Version 3.3.0.0 is available in the Updater. The most significant update is a new tab from which time-based chart for MQTT payload items can be produced.
There has also been a standardization of approach to selecting labels, status, values and strings. Radio and checkboxes associated with specification of what goes into the payload have been removed. Now all specification of the source of payload content comes from the payload template and use of substitution variables.
Because of this standardization, those who have selected the non-default settings for payload content will need to make edits when using versions after 3.2.x.x. The most likely case is for the Button control that was selected to publish number rather than label. The edit will be to use $$value: in the Payload template to publish the number rather than the label.
Charts are made from data that has been retained from the collected History. Charting is available for Topics and JSON items that are numeric or can be represented as Value-Status-Pairs. If VSP's have not been setup, the pairs will be automatically assigned as the chart is being generated.
Two items can be viewed on the same chart. Each item has its own labeled Y axis and share a common X axis.
For Windows users the charting infrastructure comes with mcsMQTT. For Linux users the GNUPlot distribution needs to be installed. For Debian-based systems it is
sudo apt-get install gnuplot5.
There has also been a standardization of approach to selecting labels, status, values and strings. Radio and checkboxes associated with specification of what goes into the payload have been removed. Now all specification of the source of payload content comes from the payload template and use of substitution variables.
Because of this standardization, those who have selected the non-default settings for payload content will need to make edits when using versions after 3.2.x.x. The most likely case is for the Button control that was selected to publish number rather than label. The edit will be to use $$value: in the Payload template to publish the number rather than the label.
Charts are made from data that has been retained from the collected History. Charting is available for Topics and JSON items that are numeric or can be represented as Value-Status-Pairs. If VSP's have not been setup, the pairs will be automatically assigned as the chart is being generated.
Two items can be viewed on the same chart. Each item has its own labeled Y axis and share a common X axis.
For Windows users the charting infrastructure comes with mcsMQTT. For Linux users the GNUPlot distribution needs to be installed. For Debian-based systems it is
sudo apt-get install gnuplot5.
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