Device Status Tiles

[qoheleth]

Right. I’m thinking the same thing about getting daily data.
On [0] thing, I had some coding in the original piston to work the the 3 pm problem with [0], but I decided that using the current forecast instead just avoids that issue entirely. I do notice that, at times the current and today forecast are subtly different. You could have both, but keep in mind the second comment above about valid times.

[deergod1]

I’m using the light bulb tiles now and it keeps showing the wrong bulbs that are on. If i look at the log it keeps saying this: An error occurred while executing the event: java.lang.NullPointerException: Cannot invoke method hasCommand() on null object

I’m bumping this since the NullPointerException error still occurs with the Light Bulb and Light Switch Status Tiles. To define the problem first, the NullPointerException error occurs because the currentEventAttribute is not ‘tile’, it’s something coming from another device and so the variable TilePressDeviceID comes up out of bounds and you get the error. The fix is actually simple, check that currentEventAttribute is ‘tile’ before the check for a tile press and you’re good to go.

@MajorEvent is the man. Circling back on this old topic because the bug is still in the sample tiles for Lights and Switches (probably others). I spent about 3+ hours trying to track this down because my wife said the bedroom lights kept coming on, but I wasn’t touching those tiles. This is a pretty insidious bug because it is using the zero-based index of the device array to turn bulbs on and off. When it’s responding to a “tile” event, it’s not a problem, but for switch events, routines, buttons, and other things that can trigger this piston, it’s a big problem. Most of the time you just get the Java exception because it’s using an invalid index for the Bulb array. But sometimes, the event comes with a perfectly valid index for Bulb such as Level 1-n brightness (where n is 16 or less), which we use all the time in the late evening. Every time I would change a light to 1%, 2%, etc, my bedroom lights would turn on and off. Simple fix, to add a check for

{$currentEventAttribute} is 'tile'

You might also use a log statement like this to figure out what the hell is going on:

do Log info "{"type:" $currentEventAttribute " v:" $currentEventValue " device:" tilePressDeviceID"

Nothing against the great efforts here, because I love webCoRE, generally like hacking/coding, and really like effective home automation, but Jesus H. W. Christ. This wasted a whole lot of my time this evening.

Hoping to save someone from this coding horror when they think it’s going to take 20 minutes to add a few tiles, and they end up staying up until 4am chasing a ghost.

[Spyderturbo007]

I’m going to ask what’s probably the dumbest question in this thread. I found the wiki on Device tiles, was able to install a second webCoRE instance for the tiles and imported one that I liked for Presence Sensors. I edited the variables it prompted me to edit, but how to I actually view the tile?

[E_Sch]

in the webcore dashboard, the piston needs to be put into a category that allows/displays tiles.

The piston itself needs to issue set tile xxxx commands

[Spyderturbo007]

Whoa. Would you look at that! I would have never found that in a million years. Now I need to figure out how to get them into ActionTiles.

This is one hell of a learning curve, although I have to admit, it’s fun.

[LorenzenRobert]

Hey,

I am trying to get the presence tile piston working that you posted code for about 18 months ago. I only have one sensor on there right now, its a smartphone and it updates correctly in ST app but for some reason the tile never updates and the piston seems to not get any updates from the device. I have it posted Presence Tiles Code Seems To Work But Tile Still Says No Event

If you or someone who sees this could take a look it would be appreciated.

[tw1st3d7550]

You can’t get them into Action Tiles but you can create a tile in AT. It will be a “generic” tile that will only only show Present or Not Present.

[Spyderturbo007]

If that’s the case, what do people use the device status tiles for in webCoRe?

[WCmore]

what do people use the device status tiles for in webCoRe?

Here are a few examples from the Wiki.

Here are a few examples from this forum.