[dss-developer] groups over zones, function id?

[Hofmann, Christoph]

Hello,

I try to answer some of your questions.

A device can be a member of any group. This group information is stored in the device itself. A device is always a member of its standard group (e.g. light) of which it cannot be removed. It is also not possible to add the device to another standard group. But it is of course possible to put different devices (shadow, light, music, ...) into the same (user)group.
The scene call is executed on a group in a zone.

dSS --> Zone --> Group --> Scene

If you need to call the same group in different zones, you can do this by using the calls consecutive:

dSS --> Zone 1 --> Group 23 --> Scene 17
dSS --> Zone 2 --> Group 23 --> Scene 17
dSS --> Zone 3 --> Group 23 --> Scene 17

If the zones are located on different dSMs the calls get executed at the same time. Else they will be executed consecutive. It is also possible to call the groups at the same time if you broadcast your call:

dSS --> Zone 0 --> Group 23 --> Scene 17

Remember that this call will be executed in the whole flat/building.

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Function-ID:

Each device has its factory function-id. This function-id is read and saved when the device gets plugged in the first time. This function-id specifies which functions the device has, e.g. if it has a local pushbutton, sensors, connected devices and so on.

The function-id table is internal at this time. I am not sure at the moment, how the function-ids will be implemented in the dSS in the near future. We have to discuss this point.


Kind regards,
Christoph Hofmann    (aizo ag)




> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: dss-developer-bounces at forum.digitalstrom.org [mailto:dss-
> developer-bounces at forum.digitalstrom.org] Im Auftrag von Dominik Wieser
> Gesendet: Mittwoch, 3. März 2010 11:48
> An: dSS development list
> Betreff: Re: [dss-developer] groups over zones, function id?
> 
> hello,
> 
> knowbody having an answer yet???
> 
> kind regards
> 
> Dominik wieser
> 
> 2010/2/28 Dominik Wieser <wieserdominik at gmail.com>:
> > Hello,
> > I have some questions and would be glad if anybody could answer them.
> >
> > - Is there a some kind of group that can include devices of different
> > zones. As far as I understand groups can only include devices of the
> > same zone and of the same standard or user group.
> > I would think groups that can hold devices of different zones also
> > could be very useful. So you could make a group containing all
> > jalousies of the southside of the house for example. Is there such a
> > possiblity? I thought about doing this with the property system. But
> > the variables i created are always gone, as soon as the server gets
> > restarted. How can I save the properties.
> >
> > On the wiki i found the following sentence:
> > Each Device has (beside some other Information) a function-ID, which
> > defines what behavior is called thought the dSM, when a event has
> been
> > issued by that device (a light device has function-id 0x1***, so when
> > a button-press-event comes from that device, the dSM know, that a
> > scenecall for light must be issued)
> > What is exactly is the function id? How can I get this id over the
> > api? And how can I know which device it is, with the help of the
> > function id? is there a kind of table?
> > I also don't really understand the concept of the user groups.
> >
> > Could anybody explain please?
> >
> > Thanks a lot and have a nice evening
> >
> > Dominik Wieser
> >
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