Homeseer Virtual Device Control

Questions
#1

I have a Homeseer Virtual device that control/reports the status of my garage door. In homeseer I have the device setup woth buttons that when I press open it opens the door.

I have added homeseer to my home remote setup. I see the virtual device. I add the device to a group (to be used with a device browser.

When I use the remote. I goto the device browser. The tile properly reports the garage door status. When I click the tile to open or close the virtual device nothing happens.

What changes do i need to do to control this virtual device?

#2

You need to configure the DataAction in the Tile’s Clicked event to set either HSStatus or HSValue. Every HomeSeer virtual device is different. You’ll have to log into the HomeSeer web interface to find the available commands & values.

#3

I need to create a custom tile for this correct?

#4

You probably should. I’d copy-paste an existing one & use that as a starting point.

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#6

Below is what I am seeing:

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I am not having any success modifying the tile

#7

You need to update your Device references in the Devices folder so they use the new tile. And don’t forget to reconfigure the new Tile’s Clicked Action. You need to update it so it sets HSValue to 0 for Open, to 100 for Closed. Or you can probably use HSStatus Open/Closed. Try both. The file you copied may have Conditions, don’t foget to update those too. Or maybe even delete them at first. Simplify, your approach. Take this 1 step at a time. Just set up the button the Tile to Open at 1st. Once you’ve got that working, then you can focus on adding Close actions.

#8

I tried adding a condition but that didn’t work. How do you update the HSvalue?

#9

You need set the Binding & Value properties on the DataAction. Delete all existing DataActions. Add a new one that looks like this. It should send the Open command when you click the Tile.

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