Are "Virtual Device Variables" and "On Change" Still Supported?

[Ron (Ron L)]

Does the current version of HR still support the use of Virtual Device Variables ? Likewise, do any of the variables still have “On Change” functionality? What I recall as of about a year or so ago was that Device Object variables did not have “On Change” option, so I created a Virtual Device Variable to “mirror” the Device Object variable. Virtual Device variables at that time still had a “On Change” function which allowed me to trigger a script anytime the variable changed.

Today, with the current version of HR, it seems my Virtual Device variable is still triggering a script (I see my mqtt updating) but I cannot find the script anywhere.

[bill (Bill Venhaus)]

They are still supported. If you enable the “Is Legacy” Advanced Setting you should be able to see & edit those scripts.

Going forward it’s recommended that you use Scenes instead of ValueChanged.

Scenes in 3.10.0

There’s a new Scenes feature in the 3.10.0 release. The same sets of “Actions” that were previously only available to XAML pages can now be created outside of that context in a convenient folder. These scenes can be triggered to run either manually or automatically. 1. Manual You can create buttons or device tiles that execute scenes. Scenes are much like device objects, they can be assigned both a TileTemplate & a DetailsTemplate. In terms of control, they are all automatically given the Sc…

[Ron (Ron L)]

That did the trick (checking Legacy). Made my changes and then unchecked it again and saved the project. Regarding “Scenes”, I still have not got to where I fully understand how and where to use them. I will go back and look at the example and see if I can migrate my needs over to that.

Thanks for the quick response.