People have kindly posted UI widgets for solar power flow animations. And I was wondering if would be possible to do something similar in a regular sitemap. And the answer is definitely yes!
NOTE: it is important to know that OH sitemaps require .PNG icons; and fortunately the PNG format does support animated images.
My sitemap code is here…
Frame {
// top line
Text icon="none" label=""
Text item=Solar_DC_Power icon=[>0=arrowdowngreen, hourglass]
Text icon="none" label=""
// middle line
Text item=Battery_Charge_Power icon="arrowleftgreen" visibility=[>0]
Text item=Battery_Discharge_Power icon="arrowrightred" visibility=[<0]
Text item=Battery_Discharge_Power label="Battery (Dis)charge Power" icon="hourglass" visibility=[Battery_Charge_Power==0 AND Battery_Discharge_Power==0]
Text item=Inverter_System_Status_Code label="SOLAR INVERTER [status code: %d]" icon="inverter"
Text item=Electricity_Load_Power icon="arrowrightred"
// bottom line
Text icon="none" label=""
Text item=Electricity_Import_Power icon="arrowupred" visibility=[>0]
Text item=Electricity_Export_Power icon="arrowdowngreen" visibility=[<0]
Text item=Electricity_Export_Power label="Electricity Import/Export Power" icon="hourglass" visibility=[Electricity_Import_Power==0 AND Electricity_Export_Power==0]
Text icon="none" label=""
}
And the icons are here…