RE: Newby - Help with Homeseer /xap/ xLobby

["Bill Lott" <lottbill@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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Kevin,



Sorry about the typos..





I'm obviously doing something wrong because it is not working for me.



In my xap-homeser plug-in directory I have:



Outside.GazaboLights.On.Png

Outside.GazaboLights.Off.Png





I then use xlobby edit tool and add text to a skin page.  I than change
that
text within the edit box to read
"plugin>xap-xlobby>image>Outside.GazaboLights"



I then close the edit tool and turn the lights on or off but nothing
appears
in the newly created text area of the skin.  What am I missing????









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From: xap_automation@xxxxxxx [mailto:xap_automation@xxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of Kevin Hawkins
Sent: Sunday, May 15, 2005 11:05 AM
To: xap_automation@xxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [xap_automation] Newby - Help with Homeseer /xap/ xLobby



Also Bill - take a peek at the two files used by the xAP plugin for
XLobby - the 'events' and 'actions' file. They allow you to configure
which xAP messages XLobby sees and hence displays and which xAP messages
XLobby can send.    Pierre has written a few notes in the XLobby forum here

*http://tinyurl.com/cw3ts

(also just in case it's still not working the examples I gave used your
spelling of Gazabo although I see you used Gazebo elsewhere ;-)  )

K

*
Kevin Hawkins wrote:

>Hi Bill,
>
>    There are a few problems with that xAP message below - butI am
>assuming they are 'typos'   rather than something copy pasted from
>Viewer. (UID is wrong length and Class is wrong - should be
xAPBSC.event)
>
>    Displaying status in XLobby is simply a matter of creating two png
>files (one for on and one for off)  in the xap-xlobby directory within
>the plugins directory of your XLobby folder.    You name these files
><device>.on.png and <device>.off.png    so in your case
these would be
>
>Outside.GazaboLights.off.png
>Outside.GazaboLights.on.png
>
>Now you add some text to any Xlobby screen and edit the text to be
>
>plugin>xap-xlobby>image>Outside.GazaboLights
>
>   which would display the appropriate png image  OR
>
>plugin>xap-xlobby>state>output.1
>
>   which would display  "On"  or "Off"
>
>Note the image will not display until XLobby receives a .event or .info
message from the device (ie change its state or wait for a periodic status
update)
>
>  You can actually create images to match dim levels as well but that
is
rather messy currently as you need 100 - something again that I expect to
be
eased in the next XLobby plugin release.  Likewise you can display text
from
a BSC Text device by using 'text' instead of 'state' or 'image', this would
be useful for say CallerID.  So all three BSC device types are handled .
>
>  Kevin
>
>
>
>Bill Lott wrote:
>
>
>
>>OK Thanks for the offer.  I'm just getting started with xap and
would like
>>to be able to not only turn Homeseer devices On/Off but also show
current
>>device status within xLobby.
>>
>>Here is an example of the message received by xLobby when a device
is
>>changed in Homeseer:
>>
>>xap-header
>>{
>>  V=12
>>  Hop=1
>>  Uid=FF41909
>>  Class=xAPBS.event
>>  Source=mi4.homeseer.homeseer.H:Outside.GazaboLights
>>}
>>Output.state
>>{
>>  State=OFF
>>  Level=0/100
>>}
>>
>>How do I set up xlobby to display a ".png" that will
display the status of
>>the outside gazebo lights??
>>
>>Do you have a xlobby skin that has similar functionality that I
could use
a
>>template for learning???
>>
>>THANKS AGAIN!
>>Bill Lott
>>lottbill@xxxxxxx
>>
>>




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