[dss-developer] API and Integration questions

[Ingo Fischer]

Hello DSS Developers,

any idea for answers here?

Thank you!

Ingo Fischer

Am 05.02.20 um 12:02 schrieb Ingo Fischer:
> Hi All,
> 
> I developed an integration plugin to make Digitalstrom available in the
> Smart Home System iobroker. While anything is working fine and over 400
> users use it already, I still have some unanswered questions.
> 
> 1.) How exactly is "Rule 8" to be interpreted?
> I currently interpreted it that way that my system makes sure to not do
> request in parallel, added delays and if I request values on an interval
> (mainly the energy values of the dsMs) I do that maximum once per minute
> per dsM/Circuit and value. How it is officially defined?
> 
> 2.) I tried to use /device/getOutputChannelValue2 to get all output
> values at once, but this method always returned values that never
> matched to the reality. Is this broken or Do I do something wrong?
> 
> 3.) I also want to support vDCs, but there is no real documentation that
> I found to get infos on available "offsets" and "index" fields and
> datatypes (e.g. byte or word) on how to query or even set the values. I
> only get the values and their types and current values when I request
> the device infos. Is there any way to get the "Low level" details?
> I currently assume that the "primary output value" always is at
> offset/index=0 ... but this may be incorrect - and it also do not work
> as soon as more then one output value is present.
> 
> 4.) Because users asked: Is there any way to push the status for "binary
> inputs" (e.g. a door/window contact) from the outside to then be used
> e.g. for heating control and such? I could not find any API for this.
> 
> Thank you for your answers.
> 
> Ingo
>