Beginner question - show dimmer percent in sitemap?

Setup, Configuration and Use Beginners
1

Really basic question, but I can’t seem to figure it out.

I have a dimmer switch (insteonPLM binding) that is in my items file like this:

Dimmer KitchenUCWest "Under Counter West" <light> (kitchen) [ "Lighting" ] {insteonplm="14.9B.E6:F00.00.01#dimmer"}

and my sitemap file looks like this:

sitemap default label="Main" {
    Frame label="Kitchen" {
        Slider item=KitchenUCWest label="Counter (west)"
    }
}

How can I get the brightness percentage to show up in the sitemap label?

2

Hello John

You have to edit your item Label:

> Dimmer KitchenUCWest "Under Counter West [%d]" <light> (kitchen) [ "Lighting" ] {insteonplm="14.9B.E6:F00.00.01#dimmer"}

Regards
Michael

3

I tried that, but it doesn’t work.

Dimmer KitchenUCWest "Under Counter West [%d]" <light> (kitchen) [ "Lighting" ] {insteonplm="14.9B.E6:F00.00.01#dimmer"}

and sitemap

sitemap default label="Main" {
    Frame label="Kitchen" {
        Slider item=KitchenUCWest
    }
}

And here’s what it looks like:

4

Have you tried [%d %%]? You can try this either in the item label definition or in the sitemap label definition.

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5

Yes, that does not work either. Could it be an issue with insteonPLM ?

6

No, this is strictly a BasicUI/sitemap issue. The slider is showing the Item has a state.

But just to verify you can put the Item on your sitemap as a Text Item . That should show the Dimmer value as a number as everything is defined above. If it works as a Text Item but not the slider that means there might be something wrong with the Slider control element.

7

OK, so it does not seem to be getting put into the label

here’s my updated sitemap (with just ‘text’)

        Text item=KitchenUCWest
        Text item=KitchenUCWest label="KUCW [%d %%]"

And here’s what it looks like:

8

Actually it is. That is where that 43% on the right is coming from.

9

Ah, so it’s a problem with the slider? It sure would be nice to have a slider that showed the percent!

10

I’ve not used sliders. I don’t know if this is a big or working as designed. You can try a setpoint.

11

I had exactly the same problem.

My sitemap:

Text item=KNX_GV_Living_Screen_9_1_0
Slider item=KNX_GV_Living_Screen_9_1_0 label="Screen living [%d %%]"

The text item shows the percentage correctly. The slider-item does not. I would like to avoid having 2 items for showing and changing the percentage.

The solution I’ve found (thanks to LarsK) was to use the switch functionality in the sitemap.

12

THere probably still isn’t a way to get the percentage value shown next to a slider? Just using a different control isn’t really a solution from my point of view. I want to control my roller shutters with a slider to set them to the preferred percentage value, and not just have three buttons. For me, the slider is much more convinient than a setpoint.

Also, it would be great if the percentage value was updated/shown while sliding the slider, but I guess that’s not going to happen? :slight_smile:

EDIT: In the browser I can actually see the percentage, once it’s set. Not in the Android app though.