dont read unconfigured sensors

2026-08-22 09:14:13 +02:00
parent 86b6b4f87b
commit e873b49836
3 changed files with 25 additions and 7 deletions
@@ -359,6 +359,15 @@ friendly names shown by Zigbee2MQTT:
 nano config.yaml
 ```

+Sensor entries whose `name` begins with `CHANGE_ME` are placeholders and are
+excluded from MQTT polling, RRD creation, graphs, and the HTML dashboard. Rename
+an entry when its physical sensor is ready. The marker is configurable:
+
+```yaml
+collection:
+  excluded_name_prefix: CHANGE_ME
+```
+
 By default, the databases are written to `/var/lib/rrd` and the generated
 graphs to `/var/www/html/sensors`. Create those directories and grant the user
 running the collector ownership: