Color Control - Decimal to HEX?

[begunfx]

I've noticed that HomeSeer creates color devices (ie. LED Strips) and stores the custom color values in decimal format. However, I have some third-party software that I'm using (thehomeremote.com) that is expecting HEX. Is there a simple way to convert the Color Control to store HEX values?

Thanks in advance for the help.

[George]

I've noticed that HomeSeer creates color devices (ie. LED Strips) and stores the custom color values in decimal format. However, I have some third-party software that I'm using (thehomeremote.com) that is expecting HEX. Is there a simple way to convert the Color Control to store HEX values?

Thanks in advance for the help.

From a quick google search if you want to do it yourself.

To get a hexadecimal color, follow these three steps: Multiply the first number by 16. Multiply the second number by 1. Add the two totals together.
...
For example:

• A=10.
• B=11.
• C=12.
• D=13.
• E=14.
• F=15

[George]

Or there is a built in HEX conversion in VB.Net. So an untested snippet should be something like.

[COLOR=#800000][B]Dim[/B][/COLOR] decValue [COLOR=#800000][B]As[/B][/COLOR] [COLOR=#800000][B]Integer[/B][/COLOR] [COLOR=#808030]=[/COLOR] [B]245[/B]
[COLOR=#800000][B]Dim[/B][/COLOR] hexString [COLOR=#800000][B]As[/B][/COLOR] [COLOR=#800000][B]String[/B][/COLOR] [COLOR=#808030]=[/COLOR] [COLOR=#800000][B]Nothing[/B][/COLOR]
hexString [COLOR=#808030]=[/COLOR] [COLOR=#800000][B]Hex[/B][/COLOR][COLOR=#808030]([/COLOR]decValue[COLOR=#808030])[/COLOR]

[mulu]

I am not sure this is what the OP was asking for but if you need to convert numbers and you are on windows just use the calculator (or google).

[George]

I thought he meant programmatically as his third party software is expecting hex and assuming he doesn't want to constantly use the calculator?

[begunfx]

Thanks guys. I was wondering what you would recommend then to process the decimal to hex conversion? Should it be a script or expression/script command that outputs the hex to a new virtual device? If I set the control of the virtual device to a color control, could I still store Hex with it?

[begunfx]

I thought he meant programmatically as his third party software is expecting hex and assuming he doesn't want to constantly use the calculator?

Correct. I would like to have thehomeremote be able to control HomeSeer color control, but in order to do so, I need the value that is read in the color control in HomeSeer to be HEX, but then translate to decimal so HomeSeer can change the value (something like that)

[mulu]

Got it. So if you are creating an event you could use a script (which I don't like) and do something like what George suggested in post #3. Or you could use the EasyTrigger plugin and do some calculation like (v>>20)*256 + (v>>16)&0xFF + ((v>>12)&0xFF)*256 + (v>>8)&0xFF + ((v>>4)&0xFF)*256) + v&0xFF or something like that. This will result in a decimal VALUE (not string). I am not sure what the device expects. Maybe a string. It's kind of strange that anyone would expect decimal values for colors, though.

[begunfx]

Got it. So if you are creating an event you could use a script (which I don't like) and do something like what George suggested in post #3. Or you could use the EasyTrigger plugin and do some calculation like (v>>20)*256 + (v>>16)&0xFF + ((v>>12)&0xFF)*256 + (v>>8)&0xFF + ((v>>4)&0xFF)*256) + v&0xFF or something like that. This will result in a decimal VALUE (not string). I am not sure what the device expects. Maybe a string. It's kind of strange that anyone would expect decimal values for colors, though.

Thanks mulu . From what I can see in HomeSeer when trying to set a custom color value for a color control, the result is saved as a decimal. My guess is that since it is stored in the "value" field for the device it has to be a number of some sort, so that's why it is probably being stored as a decimal. The Home Remote on the other hand controls color devices by sending HEX values. Here lies the problem. I need to take the HEX value coming into HomeSeer from The Home Remote, translate it into decimal and send it to the custom color/color control LED light strip device. I have to see if I create a virtual device in HomeSeer that has a color control, if I connect it with Home Remote, will Home Remote understand it enough to send the HEX value and maybe store it in the status? If so, then I can probably take your expression and then write the result to the LED light strip device value field. Hope that makes sense.