Item not showing in sitemap, but in GUI setup it works well

norbert_jordan · February 23, 2023, 10:40am

Hi all,
i’m struggling for some days already to make my wind-direction item work and show the direction as a string. I’m using the Jeelink binding that provides my angle in degree.

I’m using a scale tranformation i found here in the community. from the screenshot it looks like it should.

[0..11.25] = N
]11.25..33.75] = NNE
]33.75..56.25] = NE
]56.25..78.75] = ENE
]78.75..101.25] = E
]101.25..123.75] = ESE
]123.75..146.25] = SE
]146.25..168.75] = SSE
]168.75..191.25] = S
]191.25..213.75] = SSW
]213.75..236.25] = SW
]236.25..258.75] = WSW
]258.75..281.25] = W
]281.25..303.75] = WNW
]303.75..326.25] = NW
]326.25..348.75] = NNW
]348.75..360] = N
[..] = Unknown Value
NaN="N/A"

I now did add the wind-dir to the items.

Text item=NG5_JeelinkOutsideTX22_WindStrength
Text item=NG5_JeelinkOutsideTX22_WindDIR
Text item=NG5_JeelinkOutsideTX22_WindAngle

but the result is as follows, does not show any Wind-Dir information.
Any idea what i did wrong? Many Thanks! Norbert

Here my item configuraton:

rlkoshak · February 23, 2023, 2:25pm

I don’t think the Scale transform works with units and your Item is a Number:Angle meaning it’s value isn’t 315, it’s 315 °. You’ll either need to make this Item a plain Number Item and lose the units, or do the transform using the SCRIPT transformation.

norbert_jordan · February 23, 2023, 5:23pm

Thannks a lot for your idea and the feedback.

But how can the SCALE work within the item showing up in the config/setup GUI. but not in the sitemap?
I also changed the angle item to simply number, the scaling still works fine but the sitemap does not show anything useful.

rlkoshak · February 23, 2023, 6:04pm

You don’t actually show how you are applying the transform. State description metadata? Item label? Text file or UI?

norbert_jordan · February 23, 2023, 8:32pm

the scaling information is a scale file in the transform folder, the rest is done in the GUI.

rlkoshak · February 23, 2023, 8:36pm

OK, so you are using the SCALE as a profile. What about the Item’s State Description pattern?

norbert_jordan · February 23, 2023, 8:41pm

to be honest, i have no clue what these pattern are used/required for. so not set at all.

rlkoshak · February 23, 2023, 9:11pm

Pattern is the same as what you would fill out for the label in a .items file between the [] (e.g. [%s]). Try entering something appropriate there.

norbert_jordan · February 23, 2023, 9:16pm

yes thanks. the %s in pattern did bring light inty my sitemap.
not totally clear to me why other items just work without any pattern, and this scaled item needs to know the pattern.

But thanks a lot for your patience!!!

rlkoshak · February 23, 2023, 9:25pm

There’s usually a default and that default is often pushed by the binding at link time. But by applying the profile the pattern pushed by the profile is no longer valid because the Item type is different. The binding probably pushed %d ° which, of course, is nonsense for a String Item.