Renaming a device from a script

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Sat Jul 07, 2018 1:23 pm
mundmc offline
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Renaming a device from a script

I know attributes like folderId can be modified, but can the device.name be changed from a script?

I want to move to select devices to a new folder and rename them, but I can only change their folder, while their name remains the same. Additionally, no error is thrown.

dev.name = “NEWNAME”


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Sat Jul 07, 2018 2:30 pm
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Re: Renaming a device from a script

I think you need dev.updateOnServer() after dev.name =


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Sat Jul 07, 2018 4:32 pm
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Re: Renaming a device from a script

Close, the API name is dev.replaceOnServer().

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Sat Jul 07, 2018 5:31 pm
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Re: Renaming a device from a script

matt (support) wrote:
Close, the API name is dev.replaceOnServer().


Doh! I read that but thought it was specific to developing plugins (I’m sure I’m confusing it with somethingSomethingServer(,)).

Many thanks! I now auto-name devices for guests on my wifi! I also log device names and MAC numbers if my home-grown alarm gets tripped!


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