Switch names don't get saved

[BaconRanch]

Good Day,

I have just set up Kincony server16 and have it up and running and all entities exposed with Home Assistant.  I have spent lots of time customising with new entities names and arrangement that makes sense for my use but every time I reboot  the work is lost and I have default names of output_1, output_2, etc. etc.... and I have no way to know which switch is required.  Why are my custom names not being saved?  This unit is really no use to me if it defaults every time and wastes my time and is dangerous to use without proper switch labels.

[admin]

how you rename? post your yaml file have a look.

[BaconRanch]

how you rename? post your yaml file have a look.

I just did the first 8 in the GUI, checked the YAML and no change there.  While in file editor I changed the last 8 as pasted.  I restarted just the YAML portion in HA and no change in YAML or GUI. I then restarted HA and lost all changes done in GUI and in file editor to YAML. Yes, I saved changes in file editor before closing and restart of HA.

Posting entire config yaml.  Im very sorry to have bought this device,  not good vale and costing me too much time now.

Code:

# Loads default set of integrations. Do not remove.
default_config:

# Load frontend themes from the themes folder
frontend:
  themes: !include_dir_merge_named themes

automation: !include automations.yaml
script: !include scripts.yaml
scene: !include scenes.yaml


binary_sensor:
  - platform: mcp23017
    i2c_address: 0x20
    invert_logic: true
    pins:
      0 : Button_1
      1 : Button_2
      2 : Button_3
      3 : Button_4
      4 : Button_5
      5 : Button_6
      6 : Button_7
      7 : Button_8
      8 : Button_9     
      9 : Button_10     
      10 : Button_11     
      11 : Button_12     
      12 : Button_13     
      13 : Button_14     
      14 : Button_15
      15 : Button_16

     
switch:
  - platform: mcp23017
    i2c_address: 0x22
    hw_sync: false
    invert_logic: true
    pins:
      0 : Output_1
      1 : Output_2
      2 : Output_3
      3 : Output_4
      4 : Output_5
      5 : Output_6
      6 : Output_7
      7 : Output_8
      8 : Output_9
      9 : Output_10
      10 : Output_11
      11 : Output_12
      12 : Output_13
      13 : Output_14
      14 : Output_15
      15 : Output_16

Thank you .

Code:

switch:
  - platform: mcp23017
    i2c_address: 0x22
    hw_sync: false
    invert_logic: true
    pins:
      0 : Output_1
      1 : Output_2
      2 : Output_3
      3 : Output_4
      4 : Output_5
      5 : Output_6
      6 : Output_7
      7 : Output_8
      8 : Output_9
      9 : rename test 1 for myBB post 9
      10 : rename test 1 for myBB post 10
      11 : rename test 1 for myBB post 11
      12 : rename test 1 for myBB post 12
      13 : rename test 1 for myBB post 13
      14 : rename test 1 for myBB post 14
      15 : rename test 1 for myBB post 15

[admin]

your output9-ouptut16 name too long. you can test , for example:
9 : light1
10: light2
.......
sample yaml donwload at here: https://www.kincony.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=5438
if you have any question about the MCP23017, you can feedback at here, they repied very fast:
https://github.com/jpcornil-git/HA-mcp23017/issues

[BaconRanch]

your output9-ouptut16 name too long. you can test , for example:
9 : light1
10: light2
.......
sample yaml donwload at here: https://www.kincony.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=5438
if you have any question about the MCP23017, you can feedback at here, they repied very fast:
https://github.com/jpcornil-git/HA-mcp23017/issues

ok thank you, this helped but its not accurate or complete. For future if anyone wants to re-name as I suspect most do, you have to re-name the entity names only in the configuration YAML, spaces appear to work fine and you dont need underscores....after your changes you must restart Home Assistant, just re-loading to YAML doesnt work with this device.

Once re-started, in the GUI where the default names were listed if you placed the entities on a dashboard tab....the entities are no loner available as they had been re-named. If you check in unused entities ( top rights 3 dots when you are in edit mode ) you will see your newly named entities there, just go on and put them in your dashboard and they now survive re-starts.

Hope that is clear.