Re: Another Desktop Display

["fungun" <fungun@xxxxxxxxx>]

Glad to see my pic put to good use. It was made by request for
another display. I like the mods done to it too. Cool.
Tim
aka-fungun





--- In xap_automation@xxxxxxx, "turner228" <kevin@n...>
wrote:
>
> I have sent another Desktop display based of a picture of a
> Thermostat to James and it is now in the list of available
displays
> from the Web. There is also a screen dump of it available in the
> files area
>
> Here is the readme for this display:
> ......
> Thermostat/Controller For xAP Display
>
> v1.0 30th Oct 2004 Kevin Turner
>
> This display emulates a wall mounted Thermostat/Heating controller.
>
> The original background picture was uploaded to the Trial Homeseer
> BB by (cant tell at the moment as the board is down)
>
> The display features
>
> 1) A 5 x 30 "LCD" display which responds to broadcast
> Message.display schema messages
>
> 2) 4 Toggle buttons which can be used to change the state of BSC
> v1.3 devices, eg on Homeseer
>
> 3) 4 matching Green bar "LED"'s to go with the toggle
buttons,
which
> provide feed back from the source that a change has taken place
>
> 4) 4 red "LED"'s which can be used to reflect the state of
another
4
> BSC v1.3 devices. As delivered these are simply connected to the
> same source as the green LED's
>
> 5) A pair of raise or lower buttons which will change a dimmable
> device in 10% increments
>
> 6) A vertical bargraph which reflects the state of the dimmable
> device. The value is also represented numerically
>
> 7) A display close button
>
> The buttons "depress" when pushed.
>
> This display was not set up for any particular home automation
> function, but was primarily a means to learn, decipher, and
> understand the current capabilty of the xAP desktop displays. As
> such it uses events and simple scripts and BSC v1.3.
>
> When you first load the display you will have to enter the xAP
> source name for each device. A good place to get this is from the
> xAP viewer App. The first 4 devices are digital state, ie on/off
> devices and the fifth is a level device.
>
> The defaults offered are by way of example and represent the
devices
> I have used for testing. You may find it useful to change the
> defaults to suit your system, and you will find them in display.ini
>
> I am sure there is more I could do, turning the bargraph into an
> variable input for instance. but there are just too many good
things
> to do!
>
> Feel free to modify this as you see fit for your application. If
you
> find any mistakes or do any clever stuff, please share.
>
>
> .....
> I hve also sent James updated versions of the earlier LCD and VFD
> displays and hopefully they will also appear soon
>
> Enjoy
> Kevin