I attached a picture of what the plugin should show once you have it installed and configured.
Once you have that, you can add IR devices. Youâll need the latest firmware for this (version 1.5.408).
Create an IR device by doing the following:
âDevicesâ tab â âAdd devicesâ subtab â Click âAddâ for âAdd IR deviceâ
Vera will then walk you through the steps, first selecting a blaster, then choose âGuided setupâ and see if you find the device/manufacturer/setting that works.
Once you have the IR device added, in any scene, you can add commands to send via the âAdvancedâ tab when creating/editing the scene.
For example, to make a âTV offâ scene:
âAutomationâ tab â New Scene
Click âAdvancedâ tab
For each command you want to add:
In the âPick a deviceâ dropdown, choose the new IR device you added above, and click âAddâ
Go to the device, and choose the command you want to send
Save the scene, wait for LUUP to restart/configure, and try to run the scene.
*Note: If you make more complex scenes like âWatch DVDâ you may need delays (turn receiver on immediately, wait 3 seconds, change the input to DVD, etc). These delays are handled the same way in the âAdvancedâ tab as they are for all other scene items. If the drop down is set to âimmediateâ then Vera will send them as quickly as possible, one after the other. If you need a delay, you can create the delay, and assign commands to the different intervals by choosing a different delay from the dropdown before hitting âAddâ for the device.
The 4 devices are for the 4 addressable IR blasters. I donât know if/how they can be removed.
You can âlearnâ codes, but I will have to revisit how. Itâs more complex, and back when I did it, I used SQRemote, box.net. and copying the hex codes.
Do you have an iOS device (iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch)? If so, did you buy SQ Remote LITE or SQ Remote HD? If so, you can use those to âlearnâ the commands to import into Vera.
I will see what I can do later on. It will be a learning curve for me again.
One thing I do knowâŠyou need to backup/store your configuration box.com. Are you doing that already?
If not, sign up at http://www.box.com for an account (the free account is fine). Then, in SQ Remote LITE, save your configuration to box.com (something like Setup â Backup/Share â Save). Then you can go to box.com in a browser, and see the files you just saved.
Then, in SQ Remote LITE, program/learn a button (or buttons) for the A/C. Once you have them programmed/learned, re-save your configuration to box.com.
From there, I will have to go home and figure things out later.
Look in âPackageDevices.xmlâ to locate your device, and make note of the âkeyâ parameterâŠshould be âdevXXXXXXXXXXâ where XXXXXXXXXX is a sequence of numbers.
Open devXXXXXXXXXX.xml (replace XXXXXXXXXX with your value)
This file has all the buttons you programmed for that device.
For each button learned, look at the âir_dataâ field. Mine is:
ir_data="L4b 14800 d2060276 fd890276 e0d0276 d700c4 2890069 2e30027 3253254 33312232 23333330 22322333 33312232 23333331 22322333 23333122 32233333 31223223 33333122 32233074 L19 11600 d3030279 e0a0279 d400d3 27a8c11 21122222 20e30027 "
In the desired scene (or create a new one, name it, etc)
A) Set the time delta (immediate, 5 seconds, 1 minute, etc)
B) Go to the âAdvancedâ tab
C) For âPick a deviceâ - choose your SQ Blaster and hit âAddâ (this will add a blank entry for the blaster)
D) Where it says âPlease selectâ change it to âSendProntoCodeâ
E) Enter the value of âir_dataâ from step 3 (just the part in the quotes)
Repeat A-E for each IR command you want to send
Hit âConfirm Changesâ then âSaveâ and wait for LUUP to restart
I have been playing around with this for whole 2 days. by following your guide, i was able to send IR command by using scene. this is wonderful. all thanks to you.
However this is very hard to manage, i have alot of devices to bring up and i always confused with what the pronto codes are doing due to no description field to maintain.
I will still prefer to add as a device if possible, and then only assign them into the scene. ;D
so have you figured out how to create a device for this?
I did, but when I found this way, I just saved off all the pronto codes to a text file, and copied/pasted! Since MCV supplied IR codes for my Denon receiver and Samsung TV, I only have to maintain a couple codes.
I looked into creating an IR device earlier, Iâll see what I can resurrect.
For everyone that is trying to get SQ Blaster to work with VeraâŠ
The very best way to do this is with SQ Remote HD⊠that is what SQ Remote was created for⊠if you need to use IR control with scenes then you WILL need the plugin (third party development).
There are several good threads on how to get the plugin working in this forum⊠you can also try and contact its maker (aka âguessedâ)
MiCasaVerde have said on many occaisons that they would create a plugin⊠but nothing so far.
John
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