Luup Configuration File - Revision history

Javier: Category:Development

2010-04-13T05:04:44Z

Category:Development

LibraSun at 15:35, 3 August 2009

2009-08-03T15:35:52Z

Micasaverde: New page: Often times plugins need configuration data that is unique to each user. Generally I/O devices will have configuration data, such as the IP address if it's a network device, the baud rate...

2009-06-12T16:51:16Z

New page: Often times plugins need configuration data that is unique to each user. Generally I/O devices will have configuration data, such as the IP address if it's a network device, the baud rate...

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Often times plugins need configuration data that is unique to each user. Generally I/O devices will have configuration data, such as the IP address if it's a network device, the baud rate and port number for a serial device, and the i/r transmitter to use. This configuration data is never written into your plugin since that would mean the plugin needed to be modified for each user. Rather, the plugin defines what type of configuration data it needs, and the Luup user interface let's the user specify this information, which gets saved in the Luup configuration file.

You can view your configuration file by opening your web browser and going to the page: http://myip:49451/data_request?id=user_data&output_format=xml where "myip" is the IP address of your Vera. Use the Firefox web browser since it has a built-in XML viewer. Alternatively you can change the 'xml' at the end to 'json' to view the configuration file in it's native JSON format, and the web site [http://jsonlint.com/ jsonlint.com] will format the JSON data nicely so it's easy to read.

Vera's web-based user interface is the normal way the user specifies configuration data. When the user goes to the 'devices' tab and adds a device, specifies what room it's in along with other options like the IP address, baud rate, etc., this is all stored in the configuration file. The configuration file also stores the current value of the UPnP Variables, like the status of a light switch being on or off. Your Luup plugin has access to all the data in the configuration file.

The configuration file also contains any other user-specific information, like the list of rooms, users, scenes, events, timers, location, and so on.

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	Plugins often need configuration data that is unique to each user. Generally I/O devices will have configuration data, such as the IP address if it's a network device, the baud rate and port number for a serial device, or the IR transmitter to use. This configuration data is never written into your plugin since that would mean having to modify the plugin for each user. Rather, the plugin defines what type of configuration data it needs, and the Luup user interface lets the user specify this information, which gets saved in the Luup configuration file.		Plugins often need configuration data that is unique to each user. Generally I/O devices will have configuration data, such as the IP address if it's a network device, the baud rate and port number for a serial device, or the IR transmitter to use. This configuration data is never written into your plugin since that would mean having to modify the plugin for each user. Rather, the plugin defines what type of configuration data it needs, and the Luup user interface lets the user specify this information, which gets saved in the Luup configuration file.

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-Often times plugins need configuration data that is unique to each user.  Generally I/O devices will have configuration data, such as the IP address if it's a network device, the baud rate and port number for a serial device, and the i/r transmitter to use.  This configuration data is never written into your plugin since that would mean the plugin needed to be modified for each user.  Rather, the plugin defines what type of configuration data it needs, and the Luup user interface let's the user specify this information, which gets saved in the Luup configuration file.
+Plugins often need configuration data that is unique to each user. Generally I/O devices will have configuration data, such as the IP address if it's a network device, the baud rate and port number for a serial device, or the IR transmitter to use. This configuration data is never written into your plugin since that would mean having to modify the plugin for each user. Rather, the plugin defines what type of configuration data it needs, and the Luup user interface lets the user specify this information, which gets saved in the Luup configuration file.
-You can view your configuration file by opening your web browser and going to the page: http://myip:49451/data_request?id=user_data&output_format=xml where "myip" is the IP address of your Vera.  Use the Firefox web browser since it has a built-in XML viewer.  Alternatively you can change the 'xml' at the end to 'json' to view the configuration file in it's native JSON format, and the web site [http://jsonlint.com/ jsonlint.com] will format the JSON data nicely so it's easy to read.
+You can view your configuration file by opening your web browser and going to the page: <br>http://''myip'':49451/data_request?id=user_data&amp;output_format=xml <br>where "''myip''" is the IP address of your Vera. We recommend using the Firefox web browser since it has a built-in XML viewer. Alternatively you can change the 'xml' at the end to 'json' to view the configuration file in it's native JSON format, and the web site [http://jsonlint.com/ jsonlint.com] will format the JSON data nicely so it's easy to read.
-Vera's web-based user interface is the normal way the user specifies configuration data.  When the user goes to the 'devices' tab and adds a device, specifies what room it's in along with other options like the IP address, baud rate, etc., this is all stored in the configuration file.  The configuration file also stores the current value of the UPnP Variables, like the status of a light switch being on or off.  Your Luup plugin has access to all the data in the configuration file.
+Vera's web-based user interface is the normal way the user specifies configuration data. When the user goes to the 'Devices' tab and adds a device, specifies what room it's in along with other options like the IP address, baud rate, etc., this is all stored in the configuration file. The configuration file also stores the current value of the UPnP variables, like the status of a light switch being on or off. Your Luup plugin has access to all the data in the configuration file.
 The configuration file also contains any other user-specific information, like the list of rooms, users, scenes, events, timers, location, and so on.