what I name it.
I organize everything in a Room, and if it’s too general like my water meter, I have a room just called general home devices.
As for documentation, I scrape My Devices every time I add a new device, but that’s about it.
I’ve noticed that sometimes I see a 20 second timeout error in the log after a Piston list refresh. I am thinking having CoRE installed more than once to spread the pistons may help.
bamarayne
(Jason "The Enabler" as deemed so by @Smart)
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I don’t know cause I don’t have any metrics on it at all… but I am positive that my response times improved when I split everything up.