# Device Icons

**URL:** <https://community.homey.app/t/device-icons/8424>\
**Category:** Questions & Help\
**Created:** [February 1, 2019, 7:56am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/device-icons/8424 "2019-02-01T07:56:29Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 13\
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**Author:** ![Osorkon](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/osorkon/32/43026_2.png) [@Osorkon](https://community.homey.app/u/Osorkon)\
**Post date:** [February 1, 2019, 7:56am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/device-icons/8424/1 "2019-02-01T07:56:30Z")

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How I can change the device icon?  
For example The Fibaro door/windows sensor.  
I would like have an icon for door/window is open and one for close.  
Because the tamper Alarm can not be cancelled I can not see if door is open or close. I have to make a long press on device to open the detail screen to see it?!

![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/2X/c/c721335a6abd8824aaa8b9037e3542ebd9eaaa46.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![Jeroen\_Somhorst](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/jeroen_somhorst/32/184_2.png) [@Jeroen\_Somhorst](https://community.homey.app/u/Jeroen_Somhorst)\
**Post date:** [February 1, 2019, 9:14am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/device-icons/8424/2 "2019-02-01T09:14:40Z")

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You can’t unfortunately.

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**Author:** ![Osorkon](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/osorkon/32/43026_2.png) [@Osorkon](https://community.homey.app/u/Osorkon)\
**Post date:** [February 1, 2019, 9:31am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/device-icons/8424/3 "2019-02-01T09:31:53Z")

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> [@Jeroen\_Somhorst](#):
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> You can’t unfortunately.

That are very bad news!  
I have used many different smart home gateways in the past.  
Actually, I am moving my devices from homee to homey.  
All the gateways I used have the feature to change the device icons.

Do you know, if this feature is planned?

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**Author:** ![Jeroen\_Somhorst](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/jeroen_somhorst/32/184_2.png) [@Jeroen\_Somhorst](https://community.homey.app/u/Jeroen_Somhorst)\
**Post date:** [February 1, 2019, 9:50am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/device-icons/8424/4 "2019-02-01T09:50:03Z")

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Hi,

I don’t know since I’m just a user ;). You can send an email to [support@athom.com](mailto:support@athom.com) with the feature request. I guess

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**Author:** ![azid](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/azid/32/8566_2.png) [@azid](https://community.homey.app/u/azid)\
**Post date:** [February 1, 2019, 9:59am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/device-icons/8424/5 "2019-02-01T09:59:30Z")

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maybe with a future dashboard app.

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**Author:** ![Osorkon](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/osorkon/32/43026_2.png) [@Osorkon](https://community.homey.app/u/Osorkon)\
**Post date:** [February 1, 2019, 10:18am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/device-icons/8424/6 "2019-02-01T10:18:27Z")

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Ok, the feature is not available yet. Hopefully that will come in the near future!  
I am pretty sure, that I am not the only one who is missing that kind of basic functionality.  
But how I can reset the tamper alarm from the Fibaro door sensor!?

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**Author:** ![Osorkon](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/osorkon/32/43026_2.png) [@Osorkon](https://community.homey.app/u/Osorkon)\
**Post date:** [February 1, 2019, 11:40am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/device-icons/8424/7 "2019-02-01T11:40:27Z")

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Ok, thanks!  
Is there somewhere on overview about already existing feature requests?  
Or how will be the feature requests managed by Athom?

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**Author:** ![Jamie](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/jamie/32/5274_2.png) [@Jamie](https://community.homey.app/u/Jamie)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2019, 12:45pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/device-icons/8424/8 "2019-02-03T12:45:52Z")

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You could try the group app (single device) in order to create the device with out the tamper alarm and with a different icon. There isn’t currently an icon for “door” “window” on contact alarms - but perhaps if you nicely contact the developer it could be added.

[https://apps.athom.com/app/com.swttt.devicegroups](https://apps.athom.com/app/com.swttt.devicegroups)

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**Author:** ![Simon\_Cande](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/simon_cande/32/10376_2.png) [@Simon\_Cande](https://community.homey.app/u/Simon_Cande)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2019, 4:00pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/device-icons/8424/9 "2019-12-17T16:00:12Z")

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in advanced settings

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**Author:** ![Simon\_Cande](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/simon_cande/32/10376_2.png) [@Simon\_Cande](https://community.homey.app/u/Simon_Cande)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2019, 4:02pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/device-icons/8424/10 "2019-12-17T16:02:12Z")

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actually you can by creating a variable that updates to true when the door opens and false when it shuts and then create a flow to the variable

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**Author:** ![Osorkon](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/osorkon/32/43026_2.png) [@Osorkon](https://community.homey.app/u/Osorkon)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2019, 4:07pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/device-icons/8424/11 "2019-12-17T16:07:01Z")

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> [@Simon\_Cande](#):
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> in advanced settings

Please show me where?!  
Maybe a screenshot, please?!

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**Author:** ![Jamie](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/jamie/32/5274_2.png) [@Jamie](https://community.homey.app/u/Jamie)\
**Post date:** [December 18, 2019, 1:23pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/device-icons/8424/12 "2019-12-18T13:23:21Z")

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As far as I am aware it is not possible to change the icon after the device has been paired.

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**Author:** ![Federico\_Klappenbach](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/federico_klappenbach/32/31392_2.png) [@Federico\_Klappenbach](https://community.homey.app/u/Federico_Klappenbach)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2020, 11:42am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/device-icons/8424/13 "2020-12-17T11:42:32Z")

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Maybe you can use Virtual Device [Virtual Devices App för Homey | Homey](https://homey.app/sv-se/app/com.arjankranenburg.virtual/Virtual-Devices/)
