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| Re: Additional Channel Categories [message #1717624 is a reply to message #1717566] |
Tue, 15 December 2015 10:21   |
 Kai Kreuzer
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Chris, as explained above, the categories are currently only for functions, not for devices. So we won't need a category for "climate control", but instead for the functions that you name: heating mode, cooling mode, fan mode, fan speed.
For modes, I do not really see any useful category, though...
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| Re: Additional Channel Categories [message #1717689 is a reply to message #1717624] |
Tue, 15 December 2015 23:07 |
Chris Jackson
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Hi Kai,
Sorry - I didn't explain that well. I'm not talking about categories for devices - this is a single device that provides the multiple functions that I mentioned.
I don't think we can ever add enough categories to cover all functions of every device we might encounter. I'm happy if you want to add categories for all the different functions of a thermostat (and other devices), but I was thinking about trying to generalise it a little at least. Otherwise I fear we would end up with 1000 different categories as each device does something slightly different, and I don't think that is helpful either?
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So we won't need a category for "climate control", but instead for the functions that you name: heating mode, cooling mode, fan mode, fan speed.
My thought was therefore to add a single category of "Climate Control" that would cover the multitude of functions that will no doubt turn up, but if you're happy to add these 4 modes then this is fine too 
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For modes, I do not really see any useful category, though...
Sorry - I'm not sure what you mean by this?
Cheers
Chris
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| Re: Additional Channel Categories [message #1717749 is a reply to message #1717541] |
Wed, 16 December 2015 13:32 |
Marcel Verpaalen
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Kai Kreuzer wrote on Mon, 14 December 2015 17:01- Utilization -> what is this about? I would have no idea...
The device is measuring the remaining airtime for sending commands, which is a % based measure. Hence I was thinking of a gauge icon
(it is only allowed to use a certain % of the radio spectrum, hence the rate of data send to the devices is limited by the allowed max usage of the radio band),
Utilization was to me a more generic way of expressing it.
Likewise I was thinking of using the same for the memory usage measure.
Kai Kreuzer wrote on Mon, 14 December 2015 17:01- Utilisation -> what is this about? I would have no idea...
- Time -> ok, possibly something like a clock as an icon?
- Date -> ok, with an calendar icon?
indeed, that would make sense to me.
Kai Kreuzer wrote on Mon, 14 December 2015 17:01- - Heating -> Not sure; wouldn't temperature be ok here? Note that these are categories for functions not for devices and the function is likely to be related to adjusting the temperature, isn't it?
- Thermostat -> Again probably rather describing the "control" and not its function, so I am not sure if this fits to the list.
See the discussion of Chris here as well. The thermostats have multiple functions beside the temperature. e.g. mode setting is an important one (auto, manual etc). For the mode setting there is no appropriate channel.
If "climate control mode" is more descriptive I'm fine with that as well.
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