ideas for Hardware page improvements

[remb0]

I was looking at the great list of available hardware plugins and I saw http poller, but no idea what it is actually and how to use it.

So I have a few Ideas to improve this page.
for every hardware type:

category
- handy when the list is growing
-webservices / hardware / energy / lights / climate / security

a picture
-(logo, brand or thumbnail)

additional info
- a field where users can be pointed to a wiki page

requirements
- for example a PI, or an account @ ....

examples how to use
- a command?

[trixwood]

and remove that endless list on the wiki frontpage...

[trixwood]

I have been tagging the pages I edited on the wiki in the following way, but I have been inconsistent

https://www.domoticz.com/wiki/Special:Categories

So for exmaple philips hue

https://www.domoticz.com/wiki/Philips_Hue_Lights

(scroll to end)

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 [[Category:Hardware]] [[Category:Lighting]] [[Category:Protocol]] [[Category:Scripting‏‎]] [[Category:JSON‏‎‎]] [[Category:Lua‏‎]] 

Samsung TV

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 [[Category:Hardware]] [[Category:Media]] [[Category:TV]] [[Category:Protocol]] [[Category:Scripting‏‎]] [[Category:C‏‎‎]] 

I skipped language, and not know what to do with os... but atleast it will make the wiki more web-entangled
I would be nice to have Category icons then

Anyway that would solve a lot of the searching problems and help new users discover new things. Like I am still discovering

The following list is incomplete...

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Hardware:
 
[[Category:Hardware]]
  [[Category:Appliance]]
    [[Category:Kitchen]]
  [[Category:Lighting]]
  [[Category:Media]]
      [[Category:AV‏‎]]
      [[Category:TV]]
      [[Cetegory:CEC]]
      [[Category:Audio]]
  [[Category:Security]]
     [[Category:Alarm]]
     [[Category:Camera]]
     [[Category:Keypad]]
     [[Category:Motion]]
  [[Category:Utility]]
     [[Category:Gas]]
     [[Category:Heating]]
     [[Category:Power]]
     [[Category:Water]] 
   [[CategoryEnvironment]]
     [[Category:Indoor]]
     [[Category:Weather]]
 
 
Protocols:
 
[[Category:Protocol]]
  [[Category:MQTT‏‎]]
  [[Category:Bluetooth‏‎]]
  [[Category:HTTP]]
 
Scripting:
 
[[Category:Scripting‏‎]]
    [[Category:Bash‏‎]]
    [[Category:Batch‏‎]]
    [[Category:Blocky‏‎]]
    [[Category:PHP]]
    [[Category:Perl]]
    [[Category:C‏‎]]
    [[Category:JSON‏‎‎]]
    [[Category:Lua‏‎]]
    [[Category:Python]]
 
Operating Systems
 
  [[Category:All OS]]
  [[Category:Linux]]
      [[Category:Raspberry Pi]]
  [[Category:OSX]]
  [[Category:Windows]]
 

and you probably need somthing like (but consistent):

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[[Category:Guide]]
[[Category:Install]]
[[Category:Setup]]    
[[Category:Manual]]  <-- or domoticz

To let the user know what they are reading...

Or do you mean a forum thread with all the hardware?

[trixwood]

Ok I added the info to the script page...

https://www.domoticz.com/wiki/Scripts#W ... our_Script

Hope people will use it, will make the wiki more intertwined
If anybody disagrees. Comment here...

And could someone update the how to create your own hardware guide?

https://www.domoticz.com/wiki/Developin ... are_plugin

It's out dated and missing so much information. I gave up frustrated after an hour trying to doing something simple as adding one temperature sensor from the iKettle, and learned python instead to bridge it with domoticz (which was lots of fun .

[trixwood]

Ok I started to add it to the wiki pages... i'm in a autistic mood, if someone wants to stop me, roll back all my edit in the wiki from me from 20:00...

donations welcome: sigarettes, more booze, shoulder rubs and ofcourse helping by editing your own script page.