Automatic frame generation from Group Items

Andre_Weber · February 5, 2017, 3:03pm

Hi,

I am try to generate a sitemap. I would like to present a frame. Inside of the frame I want to show all switches from a specific group. Is this possible?

maetz · February 5, 2017, 5:40pm

Hi,

sure this is possible. Put all items in the specific group 1, 2, 3 …:
http://docs.openhab.org/configuration/items.html

itemtype itemname ["labeltext"] [<iconname>] [(group1, group2, ...)] [["tag1", "tag2", ...]] [{bindingconfig}]

and use the group in the sitemap. Or use frames for more flexibility:
http://docs.openhab.org/configuration/sitemaps.html

github.com

openhab/openhab-distro/blob/e1074370969c75dd048eb11f695448926915a2da/features/distro-resources/src/main/resources/sitemaps/demo.sitemap

sitemap demo label="Main Menu"
{
	Frame {
		Group item=gFF label="First Floor" icon="firstfloor"
		Group item=gGF label="Ground Floor" icon="groundfloor"
		Group item=gC label="Cellar" icon="cellar"
		Group item=Garden icon="garden"
	}
	Frame label="Weather" {
		Text item=Weather_Temperature valuecolor=[Weather_LastUpdate=="NULL"="lightgray",Weather_LastUpdate>90="lightgray",>25="orange",>15="green",>5="orange",<=5="blue"] {
			Frame {
				Text item=Weather_Temp_Max valuecolor=[>25="orange",>15="green",>5="orange",<=5="blue"]
				Text item=Weather_Temp_Min valuecolor=[>25="orange",>15="green",>5="orange",<=5="blue"]
				Text item=Weather_LastUpdate visibility=[Weather_LastUpdate>30] valuecolor=[Weather_LastUpdate>120="orange", Weather_LastUpdate>300="red"]
			}
			Frame {
				Switch item=Weather_Chart_Period label="Chart Period" icon="chart" mappings=[0="Hour", 1="Day", 2="Week"]
				Chart item=Weather_Chart period=h refresh=600 visibility=[Weather_Chart_Period==0, Weather_Chart_Period=="NULL"]
				Chart item=Weather_Chart period=D refresh=3600 visibility=[Weather_Chart_Period==1]
				Chart item=Weather_Chart period=W refresh=3600 visibility=[Weather_Chart_Period==2]

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Andre_Weber · February 5, 2017, 7:03pm

Thanks for the swift response,

I already put items in Groups

Switch Licht_Waschkueche_Decke_Schalten							"Licht Waschküche Decke schalten" (Waschkueche,Licht,Schalten) { knx="1/1/0+1/5/0" }
Switch Licht_Chillerzimmer_Decke_Schalten						"Licht Chillerzimmer Decke schalten" (Chillerzimme,Licht,Schalten) { knx="1/1/12+1/5/12" }
Switch Licht_Flur_2OG_Decke_Schalten							"Licht 2.OG Decke schalten" (Flur_2OG,Licht,Schalten) { knx="1/1/25+1/5/25" }

Then, in the sitemap I want to show all items in Group “Licht” in a frame without name all expliciet.

sitemap _default label="Test" {
        Frame item=Licht

But in the Frame “Licht” appearing no items. I don’t want to show them in a group on my site.
Is this possible?

Andre_Weber · February 7, 2017, 6:27am

Does anybody has an idea? Sure, I can add all items by hand. But I like the programing way

Dim · February 7, 2017, 6:46am

Frame {
	Group item=Licht
}

Andre_Weber · February 7, 2017, 6:57am

Then, I getting a group as a collection of all Items “Licht”. I want to have all Items from group “Licht” in a frame. Without any grouping in the UI.

Dim · February 7, 2017, 6:59am

oops … ok
Does your sitemap file contain any other info?
If not, add the closing curly bracket:

sitemap _default label="Test" {
        Frame item=Licht
}

I will test it on my system also and let you know… edit: it didn’t work

Andre_Weber · February 7, 2017, 7:02am

Yes, I have the curly brackets and just simplified with these only three lines. Unfortunately its not working :-(. But thanks for testing on your System.

Dim · February 7, 2017, 7:05am

something is not right…
I am still trying to get it to work but I can’t seem to make it happen…

I tried several combos… Maybe it’s because I am still at the first cup of coffee…

I will inject some more caffeine into my system, try again and let you know

Dim · February 7, 2017, 8:08am

Nope… I got close, but no cigar…

Tried:

i) Frame item=gGF
ii) Frame item=gGF { Text label="Test" }

It works like:

Frame { Group item=gGF }

It also works with a simple item (not a group):

Frame item=WU_Temp

Conclusion: You can’t use Group Item Types in the Frame element.

I will open up an issue in the docs.openhab.org to make note of this in http://docs.openhab.org/configuration/sitemaps.html#element-type-frame

Kai · February 7, 2017, 8:23am

This is not possible, but there is a PR that tried to implement such a feature. If you are interested in it, you can try to revive it