cyberk Posted April 18, 2016 Share Posted April 18, 2016 It would be great if the ISY allowed the creation of virtual devices, that could leverage html and other sources for control and input. For example, I could create a virtual thermostat device that sends and reads commands from my elk panel Or a virtual light switch, that sends and queries commands to a wemo switch via the networking module. Programs could be written to update variables and the variables could power the virtual devices. This could add a lot of extensibility to the ISY. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment
MWareman Posted April 18, 2016 Share Posted April 18, 2016 This is what Node Servers are for! They are in 5.x, but it's still Alpha - not yet recommended for production use. Link to comment
cyberk Posted April 18, 2016 Author Share Posted April 18, 2016 Looking forward to this then, any good reading on them? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment
jerlands Posted April 18, 2016 Share Posted April 18, 2016 Looking forward to this then, any good reading on them? Node Server Development Jon... Link to comment
MWareman Posted April 18, 2016 Share Posted April 18, 2016 Oh, and for the Elk there is the Elk module already available. It makes all zones, inputs and outputs on the Elk natively available in ISY programs. Link to comment
502ss Posted February 4, 2017 Share Posted February 4, 2017 Bringing this thread back to the top... I just want to simply turn a variable into a virtual device. If the variable is 0 then the virtual device is "off" or "closed" or "disarmed", etc. if the variable is 1 then the virtual device is "on" or "open" or "armed", etc! Does anyone know if Is this functionality is being added to the ISY? Thanks Jim Link to comment
larryllix Posted February 4, 2017 Share Posted February 4, 2017 Bringing this thread back to the top... I just want to simply turn a variable into a virtual device. If the variable is 0 then the virtual device is "off" or "closed" or "disarmed", etc. if the variable is 1 then the virtual device is "on" or "open" or "armed", etc! Does anyone know if Is this functionality is being added to the ISY? Thanks Jim State variables act this way and programs trigger on their states already. They are not complete substitutes for virtual devices, but close. Link to comment
502ss Posted February 4, 2017 Share Posted February 4, 2017 State variables act this way and programs trigger on their states already. They are not complete substitutes for virtual devices, but close. Agreed and I am using that functionality extensively. What I am looking for is some graphical feedback to show if the vaiable is on or off. I posted a product request in the mobilinc section also since I spend most of my time looking at the status of devices from the dashboard of mobilinc. Would be awesome if I could have an icon with an on/of or some other toggle status show up on the dashboard directly that is linked to the variable state (0 or 1) Link to comment
larryllix Posted February 4, 2017 Share Posted February 4, 2017 Agreed and I am using that functionality extensively. What I am looking for is some graphical feedback to show if the vaiable is on or off. I posted a product request in the mobilinc section also since I spend most of my time looking at the status of devices from the dashboard of mobilinc. Would be awesome if I could have an icon with an on/of or some other toggle status show up on the dashboard directly that is linked to the variable state (0 or 1) I had entered a previous plea for almost the same thing, a small box on the admin console that a variable could be shown for debug purposes. UDI has been swamped to much, to add small items lately, and in view of impending conversion to HTML5, IIRC no new features will be added in the near future. Clean-up on isle two. Link to comment
Michel Kohanim Posted February 5, 2017 Share Posted February 5, 2017 Virtual devices/nodes are in 5.0.x. With kind regards, Michel Link to comment
johnjces Posted May 16, 2017 Share Posted May 16, 2017 How do I get Firmware 5.X so that I can get virtual devices? I would LOVE a virtual switch always there and ready to turn on or off that activates a program easily, esp form the Phone interfaces. It's tough trying to tell my wife to go to programs, or variables and change or run THEN, etc. John Link to comment
apostolakisl Posted May 16, 2017 Share Posted May 16, 2017 How do I get Firmware 5.X so that I can get virtual devices? I would LOVE a virtual switch always there and ready to turn on or off that activates a program easily, esp form the Phone interfaces. It's tough trying to tell my wife to go to programs, or variables and change or run THEN, etc. John It's in this forum under developers. Link to comment
Chris Jahn Posted May 16, 2017 Share Posted May 16, 2017 Hi johnjces, We've had this idea for awhile but if we do it, it won't be done until after our first 5.X official release. I think most people would agree that we've had a bit too much scope creep in this release as it is This would allow any ISY user to essentially create a node server on the ISY using just programs and variables. Thus you could create a virtual switch that you could use to trigger programs etc. Link to comment
apostolakisl Posted May 16, 2017 Share Posted May 16, 2017 Hi johnjces, We've had this idea for awhile but if we do it, it won't be done until after our first 5.X official release. I think most people would agree that we've had a bit too much scope creep in this release as it is This would allow any ISY user to essentially create a node server on the ISY using just programs and variables. Thus you could create a virtual switch that you could use to trigger programs etc. It would be super nice if the node server documentation could be dumbed down. I think there are probably only a handful of people who understand how to create nodes. I would be willing to put a few hours into learning it, but right now I look at node server language and feel overwhelmed. I think I can speak for a lot of people when I say, I'd be willing to learn it if there were a Cliff's notes version of the how to. Link to comment
johnjces Posted May 18, 2017 Share Posted May 18, 2017 This is probably off topic here, but the last stable release, 4.5.4 has been out what seems like a long time. When will the next stable release be released and what version will that be? Thanks! John Link to comment
larryllix Posted May 18, 2017 Share Posted May 18, 2017 This is probably off topic here, but the last stable release, 4.5.4 has been out what seems like a long time. When will the next stable release be released and what version will that be? Thanks! John It will have a different version number. Link to comment
johnjces Posted May 18, 2017 Share Posted May 18, 2017 @larryllix LOL! It will have a different version number. I think that's a given! But what version i.e. version number, (5.0.10 or 5.0.1, etc.), will that be and when might it be released? 1 month, 6 months, next year? Thanks John Link to comment
larryllix Posted May 18, 2017 Share Posted May 18, 2017 @larryllix LOL! I think that's a given! But what version i.e. version number, (5.0.10 or 5.0.1, etc.), will that be and when might it be released? 1 month, 6 months, next year? Thanks John Yup. Read the forum. You should be able to find another 20-30 threads for the same information for the last two and half years. Here is another similar question along the same line " Give us a complete list of unforeseen problems." Thus the answer in another format... ...It'll be comin' 'round the mountain when it comes. Sorry Link to comment
johnjces Posted May 18, 2017 Share Posted May 18, 2017 Sorry. Got lazy. I sometimes forget that everyone should STF first. But I do understand comin' 'round the mountain! When it comes, it comes! John Link to comment
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