"Useless" Switches on their own tab ?????

Use this forum to discuss possible implementation of a new feature before opening a ticket.
A developer shall edit the topic title with "[xxx]" where xxx is the id of the accompanying tracker id.
Duplicate posts about the same id. +1 posts are not allowed.

Moderators: leecollings, remb0

Post Reply
Prutsium
Posts: 92
Joined: Monday 18 June 2018 11:31
Target OS: Raspberry Pi / ODroid
Domoticz version: Beta
Location: Germany / Netherlands
Contact:

"Useless" Switches on their own tab ?????

Post by Prutsium »

Hello all,

Might be a suggestion or maybe its already possible but i noticed for certain tasks its much more easier to create a virtual dummy switch to do certain tasks.

For example i could create a blockly to switch at x time after sunset and x time before sunrise my camera to IR mode (on/off).
With the blockly it would be more difficult to do this at a certain time before or after Sunset/Sunrise but within a switch its very simple as then you use the timer.

I have done this now for various actions that also could be a Blockly but witch the switch first of all it was easier and second of all you also have some status report.

Now the key thing is that i dont want these switches to show up in the switches tab but would prefer to give them a custom tab.
Would this be (already) possible or could this be implemented ?

Thanks.
Jerome
pvm
Posts: 550
Joined: Tuesday 17 June 2014 22:14
Target OS: NAS (Synology & others)
Domoticz version: 4.10538
Location: NL
Contact:

Re: "Useless" Switches on their own tab ?????

Post by pvm »

Not exactly what your asking for, but you can hide them by adding a '$' in front of the name (if I remember correctly)
Synology NAS, slave PI3, ZWave (Fibaro), Xiaomi zigbee devices, BTLE plant sensor, DzVents, Dashticz on tablet, Logitech Media Server
User avatar
EdwinK
Posts: 1820
Joined: Sunday 22 January 2017 21:46
Target OS: Raspberry Pi / ODroid
Domoticz version: BETA
Location: Rhoon
Contact:

Re: "Useless" Switches on their own tab ?????

Post by EdwinK »

I believe you can make your own (custom) HTML-page and add your devices there. Not sure, because I dont have the need for it, so never tried.
Running latest BETA on a Pi-3 | Toon® Thermostat (rooted) | Hue | Tuya | IKEA tradfri | Dashticz V3 on Lenovo Huawei Tablet | Conbee
User avatar
felix63
Posts: 244
Joined: Monday 07 December 2015 9:30
Target OS: Raspberry Pi / ODroid
Domoticz version: 2020.1
Location: Gouda
Contact:

Re: "Useless" Switches on their own tab ?????

Post by felix63 »

Hi,

If you really want to offer a more customized user interface to your smart home you could have a look at things like dashticz. This are useful add ons to domoticz that allow you to create any user interface you want. I use domoticz only for system administration. For operation I use dashticz or - increasingly - voice commands via Alexa.
User avatar
StanHD
Posts: 347
Joined: Friday 12 July 2013 16:09
Target OS: Windows
Domoticz version:
Location: East Sussex, UK
Contact:

Re: "Useless" Switches on their own tab ?????

Post by StanHD »

In:-

Setup -> More Options -> Plans -> Room Plans

There is a "$Hidden Devices" entry.
If you add your switches to that then they no longer show up in the Switch Tab.
Domoticz Main - Intel nuc, Windows, RFXTRX433E. Lan Relay Boards, Aeon Z-Stick Gen 5, Evohome HGI80, Milight WiFi, MySensors Ethernet Gateway, Harmony Hub
Python:- Broadlink RM2, Sonos
HA-Bridge - Amazon Echo / Alexa
Prutsium
Posts: 92
Joined: Monday 18 June 2018 11:31
Target OS: Raspberry Pi / ODroid
Domoticz version: Beta
Location: Germany / Netherlands
Contact:

Re: "Useless" Switches on their own tab ?????

Post by Prutsium »

StanHD wrote: Tuesday 21 August 2018 18:04 In:-

Setup -> More Options -> Plans -> Room Plans

There is a "$Hidden Devices" entry.
If you add your switches to that then they no longer show up in the Switch Tab.
Ahhh cool that does exact what i want and i created a "room" called Useless so i add the device in SHidden and Useless so i can at least still access that device.

Thanks for the tip!
Post Reply

Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 1 guest