Install LUUP Plugins

HOWTO install LUUP plugins on your Vera.

Prerequisits

• Vera 1 or 2 hardware
• LUUP/LUA capable firmware version
• Locally available plugin files (downloaded in advance)

Intro

LUUP coded plugins can be used for a variety of tasks like creating scenes, virtual devices and even tweak your Vera to your own likes. Code is mainly discussed here [1]. Officially supported plugins are available here [2] This manual starts with the assumption you have downloaded the appropriate .json and .xml files to your harddisk.

Instructions

1. Open you vera UI4
2. Upload the files of the plugin you downloaded to your VERA box: 'MiOS Developers' -> 'Luup files' -> 'Upload files'.
3. Check 'Restart Luup after upload' (bottom of the page), click 'Go' and wait for Lua to restart.
4. Create a new Luup device with UpnpDevFilename D_<yourplugin>.xml.
5. Set the Description to whatever you want to name the device.
6. Restart the Lua engine several times to initialise the UPnP variables (curving arrows top right in your UI)
7. Make the appropriate LUUP variable settings as per directions for the creator of the plugin.

IMPORTANT: In some cases a power cycle/reboot of your vera is neccesary.

References

Official repository for plugins: http://code.mios.com

Alternative location (for now) [3]

Related forumthreads are here: http://forum.micasaverde.com/index.php?board=20.0 and http://forum.micasaverde.com/index.php?topic=6569.0