My fireplaces are controlled by a DigitalOutputEx.
My keypads are Lutron HomeWorks; I have several keypad buttons that turn on the fireplaces.
I used to have some home level objects setup using Commands to keep the state of the fireplace and the LED on the keypad buttons in sync. I also had an OnTriggerChanged handler on my keypad buttons (home level) to set the relay state. It worked. But it was sloppy because I couldn't move the home level objects around (and I'm redoing my Lutron interface and I've already deleted all the old stuff :0).
What I'd really like to do is create a new Device class that holds connections to BOTH the relay AND the underlying HWI_Button (device level).
Ideally, this class would hold ONE reference to a DigitalOutputEx and MULTIPLE references to HWI_Buttons. This is because in one room I have 4 keypads with "Fireplace" buttons on them for a single fireplace.
But I can't figure out how to create such a Device class. I figure I have two choices: Either have it contain ObjectReference properties or make it hold Object Containment references.
In either case, I have no idea how to hook the bindings up between the properties of the underlying devices.
I want to wire DigitalOutputEx.State to HWI_Button.Status (and change the value of HWI_Button.ForceLED appropriately).
I want to wire HWI_Button.Trigger up to an event handler that will toggle DigitalOutputEx.State when it triggers.
Is this even possible? How would I do it?
Thanks.
My keypads are Lutron HomeWorks; I have several keypad buttons that turn on the fireplaces.
I used to have some home level objects setup using Commands to keep the state of the fireplace and the LED on the keypad buttons in sync. I also had an OnTriggerChanged handler on my keypad buttons (home level) to set the relay state. It worked. But it was sloppy because I couldn't move the home level objects around (and I'm redoing my Lutron interface and I've already deleted all the old stuff :0).
What I'd really like to do is create a new Device class that holds connections to BOTH the relay AND the underlying HWI_Button (device level).
Ideally, this class would hold ONE reference to a DigitalOutputEx and MULTIPLE references to HWI_Buttons. This is because in one room I have 4 keypads with "Fireplace" buttons on them for a single fireplace.
But I can't figure out how to create such a Device class. I figure I have two choices: Either have it contain ObjectReference properties or make it hold Object Containment references.
In either case, I have no idea how to hook the bindings up between the properties of the underlying devices.
I want to wire DigitalOutputEx.State to HWI_Button.Status (and change the value of HWI_Button.ForceLED appropriately).
I want to wire HWI_Button.Trigger up to an event handler that will toggle DigitalOutputEx.State when it triggers.
Is this even possible? How would I do it?
Thanks.
