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no fuzzy matching? (lemmy.zip)

submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by shortwavesurfer@lemmy.zip to c/homeassistant@lemmy.world

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I would like to use device names such as "NBR-NW1 (John's AC)" which is shorthand for "North Bedroom North Wall1 (John's AC)". However, it appears as though when I ask the assistant to "turn on John's AC", it does not match it to anything.

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[–] emuspawn@orbiting.observer 6 points 5 months ago (1 children)

If you go into the entity settings, you should be able to set an alias.

[–] shortwavesurfer@lemmy.zip 5 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Oh, that worked perfect. Thank you.

Edit: One thing assist does not do, which I feel like it should, is it should give you some sort of information if you ask it for "help".