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Adding details on renaming Z-Wave (#5917)

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* Adding details on renaming Z-Wave

Given that renaming Z-Wave entities is still a complicated process, adding step by step instructions for doing that.

* ✏️ Minor grammar fix
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DubhAd 2018-07-29 12:44:45 +01:00 committed by Franck Nijhof
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@ -51,6 +51,24 @@ Since 0.63 and the new experimental [entity registry](/docs/configuration/entity
Battery powered devices need to be awake before you can use the Z-Wave control panel to update their settings. How to wake your device is device specific, and some devices will stay awake for only a couple of seconds. Please refer to the manual of your device for more details.
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### {% linkable_title Renaming all entities of a node %}
When you use *Rename Node* it, as mentioned above, only changes the `zwave.` entity. If you've just added a device then the other entities for that device will use that new entity name as the base. However existing entities won't be renamed, so you need to remove them from `entity_registry.yaml`, and the process is like this:
1. Use *Rename Node* to rename the `zwave.` entity and set the base for all the other entities
2. Shut down Home Assistant and wait for it to stop
3. Delete the relevant entries from `entity_registry.yaml`
4. Start Home Assistant again
Each block you need to delete will look something like this, you need to delete all 4 lines for each entry. The first number of the `unique-id` is the Node ID of the Z-Wave node.
```yaml
sensor.fibaro_door_sensor_access_control:
name:
platform: zwave
unique_id: 5-72057594126614528
```
#### {% linkable_title Entities of this node %}
This is a dropdown where you can select all the entities of this node. Once selected you can then use: