HouseBot

Version 3.54 has been released. The major update for this release is Node-RED support. HouseBot can now communicate natively with Node-RED by using the new HouseBot Node-RED nodes . Changes include: New support for Node-RED integration. New support for dynamically changing the text color of Button, ...

Steve,

Glad to hear it's working for you so far.

Is this on Windows 10? Do you know the security update number? I see that KB4577671 installed for me on the 15th and I haven't had an issue with it so far. If you can verify the update number, I can try and look into it more.

Steve, See if anything new has been installed by sorting on installed date from the Windows control panel "uninstall a program" app. Maybe something got inadvertently installed that is causing the problem. Are there any dump files being generated? Record the times of the crash and see if t...

Version 3.53.03 is a minor release with the following changes. New Script commands for getting the last change date (and time) for a Property. Fixed issue where a Tasks Else If condition could run from a Property Value change even though a prior condition should have prevented it from running. Fixed...

I think you would have to have the Task run a script that could then handle the work (trigger, Property Value query for delay, delay in script, trigger).

That's just HouseBot's way to try and match up it's Devices with the devices supported by Google / Amazons voice services. You can customize a few of the setup for a device (or set the type to 'None' to hide it from the voice service) in the Settings.../Voice Services Setup dialog off the main menu.

Version 3.53 has been released with the following changes. Note that some of these changes will require updating the Software Remotes to the newest versions. New Theme option for Property Edit Control for text alignment (left, right, center). New Theme button option to use a Device Property value fo...

No worries. Glad you got it worked out.

Looking at the system log at HB startup, no errors seen. I did notice that the two Winamp startup log entries look "normal" but the WinampDevice.Dll is in the Devices directory, not the Winamp_plugins subdir. Normal? Yes, that is correct. Should Winamp start when HB starts? Doesnt here. D...

In my quick testing, it seemed to work ok. I was able to start the stream playing from the Play Source property and then play/pause/stop it using the Status property. I may be doing something differently, or missing something. A couple of things to check. Make sure only one instance of WinAmp is run...

Steve,

Can you give me a URL where you are seeing this issue? I've never really streamed music from a URL in WinAmp, so I'm not really sure how to test this for you.

I'll have to blow the dust off my Kodi setup and look into it. Shouldn't be too big of a deal.

I'll send you a DM when I have something.

Yes, just for music.

I could look into adding another Genre for music if you need it.

Transparent backgrounds on Android only work for popups (showing the primary panel behind). I tried to make them transparent from the start, but was only able to get a static image of the background when the program started (not live). There is some way to have floating apps, but I've not looked int...

Not sure what to suggest, but if there's something I can add (command line switch for something), let me know. I'm not sure if I can implement a 'restart' option unless there is some system level way of doing that... which would probably just complicate the admin launch issues you are already experi...