Blinds control
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Hello,
I made an interface that controls my blind by using the remote control.
The actual plugin does work but I have to turn on and off each button as I only require a short push of a button to get the blind going. I don't need to be pressing the button for a long time for the blind to move.
What I'd like to do is to have a new element in VERA with 3 buttons: UP, STOP and DOWN. This buttons just send a command to the arduino node that makes the click on the remote.
Now I have 3 light switches per blind were I only need one device.Can anyone help me get started?
Thanks in advance. -
You should have a look at the ServoActuator example. It creates a window covering device in vera which has the buttons you need.
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Ok, thnaks. I'll take a look at it.
I found this on the micasaverde forum, but I don't even know how to start adapting it to be used by my sensors api.Vera plugins just are out of my control.
I'll try to open the files and see what I find. -
You should have a look at the ServoActuator example. It creates a window covering device in vera which has the buttons you need.
@hek
I'm a little confused as to how to add more servos to the node.
I need 3 of them, but is not as easy as it was on the temperature sensor for example.
I need to create 3 servo objects with different names?
What's attachedServo stand for?
I'm a little lost with this -
@hek
I'm a little confused as to how to add more servos to the node.
I need 3 of them, but is not as easy as it was on the temperature sensor for example.
I need to create 3 servo objects with different names?
What's attachedServo stand for?
I'm a little lost with this -
You can remove all servo stuff (as you don't use servos right?). This is just an example of receiving commands from vera for the window-cover-device (stop/up/down buttons).
@hek
Yes, not needing to control an actual servo, but the logic works pretty good for what I need.
The problem is that no matter what I can't get Vera to show 3 devices (as if I had 3 servos).
I search through the api and found nothing about it.
How do I add 2 more servos to this node?
The example says i could have up to eight, but is not clear to me how to accomplish that. -
Maybe I don't understand... but I guess you just create three child-devices.
gw.sendSensorPresentation(1, S_COVER);
gw.sendSensorPresentation(2, S_COVER);
gw.sendSensorPresentation(2, S_COVER);And remove Servo-class from the example as you cannot use it without attaching physical servos.
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Maybe I don't understand... but I guess you just create three child-devices.
gw.sendSensorPresentation(1, S_COVER);
gw.sendSensorPresentation(2, S_COVER);
gw.sendSensorPresentation(2, S_COVER);And remove Servo-class from the example as you cannot use it without attaching physical servos.
