General HE notes

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Is there a way to keep notes in HE?

I have several C7 and C8s, and none or the same and it would be nice to have a section I cn keep track of the details of each. Just like notes in MS. So I can document on going changes, how RM was done, installation notes, etc

Thanks in advance

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There isn't anyway to do that, but there are notes now in devices.

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You could also use a Comment instruction in the individual Rule Machine entry.

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Ya that's what I use is comments in the actual rule body or the notes area at the bottom of the rule itself.

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How about dashboard text boxes. Not sure of the formatting potential.

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For the short term, notes on the dashboard works for me, thanks

It would be nice to have documentation built it in the future as an app

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Where would you see it displaying?

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what about using a "virtual device"

What about in Settings"? Add a section for user documentation? Just something simple as a notes

Something to document the complete system, document hardware, installation, wiring, maybe IP addresses, users, a way to document RM, etc, etc

I have a C8 on a rental property, I would like to document the local wifi support, etc, names, phone numbers, access to gate, etc

just a place to keep notes

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How about just using a spreadsheet, with one tab per house to keep track of all of this information. :man_shrugging:t2:

This way, if the hub goes down, you’ll still have access to all of the information needed to help troubleshoot it. :thinking::sunglasses:

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good point

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or have documentation section on the HE cloud, secure to the account user, again something simple

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Yep, this is the way to go! I would be lost without my "Everything about my house mechanical setup (smart & dumb)" spreadsheet -- tabs for electrical, HVAC, plumbing, smart home and all sorts of other setup-related info.

It's backed up to several locations (cloud & local) for redundancy. I shudder to think what would happen if I ever lost access to that file.

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I use Google Docs and Spreadsheets. You can make a dashboard link tile with it's url to open it from a dashboard tile. Then no need to open a browser and go to a bookmark or anything, just click the tile and it pops up.

I wouldn't want to store it on the hub anywhere, in case the hub dies and I would lose it.

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Yes, google docs would work great for my documentation.

Thanks