Creating a new Device

[Lw4nier]

Hi, I’m new here. Just installed my Sense and just have 3 devices so far.
Is there a way to manually add a devices?
Say I turn on my vacuum cleaner so it registers usage, can I create a new device called ‘Vacuum cleaner’ so i can start tracking the usage?

Thanks.
Louie

[KingAZ]

No, you can not.

Why can't you train Sense?

[RyanAtSense]

Welcome to the forum.

At this time, you cannot do so in the manner you suggest. With the smart plug integration, you can manually add devices in that way.

There’s been lots and lots and lots of discussion about this though. I suggest making your way through the post linked above and this thread:

Discussion: Why can't I train my Sense?

@jamieeburgess, @mike_gessner, You’re right - I may need to revise my factial recognition analogy a bit, because @jamieeburgess is right - Facial recognition really doesn’t need the full-on flexibility of machine learning for identification, nor does radar detection. But they both use the same two part process as Sense does - Identification followed by classification. Facial identification is typically done using biometric algorithms that discover and measure facial features, or principle comp…