Names for accessories are read, but not showing up properly.

[stevenmcastano]

As you can see from the attached screenshot, the names are there for my devices, but they still just show up as "Lightbulb" or "Outlet". Is there any way to display what's in the "name" field?

[ElphaX]

Have you named the accessory in the home app or your config.json file?

[stevenmcastano]

They are named in the config.json file, I did not have to name anything in the Home app.

The config.json section that shows the names looks like this:

"renameDevices": [
                {
                    "nameContains": "Desk-BackLight",
                    "newName": "Desk Light"
                },
                {
                    "nameContains": "Kitchen-SLD",
                    "newName": "Kitchen"
                },
                {
                    "nameContains": "DR-Chandelier",
                    "newName": "Dining Room"
                },
                ......
                ......

I'm using the isy-js platform.

[oznu]

The plugin gets the default name from Characteristic.Name of the Accessory Service, which is the same behaviour as HomeKit.

In the screenshot provided the Accessory Service Characteristic.Name is either not set or is Lightbulb.

The Name shown in the information panel is from the Accessory Information Service not the Accessory Service. The Accessory Information Service is for the entire plugin, and since plugins can expose multiple accessories using this as the accessory name would result in many more errors.

[oznu]

The accessory information UI will eventually be expanded to allow the renaming of accessories.

[stevenmcastano]

I was thinking it would be from the same place the Home app gets it's names... on my iPhone and iPad they are named correctly so it must be pulling the names from somewhere else.

Once being able to change the names in the UI comes out that will make things much better!! Also, a suggestion on layout would be to not have each room need to be an entirely new row. It would be nice if they could be grouped in boxes, but still be able to exist on the same row if there's room... otherwise I have to scroll down a ton just to separate things out.

[oznu]

3.9.0 provides the ability to give an accessory a custom name.