GTench

@sjenkins I should add that the program does run correctly even though the line of code does not itself show the open level. And great idea to add the Boolean to the position

@sjenkins Great update. Working very well! Here are my tests in the sequence that they were performed. Again SSP = Set Shade Position button. Only thing that I have noticed is when I use the shade in a program and set it to either a variable of a number position, it does not show up in the code (see below) false,false,20 SSP works false,false,false SSP left tilt at 20 false,false,0 SSP returned tilt to 0 and updated AC false,false,15 SSP set tilt at 15 and update AC false,false,0 SSP returned tilt to 0 and updated AC 30,false,false SSP worked and AC updated to 30 30,false,25 SSP had no change from previous position 50,false,25 SSP opened blind to 50% and no tilt as it should be 0,false,25 SSP closed blinds and tilt remained at 0 as it should be false,false,false Tilt Open did not work false,false,false SSP followed by Tilt Open worked with AC set to 49 false,false,false Tilt Close worked false,false,60 SSP worked and AC showed 49 false,false,60 Tilt Close worked with AC updating to 0 false,false,false OPEN opened the shade to 100 and AC updated false,false,false CLOSE closed the shade and AC showed 0 hunterdouglas_3-24-2024_115623_AM.zip

@sjenkins On second thought, I think my suggestion is getting too convoluted. How about if there are both tilt and primary entries and SSP is clicked just issue the primary value. If the shades are tilted, it will just fail. If they are not tilted it will work. Leave it up to user/me to make sure the tiltable shades are in the correct position/tilt before clicking SSP. I can also look after this in any program. It seems kind of messy to have this logic put into your plugin. At any rate I will leave it up to you...just my suggestion

@sjenkinsNo, Not at all. I am enjoying this. Just glad you are willing to keep at it. I have 8 shades and look foreword to making use of your plugin leaving tilt at 1 to 100 is fine by me. I noticed that I cannot set primary value with SSP for both shades that have tilt capability and shades that don't. In other words only tilt is working now with the latest version. How about this... if both tilt and primary have a non zero value and SSP is clicked, can you issue a close tilt followed by the primary value (primary has priority) for G2 only. The tiltable shades will not open if they are in a tilt position. If only tilt is requested can you issue a close shade command prior to the tilt command to make sure the shade is closed. If the shades are open and a tilt is requested, they must be first closed before the tilt will work. This seems to be what the cell phone app does So to summarize, for G2 shades with tilt, can you issue a close shade command prior to issuing a tilt command; and can you issue a close tilt command before issuing a SSP primary shade open/close command and don't worry about the time... kids take priority

@sjenkinsGetting there. Tilt now working but still cannot raise or lower primary shade. Here are my test results: Upon initialization the AC shows primary as 100 even though shade is closed. Tilt selection still goes up to 100 instead of 49. SSP for primary to 30 did not work; primary stayed at 100 in AC. SSP for tilt to 20 worked. Tilt closed worked. Tilt open worked with AC showing 49. Tilt closed worked again with AC showing 0. Tried SSP with primary at 22 and tilt at 0 but did not work; shade stayed closed with AC showing primary at 100. SSP with primary at 22 and tilt at 20; Shade tilted to 20, AC showed tilt at 20, AC still shows primary at 100 hunterdouglas_3-21-2024_92439_AM.zip

@sjenkinsAh yes... the joys of programming. On the plus side your plugin still works ok on the shades that do not have tilt capability...just tested that. Nice to know the "gods" got a fix for you

@sjenkinsThe other condition that might need some control logic is if a tilt and primary both have non zero entries and SSP is clicked. Should shade opening take priority?

@sjenkinsOK tried the latest version (deleted and reinstalled). Cannot set the shade position or tilt. Seems like the changes for tilt may have broken something hunterdouglas_3-19-2024_14150_PM.zip

@sjenkinsI think you posted this as I was writing my reply. 49 works OK. I don't think there is a rounding problem. 50 did not work before nor did anything over 49

@sjenkinsTo test the initialization process, I left the shade at 14% tilt then deleted your plugin and reinstalled it. The tilt field in the AC showed 14% then after the reinstall; so, I am guessing if the tilt is zero at initialization that is when the AC tilt field is blank but primary is showing 100 even though shade is closed. I set the tilt to 0 and that worked but I cannot set the shade opening now. I tried to set it at 10% but no response. I clicked close and tilt close and tried again to set it at 10% but no response. Just to clarify, before when I set tilt to 49, 49 displayed in the AC. It seems that anything higher locks things up hunterdouglas_3-19-2024_125722_PM.zip

