[APP] Better logic / Variable management

rtna

MarcoWijk said:

0.9.12 works like a charm! 

Same over here. Problem solved I guess.

kriebelkous

Thanks for the quick fix!

LJSVV

Uranday said:

Update is finished. Took a bit longer because I was afk

Thanks!! 

G4nd41f

Problem solved. Thanks!

TWELLOCITY

hallo, de berekeningen kloppen niet altijd, ik gebruik better logic om een lamp te dimmen, maar de dimmer verwacht alleen 2 cijfers achter de comma 0.00-1.00 . wanneer ik 0.05 increment doe of decrement krijg je een getal in mn variabele van 8 cijfer achter de comma bv . 0.499999999. daarmee kan ik niet dimmen.er komt een foutmelding.
dit was al voor  de laatste updates. het zou heel fijn zijn als u hier tijd hebt om er aan te werken.

caseda

@TWELLOCITY
dit is inderdaad iets dat al heel lang speelt, schijnbaar zeer moeilijk op te vangen, ook de homey logic (in gebouwde) kaarten hebben hier last van, je kan het zelf opvangen door de waarde zelf af te ronden:

round(WAARDE * 100) / 100

This is indeed something that is there for a long time, even the buildin logic cards of homey have this problem.
je can catch it yourself by rounding it yourself: 

round(VALUE * 100) / 100

Hedzer

hi Patrick, first of all thanks for the great app and the effort you have put in. Can I ask you a favor with your next planned update ? When I create a device from BetterLogic the received json is not following the standard and as such I have to code around it which I prefer to avoid. All json devices report label with en =".." and/or nl = "..". Your variables also follow these standard, however the BL devices do not do this (see json below comparison of variable and device):

               \{\

            chart = stepLine;\

            decimals = 2;\

            enabled = 0;\

            label =             \{\

                en = "Volume Sonos kamer";\

            \};\

            name = "Volume Sonos kamer";\

            type = number;\

            units =             \{\

                en = Value;\

            \};\

            uri = "homey:app:net.i-dev.betterlogic";\

            uriObj =             \{\

                icon = "/app/net.i-dev.betterlogic/assets/icon.svg";\

                id = "net.i-dev.betterlogic";\

                name = "Better Logic";\

                type = app;\

            \};\

        \},\

                \{\

            chart = stepLine;\

            decimals = 2;\

            enabled = 0;\

            label = "Volume Sonos kamer";\

            name = dim;\

            type = number;\

            units = 0;\

            uri = "homey:device:5d0b686e-bf6b-411d-b075-646a5309dab4";\

            uriObj =             \{\

                icon = "/app/net.i-dev.betterlogic/assets/icon.svg";\

                id = "5d0b686e-bf6b-411d-b075-646a5309dab4";\

                meta =                 \{\

                    zoneName = "experimenteer lab";\

                \};\

                name = "Volume Sonos kamer";\

                type = device;\

            \};\

        \},\

micha35w

Is there some list where I can see the functions of better logic?

bvdbos

math.js works in Better Logic:
http://mathjs.org/docs/expressions/syntax.html

techniman

Is it possible to create an array in a better logic variable? 

MarcelKleine

caseda said:

@TWELLOCITY
dit is inderdaad iets dat al heel lang speelt, schijnbaar zeer moeilijk op te vangen, ook de homey logic (in gebouwde) kaarten hebben hier last van, je kan het zelf opvangen door de waarde zelf af te ronden:

round(WAARDE * 100) / 100

This is indeed something that is there for a long time, even the buildin logic cards of homey have this problem.
je can catch it yourself by rounding it yourself: 

round(VALUE * 100) / 100

I'm also having this issue increasing/decreasing sound on my Sonos, how do I apply ROUND to my BetterLogic variable? Not sure which card to use

MarcelKleine

MarcelKleine said:

caseda said:

@TWELLOCITY
dit is inderdaad iets dat al heel lang speelt, schijnbaar zeer moeilijk op te vangen, ook de homey logic (in gebouwde) kaarten hebben hier last van, je kan het zelf opvangen door de waarde zelf af te ronden:

round(WAARDE * 100) / 100

This is indeed something that is there for a long time, even the buildin logic cards of homey have this problem.
je can catch it yourself by rounding it yourself: 

round(VALUE * 100) / 100

I'm also having this issue increasing/decreasing sound on my Sonos, how do I apply ROUND to my BetterLogic variable? Not sure which card to use

Found something that works, using mathjs with ROUND. When my 'volume up' flow triggers and set the 'betterlogic' variable to something like 0,00000003 my second flow that set the volume  (triggered by 'a variable changed', in my case 'volume') I'm using the mathjs card to do the rounding of the variable before its passed to my Sonos system.

exiof

Can I do an "if" in Better Logic/Math.JS? I just want a value to increase until it reaches 1..

