this post was submitted on 09 Feb 2024
26 points (96.4% liked)

homeassistant

15759 readers
2 users here now

Home Assistant is open source home automation that puts local control and privacy first.
Powered by a worldwide community of tinkerers and DIY enthusiasts.

Home Assistant can be self-installed on ProxMox, Raspberry Pi, or even purchased pre-installed: Home Assistant: Installation

Discussion of Home-Assistant adjacent topics is absolutely fine, within reason.
If you're not sure, DM @GreatAlbatross@feddit.uk

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
 

I’m having hard time finding names for the different lights that make sense when I ask my voice assistant to control. I end up with ceiling light, but I have more than one ceiling light, and saying Living room ceiling light is a mouthful. I tried giving funny names but I keep getting confused which is which. How did you name your lights?

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] Obi@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

John, Paul, George and Ringo. But really it's just a combination of groups for daily life and then I try to name each bulb with as explicit but short as possible.

[–] wazzup@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

Same here except all 4 are in a ceiling fan. To turn them all on and off at the same time, I've named them the Fan Four.

Pete is a lone, recessed light in the corner.

Two lamps with pineapple motifs are Bob and Liz. Two lamps in bedroom are Harold and Maude.

One floor lamp is Slim "Shady“.