full devices reset

[powisquare]

Nearly there with the migration ..

Is it ok to use older device files or do they get updated from time to time?

Now that a fresh openLuup is up and running and connected to Zway where's the best place to source device files without vera? I probably have them on another openLuup install but not 100% which ones to copy over.

[rafale77]

If you started from a verabridge, I think verabridge had a function to download all of the device files and move them to the cmh-ludl/files folder. If not you can manually copy them over from that same location in the vera (etc/cmh-ludl) though they are compressed and you would have to decompress them. I think if you download them from UI7 on your browser, the vera actually decompresses them.

If needed, I can dump my device files folder on github for you to pick from. It could be of interest since I have created a few new ones for devices the vera did not support but exist on other platforms... vents, fans, pressure sensors....

[akbooer]

Do you have any specific devices in mind? openLUup now has the capability to synthesise some of the basic device files, but anything more exotic needs the actual files. Plugins, of course, download their own when you install the from the Alt App Store.

[powisquare]

Good idea - especially for folk who don't have a vera. May even be nice to have some sort of 'skins' repository where people could lodge their creations.

Main missing devices are SRT thermostat/popp smoke. My other install has over 300 files in cmh-ludl/file all dated 2018 - just don't know which ones are needed. Do they get updated?

[akbooer]

@powisquare said in XMLs & jsons without vera:

Do they get updated?

Very rarely, I would say. The useful thing about device files, and service files, especially those for child devices of a plugin, is that they do remain pretty static. This allows third-party apps the handlethose devices reliably. Plugin code files change more often as implementations are improved and updated.

[rafale77]

@powisquare

alright I just posted a dump of my files and icons folders.

Edit: upon further considerations, I think you should get the files from your updated vera. They indeed almost never get updated. What I will post though are the additional device files I created.

[powisquare]

Very cool - thank you