[APP][Pro] Device Capabilities - Enhance the capabilities of devices

[Manney]

Hi Arie,

Mea Culpa, I posted the script at the preferred location.

[Dennis_van_Dinter]

@Peter_Kawa @Arie_J_Godschalk

Do you know how to change the order in which multiple lists are shown?

I have 3 lists in a device. But when I click the drop-down menu the order is different then how they were created:

1 - ALL screens
2 - Screen voortuin
3 - Screen achtertuin

[Arie_J_Godschalk]

Well, it depends om certain changes.
The last chsnge should be the bottom one.
Change the type/list of the Voortuin, press save and than change it back and save.
Now it should be the bottom one.

[Dennis_van_Dinter]

Yes! Once again, thank you @Arie_J_Godschalk

[Arie_J_Godschalk]

@Heula

This is still an issue. Any idea when there wil an update that will fix this.

I have removed a lot of AVD but still the app crashes when a AVD is used.

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Thanks.

UPDATE

Version 2.15.0

I have just finished the rewrite to use the “new” homey-api v3.
I have pushed it to test.

Please all test this, because it was a lott of rewriting.

@Heula
Let me know how the memory/performance goes please!

[Heula]

Thanks Arie, I will test this version in the next few days.

[Arie_J_Godschalk]

Update 2.15.2

• Complete rewrite for homey-api v3.
• AVD Pickers/lists can now be set to change Only Through Flows.
• Deprecated the Status Indicator Field and placed multiple messages about the field and howto set a status indicator.
• Some more error handling for the new homey-api.
• Fix for GetFlows containing: normal flowtriggers were never found.
• Small bugs solved from the crashreports.

In test now.

Device Capabilities | Homey

This version (>2.15.0) has had a lott of work, so please test it thoroughly.

[Joka]

v2.15.1 crashed on homey early 2019 after installation and restart.

[Peter_Kawa]

Hi Arie,

Pro 2019 v8.1.6

No crash reported with v2.15.2, but:

Diag:
5bd816fa-5ae7-40c5-b483-75d38a858b61

Update: a crash was just reported with v2.15.2:

Diag (just in case):
62f37a86-034d-443d-bc5c-702191dfbc32

[Peter_Kawa]

@Arie_J_Godschalk

Deprecated the Status Indicator Field and placed multiple messages about the field and howto set a status indicator.

Does this mean, when using Homey app v6.x I can’t use status anylonger with new AVD’s?
Will existing ones keep functioning?
App v6.x can’t show text capabilities as Status Indicator

(App v7.x is still unusable for me, the flow editor takes up to 5 minutes to open a flow😴)

@Arie_J_Godschalk

Fix for GetFlows containing: normal flowtriggers were never found.

What does this mean?

[Arie_J_Godschalk]

@Peter_Kawa

Does this mean, when using Homey app v6.x I can’t use status anylonger with new AVD’s?
Will existing ones keep functioning?
App v6.x can’t show text capabilities as Status Indicator

Yes you still can, you just need to click on the message and the field becomes available.
And existing ones keep functioning, yes.

@Peter_Kawa

What does this mean?

The flowcard Getflows contaiting x, when you searched for flows containing a device or app etc., it would not find the triggers from Normal-Flows and not show it in the result.
It does now.

[Arie_J_Godschalk]

Okay i’ll hope i can fix it tomorrow.
You can swith back to the live version

[Peter_Kawa]

Thanks m8!

[Dennis_van_Dinter]

Hi guys,

Back again with a question.

When creating multiple lists in a device and choosing for “window covering state”, the device shows the created lists and the “up”, “idle” and “down” button. I’m wondering if it’s possible to show a set of media control buttons, mainly the “previous”, “play/pause” and the “next” button.

I could use the “window covering state” buttons to create the same actions, but it doesn’t look that obvious for the rest of the household.

The goal is to create lists which will be named after a radio station. The user selects a station from the list and then controls it with the media control buttons.

[Peter_Kawa]

Not sure what you mean, but you can request for a custom picker list with radio station names

Request custom picker for Advanced Virtual Devices from the Device Capabilities App

How to request a custom picker? Please do not leave any likes to these requests, i’ll use the like to mark if it’s done!). You can like this Topic tho To request a custom picker/list for the Advanced Virtual Devices from the Device Capabilities App, please leave a post on this topic, in the below given format and make sure to place it in a preformatted-text ([image])! Please note: You can also request a ternary (3 buttons exactly), but you need to make that very clear! This is only us…

[Arie_J_Godschalk]

Yes you can, just add multiple Buttons and set the correct ShowAs (playing etc.) (and check the CreateRealFields and flowcards checkbox).
Then you will get the default media buttons.

[Dennis_van_Dinter]

Thank you both @Peter_Kawa and @Arie_J_Godschalk

What I want to accomplish is to have the dropdown menu showing the lists and the media control buttons on the same page like with the “Window covering state” buttons. If I do it like you said Arie, I get the media buttons on a separate page.

I can also just add 2 on/off buttons both named after a radio station. This also creates a dropdown menu. But in that case I can’t change the icon from the standard to let’s say a “play” button.

[Arie_J_Godschalk]

Yes you can use icons. But for that, disable the CreateRealFieldandflowcards checkbox. Than you can set custom icons for on/off buttons.

[Arie_J_Godschalk]

But would it not be more easy to request and place on picker with all radio’s that you want, and have the default music buttons?
Than you dont have a dropdown at the top of one tab, but have directly one picker on that tap, and swipe to the music buttons.
Just a thought.

[Dennis_van_Dinter]

Thanks Arie,

This will fulfil my needs. Come to think of it, it’s just a sort of remote for radiostations. So the “previous” and “next” button aren’t really needed.