Get Devices (& Features) of Plug-In

[Rick Tinker]

Sorry if this is posted elsewhere but I could not find it. The documentation and sample plug-in are very sparse - I don't get putting HS4 out without the docs being done...

Is there a way to get all devices that my plug-in owns or do I still need to enumerate through all of the devices in the system? I see GetDeviceByAddress/Ref but - and I may be looking at it with my old HS3 eyes - is there not a method to get by interface name?

[alexbk66]

List<int> refs = hs.GetRefsByInterface(plugin.Id, deviceOnly: true);

[Rick Tinker]

Thanks, but that can't be it. It is not documented.

[dcorsus]

GetRefsByInterface (interface_name)

[enigmatheatre]

Thanks, but that can't be it. It is not documented.

It is there it is just that the search function is shocking and cant find anything.

See Here.

[Rick Tinker]

It is there it is just that the search function is shocking and cant find anything.

See Here.

Yes, two problems - you are right that the search function is horribly broken because it never found it even when I knew part of the name, and secondly, it belongs in the plug-in API section not the general HomeSeer section (or both) because it is 90% plug-in development related.

[tenholde]

secondly, it belongs in the plug-in API section not the general HomeSeer section (or both) because it is 90% plug-in development related.

I believe this method is a member of the IHsController class, which is available to your scripts as a member of the hs object, not just for use in plugins.

[Rick Tinker]

I believe this method is a member of the IHsController class, which is available to your scripts as a member of the hs object, not just for use in plugins. ...

Yes, I know - but given it returns references to devices owned by plug-ins, shouldn't it be in the plug-in SDK first and foremost? That is all I am saying.

[alexbk66]

It is there it is just that the search function is shocking and cant find anything.

See Here.

It's not "search" is shocking - it's the whole documentation is crap - it's built on source code comments, but HST eventially gave up on comments ans switch back to their old "style".

I just look at the IHsController and IPlugin in source...

[tenholde]

Yes, I know - but given it returns references to devices owned by plug-ins, shouldn't it be in the plug-in SDK first and foremost? That is all I am saying.

I believe if these functions were to be moved to the plugin name-spaces, they would be inaccessible to scripts.