Changing Device Names in Smartthings

#1

Hi All,

If I change a device name in Smartthings, will it automatically update all my pistons and global variables I might have set?

i.e. if I change ‘Motion Sensor 1’ to ‘Kitchen Sensor’, and Motion Sensor 1 was within global variable ‘All Motion Sensors’, do I need to go and update everything or will it follow through automatically?

Thank you!!

#2

The names will be updated automatically. But should you have the WC dashboard open, you will need to do a hard reload to reflect the changes there.

#3

What’s a hard reload please?

#4

In chrome - Hold down Ctrl and click the Reload button. Or, Hold down Ctrl and press F5

#5

Interesting. I didn’t know it was different to a normal refresh

#6

I don’t think this works for me. I moved 5 months ago and I was just fixing some piston issues yesterday where the name didn’t match. Maybe I’m confused though :confused:

#7

What do you mean by - moved 5 months ago?

#8

Sorry, I moved to a new house 5 months and renamed some ST devices, but just noticed some of my pistons weren’t working because of name issues. WebCoRE recognized the old names were invalid once I was in the piston editor.

#9

Did you see xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx in place of the device names?

#10

I believe you may need to go in to the webCoRE SmartApp in the ST mobile app and navigate to Settings -> Available devices and contacts -> Available devices and then hit Done / Back / Done / Save just as if you were adding the device the first time to WC. I think this causes a refresh.

#11

I think so. Memory is getting fuzzy, that was like 24 hours ago

#12

Sounds to me that perhaps your devices got disconnected from the move

#13

Refreshing your browser doesn’t do anything to the WebCORE device database. Nezmo’s suggestion is what worked for me. Or you can just wait a while and it will update on it’s own.