eventList in xml or json?

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I’m almost finished writing my first device plugin for the Vera, but there are still some dangling threads in my understanding.

Where is the proper place to put an eventList?

From all the examples I’ve looked at, the eventList that appears in the json file looks identical to the in the xml definition file. Based on some preliminary testing, it looks like only the the eventList in the json file is absolutely necessary.

Is this apparent redundancy an artifact of a past or upcoming API transition? Are the eventLists in the json vs xml feeding different parts of the framework? Some other explanation?

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UI2 put it into the D_Device.xml.

In UI4, it was moved to D_Device.json (with is, in turn, referenced from D_Device.xml). Some Plugins have it in both locations, to support UI2 users.

3

Good to know – thanks.

4

The json file is the preferred place to put the event and scene lists.