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How Do I Retrieve the Device IDs from the Lightwave App for Home Assistant?

This article clarifies why Device IDs are not required when integrating Lightwave with Home Assistant. It explains how the Home Assistant integration automatically discovers Lightwave devices, eliminating the need to manually retrieve IDs from the app.

If you're setting up Lightwave with Home Assistant, you might be wondering whether you need to manually retrieve device IDs from the Lightwave app. The short answer is:

❌ You don’t need to — the integration does this automatically.

✅ Automatic Device Discovery

When you install and configure the Lightwave Smart custom integration via HACS in Home Assistant, it automatically:

  • Authenticates your Lightwave account

  • Retrieves your full list of Lightwave devices

  • Assigns friendly entity names and IDs

  • Organizes them under Devices and Entities in Home Assistant

No need to copy or manually input device IDs from the Lightwave app.

🔄 Keeping Things Synced

If you rename a device in the Lightwave app, you may want to:

  1. Reboot Home Assistant, or

  2. Re-run the integration setup to refresh device labels and entity names.

📘 Learn More

For a detailed explanation and screenshots, see our article:
👉 How to set up Lightwave with Home Assistant

🧠 Why This Question Comes Up

In other smart home integrations, users often need to manually find and input device IDs. Thanks to the design of the Lightwave Smart integration, this step is entirely handled for you — making setup faster and easier.