Its for a "slow" dimmer so I want increments of 0,05 until 1 but I need it for 3 lamps and they need to run so lap one starts before lamp 2 and 3 - and I want to integrate it into 1. flow instead of making 3 flows..

I was looking for a statement that just adds 0,05 if the number in the $variable$ is less than 1.. 

And then I want to run it until lamp1 => 1 and lamp2 => 1 and lamp3 => 1...

xAPPO

techniman said:

Is it possible to create an array in a better logic variable? 

+1

Uranday

xAPPO said:

techniman said:

Is it possible to create an array in a better logic variable? 

+1

Can you guys explain what you would want to do with it? I mean having an array does not do a lot without having some cards that do something with it... 

xAPPO

Uranday said:

Can you guys explain what you would want to do with it? I mean having an array does not do a lot without having some cards that do something with it... 

I'm new to Homey and trying to support my lighting system that uses arrays (actually objects but arrays would suffice) and I wanted to be able to pass these between functional blocks and maintain a state array and an ID mapping array too.

However .. you make an excellent point that without other capabilities in Homey to do the manipulation , it's a pointless feature, so let me withdraw this request, at least for the time being.

HomeyScript offers a possible solution although I'm not yet sure if I can read/write BL variables (or even Homey variables) from that.  I also have some problems with the asynch nature of the scripts, but as I said I'm quite new to Homey (and JS).  I will explore writing my own app too.

I'm anxious about the number of flows I have to create to achieve things that are related. BL helps a lot but the overall flow model seems flawed. Something like Node-RED would seem much better suited. I'm looking at hooking in/out of that too.

Great job with BL - many thanks for all the work you've put in on this and the ongoing helpful support.

D

OetAelse said:

Now i want to store time like 11:30 in a variable and use this as tag in a flow, is this possible?

I'd like to know if this is possible as well. Have tried using a BL-tag with a specific time in a time-based trigger, but to no avail. I guess this is more a question for Athom, but if someone knows a workaround for using time from a variable as a time for a trigger I'd love to read it here. ;-)

Amelsfort

Is it possible to change a variable without the corresponding BitFlip-device triggering flows?

I have several flows which are triggered by automatically (by movement, sun events, time, etc.) and can be triggered by using a BitFlip-device. When the flows are triggered, the BitFlip isn't changed so I can't see the current state in the app. But when I change the variable from the automatic flow, the device is triggering flows as well.

Although this might not seem like a problem (since the flow had to be triggered anyway), I have some flows where I want a distinction between automatically triggered and manually triggered. Currently, I just disable some flows when I set the variable and enable them afterwards, but it would be nice if I could change the variable without the device triggering (but have the device change according to the variable).

Maybe a new card: 'Change variable without trigger'?

CyberSponk

You (@Amelsfort) can handle this with a Number-Variable. For example BitFlip-Device On you need:

BitFlip-Device (Boolean)
Variable (Number)

You also need two Flows:
One Flow for the BitFlip-Device and a second Flow for doing things that Homey should do.

First Flow
When > BitFlip-Device turned On
And > Number-Variable is not 1
Then > Trigger second Flow

Second Flow
When > Flow is triggered
Then > Things that Homey should do and set Number-Variable to 1 and switch On BitFlip-Device after 3 seconds

3-Seconds-Delay: Tested it out and with 3 seconds it works perfect for me.

In that way you could trigger the Second Flow with the BitFlip-Device and from other Flows/Actions > The BitFlip-Device will shown (after 3 seconds) the correct state.

Count_B

I have added a bitflip device, but when I change the variable to false or true in Homey it isn't changing on my android app. Any ideas?

Count_B

Here a little more specific. I have created 2 flows, see below:



Now the first flow is working fine when I press the Bitlfip device on my mobile phone. The problem is that when I do a voice command the TV is turning on & off fine but the bitflip device is not changing. Although it is changing in the settings menu so it looks like the flow is correct. Maybe I miss something?

Edit: After a fresh reboot everything is working fine!

Seraphim

Uranday said:

MartijnDeRhoter said:

Change log or it didn't happen 

Also, how can I use a variable token from the When column in the Then part, when the variable hasn't changed?

Edit: doH! https://github.com/PatrickSannes/BetterLogic

You can not. I can see if this is possible to implement. Not sure though.

Hello everybody,

I have some flows where I would need the ability to check if a variable not changed. Are there any news on this? I haven't found something in the forum.

