Dimming from Software Remote

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Snijdor
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Dimming from Software Remote

Post by Snijdor »

Since a couple of days i'm trying to get my X10 modules configured with Housebot, it's going well but...

I use a CM11a interface with a LM12 lamp module. With the direct X10 commands 'bright' and 'dim' I'm able to control the dimming from the Software Remote, but every time I touch the button I got the error:



Unable to find image inidicator for property value [Bright]



The dimming is working and I can't make any sense from this error. Nothing appears also in the error log.



Any help is appreciated!



Thnks!
Timoh
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Dimming

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My guess is that you have an indicator type control in your theme. The image the indicator displays is tied to a property of your device. So if the lamp module power state is on, display image 1. If lamp lamp module power state is off, display image 2. (Both images actually reside in the same file and Housebot either displays the left or right half of the file in the case of two states.)



If the file is missing, I suspect you will get this issue. Or Maybe if you specified a 3rd image for a file that only has two been divided into two images.



If you have no indicator controls in your theme, then you might have a wayard control hidden somewhere on the panel. My solution for this is usually to edit the theme xml file and remove the control for that device and recreate it with the theme editor if necessary.



Tim
Snijdor
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Post by Snijdor »

Thank you Tim for your quick response.



My question has been answered! I had an On and Off button for the lamp with an on/off indicator and I tried to add an additional Dim and Bright button for the same lamp, wich is not possible.

Makes perfectly sense, in retrospect of course.



Erik
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