UI7 adds a feature for “All On” or “All Off.” Sounds nice, but the “All Off” command would switch off my refrigerator, which is connected to an Aeon Energy Meter switch. Is the “All On/Off” feature in UI7 programmable?
Nope, but you can make your own scene for all off or all on just to fit your needs.
Have you seen the Category parameter in HTTP request documented here http://wiki.micasaverde.com/index.php/Luup_Requests#action ?
May perhaps help to narrow down what you affect.
I’ve also wondered about this I’ve setup my central network so I can turn it off - when Telstra stuffs up and wants me to reset it to prove it really is them
So now if someone does click all off on a tablet etc … I do not want it to turn off my network
So I’ve read that what you referred to and what I see is “All off” turns off Category 999 devices
Category 999 is a “Virtual” category which includes all category 2 and category 3 devices
category 2 - Dimmable lights
category 3 - Binary lights
I had a look and my Aeon smart switch is
Category: 3
Device File: D_BinaryLight1.xml
device_type 
schemas-upnp-org:device:BinaryLight:1
etc
So that looks good .- So the question is can I just change the Category and it will keep , reading the watts and responding to commands directly to it - but not respond to Category 999?
I don’t know - but what I have is a frostdale light switch which includes a temperature sensor and when joined the temperature comes in as a Generic IO , I found that setting all the of the following
device_type urn:schemas-micasaverde-com:device:TemperatureSensor:1
device_file D_TemperatureSensor1.xml
category_num 11
device_json D_TemperatureSensor1.json
EXCEPT the category did not work I had to set the Category to 11 to get it to start reading a temperature
No, you shouldn’t go changing the category of a device except where, as below, you are fixing something that’s set incorrectly.
Some hardware devices have a configuration parameter which disables the “All on/off” feature, so you could perhaps looks at the documentation for the Aoen and see if it mentions it.
Does vera use the all on/off command for this is does it just send n/off commands to each device individually. I have tried to find out what the all on/off commands are so that I can use them in a scene but so far have had no joy.
If vera does not use this then will the settings in the device make any difference.
Excellent question, and I’m afraid I don’t know the answer. But you quite right, of course, they may or may not use it!
Leave the category alone, but change the subcategory. Refrigerator is subcategory 4. This will be ignored from the ui7 turn all on/off, and the count of switches turned on.
http://wiki.micasaverde.com/index.php/Luup_Device_Categories