Plugins don't appear after create device

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Hi people,

I’m trying to install plugins and considering the instructions it should be really easy. However, the plugins don’t appear when I’ve created a device. I’ve tried two plugins now and I have run out of ideas.

Some details:

The first plugin I’ve tried is the SND plugin: http://forum.micasaverde.com/index.php/topic,6656.0.html
Now I’m trying the Weather plugin: http://code.mios.com/trac/mios_weather/wiki/Installation-UI4

I follow the instructions that were roughly the same for both plugins apart from the moment of restart. All is well while uploading the files, all 4 files appear in the LUUP-files list. Subsequently, I try to create the device, which isn’t very complicated according to the description. I enter the name of the D_xxxx.xml file into the UpnpDevFilename field and set a Description. I mind the caps and such. Then I click the create device button, which doesn’t give any feedback, but I’m certain I clicked it. Then I close the Mios Developers panel and Save and Reboot and Save some more… But at no point I see any sign of a new device appearing on the Dashboard.

It should be on the Dashboard right? Is there any setting that could explain this behavior? I don’t have a clue anymore. It should just work this way according to three installation instructions that I’ve read. ???

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Are you using UI4 or UI5? Which firmware version on which vera? What browser are you using?

Did you try clearing the browser cache and then reloading the user interface?

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Sorry I forgot to mention that.

Firmware: 1.1.1245
UI: 4
Browsers: Safari and FireFox on Mac OS X

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I’m no longer on UI4, but I have a recollection that you get feedback when you click the “Create Device” button. I thought that an alert popped up that you had to dismiss. Can any UI4 people confirm or deny?

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I’ve made progress…

I used IE9 on windows 7 and the device appeared right away. I did get feedback after pressing the create device button. I didn’t try this before because it was mentioned in the instructions not to use IE.

Conclusion: creating a device on Mac OS X is broken in UI4 on at least FireFox and Safari. Is there any chance that MCV reads this and looks into the issue? Or should I register the problem somewhere?

Thanks for the attempts to help!

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[quote=“apt, post:5, topic:170567”]I’ve made progress…

I used IE9 on windows 7 and the device appeared right away. I did get feedback after pressing the create device button. I didn’t try this before because it was mentioned in the instructions not to use IE.

Conclusion: creating a device on Mac OS X is broken in UI4 on at least FireFox and Safari. Is there any chance that MCV reads this and looks into the issue? Or should I register the problem somewhere?

Thanks for the attempts to help![/quote]

FWIW Creating devices on Mac OSX UI5 works fine on all browsers (Chrome, Firefox, Safari).

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Yeah, Firefox on OSX is my everyday platform and I never encountered this oddity.

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@Futzle it could be recently broken or an isolated oddity.

I tried an older MacBook which had older software and I had no problem:

Broken: FireFox 9.0.1 and Safari 5.1.3 on OS X 10.7.3
Not broken: Safari 5.1.1 on OS X 10.7.2

Maybe the recent update to OS X 10.7.3 caused the problem.

@aschwalb: I’ll try UI5 once I’ve figured out how to reinstall a working configuration on UI4. I want to wait until UI5 matures a bit.