Provide instructions to help users understand what "hostname" is

[warpling]

Feedback

I have a P1 cable connected via USB, it is unclear to me (and likely others) what to put for the hostname and the help sections do not provide any clarity for setup.

URL

https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/p1_monitor/

Version

2025.1.2

Additional information

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[klaasnicolaas]

The description of a host is shown in the config flow. Are you using P1 Monitor? If you have a P1 USB cable connected directly to Home Assistant, I think you are looking for the DSMR integration.

./Klaas

[warpling]

I'm using a USB P1 cable. I see via one of your other issues now that this is not the correct integration. Perhaps that can be made more explicit? As someone new to all this I just searched "P1" and chose the only integration that seemed to be exactly what I needed "P1 monitor" 🙃

[klaasnicolaas]

The documentation already clearly shows what it works with and a link to the P1 Monitor website 🤷‍♂ I will discuss what we will do with this and whether we will add an additional note.

./Klaas

[warpling]

The P1 Monitor website looks like this, showing a USB P1 cable at the top, which quickly makes me think I'm installing the right tool for the job.

And the P1 Monitor docs look like this, with no mention of what kind of hardware is or isn't compatible.

Really not trying to be annoying but people will probably continue to make this mistake unless the docs, app description, etc more clearly specify that this app is for a very specific monitor and not generic P1 interfaces?