Ocelot Plug-In for HS3

[carletondm]

It will assign difference codes to the devices.

Meaning that it will create new devices and assign different device references to them, or it will change my currently-existing devices created by the HS plug-in?

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Denny

[Bill Brower]

Bruce,

Is it possible to install and test your plug-in with the native HS Ocelot plug-in installed ? Can I just disable the HS plug-in and test yours out, and then go back to the HS plug-in without losing anything?

Thanks!

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Denny

It will assign difference codes to the devices.

[bbowser]

Bruce,

Is it possible to install and test your plug-in with the native HS Ocelot plug-in installed ? Can I just disable the HS plug-in and test yours out, and then go back to the HS plug-in without losing anything?

Thanks!

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Denny

Denny,
Yes, you should not have any problems with testing as long as you have the HS version disabled. Let me know if you have any issues.
Bruce

[carletondm]

Bruce,

Is it possible to install and test your plug-in with the native HS Ocelot plug-in installed ? Can I just disable the HS plug-in and test yours out, and then go back to the HS plug-in without losing anything?

Thanks!

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Denny

[bbowser]

Once devices are selected in the plug-in they are then populated in the HS Device List with the Group, Room and Name fields filled in. Can these 3 fields in HS be changed or must they remain "GTS CPUXA" AND "x10", Etc. ?

Hi Jim,
Sorry for the delay, I usually get notifications of a post here on my phone via Tapatalk but not this time for some reason.

You can absolutely change those fields to whatever you would like.

Bruce

[Jim]

Naming restrictions?

Once devices are selected in the plug-in they are then populated in the HS Device List with the Group, Room and Name fields filled in. Can these 3 fields in HS be changed or must they remain "GTS CPUXA" AND "x10", Etc. ?

[bbowser]

Bruce,

The plugin has been working great, thanks for writing this.

Question - in the Plugin Config page there is an option that says

Log Communications to Ocelot.log:

When checked, where is this file actually at? I checked it for fun but couldn't actually find the log file.

Martin,
Yeah... we had a rough start, but with your fantastic help the plugin seems to be in good working order. Thanks again for shining light on the issues early on.

The Ocelot.log file is located in a folder called Debug Logs in the HS3 folder.

I'm just about ready to release an update that has support for Bobcats, 18 max units, and Ocelot timers. Hopefully I'll have it ready by the end of the weekend.

Bruce

[mterry63]

Bruce,

The plugin has been working great, thanks for writing this.

Question - in the Plugin Config page there is an option that says

Log Communications to Ocelot.log:

When checked, where is this file actually at? I checked it for fun but couldn't actually find the log file.

[bbowser]

ok, I got it, thanks for the update. I just licensed the plugin also. Thanks for your work on this, it is going to make a lot of people happy.

Dave

Awesome Dave ! ! !
Have fun

[dcjohnston]

makes sense

ok, I got it, thanks for the update. I just licensed the plugin also. Thanks for your work on this, it is going to make a lot of people happy.

Dave

[bbowser]

I have an ocelot with a secu16IR attached with two emitters. Output 0 and 1.
There are two zones

Zone 1 device 0 = IR to turn on tv
Zone 2 device 0 = IR to turn on receiver

If I Learn Zone 1 device 0 and test, the tv turns on
Then
If I Learn Zone 2 device 0, then test Zone 1 device 0, the tv does not turn on.

I had to keep a dummy value in Zone 1 device 0 in order to use the two devices.



Other than that, I am controlling IR via VR. Very nice. Good work.

Hi dcjohnston,
I think I can help.

The Ocelot has 1024 IR locations you can learn to. The Secu16IR is just additional ports(zones) for those 1024 Ocelot locations. You do not get 1024 locations per Secu16IR port(zone). So when you learned location 0 on zone 2 you overwrote what you learned to location 0 on zone 1. This is not a plugin short coming, it's just the way the Ocelot works with the Secu16IR.

When I first started with the Ocelot in 2006 I thought the same thing. Was a little disappointed that we didn't get 1024 IR locations per Secu16IR zone, but then again I never used all the 1024 locations

I will update the GTS CPUXA Help to reflect the above.

Thanks for trying the plugin! Hope the above helps, let me know if you have any other issues.

Bruce

[dcjohnston]

maybe a bug? device 0 in each zone maybe sharing...

I have an ocelot with a secu16IR attached with two emitters. Output 0 and 1.
There are two zones

Zone 1 device 0 = IR to turn on tv
Zone 2 device 0 = IR to turn on receiver

If I Learn Zone 1 device 0 and test, the tv turns on
Then
If I Learn Zone 2 device 0, then test Zone 1 device 0, the tv does not turn on.

I had to keep a dummy value in Zone 1 device 0 in order to use the two devices.



Other than that, I am controlling IR via VR. Very nice. Good work.

[bbowser]

Thanks so much for your prompt reply to my queries! When I am ready to tackle the Ocelot migration, I will for sure give your plugin a try! I need to revisit the CMAX interface to the Ocelot and figure out how my IR codes actually map out in the Ocelot.

grp,
Help will be here if you need it. And as mterry63 mentioned, the latest CMAX is a great idea as the plug-in development is being done with CPUXA Application Vers: 3.19 although it should work on older versions.

The latest CMAX is here.
The latest IRMAX is here.

Bruce

[mterry63]

Thanks so much for your prompt reply to my queries! When I am ready to tackle the Ocelot migration, I will for sure give your plugin a try! I need to revisit the CMAX interface to the Ocelot and figure out how my IR codes actually map out in the Ocelot.

Make sure you're using the newest CMAX. ADI also has an IR MAX utility that comes in handy for IR manipulation.

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[grp]

Thanks so much for your prompt reply to my queries! When I am ready to tackle the Ocelot migration, I will for sure give your plugin a try! I need to revisit the CMAX interface to the Ocelot and figure out how my IR codes actually map out in the Ocelot.