[SOLVED] Device State icon problem

For some reason when I display a device (my LIFX bulb) on a control page, it shows the bulb status correctly when viewed in 'Show in Web Browser' but incorrectly in Indigo Touch.

In Indigo touch it is shown as being permanently illuminated (yellow bulb) whereas in the web browser it is shown correctly as on (yellow bulb) or off (grey bulb). The Home pages devices also displays correctly on and off.

My device definition is:

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           <State id="lifxLampPower">
               <ValueType boolType="OnOff">Boolean</ValueType>
               <TriggerLabel>LIFX Lamp Power</TriggerLabel>
               <ControlPageLabel>LIFX Lamp Power</ControlPageLabel>
            </State>

My control page definition is:

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Any ideas on why this and any work around I can apply

[jay (support)]

I believe the problem is that Indigo Touch uses a case-sensitive match on device states and IWS doesn't. Make sure you're using all lower-case when you set the value of the state and I believe it will work correctly.

I was actually setting the device state values to boolean 'True' and 'False' and using the uiValue to change that to 'on' and 'off'. I have now changed the code to update the device state to str('on') or str('off') and that works OK in both the web browser and Indigo Touch. So I guess I was a bit confused by the fact I am specifying the device state as boolean - I was thinking I should set it to True or False.

My mistake - it all makes sense now - Thanks

[jay (support)]

Right - booleans are set to the boolean type you select (though, truth be told, I suspect "true" and "false" would have worked). I'm pretty sure state data types are actually not strictly enforced for a variety of reasons but it's something that we're always thinking about. The whole strongly-typed vs weak typing argument...