Virtual Device as Temporary Dimmer Value Storage

[Vector]

All,

Trying to use a Virtual device as a temporary dimmer value storage variable. Having trouble with the virtual device piece.

Example use case
- Front porch light is set at Dim 25%
- Upon Motion trigger, increase porch light to Dim 80%
- After 5 minutes, return to prior value

What works
- I can successfully and repeatedly set one dimmer to another dimmer values

What I cannot get to work correctly/repeatedly
- Saving Light A value to a virtual device
- Move the Virtual Device value back to a real dimmer

I have tried creating a virtual device from scratch and also tried copying a real dimmer to a new virtual device. FYI all my dimmers are Cooper.

I believe the issue is that the virtual device is not configured correctly, since I can move values from real dimmer to real dimmer at will.

Any thoughts on how to set up the virtual device or other suggestions are greatly appreciated.

Regards,
Vector

[ITguyHS]

Make sure your virtual device is NOT set as "status only device". Here's a script I use to toggle an android client backlight based on the current level that's stored in a virtual device (device ref 59). Not exactly what you're after, but the methods of getting/setting the value of the virtual device should work for you.

Sub Main(Parms As Object)

	dim plug as object 
	dim backlight_current_value as integer = hs.DeviceValue(59)

' If backlight currently on, set to .01 to turn off, else set to minimum dim level of 38%
	If backlight_current_value > 1 Then 
		hs.PluginFunction("HSTouch Server", "", "ClientAction", {89,"Android:Android7",".01",""})

		hs.SetDeviceValueByRef(59, "1", True)
	Else
		hs.PluginFunction("HSTouch Server", "", "ClientAction", {89,"Android:Android7",".38",""})

		hs.SetDeviceValueByRef(59, "38", True)
	End if

End Sub

[Vector]

Fred,

That was it!

On my virtual copy of a dimmer it was set as Both but I think the other (virtual Z-wave) issues were causing other issues on that device.

But I went back to my created from scratch virtual device and changed to Both (Control and Status) and it worked immediately.

Thanks very much for the assist!

Regards,
Vector

[spud]

yeah, for the "Easy Trigger: Set Device to Another Device" action to work, the target device needs to have a control value/range that includes the value that it is being set to, and in the configuration tab the "Status Only device" option needs to be unchecked