@sjenkinsMostly good...thanks. Here are my tests in the sequence that I did them: SSP = Set Shade Position button; TO = tilt open button; TC = tilt close button. 40+SSP works, 10+SSP works, 90+SSP fails, 50+SSP fails, TO did nothing, TC worked - closed tilt, 49+TO failed and AC field stayed at 50, 49+SSP works, 15+SSP works, 50+SSP fails, 20+SSP fails, TC works, 49+SSP works, 14+SSP works. Looks like 49 is the largest tilt factor that works which I believe makes sense (0 to 49 are 50 positions) as that is the 90 degree position for the shade. I also noticed that when the AC first came up the tilt field was blank but did update when using SSP button. If a tilt value greater than 49 is entered it seems to lock out SSP until TC is used. Not sure what TO does - maybe only applies to G3? hunterdouglas_3-19-2024_103333_AM.zip

@sjenkinsthanks for this. OK, I tested the tilt function. I set it at 40% and clicked tilt open. The Tilt field which was at 0 stayed at 0 and the shades did not tilt. I then clicked tilt closed but again nothing happened. I then activated a tilt scene and the shades tilted as expected and the tilt field updated to 30%. I then clicked close and the tilt closed but the tilt field did not update. I attached the log file. Hope tis helps. Let me know if you need anything else. hunterdouglas_3-18-2024_33337_PM.zip

@sjenkinsthanks... I will give it a try later today. Sorry for the late reply. We were away last week at Disney World with the grand kids. It was fun but I am exhausted... not as young as I used to be

Yes that seems right

Yup that was it

@sjenkins No No I did not interpret it that way. I was just using the opportunity to vent against Hunter Douglas for not providing me an update path. My wife and I both like the shades but as you said very pricey. On with the testing. I created 2 new scenes in powerview for Foyer shade - one with tilt about half and the other with full tilt (both with shade fully closed). I deleted one foyer scene in powerview - which was foyer shade half open. I then did a discover in PGx3 and the new scenes showed up in AC but the deleted scene was still there. I tried re-discover in AC but no change. I tried activating each of the two new scenes and they both worked as they should. I then pushed close in the AC and the vanes closed. A restart also did not remove the deleted scene (40299) but a reinstall of the plugin did remove the deleted scene Basically new scenes are picked up but deleted scenes are not being removed by the discover process I believe your assumptions are correct and I cannot think of anything more to add... thanks hunterdouglas_3-4-2024_21920_PM.zip

@sjenkins thanks. Like I mentioned previously tilt is not a big deal for me ( I only have 2 shades with tilt capability - 6 without) but it might be important for others. Being able to set shade position and open/close is really nice now with your plugin - thanks. Previously I had to set scenes for each position that I wanted then use REST and there is no feedback using this. I also appreciate seeing the battery level so I can write scripts now to notify me when it is low. Previously I had to depend on checking in the Powerview app which I only did very infrequently. On a recent trip, came home to find a shade stuck open because the battery was too low. I will try the other test you asked for when I delete some of these scenes The delete/reboot/install/reboot I had been doing because I had needed to do this, if I recall, in earlier versions of PGx and I new this always worked. I will try the simpler approach next time Likely why hunter douglas updated to G3. I would have considered updating to G3 if it was just a matter of updating shade firmware and buying a new hub but I am not going to replace all the functioning shades themselves just to get G3. Doesn't make economical sense to me. Kind of disappointing that hunter douglas does not provide a migration path though

Did some more testing with the powerview app. Looks like I can only set the vane tilt when the shade is fully closed which I guess makes sense given their mechanical construction. If I try to create a scene in the powerview app it will only allow the shade to be fully closed if vanes are open to any degree. I might have known this at the time that I purchased them but it was so long ago that I forgot

@bpwwer thanks I suspect this is what might have caused my issue. I was in a hurry the last time

@sjenkins So I set the vanes to another opening using the powerview app and I got a new value of 41 reported as primary and shade position in AC. I does look like tilt is being reported to the primary field. Plugin still not able to change shade position if shade has non zero tilt. I closed the tilt on the vanes using powerview app tried open and close in the powerview app and that worked. Then tried setting position again in your plugin and that now works well as before

