Add custom icons from pyhton plugin

[ag74]

Hi,

I've been trying to add custom icons for a plugin as described in the wiki page https://www.domoticz.com/wiki/Developin ... gin#Images but it doesn't work as expected.

Here's my code in the onStart callback:

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if 'girl' not in Images:
	Domoticz.Image( Filename='girl_icons.zip' ).Create()
if 'boy' not in Images:
	Domoticz.Image( Filename='boy_icons.zip' ).Create()
	
if deviceIdx not in Devices:
	Domoticz.Device(	Unit = deviceIdx, 
				Name = user, 
				Type = 244, 
				Subtype = 62, 
				Switchtype = 2, 
				Image = Images[ 'boy' ].ID, 
				Options = { 'mac' : mac },
				Used = 0 ).Create()

The icons are correctly inserted in the database and I can see them in the custom icons web page but when checking the python variable Images they are not always defined in it.Sometimes both are defined and sometimes only one is defined so they get always created.

Plus, the 'girl' icons are correctly displayed but the 'boy' icons are not displayed, a light bulb is displayed instead but as I sayed I can see them in the custom icons web page (see attached screenshot). The zip files are attached to this message.

Any ideas of I'm missing ?

[kurt]

Hi, i was struggling with the same for a whole day.
Solution is simple, you MUST TO name file beginings with key from your XML file in plugin.
In my example:
<plugin key="eSterownik" name="eSterownik.pl v1.0" author="Kurt" ....

and zip file should be f.e. Pump.zip
in file should be:
icons.txt (containing only one line: eSterownikPump;Pump;Pompa Logo)
and pictures:
eSterownikPump48_On.png
eSterownikPump48_Off.png
eSterownikPump.png

And in code you do:

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if 'Feeder' not in Images:
	Domoticz.Image(Filename='Feeder.zip').Create()
if 'Pump' not in Images:
        Domoticz.Image(Filename='Pump.zip').Create()

Domoticz.Device(Name=device_name, Unit=i + 1, DeviceID=device_id, Type=244,Subtype=73, Switchtype=11, Used=1, Image=Images['eSterownikPump'].ID).Create()
Domoticz.Device(Name=device_name, Unit=i + 1, DeviceID=device_id, Type=244, Subtype=73, Switchtype=11, Image=Images['eSterownikFeeder'].ID, Used=1).Create()

Domoticz docs SUX!
Devs if You read this, please make the wiki more usable, or add some docs for someone who wants to develop sth more than bash scripts sending data to dummy switches;-)

[0rsa]

@kurt I love you

[mariopeters]

Orsa,
you could also look in my Domoticz Home-Connect plugin (https://github.com/mario-peters/Domotic ... ect-Plugin) for an example of changing an icon runtime?

[Snake40]

Hello
Is it possible to have the full python plugin program working?
Originally I have the same problem with changing icons but I don't know anything about python so I'm not sure how to change the program that was not working to one that was working taking kurt's remarks into account. ..
Thank you in advance.

[mariopeters]

I think what's going wrong is the filename.
It must be the same pattern as the name of the plugin with a number attached.
Just look at my example.

[gekk]

Hi, i was struggling with the same for a whole day.
Solution is simple, you MUST TO name file beginings with key from your XML file in plugin.
In my example:
<plugin key="eSterownik" name="eSterownik.pl v1.0" author="Kurt" ....

and zip file should be f.e. Pump.zip
in file should be:
icons.txt (containing only one line: eSterownikPump;Pump;Pompa Logo)
and pictures:
eSterownikPump48_On.png
eSterownikPump48_Off.png
eSterownikPump.png

And in code you do:

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if 'Feeder' not in Images:
	Domoticz.Image(Filename='Feeder.zip').Create()
if 'Pump' not in Images:
        Domoticz.Image(Filename='Pump.zip').Create()

Domoticz.Device(Name=device_name, Unit=i + 1, DeviceID=device_id, Type=244,Subtype=73, Switchtype=11, Used=1, Image=Images['eSterownikPump'].ID).Create()
Domoticz.Device(Name=device_name, Unit=i + 1, DeviceID=device_id, Type=244, Subtype=73, Switchtype=11, Image=Images['eSterownikFeeder'].ID, Used=1).Create()

Domoticz docs SUX!
Devs if You read this, please make the wiki more usable, or add some docs for someone who wants to develop sth more than bash scripts sending data to dummy switches;-)

Wow, kurt, are you working on esterownik plugin ? Will you make it public available ? I was just thinking about the same, but if there would be something already existing, I dont want to reinvent wheel