Minimote With VIrtual Device

[Mad-Cat 1]

Hi There Lua experts 

 

Im following this guide for the minimote setup

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looks great i have copied and pasted the code and the virtual device as below 

 

--[[

%% properties

351 sceneActivation

%% globals

--]]

 

--------- Your Device ID's Here ---------

 

local virtualDevID = 368  --Edit these values!!

local minimoteID = 351

 

------ Do not edit below this line ------

 

local buttonPressed = fibaro:getValue(minimoteID, "sceneActivation")

fibaro:call(virtualDevID, "pressButton", buttonPressed)

 

 

 

the problem is when i press a button i get this error

 

[ERROR] 18:27:00: line 14: unexpected symbol near '&'

 

 

that is this line

local buttonPressed = fibaro:getValue(minimoteID, "sceneActivation")

 

i cant work out what is wrong with this line im guessing something have changed in the current version but would love to get this woeking

 

[petergebruers 1,268]

If you don't really need the virtual device, I recommend my procedure instead...

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If you need the VD then I can't help you at the moment, but maybe when I have some more time. I don't want to insult the originator of the VD post but it's not the clearest explanation available. As you've found out, it also isn't copy/paste. I can already tell you this: a part of the solution is an ordinary lua scene, not a VD. I think you copy/pasted code for the scene in a VD. Although both use lua as a language, they are quite different.

[Mad-Cat 1]

thanks i was using the other way before but the idea of a remote control of it was nice

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thanks anyway

[Adam.Bewsher 2]

Hi Mad-Cat,

 

Thanks for asking your question.

 

 

The problem is with the " things that have been inserted into the code by our web development software - sorry about this!  These can be replaced with a '.

 

I have corrected the tutorial.  If you try again it should work fine.  I'm sorry about the inconvenience caused.

 

 

Happy Automating!

 

Adam Bewsher

[Mad-Cat 1]

Yep thanks it works a treat now... thanks niceway of doing it although i have no idea how the link links them