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

[Dominik Wieser]

hello,

thanks a lot for your answer, i was ill this week thats why i didn't write
back for so long.

2010/3/5 Hofmann, Christoph <christoph.hofmann at aizo.com>

> 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.
>
>
ok, thanks, that how i thought.

> ---------
>
> 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.
>
> can i also tell by the function-id if this is the coffeemaschinexyz of the
company abc, or just which hardware is on the chip??

kind regards

Dominik Wieser

>
> 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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