Jon00 Virtual device graphing utility

[jon00]

I think you need to read the instructions to the end

Resetting the database:
The database is held within the virtual device. To reset, simply delete the virtual device and allow the script to automatically re-create a new one.

[mnsandler]

I think you need to read the instructions to the end

Resetting the database:
The database is held within the virtual device. To reset, simply delete the virtual device and allow the script to automatically re-create a new one.

yah, my bad, i read that paragraph right "after" i posted the question.

ok, so that method is going to cause me to submit a feature request

Can you add optional keys to each graph section for device location1 and location2 so i can set these values according to my needs rather than your default value. this way when the code recreates a device it will end up with my values and i won't need change the manually.

[jon00]

I did not think that people would want to reset the graph regularly hence the delete method.

I think it would be better to do this programmatically via a script call. Thoughts?

[Pierre]

html tags in title

1- I HAVE checked the .pdf instruction file at first, it does not mention the possibility to insert image tags in the Title, textBefore or textAfter of a graph.
2- I have tried to insert tags anyway.
3- It won't work.

4-Could this be included in a feature release ?

It is so easy to ask for more when you are already satisfied...

[jon00]

The problem is that I replace any spaces in the text with no break spaces (&nbsp which would upset any html code that uses spaces.

I'll see what I can do.

[BrettS]

Excellent script Jon I just downloaded it and I want to use it to insert some graphs for power usage and maybe temperature history into my HSTouch touchscreen. I've run into a bit of a problem, though, and I'm not sure what's wrong.

HSTouch allows you to use a device image for an element, but for some reason when I try to use the device image from any of the graphs I've created I just get a single dot. I'm not sure if you're doing something funky with the image that HSTouch doesn't like or what. Do you have any thoughts here?

Frankly, I don't really need this to be an HS device to get it into HSTouch. If your script was able to simply create a .gif or .jpg (or maybe even .bmp) image for each graph I could just insert that image into HSTouch.

Also, rather than allowing the script to automatically adjust the scale I'd like to be able to put a minimum and a maximum value in the INI file. That way the scale won't change, so I'll be able to externally label it with HSTouch.

Thanks again

Brett

[nightwalker]

I ran into the same problem sending the perfmon graphs to HST as a device. I ended up using the webpage builder to put just the graphs I wanted onto a single page and then showing that. worked fine, it just wasn't as easy as just showing a device.

[BootsC5]

Any mechanism to update all defined graphs in a single call without knowing/caring what the ids are?

Something like ("Main", "*") vs ("Main", "1|2|3|4").

[jon00]

No, It was never done as there were so many methods to update the graph.

[BootsC5]

Would it be possible/simple to add?

I'm looking to graph all kinds of things and update every 5 minutes. When I add a graph I would like it to "magically" be updated with the rest of the defined graphs instead of remembering the graphing event needs to be updated, finding said event, and modifying it.

[jon00]

I don't see a problem adding this. I'll take a look over the weekend.

[jon00]

Try V1.04. As you suggested, it uses "*" to define all graphs.

[GreenAcres]

Jon,

I am trying to figure out how to get the following into two devices.

I need the high and low only no text into two seperate devices.

Can you please assist.

Thanks

Thom

[jon00]

Here is a simple VB.NET Script which will extract the information. You will probably need to run it after the graphing utility is run.

You will need to create 2 virtual devices (shown as A1 and A2 in the example)
In the script you will see the INISetting set to Graph1 - Change this to the correct Graph you are using.

Sub Main(ByVal Parm As Object)

Dim HighValue As String = hs.GetINISetting("Graph1","HighValue","","Jon00VDGraphing.ini")
Dim LowValue As String = hs.GetINISetting("Graph1","LowValue","","Jon00VDGraphing.ini")
hs.setdevicestring ("A1",HighValue & " °F")
hs.setdevicestring ("A2",LowValue & " °F")

end sub 

[GreenAcres]

Thanks Jon,

I am using graph 1 so I do not need to change that . I saved it as a .vb file and changed the A1 to the correct house codes but when I run the even I get this.

8/16/2009 9:57:19 PM SCR 8/16/2009 9:57:19 PM Error Script compile error: String constants must end with a double quote.on line 168/16/2009 9:57:19 PM Event Running script in background: Maestro Weather Highs & Lows.vb

Any idea why?

Thanks

Thom