Re: Newby - Help with Homeseer /xap/ xLobby

[Kevin Hawkins <lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Bill,

There are a few problems with that xAP message below - butI am
assuming they are 'typos'   rather than something copy pasted from
Viewer. (UID is wrong length and Class is wrong - should be xAPBSC.event)

Displaying status in XLobby is simply a matter of creating two png
files (one for on and one for off)  in the xap-xlobby directory within
the plugins directory of your XLobby folder.    You name these files
<device>.on.png and <device>.off.png    so in your case these
would be

Outside.GazaboLights.off.png
Outside.GazaboLights.on.png

Now you add some text to any Xlobby screen and edit the text to be

plugin>xap-xlobby>image>Outside.GazaboLights

which would display the appropriate png image  OR

plugin>xap-xlobby>state>output.1

which would display  "On"  or "Off"

Note the image will not display until XLobby receives a .event or .info
message from the device (ie change its state or wait for a periodic status
update)

You can actually create images to match dim levels as well but that is
rather messy currently as you need 100 - something again that I expect to
be eased in the next XLobby plugin release.  Likewise you can display text
from a BSC Text device by using 'text' instead of 'state' or 'image', this
would be useful for say CallerID.  So all three BSC device types are
handled .

Kevin



Bill Lott wrote:

>OK Thanks for the offer.  I'm just getting started with xap and would
like
>to be able to not only turn Homeseer devices On/Off but also show
current
>device status within xLobby.
>
>Here is an example of the message received by xLobby when a device is
>changed in Homeseer:
>
>xap-header
>{
>   V=12
>   Hop=1
>   Uid=FF41909
>   Class=xAPBS.event
>   Source=mi4.homeseer.homeseer.H:Outside.GazaboLights
>}
>Output.state
>{
>   State=OFF
>   Level=0/100
>}
>
>How do I set up xlobby to display a ".png" that will display
the status of
>the outside gazebo lights??
>
>Do you have a xlobby skin that has similar functionality that I could
use a
>template for learning???
>
>THANKS AGAIN!
>Bill Lott
>lottbill@xxxxxxx
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: xap_automation@xxxxxxx [mailto:xap_automation@xxxxxxx]
>On Behalf Of Kevin Hawkins
>Sent: Sunday, May 15, 2005 8:56 AM
>To: xap_automation@xxxxxxx
>Subject: Re: [xap_automation] Newby - Help with Homeseer /xap/ xLobby
>
>Hi Bill,
>
>Glad it's working now - I use XLobby (and xAP) so any Q's I should be
>able to help. I have it controlling my C-Bus Lighting, my X10 and also
>now the new xAP Netiom I/O board which I intend to use to integrate my
>alarm and heating systems - works well and provides realtime status
>icons in XLobby and HS devices. I am just about to add CallerID as
well.
>
>At the moment the XLobby plugin is BSC focussed but I'm anticipating
the
>next release may expand on that..
>
>Kevin
>
>Bill Lott wrote:
>
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>
>>Thanks to all. Homeseer and xLobby are now working together with
xap.
>>Now for the fun stuff - to be able to update status on both.
>>
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