Regards
Seraphim

Uranday

Hi All,

After a very long and busy period I figured I need to put some time in the app again. Also, I still need to implement SDK2 to ensure you all can use the app when SDK1 gets abandonned. For now my to do list is:
- Implement SDK2
- Fix some bugs where the app could crash if a value was typed instead of selected
- Feature request: Whitelisting from LAN
- Feature request: API call for variable by name

If anyone has requests or bugs, please post them on github: https://github.com/PatrickSannes/BetterLogic/issues

Regards,
Patrick 

OetAelse

Is it possible to shift the content of an string variable to another string variable, e.g. content of T2  to T3, T1 to T2, T0 to T1?

angr

OetAelse said:

Is it possible to shift the content of an string variable to another string variable, e.g. content of T2  to T3, T1 to T2, T0 to T1?

Should be, by using Tags. All BetterLogic Variables have associated Tags, hence in a Then-statement use "Set String Variable", Name=T3 Value=<tag_of_T2>   

OetAelse

angr said:

OetAelse said:

Is it possible to shift the content of an string variable to another string variable, e.g. content of T2  to T3, T1 to T2, T0 to T1?

Should be, by using Tags. All BetterLogic Variables have associated Tags, hence in a Then-statement use "Set String Variable", Name=T3 Value=<tag_of_T2>   

Thanks, that did the trick! How could i forget about the tags ;-)

Spiritflyer

Hi all,

I'm totally new with Homey, just started yesterday. As a former Fibaro user I used a lot of variables in my scenes, that I now miss in Homey. So I really want to try this app.

I've stranded on the install.

I'm getting this error:

✓ Validating app...

✘ Homey App did not validate against level `debug`:

[

    {

        "keyword": "enum",

        "dataPath": ".flow.triggers[2].args[2].type",

        "schemaPath": "#/properties/args/items/oneOf/0/properties/type/enum",

        "params": {

            "allowedValues": [

                "text",

                "autocomplete",

                "device",

                "date",

                "time",

                "color"

            ]

        },

        "message": "should be equal to one of the allowed values"

    },

    {

        "keyword": "type",

        "dataPath": ".flow.triggers[2].args[2].step",

        "schemaPath": "#/properties/args/items/oneOf/1/properties/step/type",

        "params": {

            "type": "number"

        },

        "message": "should be number"

    },

    {

        "keyword": "enum",

        "dataPath": ".flow.triggers[2].args[2].type",

        "schemaPath": "#/properties/args/items/oneOf/2/properties/type/enum",

        "params": {

            "allowedValues": [

                "dropdown"

            ]

        },

        "message": "should be equal to one of the allowed values"

    },

    {

        "keyword": "oneOf",

        "dataPath": ".flow.triggers[2].args[2]",

        "schemaPath": "#/properties/args/items/oneOf",

        "params": {

            "passingSchemas": null

        },

        "message": "should match exactly one schema in oneOf"

    }

]

Not installing, please fix the validation issues first

Am I making a noob mistake?

Grtz and thx, Chris

Uranday

Spiritflyer said:

Hi all,

I'm totally new with Homey, just started yesterday. As a former Fibaro user I used a lot of variables in my scenes, that I now miss in Homey. So I really want to try this app.

I've stranded on the install.

I'm getting this error:

✓ Validating app...

✘ Homey App did not validate against level `debug`:

[

    {

        "keyword": "enum",

        "dataPath": ".flow.triggers[2].args[2].type",

        "schemaPath": "#/properties/args/items/oneOf/0/properties/type/enum",

        "params": {

            "allowedValues": [

                "text",

                "autocomplete",

                "device",

                "date",

                "time",

                "color"

            ]

        },

        "message": "should be equal to one of the allowed values"

    },

    {

        "keyword": "type",

        "dataPath": ".flow.triggers[2].args[2].step",

        "schemaPath": "#/properties/args/items/oneOf/1/properties/step/type",

        "params": {

            "type": "number"

        },

        "message": "should be number"

    },

    {

        "keyword": "enum",

        "dataPath": ".flow.triggers[2].args[2].type",

        "schemaPath": "#/properties/args/items/oneOf/2/properties/type/enum",

        "params": {

            "allowedValues": [

                "dropdown"

            ]

        },

        "message": "should be equal to one of the allowed values"

    },

    {

        "keyword": "oneOf",

        "dataPath": ".flow.triggers[2].args[2]",

        "schemaPath": "#/properties/args/items/oneOf",

        "params": {

            "passingSchemas": null

        },

        "message": "should match exactly one schema in oneOf"

    }

]

Not installing, please fix the validation issues first

Am I making a noob mistake?

Grtz and thx, Chris

What firmware version are you on? 

Uranday

Are you installing via the appstore? 

Spiritflyer

Ow how stupid of me, I was looking in the appstore under the wrong name.

I was trying to install it via Node, that didn't go well.
I now installed it via the Appstore.

Let's see if this will help me make some flows for my rollerblinds.

Tnx!