CBPi4 Grouped Actor Plugin

This Actor plugin can be used to group up to 8 actors into on actor

Group multiple actors into one actor

• This plugin allows to group up to 8 actors into one actor
• If the Grouped Actor is switched on, all actors that belong to the group will be switched on
• If the power is changed for the grouped actor, all actors that belong to the group will be set to the same power

Installation:

You can install it directly via pypi.org:

• sudo pip3 install cbpi4-GroupedActor

Alternativeley you can install (or clone) it from the GIT Repo. In case of updates, you will find them here first:

• sudo pip3 install https://github.com/avollkopf/cbpi4-GroupedActor/archive/main.zip

Parameters:

• Actor 1-8: Actors can be added to the group

Usage:

• You can add individual Actors to your dashboard
• Add the grouped Actor to your dashboard and enable actions to set power for the actor group
• The example below shows the grouped actor and the two actors that are in the group:

• If you click on the grouped actor button, both actors in the group will be switched on.

• If you click on the action menu of the grouped actor (3 dots on the right), the actions menu will be opend to set the power

• If you choose 'Set Power', the corresponding dialog will open and you can set the power for the grouped actor. Hit save.

• Once you saved the power setting, the power of the grouped actor and the actors from the group are set to the entered value.

The grouped actor can be alo used in the Kettle Logic plugins that use power settings (e.g. PIDBoil,...)

Changelog:

• 11.05.22: (0.0.5) Updated README (removed cbpi add)
• 07.02.22: (0.0.4) Removal of duplicated mqtt messages
• 06.02.22: (0.0.3) Some minor fixes
• 26.11.21: (0.0.2) Added power settings to the grouped actor and created README
• 23.07.21: (0.0.1) Initial commit