Jon00 Device Grouping Utility (web page) for Homeseer 3 & Homeseer 4

[TechFan]

Finally got bothered enough about all the separate RFXCOM devices to look for a solution. . .Of course, Jon has it solved. So, I put the files in place and tried to access the page. . .got an error.

I think I only downloaded plugins that were Linux compatible, but is that my problem here?

Errors:
Application Exception
System.Web.Compilation.CompilationException
VBNC30451: Could not resolve the name 'Type'

Description: Error compiling a resource required to service this request. Review your source file and modify it to fix this error.
Details: VBNC30451: Could not resolve the name 'Type'
Error origin: Compiler
Error source file: ~/Global.asax
Exception stack trace:
at System.Web.Compilation.AssemblyBuilder.BuildAssembly (System.Web.VirtualPath virtualPath, System.CodeDom.Compiler.CompilerParameters options) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
at System.Web.Compilation.AssemblyBuilder.BuildAssembly (System.Web.VirtualPath virtualPath) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
at System.Web.Compilation.BuildManager.GenerateAssembly (System.Web.Compilation.AssemblyBuilder abuilder, System.Web.Compilation.BuildProviderGroup group, System.Web.VirtualPath vp, Boolean debug) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
at System.Web.Compilation.BuildManager.BuildInner (System.Web.VirtualPath vp, Boolean debug) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0
Version Information: 3.2.8 (Debian 3.2.8+dfsg-4+rpi1); ASP.NET Version: 4.0.30319.17020

[jon00]

Not sure I can assist as I'm not a Linux person. I test on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and it is working fine on that.

[TechFan]

Damn ... you got quite an extensive list of neat plugins, but I recently switched to running HS3 on a RPI :-(

Hey Kriz,

You around? Did you ever resolve this on your install? I am guessing this might be the version of Mono installed?

[TechFan]

Not sure I can assist as I'm not a Linux person. I test on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and it is working fine on that.

So, I assume that you have Mono 4 installed right? Sounds like Kriz was not able to get it working on his system either. I wonder if anyone has this working on the version of Mono that comes with the Zee. I need to do some research on what breaks when you upgrade Mono. . .been trying to keep the underlying system stable. . .since HS changes often.

[jon00]

Yes 4.2.1

That said ASPX web pages don't work on a Zee so you cannot run this anyway.

[MorkaiTheWolf]

Just wanted to say thank you for the very handy script/plugin. As someone who is fairly new to homeseer (Even though I've had it for going on 2 years now, I'm only now learning some of the more advanced stuff it can do).
Created a bunch of virtual devices to trigger with Alexa and been trying to figure out how to group them appropriately. This has let me do just that with a sleek interfaces. Thanks a million Jon00!

[jon00]

Just wanted to say thank you for the very handy script/plugin. As someone who is fairly new to homeseer (Even though I've had it for going on 2 years now, I'm only now learning some of the more advanced stuff it can do).
Created a bunch of virtual devices to trigger with Alexa and been trying to figure out how to group them appropriately. This has let me do just that with a sleek interfaces. Thanks a million Jon00!

Thanks very much!

[Ltek]

Is this script purely a visual aid or does it allow the Parent Virtual Device to show the combined status and/or combined control

For instance...

Virtual Device : All Door Locks
grouping 2 Child devices: Front Door & Back Door

... will it show the collective status and thus allow a script or event to it instead of querying status from both devices separately?

[jon00]

Purely visual. All devices are still controlled by their respective plugin/script etc.

[Timon]

Yes 4.2.1

That said ASPX web pages don't work on a Zee so you cannot run this anyway.

[RANT]
ARRRRRRG, I'm getting tired of my Zee S2 not being able to run your wonderful utilities because HS hasn't updated the Zee S2 to run aspx. I understand the issue when running on the original RPi but now that they are on the RPi 2, and wondering why they aren't on the RPi 3, I see no reason why they can't fix the problem with aspx.
[/RANT]

Anyway, Jon, how hard is it to edit the appropriate files by hand to do this like I needed to do to use your Alexa helper? I don't mind trying since I can always restore a backup if I mess it up.

[jon00]

Unfortunately, there are no files to modify and everything is processed dynamically via the generated web pages.

All you can do is:

a) Update your Zee and run a full Linux build of HS3.
b) Report the ASPX issue to HST and hope they fix the bug.
c) Use a script for grouping. Example here: https://forums.homeseer.com/showpost...4&postcount=30

[MNB]

Jon, when ever I create a "New Root Parent Device" I get a parent device which is great but I get control "ON/OFF" buttons also I though that I could simply go into the "Status Graphics" tab and delete both the icon and controls but the buttons are still remain. Pray tell how does one remove them, I know that this is not related to your Grouping scripts but is a HS thing. Mike

[randy]

Jon, when ever I create a "New Root Parent Device" I get a parent device which is great but I get control "ON/OFF" buttons also I though that I could simply go into the "Status Graphics" tab and delete both the icon and controls but the buttons are still remain. Pray tell how does one remove them, I know that this is not related to your Grouping scripts but is a HS thing. Mike

Select "Status Only Device:" on the Configuration tab.

[MNB]

Randy, thanxs for the comeback. I did select Status/verified that "Status" was selected but I still have "ON/OFF" buttons (in the right most device panel) and did a page refresh. Mike

The other thought was to copy a root device that didn't have the buttons and change the values to reflect what I want. (kind of convoluted). Mike

[randy]

Randy, thanxs for the comeback. I did select Status/verified that "Status" was selected but I still have "ON/OFF" buttons (in the right most device panel) and did a page refresh. Mike

The other thought was to copy a root device that didn't have the buttons and change the values to reflect what I want. (kind of convoluted). Mike

I don't know what " Status/verified" is. On the Configuration tab of the device select "Status Only Device", making sure there are no status values assigned on the Satus Graphics tab.

Look here for a description:

https://forums.homeseer.com/showpost...65&postcount=2

It might be good to read the entire thread as it explains how HS devices work.