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RFXWeight Homeseer 3

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The new RFXCOM plugin for Homeseer 3 doesn’t have the RFX Weight script anymore. So I decided to write it, but not as extensive as it used to be.

What it does

  1. An event runs this script if your Weight Scale device value changes.
  2. The event will get the last weight result and compare it with (max) 3individuals configured in the .ini file
  3. The script will check if the new weight value is within the range of Min1-Max1, Min2-Max2, Min3-Max3.
    Based on that it will write to the right device: Vdevice1/Vdevice1diff, Vdevice2/Vdevice2diff, Vdevice3/Vdevice3diff
  4. The height is used calculate the BMI.

 

<span style="color: #3366ff;"><code>[Settings]
<code><span style="color: #993366;">devRFXweight</span>=366        <span class="s1" style="color: #008000;">Device Reference ID of your Weight Scale device</span><span class="s2">
</span>

[Weight]
<code>Person1=NamePerson1   <code><span class="s1" style="color: #008000;">name person 1</span>
<code><span style="color: #993366;">Min1</span><span class="s1">=</span><span class="s2">70               <span style="color: #008000;">minimum weight person1</span>
</span><span style="color: #993366;">Max1</span><span class="s1">=</span><span class="s2">99               <span style="color: #008000;">maximum weight person1</span>
</span><span style="color: #993366;">Length1</span><span class="s1">=</span><span class="s2">190           <span style="color: #008000;">length of person1</span>
</span><span style="color: #993366;">Vdevice1</span><span class="s1">=</span><span class="s2">211          <span style="color: #008000;">device reference ID for person1 weight</span>
</span><span style="color: #993366;">Vdevice1diff</span><span class="s1">=</span><span class="s2">212      <span style="color: #008000;">device reference ID for person1 weight difference</span>
</span>Person2=NamePerson2
<span style="color: #993366;">Min2</span><span class="s1">=</span><span class="s2">45
</span><span style="color: #993366;">Max2</span><span class="s1">=</span><span class="s2">69
</span><span style="color: #993366;">Length2</span><span class="s1">=</span><span class="s2">168
</span><span style="color: #993366;">Vdevice2</span><span class="s1">=320</span><span class="s2">
</span><span style="color: #993366;">Vdevice2diff</span><span class="s1">=321</span>

 

Devices

All Devices are referenced to by their Device Reference ID.
devRFXweight = Device of your weight scale (needed to pull the new data from)
VdeviceX = Virtual device for person X that holds the current weight and  BMI
VdeviceXdiff = Virtual device for person X that holds the difference between the last and new weight.

 

 

Installation

  1. Extract ZIP file and copy the Config, html and Scripts folders into your HS3 base folder. That will put all files in the right place.  OR:
    1. Copy DJ_HS3-RFXweight-0x.vb to the <HS3>\Scripts folder
    2. Copy DJ-weight.ini to the <HS3>\Config folder
    3. Copy images to folder: <HS3>\Images\DJ-images\ folder
  2. Create device: create 2 Status Only devices for each user:
    1. “WEIGHT <name>”
    2. “WEIGHT <name> difference”
  3. Edit .INI: edit  <HS3>\Config\DJ-weight.ini file and update the data
  4. Create event “WEIGHT Main”
    1. IF = your weight device ‘just had it’s value set or changed’
    2. RUN = script “DJ_HS3-RFXweight-0x.vb”
  5. Optionally: In the “WEIGHT <name> difference” device, add a range status graphics.
    So if the weight goes up it shows a red up icon, and if the weight goes down it shows a green down icon.
  6. Optionally: Assign device-image to the Weight and Weight-difference devices, for example:
    WEIGHT <name>:                  orange weight icon (icon-weightscale.png)
    WEIGHT <name> difference: grey weight icon    (icon-weightscale-gray.png)
    These image files are in the <HS3>\html\images\DJ-images\ folder.
  7. Optionally: change debug parameter in script to 0 (line: Private strDebug as Integer = 0 )
  8. Optionally: Create a device that monitors the change of “WEIGHT <name>” and based on a change it could for example send a push notification to your phone. (or Twitter the weight ;-)

 

 

FILES

NameGoal
DJ_HS3-RFXweight-0x.vbscript
DJ-weight.ini.ini file with configuration
icon-weightscale.pngPerson X weight
icon-weightscale-gray.pngPerson X difference
weight-down.png
device string weight down
weight-up.png
device string weight up

 

Tested With

  • Homeseer 3.0.0.208 (on Windows 7)
  • RFXCOM plugin 3.0.0.29
  • Weight Scale: Oregon Scientific BWR-102

 

Q&A

Q: Do you support anything other than Kilograms? 
A: Not consciously, you may be able to change the ” Kg” strings in the code. NOTE: this probably impacts the BMI calculation, making that useless.

Q: How to troubleshoot?
A: In the DJ_HS3-RFXweight-0x.vb, find line Private strDebug as Integer = 0 and change the 0 to a 1 or 2. (1=write debug info in HS3 logs + WRITE data, 2=write debug info but do NOT write to devices)

Q: The people in my home have overlapping weights, can I still use this?
A: No, because it couldn’t tell which person just stepped on the scale.

Q: Will this work with other scales, systems? 
A: It may, as long as the weight is written to a device as a double value (so “76.1”, not “761”)
I have not tested with other “regional settings” in Windows nor have I tested on Linux HS3.

Q: Can I disable the BMI calculation?
A: Not right now, it’s on the roadmap.

Q: When is the next release coming? 
A: No idea, whenever I feel like it ;-)

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