Matplotlib Plugin for Indigo 7 - Tips and Tricks
Posted: Sun Nov 13, 2016 9:55 am
Tip: Create a folder so that you have a place to keep all of your Matplotlib Plugin devices in one place:
Tip: Name all of your chart images with a common string like 'chart_' so that the files will appear together in the Control Page editor and in Finder:
Tip: Start by leaving the default settings in place until you get the hang of how the plugin works.
Tip: Create some data elements and then wait a while so that you have data to chart.
Tip: Make a small number of changes at a time until you know how the plugin will react.
Tip: Leave the Advanced Settings disabled until you know how the plugin works.
Tip: Be judicious with your choices:
My Illumination Chart:
My Hideously Ugly Illumination Chart (and that's only with two changes!):
TIP: To see the available device states for any device, you can run the following code segment in an Indigo scripting shell:
Tip: Name all of your chart images with a common string like 'chart_' so that the files will appear together in the Control Page editor and in Finder:
Tip: Start by leaving the default settings in place until you get the hang of how the plugin works.
Tip: Create some data elements and then wait a while so that you have data to chart.
Tip: Make a small number of changes at a time until you know how the plugin will react.
Tip: Leave the Advanced Settings disabled until you know how the plugin works.
Tip: Be judicious with your choices:
My Illumination Chart:
My Hideously Ugly Illumination Chart (and that's only with two changes!):
TIP: To see the available device states for any device, you can run the following code segment in an Indigo scripting shell:
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indigo.server.log(unicode(indigo.devices[DEVICE_ID_GOES_HERE].states))