Display Battery Level for custom devices

Posting this in case anyone can help for a future release...

Is there a way to use the built in

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batteryLevel

device state for custom devices? When I try to use that in this plugin, the device state is hidden and no meter shows on the UI. I'm currently using a generic

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level

state, but it would be nice to build on the known states where possible.

Thanks!
-jh

For it to show in the UI, in your device definition you need:

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            <Field id="SupportsBatteryLevel" type="checkbox" defaultValue="false">
                <Label>Device reports battery status:</Label>
            </Field>           


If the custom device always has a battery level, then just set that to True and hide it in the Devices.xml.

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         <Field id="SupportsBatteryLevel" type="checkbox" defaultValue="true" hidden="true" />


Works like a charm, thanks! I've kept the legacy state for compatibility with existing devices. Any new Battery devices will display the battery indicator. I'll make note of this when I do a new release.