Issue with Button Contoller 3.0 and Capturing Device State

spremeau · July 7, 2019, 7:11pm

I am having an issue with a Button Controller 3.0 object when I am trying to capture device state when button 8 is held.

After I define what devices I want to capture, the interface doesn't go any further, but records enough information that the button 8 held action is no longer available to me as a new object, but not defined enough to show up on the list of buttons.

Is there a way to clear out this invalid information, without having to delete and recreate the entire app instance?

Settings

Name	Type	Value
sorted	bool	true
origLabel	text	Remotec
buttonDev	capability.pushableButton	Remotec
btnNo.2	enum	1
btnPH.2	enum	pushed
btnNo.3	enum	2
btnPH.3	enum	pushed
btnNo.4	enum	3
btnPH.4	enum	pushed
btnNo.5	enum	4
btnPH.5	enum	pushed
btnNo.6	enum	5
btnPH.6	enum	pushed
btnNo.7	enum	6
btnPH.7	enum	pushed
btnNo.8	enum	7
btnPH.8	enum	pushed
btnNo.9	enum	8
btnPH.9	enum	pushed
btnNo.10	enum	1
btnPH.10	enum	held
btnNo.11	enum	2
btnPH.11	enum	held
btnNo.12	enum	3
btnPH.12	enum	held
btnNo.13	enum	4
btnPH.13	enum	held
btnNo.14	enum	5
btnPH.14	enum	held
btnNo.15	enum	6
btnPH.15	enum	held
btnNo.16	enum	7
btnPH.16	enum	held
btnNo.18	enum	8
actType1.pushed.1	enum	Control Switches, Capture or Restore
actSubType1.pushed.1	enum	Toggle these switches
toggleSwitch1.pushed.1	capability.switch	Kitchen
actType1.held.2	enum	Set Dimmers
actSubType1.held.2	enum	Set these dimmers
dimA1.held.2	capability.switchLevel	Kitchen
dimLA1.held.2	text	100
actType2.pushed.3	enum	Control Switches, Capture or Restore
actSubType2.pushed.3	enum	Toggle these switches
toggleSwitch2.pushed.3	capability.switch	Chartreuse Room
actType2.held.4	enum	Set Dimmers
actSubType2.held.4	enum	Set these dimmers
dimA2.held.4	capability.switchLevel	Chartreuse Room
dimLA2.held.4	text	100
actType3.pushed.5	enum	Control Switches, Capture or Restore
actSubType3.pushed.5	enum	Toggle these switches
toggleSwitch3.pushed.5	capability.switch	Living Room
actType4.pushed.6	enum	Control Switches, Capture or Restore
actSubType4.pushed.6	enum	Toggle these switches
toggleSwitch4.pushed.6	capability.switch	Porch
actType5.pushed.7	enum	Control Switches, Capture or Restore
actSubType5.pushed.7	enum	Toggle these switches
toggleSwitch5.pushed.7	capability.switch	Dining
actType6.pushed.8	enum	Control Switches, Capture or Restore
actSubType6.pushed.8	enum	Toggle these switches
toggleSwitch6.pushed.8	capability.switch	Book Light
actType7.pushed.9	enum	Control Switches, Capture or Restore
actSubType7.pushed.9	enum	Toggle these switches
toggleSwitch7.pushed.9	capability.switch	Hallway
actType8.pushed.10	enum	Activate Scenes, Adjust Shades or Fans
actSubType8.pushed.10	enum	Activate scenes
sceneAct8.pushed.10	enum	["98"]
capture8.held.11	capability.switch	Chartreuse Room, Dining, Kitchen, Living Room, Porch
actType4.held.12	enum	Set Dimmers
actSubType4.held.12	enum	Set these dimmers
dimA4.held.12	capability.switchLevel	Porch
dimLA4.held.12	text	100
actType3.held.13	enum	Set Dimmers
actSubType3.held.13	enum	Set these dimmers
dimA3.held.13	capability.switchLevel	Living Room
dimLA3.held.13	text	100
actType5.held.14	enum	Set Dimmers
actSubType5.held.14	enum	Set these dimmers
dimA5.held.14	capability.switchLevel	Dining
dimLA5.held.14	text	100
actType6.held.15	enum	Set Dimmers
actSubType6.held.15	enum	Set these dimmers
dimA6.held.15	capability.switchLevel	Book Light
dimLA6.held.15	text	100
actType7.held.16	enum	Set Dimmers
actSubType7.held.16	enum	Set these dimmers
dimA7.held.16	capability.switchLevel	Hallway
dimLA7.held.16	text	100
capture8.held.17	capability.switch	Chartreuse Room, Dining, Kitchen, Porch
btnPH.18	enum	held
btnNo.19	enum	8

