Hey Erikje,
I am currently out of running / sick, but as soon as i am able, ill pick up all support items.
Hey Erikje,
I am currently out of running / sick, but as soon as i am able, ill pick up all support items.
Well that will come another time, hope you feel better soon. That is really more important
Hey Erik,
Is the device you are using an AVD?
By any change, have you created the AVD or field, then the flow with the watch in it, and then enabled create Insights for this field?
If so, i found a bug that it would not refresh the insight reference if the watch was put in place (the first time) before the insights where created by the AVD. This is resolved now in develop.
For all normal devices, i have found no issues.
So, please, let me know if it was an AVD, and if so, update to the new version and check again?
(You could also just restart the app and then it already should work because the watches are reloaded).
I have just update DC in Live to version 2.7.10.
Changes are:
Bugfixes:
If i missed any tickets for support, let me know, but i believe i have handled all support tickets .
With The Flow Exchange(r) (TFE) - Exchange Your Flows with Others! from the Device Capabilities App voor Homey | Homey you can completly export/migrate your own flows from your older model to your new model.
During import, all old devices will show lists of compatible devices on your new homey.
You can then select the device on your new homey, which would have the same name i guess.
After that a script is created to recreate all your flows (including variables and stuff like that).
Also, internal references to flows itself are already correctly by TFE.
And many apps are supported by it.
Personally i already use it a lott to copy/paste complex flows which are the same for all (bed)rooms but with different devices, changing it during import.
Now, currently, it only supports advanced flows, but iâll change that so it will include normal flows (which is almost done already).
Also, recreation of flow-folders will be included, as will other requirements needed to copy the complete flows from an older Homey to a newer Homey, like beeing able to copy/paste your own flows including HomeyScript codes in there original cards.
Hey Arie,
No itâs just an ikea lamp where it didnât go well. But since update today, it totally works :). Thanks a lot
Just an ignorant question: is there no way to restore a backup from a different (older) Homey model? Would it not recreate everything?
Yes that could be done, you can allready exchange flows between Homeyâs, and reselect devices during import.
But currently, it creates new flows, not update existing flows.
If athom doesnât have migration available, i will make The Flow Exchange(r) beter to handle the migration, if that is what you mean?
Iâm serching an easy possibility to create a mode-like capability. I know modes are only predefined and not possible as virtual device. So I made a device with am âmainâ on/off switch and 3 mode switches:
The example shows a heating mode devide. The main device is: heating on/off.
The other switches are: at home, away, at work.
I change the heating plan depending on the selected switch.
Currently I act with flows on a switch going on and then I switch all other states off, so only one is active.
Itâs a bit ugly, but I have no other Idea so solve this in a better way. Has anyone a better solution?
No, sorry, what I means was: If there is a backup-restore option that can help me move to a newer Homey model, then why do I need flow exchange? I mean itâs great for copying devices for myself and for others, so I do see the value, just not for the scenario of replacing a Homey device itself.
No, before, the thought was that there was gonne be no migration to the new Homey right now.
In that case, The Flow Exchange(r) could help to migrate.
But now it seems migration (through backup-and-restore) might be supported by Athom, so in that case, no need for TFE to help there.
I would like to replace Virtual Devices with Advanced Virtual Devices, since the first one is not maintained anymore and will not be updated for New Homey Pro.
However, i use it for a specific purpose and cannot find how to do that with this app.
I have made a tile in my app. Once my actual PC comes online (checked through Advanced Presence Detection), the tile turns on (lights up) and when my PC goes offline the tile turns off. Also, when i click the tile, and my PC is not online, it will send a signal to Switchbot to turn on the computer.
Reason i do it this way: i want to see if my PC is online and be able to boot it from the same tile.
Is this possible with your app, and could you point me in the right direction. I cannot find a setting to show the app tile as ON or OFF.
Sorry if this is in the wrong section. Wasnât sure which of the posts to use as i found multiple.
Yes it is!
I created this Template for this precisely:
Pushable Device Tile and Separate Device Status (Light/Dark) - SYD Template
This is a good place to ask it, but i guess it should go at the Advanced Virtual Device Topic.
But itâs just the same app: Device Capabilities, so itâs fine to ask it here
Yeah, youâre the best. Thanks this worked perfectly!
Hi Arie,
I used to use the Virtual Device App (the other one !) but as it will not be supported with the new Homey I would like to use Device Capabilties.
I have created a simple on/off switch using the provided template and I would like to see it in Amazon Alexa to be able to activate by voice but it seems it is not detected by Alexa. Anything I am doing wrong ?
Thanks in advance for you help
You need to set the class correct (to light for instance) or, probably: the on/off switch: put Create Flow Cards on!
This makes the OnOff button ârealâ and alexa will see it i guess
Alexa only recognizes device types fitting to itâs system. So only a VD as switch would be recognized, no buttons.
But in most times I use another approach:
Thank you for your help, I have succeeded with a wall plug on/off. Your app is really great !
Many thanks for this great apps. It brings nearly the possibility to do everything you can imagine with it. Absolutely awesome.
I just have one issue. Iâm also a fan from âPower by the hourâ, and donât manage to use it for Devices that I created.
Did somebody already managed to use device created with this Apps (in my case I read a watermeter) together with power by the hour ?
Below the device that I created:
And here power by the hour :
Should I do something special as source device is a virtual flow ?