Add Correct name to the Accessories

[carlosgamezvillegas]

When adding switches or other devices their name is not shown correctly. I have found out that if the following is added the name of each accessory will be shown correctly when they are added in HomeKit.

code lines that could be added:

  service.addOptionalCharacteristic(Characteristic.ConfiguredName);
  service.setCharacteristic(Characteristic.ConfiguredName, accesoryName);

I added those lines in the function below and it fixed the issue

getSwitchService(harmonyPlatform, accessory, switchName, serviceSubType) {
let service = accessory.getServiceByUUIDAndSubType(switchName, serviceSubType);
if (!service) {
harmonyPlatform.log(
'(' +
harmonyPlatform.name +
')' +
'INFO - Creating Switch Service ' +
switchName +
'/' +
serviceSubType
);
service = new Service.Switch(switchName, 'switchService' + switchName);
service.addOptionalCharacteristic(Characteristic.ConfiguredName);
service.setCharacteristic(Characteristic.ConfiguredName, switchName);
service.subtype = serviceSubType;
accessory.addService(service);
}
return service;

Kind regards

[nicoduj]

Hi, it was done on purpose, since the name can be set in the config with the "pipe" syntax, but I will check if this option is better for common use case, thanks.