I appreciated it binder - I will let you know
I dont know if you ever used the custom clock widget. basically you have a menu system where you pick what you want and create a custom widget
What I think my process will be is first
-create a 8x8 grid
-Menu to choose xml tag(ill label them as what they are in menu)
-once tag is chosen, text input for label
example: Choice - Tempurature
How many? - 1 - 2 - 3?
if one - which sensor?
style - Temp 1: 78.9
Temp 1
78.9
color wheel - choose text color, choose parameter color
Placement on grid
-background choice
one of the things i was talking to roberto about was an animation, similar to grandfather clocks with the sun/moon dial. basically create what kind of looks like a timelapse of sun moving across the sky(background) from bottom right to bottom left. Then for the moon do the opposite(since they rotate the opposite) and have the moon rise on bottom left, and set on bottom right. Easiest way based off the xml roberto posted will be if you choose animation, we would have to chose a single pwm channel for each sun and moon check off of. If over 0 animation will start. however this poses a problem as to how to create the arc. Most people use a Set time that is programmed into the controller, which I could easily create a setting to tell the animation what times the rise/set are.
But for me with a suncycle - or anyone that creates something similar, I would need to create 4 variables(risehour & min, set hour & min)(or 2 variables in seconds, one rise one set) that would need to get added to the output of the xml. whether it be 2 or 4 variables(4 being easier for the user) it could work for any user provided we have the code on the RA side (ill have to look at RA's wifi libraries and mimic some code to make the 4 variables that get pulled for XML output). If the variable is the same for everyone aka add it to libraries.
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byte RiseHour;
byte RiseMinute;
byte SetHour;
byte SetMinute;
And then for whatever we're using whether it be standard lights, SetDaylight(),SetActinic(), PWM 0-5... same variable xml output....animation, in the background of things you wanna display...
come to think of it...pretty much what you have binder...except customizable gui..thats what android is to me anyway...same as arduino
less talking...more working.
Binder, have you started making widgets for status yet?