Device Support Process?

Plugins & Plugin Development Alternate UI
#1

Hi amg0,

What is the process for requesting device specific support in AltUI? For example, I use the Aeotec Minmote. It has 4 buttons. But no buttons appear. It essentially allows you to launch scenes you make by each numbered button.

It has no buttons in Vera so does this mean Vera would have to add this option first to be usable in AltUI?

#2

[quote=“tomtcom, post:1, topic:192801”]Hi amg0,

What is the process for requesting device specific support in AltUI? For example, I use the Aeotec Minmote. It has 4 buttons. But no buttons appear. It essentially allows you to launch scenes you make by each numbered button.

It has no buttons in Vera so does this mean Vera would have to add this option first to be usable in AltUI?[/quote]

aside from asking a question here, there is no other process.
regarding this scene controller ( which I do not have ) , can you make it work first on UI5 UI7 then it should work the same on altui; scene controller are very ‘touchy’ as it seems that no 2 are alike, but once you figured out what trigger to use, what variable & ID number to use for which button, and in what zwave mode to put the remote controller ( scene mode or other ) , then it should work fine.

if you know the button ID & trigger; nothing prevent you in ALTUI to edit a scene with that trigger , you just do not use the same strange scene button screen that UIx has which does not work very well for most remote controllers

#3

I have nine of these excellent little devices, and on the front panel under both UI5 and UI7 no buttons appear! However, on one of the control/setup pages there is a list of the 8 buttons (device only has 4, but other 4 are for a ‘long’ press operation) where you can select a house mode or a scene to activate.

I do not have the JavaScript skills, but I assume that, for those who do, it would be a relatively trivial matter to make a custom AltUI panel which does much the same?

#4

[quote=“akbooer, post:3, topic:192801”]I have nine of these excellent little devices, and on the front panel under both UI5 and UI7 no buttons appear! However, on one of the control/setup pages there is a list of the 8 buttons (device only has 4, but other 4 are for a ‘long’ press operation) where you can select a house mode or a scene to activate.

I do not have the JavaScript skills, but I assume that, for those who do, it would be a relatively trivial matter to make a custom AltUI panel which does much the same?[/quote]

Could you send a screen shot on UIx and on AlTUI , also if the device is using a special .JSON file ?
last time I checked , there is no variable telling enough information to draw panel ( things like how many button for instance )

regarding doing a device specific panel, it is easy in javascript ( of course providing you get this informatioin I mention above otherwise you do not even know what to draw ). The way to do it is documented in http://forum.micasaverde.com/index.php/topic,33307.0.html with a AlTUI specific panel.

#5

Just checked the LastSceneIDs of the four buttons of Aeon’s Minimote. Left upper button is 1 on a short press, resp. 2 on a long press. Right upper button is 3 resp. 4. Left lower button is 5 resp. 6. Right lower button is 7 resp. 8. Taking amgO workflow’s example of a “Dimmer management in Theater Room” it should be possible to use the Minimote like the Octan in his example.

#6

Well I decided to look at http://[ip]:3480/data_request?id=lu_invoke

Played around with the links and ultimately messed up my own device…lol. It’s fixed now.

Here were some URL’s and while breaking it (I mean trying to get it to work) this is what I saw:

http://IP:3480/data_request?id=lu_variableset&DeviceNum=64&serviceId=urn:micasaverde-com:serviceId:SceneController1&Variable=NumButtons&Action=8,1-1-1=ui7_lang_tap_button%201,2-2-2=ui7_lang_hold_button%201,3-3-3=ui7_lang_tap_button%202,4-4-4=ui7_lang_hold_button%202,5-5-5=ui7_lang_tap_button%203,6-6-6=ui7_lang_hold_button%203,7-7-7=ui7_lang_tap_button%204,8-8-8=ui7_lang_hold_button%204

I tried manipulating Variable and also using Action in the URL but separating out the button codes didn’t work quite so well.