ControlType for icons/images

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#1

Is there a ControlType for icons/images?

Is there a way to change the device icon dynamically?

This functionality is needed for porting [tt]AUC[/tt] and [tt]GWC[/tt] to UI5.

#2

There is the ControlType image, which is used by the camera.

Only by modifying the Json file. Not that dynamic if you ask me. :slight_smile:

#3

The Enhancement already exists… for a similar reasoning, I wanted to include images in the Google Weather device (and others) natively:
http://bugs.micasaverde.com/view.php?id=1386

The secondary use for it was going to be to include Google Charts.

and it needs to not have all the extra stuff that a Camera might have, like panning controls, etc, etc. A plain image, sourced from a URL.

#4

[quote=“Ap15e, post:1, topic:170510”]Is there a ControlType for icons/images?

Is there a way to change the device icon dynamically?

This functionality is needed for porting [tt]AUC[/tt] and [tt]GWC[/tt] to UI5.[/quote]

Well, you could have five icons by using the same mechanism used for dimmable lights. Essentially you have a display service variable and min/max values defined. The rendering uses the current value - min divided by max to figure out which of the five potential images (which use the _0, _25, _50, _75, _100) to use. Of course the icons would have to exist in vera, which means they would have to be put there manually.

Here’s an example of how the display service is defined:

"flashicon": "icons/Dimmable_Light.swf", "imgIconBody": "pics/devices/Dimmable_Light_BODY.png", "imgIconDimmable": "pics/devices/Dimmable_Light_SWITCH.png", "imgIconTurnable": "", "imgIconMin": "", "imgIconMax": "", "halloIconsDir": "pics/hallo", "DisplayStatus": { "Service": "urn:upnp-org:serviceId:Dimming1", "Variable": "LoadLevelStatus", "MinValue": "0", "MaxValue": "100"

Note: imgIconBody, imgIconDimmable, imgIconTurnable, imgIconMin, imgIconMax, and halloIconsDir are not used in UI4 or UI5 and are just cluttering up the json. I assume they are from some earlier UI revision.

@MCV, ever though of pruning user_data of obsolete settings (and camera settings you automatically added to every device during the UI5 upgrade)?

#5

Thanks for the suggestions.

There is the ControlType image, which is used by the camera.

IIUC, one would have to install a virtual camera and a http handler to make use of this ControlType - not the way to go for me …

Well, you could have five icons by using the same mechanism used for dimmable lights.

Far too limited to be of use for more complex plugins, so we are back at [tt]http://bugs.micasaverde.com/view.php?id=1386[/tt] …

Just for reference, here are the results from harvesting [tt]ControlTypes[/tt] from [tt]/etc/cmh-lu[/tt]:

"ControlType": "button",
"ControlType": "checkbox",
"ControlType": "image",
"ControlType": "image_player",
"ControlType": "input",
"ControlType": "js_button",
"ControlType": "label",
"ControlType": "slider",
"ControlType": "slider_vertical",
"ControlType": "variable",
#6

AFAIK there are no obsolete settings in the user_data (though there may be on or two if upgrading from UI4 with Keep settings). The camera settings on every device was a bug in some firmware versions, but it has been fixed.