Caution

This is the documentation for the current development branch of the CometVisu. It is possible that some of the described features are not yet available in the current release.

Also there might be lots of errors in this documentation as some parts of the content have been translated by an online translation service.

Widgets in the CometVisu

Widgets are the individual elements from which a CometVisu ​​site Is constructed. These can either be fixed in the CometVisu Can be installed or integrated via a plug-in interface. The Widgets can be added by the editor. (Right click on the Element to receive a widget. A page or a Group (group). By selecting the widget from the drop-down menu and Then the widget is inserted and clicked on the + sign Can be configured as follows;

Operable widgets

These widgets can be operated in any way to send data to the backend or trigger other actions, e.g. you can switch on a lamp by clicking a switch-widget, or you can navigate withon the visu with a Pagejump.

Widget	Description
Audio	With this widget, an audio file can be integrated into the visu, which can be played by an address.
ColorChooser	Color selection for RGB illumination.
Designtoggle	Adds a button to the visu that allows you to change the design.
ImageTrigger	Adds a clickable symbol to the visu. This may be e.g. for reminders such as birthdays or garbage collection.
InfoAction	Enables the combination of an illustrative and usable widgets.
InfoTrigger	Adds an element to the visu that contains two buttons and a value indication for feedback from the BUS. (E.g. for multimedia control.
Multitrigger	Adds a widget with 4 buttons to the visu. Thus, e.g. change the operating mode of the heating system (Comfort -> Night -> Absent -> Frost protection) or create scene functions.
Pagejump	The pagejump widget can be used to link the visu pages. The function is similar to hyperlinks.
PushButton	Adds a button to the visu that sends a defined value to the BUS when you press and release. E.g. pushing a 1 and releasing a 0. This makes it possible, for example, to simulate a push button to open and close a garage door, blinds or blinds.
Refresh	With the widget refresh, the visu shows a switch, which allows the visu to reload the displayed data.
Reload	With the reload widget, the visu shows a switch, which allows to reload the full visu in the browser.
Slide	Adds a horizontal slider to the visu. This can be used, for example, to dim a light or change temperature values.
Switch	Adds a button to the visu. Switching actions can be triggered. The switch is typically used for ON/OFF actions (e.g. light or power sockets).
Toggle	The toggle widget is similar to the switch, but it can take more than two states. Can be used to change the operating modes of the heating system. Each time the toggle is pressed, the toggle takes the next possible state.
Trigger	Adds a button to the visu with which exactly a defined value for a short, as well as a defined value for a long key pressure, can be sent to the BUS, e.g. for recalling and storing scenes or driving roller blinds. (Short = stop, long = drive). The address for short and long term may vary.
URL-trigger	The UrlTrigger widget adds a button to the visualization that queries data from a URL in the background.
Badge	The NotificationCenterBadge Widget shows the current number of messages in the notification center and opens the center when you click on it.

Informative widgets

These widgets have a purely informative function, an operation is not possible.

Widget	Description
Image	Adds a static image or a live camera image to the visu.
Info	Adds a dynamic field to the visu that can represent values from the BUS (e.g. 14-byte text or temperature measurements).
Line	Adds a horizontal line to the visu to divide the display into individual areas.
RGB	With the RGB widget you can display a colour in the visu.
Roundbar	With the roundbar widget, the visu shows a round bar or indicator, which displays the value of one or more values graphically.
Text	Adds a static text field to the visu.
Video	Adds a video or live stream to the visu. Currently, most sources do not support this yet.
Web	Adds an area to the visu, where external websites can be displayed.
WG_Plugin_Info	Adds an dynamic field to the visu that shows live information from a WireGate plugin.

Other widgets

Widget	Description
Break	Adds a line break to the visu.
Group	With group, widgets can be grouped together. The group can be given a size via “layout”.
Include	Allows you to split the visu_config.xml into multiple files and re-merge the parts using include.
Navbar	With the widget navbar, you can add a navigation menu to the entire visu. The menu can be displayed on a page (top, bottom, left, right).
Page	Creates a new sub page and adds a corresponding link to the current page.

Widgets that can be included as plugin

These must be integrated in the meta area of the visu_config.xml before they can be used.

For example:

<plugins>
    <plugin name="diagram" />
    <plugin name="strftime" />
</plugins>

Widget	Description
Clock	Widget to display the time of an address.
Diagram	RRD based graphs.
Diagram_Info	Information display that opens a graph when you click on it.
Gauge	Pointer instrument.
Link	Add a simple clickable link that opens another website.
OpenweatherMap	Weather forecast
PowerSpectrum	Graph of the spectrum of a power source.
RSS	Display of RSS feed.
RSSlog	Interactive log based on RSS feed technology.
Speech	Uses the browsers built in text-to-speech engine to speak text.
Strftime	Display of the time in text form.
SVG	Demo plugin to show the integration of an interactive scalable vector graphic.
Timeout	Changes currently displayed page after some time of inactivity.
tr064	Router information, like Fritz!Box call lists, via TR-064.
UPNPController	UPNP Controller.

Hint

The calendarlist-plugin is not available any more, because it used an interface of the google calendar, that is not available anymore.