Virtual Device, calling other Virtual Device

[jonm 0]

Hi,

 

I am fairly new to Fibaro and the HC2.

 

i have the below setup;

 

Within a room i have a 'watch tv' button, when pressed this turns on the tv and sets it to hdmi. When this button is pressed i would like there to be some options;

 

Watch Sky - When pressed, calls up a 'sky' virtual device remote

Watch BTVision - When pressed, calls up a 'btvision' VD remote

Watch Kodi - When pressed, calls up a 'kodi' VD remote

Watch Bluray - When pressed, calls up a 'bluray' VD remote

 

Should the 'watch tv' VD have 4 x watch 'xxxx' buttons which when pressed call up a different virtual device (e.g. sky) If so how do i go about this?

 

Finally, is it possible for fibaro to call up a different app? E.G. when on the fibaro ipad/iphone app, can a button be assigned which calls up the sky+ app ( fb389824664411304:// )

 

Many Thanks,

 

Jon

 

[cag014 731]

I'm a little bit confused what exactly you're looking for...

Any how my suggestion is to create VD with four buttons. Each button should have its own code to activate wanted action,  no need to call another VD.

 

Or may be I just don't understand what you're trying to achieve.

[jonm 0]

Hi,

 

Thanks for the reply and sorry for the confusing post

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Hopefully this is clearer.

 

I would like to create a button called 'watch tv' this would turn the tv on and then give me 4 buttons with the option to 'watch sky' 'watch bt vision' 'watch kodi' 'watch bluray' 

 

Each of these buttons, once pressed would bring up a different virtual device with the relevent remote control buttons.

 

E.g.

 

When 'watch sky' is pressed it will bring up buttons to control the sky box: 1-9 keys, up, down, left, right, sky home etc

 

When 'watch bluray' is pressed it would display the buttons relevent to this device. play/pause/stop etc.

 

Thanks,

 

Jon

[jonm 0]

A completely different viewpoint would be to have the four different buttons 'watch sky' 'watch bt vision' 'watch kodi' 'watch bluray' 

 

When 'watch sky' is pressed it would;

 

Turn the tv on

Set the input to sky

Bring up the relevent remote with the sky buttons.

 

The issue i have with this; If i pressed 'watch sky' and then decided 5 minutes later to watch bt vision, by pressing the 'BT vision' button it would want to turn the tv 'on' when it is already on (causing the television to turn off)

 

 

Is this where a global variable could be used?

 

Many Thanks,

 

Jon

[fi-bar-oh 47]

A completely different viewpoint would be to have the four different buttons 'watch sky' 'watch bt vision' 'watch kodi' 'watch bluray'

When 'watch sky' is pressed it would;

Turn the tv on

Set the input to sky

Bring up the relevent remote with the sky buttons.

The issue i have with this; If i pressed 'watch sky' and then decided 5 minutes later to watch bt vision, by pressing the 'BT vision' button it would want to turn the tv 'on' when it is already on (causing the television to turn off)

Is this where a global variable could be used?

Many Thanks,

Jon

Yes variable... Eg you press TV then variable set to Mode = TV

Press sky then Mode = Sky

Do menu button + TV variable does a or button + Sky variable does b

[cag014 731]

Have an idea... you can create a VD which contents all buttons like any standard TV remote and to add  extra 4 buttons for Watch Sky.. blue-ray and etc.

In this case you will have all necessary functions for all equipment and TV on/off specific button, so on/off should be excluded from buttons action.

 

See attached picture. (For example you can replace the colorful buttons to yours)

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