change for non rpi- sensor names

[drumbo]

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Hi,

This is a fantastic capability so thank you for supporting it. I know it is primarily for raspberries - however it is mentioned on your help page about debian/ubuntu etc. I have tested it on my debian server and it works well except when I change the sensor_name from rpi-{hostname} to (in my case) deb-{hostname}

if I do that - then the script doesn't replace the hostname with the actual hostname resulting in deb-{hostname} in the MQTT message. I made this change to the python script - but I am not sure it is the correct way to do it. Is it possible to handle this rather fringe case?

get our hostnames so we can setup MQTT

getHostnames() if(sensor_name == default_sensor_name): sensor_name = 'rpi-{}'.format(rpi_hostname) else: sensor_name = sensor_name.replace('{hostname}','{}').format(rpi_hostname)

Thanks again

[ironsheep]

@drumbo I'm unclear if you found the config.ini setting:

# The MQTT name for this Raspberry Pi as a sensor
#sensor_name = rpi-{hostname}

If you set this to deb-hostname does it do what you want? Example:

# The MQTT name for this Raspberry Pi as a sensor
sensor_name = deb-{yourHostname}

(Replace the {yourHostname} with your actual host name)

If you are asking for a replacement prefix the current version does not do that but it wouldn't be too hard to add.

[drumbo]

Hi,

Yes - I did find that - however (if I remember correctly) it came out as "deb-" with no hostname. This seems to be due to the if statement which populates the hostname for rpi-xxxxx based on the server - but for deb- it doesn't. I understand one can simply put deb-xxxx - but as you grab the hostname for rpi - can it not be done for any other variant one uses?

if(sensor_name == default_sensor_name): sensor_name = 'rpi-{}'.format(rpi_hostname)

As the config = deb- this isn't hit and therefore the hostname is never set. Unless I am mistaken - having the else would then work. (although probably better

[bsimmo]

What you're asking is have it check for {hostname} in the string and have it replace it at run time, rather than having to manually change {hostname} in the config. This way you can just override rpi- with whatever you want and not worry about it on each device.