@sjenkins Tested open/close and shade positioning and they work fine. I used powerview app to set vanes for foyer shade. I originally had the shade open to 60% via your plugin. I then went to the powerview app and adjusted the vanes. Powerview app closed the blinds then adjusted the vanes once in closed position. I noticed the AC says the blinds are at 31% even after a query. Is this possibly the vane position now.?. In order to get the shade partially open with vane tilt I might have to create a scene. I also noticed with the shade closed and vanes tilted, the shade does not respond to plugin commands. {"shadeIds":[16966,62193,21564,10135,17792,24615,28437,36533],"shadeData":[{"id":16966,"type":6,"capabilities":0,"batteryKind":2,"smartPowerSupply":{"status":0,"id":0,"port":0},"batteryStatus":3,"batteryStrength":155,"roomId":20814,"firmware":{"revision":2,"subRevision":1,"build":2813,"index":1},"name":"TWVkaWEgQWxjb3ZlIFJpZ2h0IDM=","groupId":5552,"positions":{"posKind1":1,"position1":32106}},{"id":62193,"type":23,"batteryStatus":3,"batteryStrength":177,"roomId":18239,"firmware":{"revision":2,"subRevision":0,"build":1382,"index":12},"name":"TGl2aW5nIFJvb20=","groupId":7366,"aid":2,"capabilities":1,"batteryKind":"unassigned","smartPowerSupply":{"status":0,"id":0,"port":0},"positions":{"position1":27170,"posKind1":1},"signalStrength":4},{"id":21564,"type":23,"batteryStatus":3,"batteryStrength":167,"roomId":35121,"name":"Rm95ZXI=","positions":{"posKind1":3,"position1":20538},"firmware":{"revision":2,"subRevision":0,"build":1382,"index":12},"aid":3,"capabilities":1,"batteryKind":2,"smartPowerSupply":{"status":0,"id":0,"port":0},"groupId":23735},{"id":10135,"type":6,"capabilities":0,"batteryKind":2,"smartPowerSupply":{"status":0,"id":0,"port":0},"batteryStatus":3,"batteryStrength":153,"roomId":35468,"name":"V2luZG93IE92ZXIgQmVk","firmware":{"revision":2,"subRevision":1,"build":2813,"index":1},"groupId":22562,"positions":{"posKind1":1,"position1":0},"signalStrength":2},{"id":17792,"type":6,"capabilities":0,"batteryKind":2,"smartPowerSupply":{"status":0,"id":0,"port":0},"batteryStatus":3,"batteryStrength":155,"roomId":20814,"name":"TWVkaWEgQWxjb3ZlIExlZnQgMQ==","firmware":{"revision":2,"subRevision":1,"build":2813,"index":1},"groupId":5552,"positions":{"posKind1":1,"position1":28709}},{"id":24615,"type":6,"capabilities":0,"batteryKind":2,"smartPowerSupply":{"status":0,"id":0,"port":0},"batteryStatus":0,"batteryStrength":0,"roomId":35468,"firmware":{"revision":2,"subRevision":1,"build":2813,"index":1},"name":"QWxjb3ZlIExlZnQgMQ==","groupId":22562,"positions":{"posKind1":1,"position1":0}},{"id":28437,"type":6,"capabilities":0,"batteryKind":2,"smartPowerSupply":{"status":0,"id":0,"port":0},"batteryStatus":3,"batteryStrength":159,"roomId":35468,"name":"QWxjb3ZlIFJpZ2h0IDI=","firmware":{"revision":2,"subRevision":1,"build":2813,"index":1},"groupId":22562,"signalStrength":0,"positions":{"posKind1":1,"position1":0}},{"id":36533,"type":6,"capabilities":0,"batteryKind":2,"smartPowerSupply":{"status":0,"id":0,"port":0},"batteryStatus":3,"batteryStrength":159,"roomId":20814,"name":"TWVkaWEgQWxjb3ZlIENlbnRlciAy","firmware":{"revision":2,"subRevision":1,"build":2813,"index":1},"groupId":5552,"positions":{"posKind1":1,"position1":32170}}]} hunterdouglas_3-3-2024_114545_AM.zip

@bpwwer thanks, that is useful information. I have been doing some testing of @sjenkins hunter douglas plugin with him over the past week or so. This involved deleting the plugin, rebooting via AC, reinstalling the plugin, rebooting again via AC then testing functionality. So, there were multiple boots via AC and no power cycling during that time until I had the problem. The problem of the disconnected plugin occurred after the latest updated plugin was installed. Could it be the multiple reboots eventually caused this? This is pretty much all I can add. Do you still think it is worthwhile submitting a ticket

OK set shades at 50% and both tilt and secondary to 50% for foyer shade and clicked set shade position. No tilt happened hunterdouglas_3-2-2024_34833_PM.zip

I can live with either convention but if it is not inconvenient I would prefer 100% to mean fully open and for the open button to fully open the shade to 100% . I have a few Zwave shades as well and that is their convention. But if you want to stay consistent with G3, that's ok by me since I will be using a program to control them. I will try the tilt now and get back to you

Interesting. If I set shade position to 15%, it opens to 85%. If I set shade position to 85%, it opens to 15%. Looks like flipping the open/close also flipped the positioning