Interface/BUS support

[piMyHome]

In smaller environments you have just one interface and for example a light ON command for address 25 on main interface will be *1*1*25##. Bigger environments have more interfaces ( I have 6 interfaces and ~800 end points), so you have to add the interface information as well, for example *1*1*33#4#02## if light 33 is on interface 2. So you can say, for interface 0 (the main interface) you can just skip the additional information for the interface number, while interfaces > 0 needs to be addressed explicitly.

In OpenWebnet App only numbers (33) can be entered as address, but not address/interface combinations (33#4#02).

Would be nice if this could be added.

Great app by the way!

[niqdev]

Hi @piMyHome, thanks for your interest and I really apologize for the late response, but I've been very busy recently.

Anyway, your suggestion is more than welcome, just to be sure, when you mean interface you refer to the local bus, isn't it? I opened the issue #69 ages ago.

I've just looked at the documentation of WHO=1/WHERE and I'd like to summarize it here

Description	Allowed Values	Format	Details	Implemented
Interface	Int=I3I4 I3=0; I4=[1-9]	-	-	not available
Interface	Int=I3I4 I3=1; I4=[1-5]	-	-	not available
General	-	0	General of system	YES
General	-	0#4#<Int>	General of local bus	NO
Area	A = [00, 1-9, 100]	<A>	-	YES
Area	A = [00, 1-9, 100]	<A>#4#<Int>	Area of local bus	NO
Group	A = [1-255]	#<G>	-	YES
Group	A = [1-255]	#<G>#4#<Int>	Group of local bus	NO
Point to Point	A; PL A=00; PL=[01-15] A=[1-9]; PL=[1-9] A=10; PL=[01-15] A=[01-09]; PL=[10-15]	<A><PL>	-	YES
Point to Point	A; PL A=00; PL=[01-15] A=[1-9]; PL=[1-9] A=10; PL=[01-15] A=[01-09]; PL=[10-15]	<A><PL>#4#<Int>	P2P of local bus	NO

In order to add this feature (for the light at least) 2 changes are required

• add Interface/Bus support to Lighting here, it should be generic enough that the same approach (creation and validation of a frame) could be reused for all the other WHOs
• add a new dropdown in the app to support all the combinations above

It's a feature that several users have already requested, but I'm currently (very slowly) working on the backup feature, that I think is much more important.

Would you have any interest in helping to develop this feature? I could guide you, unfortunately I doubt I'll find the time to do it by myself soon.

Thanks

[piMyHome]

Thanks @niqdev for looking into this.

Yep, "local bus" is exactly what I am referring to. Adding a drop box for (additional) interfaces would be an overkill, since 98% of users have just the main interface. From my point of view it would be better to allow in address field not just integers, but also # and more characters so that you could enter 33#4#02 for example. I am not a Java developer so I guess "guiding" me will be more work load for you than just extending the address field :-)

[niqdev]

Umh, I need to think about what would be the best UX.

Probably you are right, another dropdown would be overkilling, but there is strict validation on each field of the frame in the library and in order to keep it as clean as possible I would avoid to allow the user to insert anything else than number.

Another solution would be to add in the existing dropdown the Interface sibling and in case the user select the bus value the UI could change from *1*1* [editable WHERE] ## to *1*1* [editable WHERE] #4# [editable BUS] ##

What do you think?

[niqdev]

I've closed the other duplicated issue

[niqdev]

Oh, by the way, at the moment you can still manage light on the bus using the device functionality instead of the light, it's not ideal cos you need to build the frame by yourself, but at least you are not blocked

[niqdev]

@piMyHome I'm currently looking into this, I'd like to close the issues marked as priority ASAP. I have few questions:

• would you be available to test this feature once it is in beta testing?
• do you have also the possibility to test automation groups and automations with bus? Thanks

[piMyHome]

* would you be available to test this feature once it is in beta testing?

Sure, I'd be happy to assist you

* do you have also the possibility to test automation groups and automations with bus?
  Thanks

Yes

[niqdev]

Awesome, thanks a lot for the support. Today I've already upgraded the library and I need to finish the integration with the app. I'll come back to you as soon as it's ready. Thanks

[niqdev]

@piMyHome I've just released version 3.3.0 in beta testing which adds the support for automation and bus. Looking forward for your feedback, thanks!

[piMyHome]

Thanks @niqdev !

I tried the beta 3.3.0 but it crashes (same result with 3.2.0) when launching the app on my Pixel 2 (Android 9). I've uploaded a crash report in Google Playstore.

According to Playstore, you are located in Biella. If so, I'd be happy to invite you for an espresso to Viverone....

Peter

[niqdev]

Hi Peter! Thanks a lot for the invite! Would you mind if we continue the conversation also regarding the issue via mail info at openwebnet.xyz? Thanks!

[niqdev]

I've just released in beta version 3.4.0, a library that I was using had a nasty bug that is not being address by the maintainer of the project and is causing a lots of issues to other apps too, for more information see #82 and the linked issue. Looking forward for your feedback, you might need to reinstall the app unfortunately. Thanks

[piMyHome]

Unfortunately, 3.4.0 did not pop up yet in Google Playstore for me. I'll try again later/tomorrow and get back to you asap.

[niqdev]

I've released it 1 hour ago, it's usually available within few hours. Thanks