Handling of status icon graphics by plugin

[claude]

Mark,

I assume the plugin controls the set of icons used for status when initially creating an Insteon device. If so...

I always wanted to have on the device management page a status icon for lights that reflects the actual dimming level. I know I can modify those myself by adding new range values, then new range graphics, then repeat this for every light.

Is there anyway you could include in the plugin an option for it to create, for dimming devices, 13 ranges and use the luminance-xxx.png set of icons (..\HomeSeer HS3\html\images\HomeSeer\status) ?

[claude]

Mark,

I assume the plugin controls the set of icons used for status when initially creating an Insteon device. If so...

I always wanted to have on the device management page a status icon for lights that reflects the actual dimming level. I know I can modify those myself by adding new range values, then new range graphics, then repeat this for every light.

Is there anyway you could include in the plugin an option for it to create, for dimming devices, 13 ranges and use the luminance-xxx.png set of icons (..\HomeSeer HS3\html\images\HomeSeer\status) ?

Possible?

[mnsandler]

yes, the plugin controls the icons/graphics. my problem is i can't satisfy everyone. and if i hardcode anything then someone else is stuck

[mnsandler]

claude,
i have an idea for this:

if i copy a set of the icons to an images\insteon folder, then anyone can replace them with whatever set they want without affecting the standard hs icons. Then I can use any naming convention i want.

what do you think?

[bdraper]

claude,
i have an idea for this:

if i copy a set of the icons to an images\insteon folder, then anyone can replace them with whatever set they want without affecting the standard hs icons. Then I can use any naming convention i want.

what do you think?

Mark, I think that sounds great. I always like options.

[claude]

claude,
i have an idea for this:

if i copy a set of the icons to an images\insteon folder, then anyone can replace them with whatever set they want without affecting the standard hs icons. Then I can use any naming convention i want.

what do you think?

The icon thing sounds good to me too. May I push my luck a bit further? What about the ability for the plugin to automatically create those 13 ranges I was mentioning? The idea is to graphically see the level of brightness/dimming on the HS3 Device Management page, at a finer level than just On/Off/Dim.

[mnsandler]

The icon thing sounds good to me too. May I push my luck a bit further? What about the ability for the plugin to automatically create those 13 ranges I was mentioning? The idea is to graphically see the level of brightness/dimming on the HS3 Device Management page, at a finer level than just On/Off/Dim.

i'm planning on the following levels:
0 (Off), 1-9, 10-19, 20-29, 30-39, 40-49, 50-59, 60-69, 70-79, 80-89, 90-99, 100 (On)

this matches the On levels i provide with insteon actions

[bdraper]

i'm planning on the following levels:
0 (Off), 1-9, 10-19, 20-29, 30-39, 40-49, 50-59, 60-69, 70-79, 80-89, 90-99, 100 (On)

this matches the On levels i provide with insteon actions

Mark, if you wanted to get fancy, you could use the dim-??.gif icons in the following directories.

\HomeSeer HS3\html\images\HomeSeer\classic
or
\HomeSeer HS3\html\images\HomeSeer\contemporary

The icons displayed are controlled by the setting for "Status Icon Set" on the Setup menu, Custom tab.

Either way this would be a nice addition.

Thanks

[mnsandler]

Mark, if you wanted to get fancy, you could use the dim-??.gif icons in the following directories.

\HomeSeer HS3\html\images\HomeSeer\classic
or
\HomeSeer HS3\html\images\HomeSeer\contemporary

The icons displayed are controlled by the setting for "Status Icon Set" on the Setup menu, Custom tab.

Either way this would be a nice addition.

Thanks

billy,
i could do this without much effort. my concern is linking my icon set to the homeseer icons. I'm trying to figure out what the down side of doing this is

[bdraper]

billy,
i could do this without much effort. my concern is linking my icon set to the homeseer icons. I'm trying to figure out what the down side of doing this is

I understand. It would probably make better sense for you to use your own set in your own directory.

I am not sure of the downsides/upsides of using HS vs. creating your own. There seems to be a mix of the plugins I have installed, some use the HomeSeer icons, others create their own, seems to be a mixed bag.

I guess HS could change the names of them but I would think that is unlikely with all of the programming changes they would need to make. Of course if you use your own directory and files then you have control, until someone removes them... LOL

[claude]

i'm planning on the following levels:
0 (Off), 1-9, 10-19, 20-29, 30-39, 40-49, 50-59, 60-69, 70-79, 80-89, 90-99, 100 (On)

this matches the On levels i provide with insteon actions

That's what I was looking for, great, when do we start?

[mnsandler]

All,

i use an ini setting called RecreateDevices=True to reset device definitions (ie values and graphics) in case someone needs to rebuild something without having to delete and recreate.

So, if you have done any customizing on values or graphics, they will be overwritten

does anyone see any problems using this ini setting to add/change graphics on existing devices?

[bdraper]

All,

i use an ini setting called RecreateDevices=True to reset device definitions (ie values and graphics) in case someone needs to rebuild something without having to delete and recreate.

So, if you have done any customizing on values or graphics, they will be overwritten

does anyone see any problems using this ini setting to add/change graphics on existing devices?

I don't see any issues using that setting. I believe you had me use that setting when we were having an issue with HSTouch and Insteon devices.

[joegr]

I vote "okay" for this.

[mnsandler]

Ok. here it is. Lets keep feedback on this version on this thread.

here is what i settled on based on a convo with Rich:

I'm going to use to the homeseer icon set in the images\status folder for lighting devices. They can change based on your selection of the Icon Set chosen on the setup/custom tab.

However i added a few custom icons for other devices (MS, leak sensor, etc) that will reside in an images\insteon folder.

Installation instructions:

1. shutdown hs, and backup your hs database and insteon.ini
2. copy the DLLs to the homeseer 3 root folder
3. create a new "insteon" subfolder in the hs html\images folder to get html\images\insteon (stick with lowercase for linux)
4. copy the zipped image files (.png) to the new insteon folder
5. restart hs3

The plugin should add the graphics definitions automatically. if for some reason it doesn't shutdown, add RecreateDevices=1 to the [Config] section and restart HS3.

please review as many different type of insteon devices to make sure everything is okay.

Enjoy!

PS i did not implement these graphics in the HS2 version in case any one asks.