SceneController

[hek]

@androbot said:

I'm suspecting this is due to the "setVariableIfChanged" nature of the code in conjunction with the split V_SCENE_ON/V_SCENE_OFF messages. In other words, it's not a single variable that is toggling, it's two separate ones.

This most surely is the problem! I will have to make a mental note of it and fix it the next time I mess with the Vera plugin code.

[hhg]

@androbot said:

I'm suspecting this is due to the "setVariableIfChanged" nature of the code in conjunction with the split V_SCENE_ON/V_SCENE_OFF messages. In other words, it's not a single variable that is toggling, it's two separate ones.

Nice spottet!

Change line 182 in L_Arduino.lua from

 if ((value ~= curValue) or (curValue == nil)) then

to:

if ((value ~= curValue) or (curValue == nil) or (serviceId == "urn:micasaverde-com:serviceId:SceneController1")) then

So the sl_SceneActivated/sl_SceneDeactivated variables are updated unconditionally

[androbot]

@hhg

Worked like a charm!

[dayve218]

hey guys, trying to set this one up, i have the widget displaying, but no control happening

pretty new to all of this so any help would be appreciated.

dayve

[Dalhoj]

Hi

After the Node and Scenecontroller shows up in the Vera UI you have to create a scene and then asign the scenecontroller as a trigger:

For button 1 the scene number is 0
for button 2 the scene number is 1 and so on.

Hope is helps ;-)

[dayve218]

@Dalhoj thanks for that, it seems super obvious now in retrospect.

[dayve218]

@Dalhoj is it possible to have one button stop/start the same scene, as an on/off switch for a light for example?

[korttoma]

@dayve218

If you use PLEG you could do it like this:

Condition ----------------- Action
LightOn AND Button = Turn Light Off

LightOff AND Button = Turn Light On

[hek]

@dayve218

Some "scene controllers" I've seen triggers "scene off" when you push-and-hold button for say one a second.

[dayve218]

how would i make that happen?

@korttoma i dont, PLEG is infinitely confusing to me.

[Dalhoj]

I dont know if you can have a 1 sec press!

but i uses LUUP and a simple ex could be turn on a lamp and if the lamp if on turn it off:

local relay1 = 114 --Light ID

local relay1_status = luup.variable_get("urn:upnp-org:serviceId:SwitchPower1", "Status", relay1) --Status of Light

if (relay1_status == "0") then
luup.call_action("urn:upnp-org:serviceId:SwitchPower1","SetTarget",{ newTargetValue="1" }, relay1)
else
luup.call_action("urn:upnp-org:serviceId:SwitchPower1","SetTarget",{ newTargetValue="0" }, relay1)
end

Or you can use a toggle from the advanced scene menu:

That is how I do it.

[hek]

@Dalhoj said:

I dont know if you can have a 1 sec press!

I mean that the Arduino checks if user presses button for one sec and send the SCENE_OFF. You probably shouldn't let Vera handle this.

[Nuubi]

Hey! Any pictures of scene controller installations? I'm planning on DIY'ing some "aesthetically pleasing" ones :-)

[Dalhoj]

@hek said:

I mean that the Arduino checks if user presses button for one sec and send the SCENE_OFF. You probably shouldn't let Vera handle this.

I would make the Arduino send ie. for button 1 send scene ID 0 at short press and scene ID 1 for long press and so on.

@Nuubi Here is two of my scene controllers:

The first one is installed in my bedtable and is a combination of a scenecontroller and a relaysensor for controling the 3 leds.

The 2. is installed in the living room, and is a 8 button scenecontroller.

It controlles

• the lights in the living room
• Blinds Open / Close
• a power outlet On/Off
• pause/plays my XBMC Medie Center
• starts my Yamaha reciver and starts playing net radio
• stops the radion again and turn of the reciver
• turns up / down the volume on the reciver

That is what I use it for at the moment.

[Smelliot]

@Dalhoj what enclosures are they? They look really slick!

[Dalhoj]

Its a danish enclosure: http://www.lk.dk/produkter/afbrydermateriel-lk-fuga/lk-fuga/antibakteriel/underlag/baseline-2-modul-346dd488/ for the button one and: http://www.lk.dk/produkter/afbrydermateriel-lk-fuga/lk-fuga/antibakteriel/underlag/baseline-1-modul-hvid/ for the top one.

Its a danish department of Schneider Electric called LK(Lauritz Knudsen)