Basic Questions about Python and Mac environment...

[Swancoat]

...so do I have to DEFINE the actions for each device? (I had up to this point not paid much attention to actions, as I thought they were mainly just for things not normally included in a device, and the basic stuff was 'included' in the device definitions. i.e. I thought if I define a device as a 'relay' it would include a way to click 'on' and 'off' in Indigo and I would just define some pre-named method that takes that click and tells the plugin what to do with it).

I'll check out the actions side of things tonight. That's probably my missing piece. (Yes, I will ready python and xml stuff on my Friday nights).

[jay (support)]

Relay and Dimmer, as subclass definitions, aren't yet implemented but they will be before we ship 5.0 GM. So you may want to wait for that - you are correct that you won't need to define states, trigger definition UI, or action configuration UI for those devices - they'll inherit what they get from the standard definition of those devices in Indigo (include ad-hoc control UIs). For all intents and purposes they'll behave in the UI just like any other lamp or relay (appliance) device.

At least that's the current plan...

[Swancoat]

Ahhhh, awesome. I had loaded up my plugin (with no real functioning code yet), added a fake device, and was wondering why there was no way to turn it on or off. I figured I just didn't know what I was doing yet.

So... as is tradition on this site, I will ask, "How long to GM?"

[jay (support)]

And, as is tradition, "When it's ready"...