Icon does not change whatever I do - CURTAINS
Posted: Sat Jul 06, 2019 2:37 pm
Hi Jay,
I use your latest Indigo 7.3 on my macmini running 10.12.6
To open/close my curtains I use the ZWave curtain-rails by Forestgroup.com
This works fine.
But I have a problem with the device state, especially in combination with my control page.
When the device state is not exactly #0 (zero) but #1 because the curtain rails is not that exact, Indigo sees the curtain as ‘closed’ because the device state is stil ‘ON’.
This has some consequences for my triggers, but I can work around it. But not for the Control Page.
The Icon shows the ‘closed’ position when in fact it the curtain is open. Since the icon reacts at the Device State. When the device state is #1 it still sees the device(curtain) as ‘ON’ (=CLOSED).
If it is the opposite and the curtain is ‘OPEN’ (and also not precise) I can write a trigger saying that between 95 - 100 it means ‘OPEN’. And this works for the triggers through Variables. But not if I write a trigger saying that between #1 - #5 means ‘ON’. It still reacts if it is ‘OFF’ because that part uses the Device State.
When I write in Indigo a Virtual Device the Icon works by showing the right ON / OFF but then the icon does not work to toggle through the Popup UI Controls in order to open or close the curtains. Also when I put two actions into the Server action (Edit Actions on the control page) it reacts only to the Display: Device State
If I try it with the Display: VariableValue it does not work by the use of the Icon and the right display of the icon. Right now I use the text: OPEN or CLOSED next to the icon because that works with triggers I wrote. But it is confusing especially for the others living with me in my house.
Could you help me out here? It would be really very much appreciated.
Kind Regards,
Mirko
I use your latest Indigo 7.3 on my macmini running 10.12.6
To open/close my curtains I use the ZWave curtain-rails by Forestgroup.com
This works fine.
But I have a problem with the device state, especially in combination with my control page.
When the device state is not exactly #0 (zero) but #1 because the curtain rails is not that exact, Indigo sees the curtain as ‘closed’ because the device state is stil ‘ON’.
This has some consequences for my triggers, but I can work around it. But not for the Control Page.
The Icon shows the ‘closed’ position when in fact it the curtain is open. Since the icon reacts at the Device State. When the device state is #1 it still sees the device(curtain) as ‘ON’ (=CLOSED).
If it is the opposite and the curtain is ‘OPEN’ (and also not precise) I can write a trigger saying that between 95 - 100 it means ‘OPEN’. And this works for the triggers through Variables. But not if I write a trigger saying that between #1 - #5 means ‘ON’. It still reacts if it is ‘OFF’ because that part uses the Device State.
When I write in Indigo a Virtual Device the Icon works by showing the right ON / OFF but then the icon does not work to toggle through the Popup UI Controls in order to open or close the curtains. Also when I put two actions into the Server action (Edit Actions on the control page) it reacts only to the Display: Device State
If I try it with the Display: VariableValue it does not work by the use of the Icon and the right display of the icon. Right now I use the text: OPEN or CLOSED next to the icon because that works with triggers I wrote. But it is confusing especially for the others living with me in my house.
Could you help me out here? It would be really very much appreciated.
Kind Regards,
Mirko