Device Groups

EZLogic
#1

Please define the device terms “Interior” and “Exterior”. I thought they meant inside and outside of the house but I see my Kitchen light is known as ‘exterior’ so I am confuse.

How can I change my Kitchen light to be ‘Interior’?

I have an Alexa routine called ‘Good night’ which currently sets my Ring alarm system and turns off individual lights. I want to change it to just have my Ezlo hub turn off all the devices in the ‘Inside Devices’ group (which includes lights and TVs). That way I can use the Vera/Mios apps to manage my devices without having to duplicate it all in Alexa with it’s groups.

I apologize if this has already been answered and ask you to point me to the answer. Otherwise I ask if this is possible and request advice on how to do it.

#2

One would think that but its not always the case it seems.

I think it depends on how the system categorised the device when it was added.

On the old Vera hubs you could change the Devices Category and Sub Category to a different one.

They were listed on this old wiki page here

http://wiki.mios.com/index.php/Luup_Device_Categories

However I dont think you can change them on Ezlo hubs ?

And I am not sure if Ezlo followed that same list of categories as Vera did ?

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#3

For example on Vera hubs a Switch Device was Category 3 and had several sub categories also.

As I said on Vera firmware hubs we could change these our selves. Not sure if we can also on Ezlo hubs?

1 Interior
2 Exterior
3 In Wall
4 Refrigerator
5 Garage Door
7 Valve
8 Relay

I haven’t seen any new Ezlo documentation or WIKI that explains this same Device Category stuff for their system.

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#4

Vera Device Categories -

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#5

@cw-kid Thank you so much for your reply.

I await a reply from Ezlo staff with you.

#6

@chuckf2 What was the make and model number of the device that went into an Exterior category?

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#7

Ezlo Devs have confirmed we as users cannot change a devices category or sub category.

This page lists the integrated devices and what their categories are.

https://api.ezlo.com/devices/integrated_devices/index.html

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#8

Thank you again @cw-kid. I forget but I think they are GE/Jasco in wall switches. One is a master, the other a slave.

I have reviewed my devices and these are the only ones showing as Exterior. Anyway it really isn’t a big deal. I was just wondering if there was an operational difference between interior and exterior but there doesn’t appear to be.

#9

No it wont affect operations. However it may show different types of icons possibly for an Exterior vs an Interior maybe? I am not sure.

I know on the old Vera hubs the icons were affected by a devices category type.

On the URL above you can look up your devices model number if you know it and check what category it is assigned too.

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