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Can't change icons of attached devices
Have most updated firmware. I click on attached devices and then click on say a HP printer and I change the icon to printer. Says updating, but right back to standard icon. Any suggestions?
I don’t have any orb_dev_typexx parameters with values.
I believe those will be set when using certain devices like managed switches.
The device icon is included in the parameter orbi_dev_name_ntgrxx.
rbi_dev_name_ntgr3=”7C:E9:D3:99:A3:03 27 HP LaserJet 400 M451dw”
The 27 in the above command means printer.
The known types are as follows:
0 Orbi Satellite
17 iPhone
27 Printer
14 iPad
28 Repeater
23 Media Device
5 Apple Airport
24 Network Device
29 Satellite STB
41 Apple TV
7 Bridge
35 TV
22 MacBook
9 Camera
13 iMac
6 Blu Ray
38 Windows PC
2 Android Device
I guess that the orb_dev_typexx parameter specifies sub types for certain devices and they will only appear if you use such devices, like managed switches.
Just to put an update on this thread: Since my last post here, I have added a bunch of devices to my network, and rather randomly either the Device Model (orbi_dev_name_ntgrXX; I am up to XX=66) and/or the Device Type (orbi_dev_type_ntgrXX) on the Edit Device page didn't result in the correct setting actually taking place, therefore requiring me to go through telnet to create/set the proper config variables. I had also created a support case for this exact issue the first time I had run into it (Case #41517573), but as soon as I "fixed" it manually via telnet and config variable shenanigans, it got closed.
I am not sure if the firmware dev team even has this on their radar, but they absolutely should. This is clearly a bug in the firmware code dealing with the creation of these config variables. It must be error'ing out at certain device names/types or at a certain XX value, or some local buffer is just not big enough and the config creation code is running out of space while trying to do the right thing.
Therefore, I am tagging Blanca_O. This really does need to be escalated.
Thanks
Tuna
I have the same issue. Using the genie interface leads to some devices refusing to accept the device name I enter or not switching to the icon I chose. In the Android app, it readily accepts the name, but sometimes won't display the icon I selected and revert back to whatever it was before I saved.
(Also, changing icons in the Android app updates the icons in the genie interface, but the only problem is that some icons just revert back mysteriously in Android.)
I am having the exact same issue. I can change the names no problem. But only some of the icons change. The remainder go back almost instantly.