Gira Homeserver interface

[evja78]

@Droezel,
Looks excellent. How are you managing the screen selections on the right in ML? You seem to be using different pictures for the bar ? are you using Cyclestates as well to control the selections ? I have most of my graphics as swf´s as I converted the png´s with the Cinemar tool. I do think with the new stuff coming available here that I will update many of them

@Lempens,
The top and bottom bars are showing in my home scene. Everything else is loaded with overlays controlled by macros´s. For the left side of the screen I use layer 1 for the menu´s and selection screens and use layer 2 for the overlays (like green lighting control overlay). On the right, the top side is displayed in layer 3 and the bottom side in layer 4. I control it all with macro commans to load and replace the right layers with Loadoverlayadvanced commands. If you load or hide layers, the underlying ones will still show if you close a higher level layer. Only thing to be carefull with is using weblobby as that will always display on top and you may need to restore a previousl layer when it closes.

Looks like we are on our way here on building a very sexy interface. appreciate the sharing of ideas and how to best implement it all in ML. In my view it is going to be very hard to get this coded in HSTouch.

[evja78]

Erik,
Thanks for pointing to those zips with the actual Gira buttons. You have just caused me a whole lot of work revamping my Gira interface .

[Snelvuur]

if someone makes it with homeseer, please share

[Post-IT]

I'll be focussing on the iPhone screen first, as my trial expires in just a few days...

After that... TSU9600 interface,
and after that.... HStouch 7" interface...
and after that... maybe... a 15" or custom size for on my desktop computer.

[Droezel]

@Droezel,
Looks excellent. How are you managing the screen selections on the right in ML? You seem to be using different pictures for the bar ? are you using Cyclestates as well to control the selections ? I have most of my graphics as swf´s as I converted the png´s with the Cinemar tool. I do think with the new stuff coming available here that I will update many of them

Here's my layer setup.

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Don't use MLCyclestates for this, a button to load another tab just does an LoadoverlayScene(2) to show the next tab. All tabs are mls files. It's quite simple like this.

Most of my graphics are PNG edited/ripped from the screenshots and converted to swf indeed. My backgrounds and tab images are just jpg's put into a jpeg loader.

I also recreated the notes screen from gira, I created an swf button to enable writing on the touchscreen. But sadly it enables you to write over all of your scene Will have to fix that later but my flash knowledge is "zero". (you can get it from here: http://forum.cinemaronline.com/viewtopi ... 16&t=15411 )

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[RDNZL]

http://files.binkey.nl/HomeSeer/Hstouch/Graphics/ should have the gira pictures....

// Erik (binkey.nl)

Hmm didn't expect that those files went public this soon without notice.
Someone else had found them sooner or later I guess...

[evja78]

Droezel, the notice board paint tool is excellent. I wanted that one from Gira for a while but never got round to implementing it somehow. I can live with the `draw anywhere feature` as it will all restore itselve once you leave the scene. You are becoming a key contributor to my system as I also still use your google maps overlays on a regular basis and visitors love it.

I like your simple approach for the tabs, I am sticking with my cyclestates as it works well and fast, and have spend a lot of time getting it to work.

Can you tell me how you do the timer settings on the thermostat schedule page ? How are you linking that all back to HS ?

Has anyone ventured into showing diagrams in ML ? I would like to be able to generate the graphs like in the original Gira examples for things like inside temperature etc. I can log them all into an access DB from HS on change, but would need to understand how to generate the graph in a style that will fit the ML layout ? I realy am a noob at this sort of stuff.

[Droezel]

Evja,

I use the RCSthermo plugin from mainlobby to control my thermostat. I created variables for each day like:

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hvac_schedule_friday_hours=07
hvac_schedule_friday_minutes=30
hvac_schedule_friday_enabled=1

I then use the MLTimer plugin to run this macro every minute:

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MLConditional|IsEqual##{{hvac_schedule_{{currentdayofweek}}_enabled}}##1##MLConditional|IsEqual$${{currenthmmil}}$${{hvac_schedule_{{currentdayofweek}}_hours}}:{{hvac_schedule_{{currentdayofweek}}_minutes}}$$HVAC.1|HEATINGSETPOINT~22$$##

I've done some graphs based on the first graphs that came with the RFXcom plugin. I adapted the script so that the layout was to my liking and I added the following to save the chart.

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c.makeChart("C:\Program Files\Cinemar\Content\HSImages\tempcharts.jpg")

Afterwards I showed that in a jpgloader in mainlobby. But since the chartsplugin from sooty I've quit this approach because maintaining the charts is too much work and the plugin from sooty does the work for me. I'm just waiting on V2 of the charts plugin now since that will enable us to save the chart images for use in other applications. I think sooty said that there would also be chart layout configuration so that would be ideal for me. Hopefully ChartsV2 wont take too long to finish!

[evja78]

Thanks Droezel. Can you point me to the charts plugin from Sooty ?
I´ll need to give that a go as well !

[Droezel]

You can find the current version of the charts plugin here:
http://www.jphuddlestone.co.uk/rfxcharts/rfxcharts1.htm

And the homeseer thread is here:
http://board.homeseer.com/showthread.php?t=128902

I've attached my original script to create the charts. It got the data from my own sql server database, not from the RFXcom database. To use the script you'd have to install chartdirector, you can find that one here:
http://www.advsofteng.com/product.html

[evja78]

Thanks droezel. I am not using the RFXcom plugin, just the RFXCom receiver with the ACRF2 plugin. That probably means I can´t use Pauls charting.

Had a look at your script but that is way out of my comfortzone I can barely do some if then scripting.

I´ll have a think about my strategy for charts before diving in.... would be a good idea anyway to think before I leap.

Keep us posted please on how your gira interface develops, it may be inspiration to many of us !

Evja

[evja78]

@Droezel

I was wondering if you have progressed your Gira interface any further since you have had some time to play over the holidays (I hope).

Would love to see how you have further implemented features /ideas to get some more inspiration for mine.

Cheers,

Evja

[Droezel]

Well, I'm kinda playing with plugwise these days so I havent made any big interface changes recently. But here's some shots of how it is now.

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[Droezel]

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[Esteban]

Thanks for the update, it turned out very well. Nice work!