Event Subscriptions

Source	Event	Handler	Filter
Remotec	held.2	buttonHandler	true
Remotec	held.3	buttonHandler	true
Remotec	held.4	buttonHandler	true
Remotec	held.5	buttonHandler	true
Remotec	held.6	buttonHandler	true
Remotec	held.7	buttonHandler	true
Remotec	null.null	buttonHandler	true
Remotec	pushed.1	buttonHandler	true
Remotec	pushed.2	buttonHandler	true
Remotec	pushed.3	buttonHandler	true
Remotec	pushed.4	buttonHandler	true
Remotec	pushed.5	buttonHandler	true
Remotec	pushed.6	buttonHandler	true
Remotec	pushed.7	buttonHandler	true
Remotec	pushed.8	buttonHandler	true
Remotec	held.1	buttonHandler	true

Application State

Name	Value
actionDone	true
btnNos	[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8]
actions4.held	{12={wait=, modes={}, method=getSetDimmer}}
selectActionsParams	{name=8 held, thisStr=8.held}
actionList1.held	[2]
skipRepeatActions7.held	false
actionList7.held	[16]
actions5.held	{14={wait=, modes={}, method=getSetDimmer}}
repeating	{}
isExpert	false
doneButtonActions	false
maxButtons	32
capture	capture8.held.17
actLabelIndent
paramsDone	false
installedCapabs	[Polling, RelaySwitch, PushableButton, UltravioletIndex, IlluminanceMeasurement, TemperatureMeasurement, ReleasableButton, HoldableButton, Battery, Outlet, SwitchLevel, Initialize, Switch, ChangeLevel, Configuration, Thermostat, PressureMeasurement, Actuator, Sensor, Refresh, Light, RelativeHumidityMeasurement, DoubleTapableButton]
skipRepeatActions7.pushed	false
skipRepeatActions1.pushed	false
actionList6.held	[15]
actNdx	18
actions1.pushed	{1={wait=, modes={}, method=getToggleSwitch}}
actionList3.held	[13]
actions1.held	{2={wait=, modes={}, method=getSetDimmer}}
actionList2.pushed	[3]
actionList1.pushed	[1]
actions3.pushed	{5={wait=, modes={}, method=getToggleSwitch}}
actions2.pushed	{3={wait=, modes={}, method=getToggleSwitch}}
hasDevice
actions4.pushed	{6={wait=, modes={}, method=getToggleSwitch}}
actions7.held	{16={wait=, modes={}, method=getSetDimmer}}
actions2.held	{4={wait=, modes={}, method=getSetDimmer}}
actionList7.pushed	[9]
actions5.pushed	{7={wait=, modes={}, method=getToggleSwitch}}
actions6.pushed	{8={wait=, modes={}, method=getToggleSwitch}}
actions7.pushed	{9={wait=, modes={}, method=getToggleSwitch}}
actions8.pushed	{10={wait=, modes={}, method=getActivateScene}}
actions8.held	{}
actionList5.pushed	[7]
cstCmds	[]
actionList8.pushed	[10]
btnNdx	19
actionList4.pushed	[6]
actionList6.pushed	[8]
actionList8.held	[]
actionList4.held	[12]
actionList3.pushed	[5]
actionCancel	false
inRepeat	false
btnList	{1=[doubleTapped, released], 2=[doubleTapped, released], 3=[doubleTapped, released], 4=[doubleTapped, released], 5=[doubleTapped, released], 6=[doubleTapped, released], 7=[doubleTapped, released], 8=[doubleTapped, released]}
buttons	{11=2 held, 12=3 held, 13=4 held, 14=5 held, 15=6 held, 16=7 held, 19=, 2=1 pushed, 3=2 pushed, 4=3 pushed, 5=4 pushed, 6=5 pushed, 7=6 pushed, 8=7 pushed, 9=8 pushed, 10=1 held}
paramNdx	1
gettingButton	false
actionList5.held	[14]
actionList2.held	[4]
captureNot	capture8.held.17
skipRepeatActions1.held	false
actions6.held	{15={wait=, modes={}, method=getSetDimmer}}
first	true
actions3.held	{13={wait=, modes={}, method=getSetDimmer}}

Ryan780 · July 8, 2019, 7:15pm

You are going to capture them and then do what with that capture? The capture action is usually paired with a restore action. Did you also have a restore action within the same button press?

spremeau · July 8, 2019, 8:04pm

In retrospect, capture is probably not what I wanted to do, but the UI "broke" as I went down the path.

My question is more around what I can do to fix the issue -- so I can do anything with the button action -- without needing to delete the whole configuration and have to reset the 14+ other actions.

bravenel · July 8, 2019, 9:16pm

No, there is not. However, irrespective, instead of deleting everything you've got, just do button 8 held in another app instance, or in RM.

I've tested doing Capture and Restore in BC, and you are right that there is a bug with it. You can use Rule 4.0 as Button Controller, and it works fine there. We will fix BC 3.0 for next release.

spremeau · July 8, 2019, 11:59pm

Thanks. Any chance the fix will detect the configuration bits that did get created and clean up this issue (or allow the GUI to function well enough for me to do so)?

bravenel · July 9, 2019, 12:23am

See the pm I just sent you.