grp.create

Want to create a template that I can use to populate objects with a standard layout,
Using on LM machines we use as an example
address = grp.create({
datatype = dt.float16,
address = '0/56/200',
name = 'My first object',
comment = 'This is my new object',
tags = { 'My tag A', 'My tag B' },
})
but in C-Bus the object name is not getting the name 'My first new object'

Need to get this working a I want to automate the creation of multiple objects which follow as standard zone layout.
Any help would be appreciated

 

I see exactly the same thing.

Thinking this would work for you, I tried setting the object's name in the SHAC database, and this works, but is not reflected in the Objects tab. The name stays as 0/56/230 even after a device reboot. Executing a create again when the group exists after the DB change results in its name attribute being set back to 0/56/230 in the DB...

Obviously take a backup before messing with the DB.

Code:

address = grp.create({
  datatype = dt.uint8,
  address = '0/56/230',
  name = 'A test object',
  comment = 'A comment',
  tags = {  },
})
log(address)

-- Get the object ID
object = db:getall('SELECT id, name FROM objects WHERE name = "0/56/230"')[1]
log(object)

-- Update the name in the database
log(db:execute('UPDATE objects SET name = "Testing" WHERE id = '..object['id']))

-- Show the object attributes
log(grp.find('0/56/230'))

 

Depends what “name” you want to use..

In the database under “objects” (which is where grp.create stores data) has a field called “name” which to my knowledge isnt used

in the database under cbus tags also has a field called “name” this is the cbus tag/ name

they are 2 different things….

I think you will also find that grp.create() will create an object but not an association to a cbus group adress.

 

Gents thanks for the replies, which now looks like we cant use the grp.create without someway to create an association between objects and c-bus tags.
So the next question would of course be, how can we achieve this mass object creation then.

 

Doing some detective work there would appear to be an undocumented function "grp.createcbustag()". The LUA statement log(grp) shows this.

So one could guess this is how to create an association?

Lord knows what its parameters are. If the debug library were included on the NAC/SHAC/AC2 then the below would likely reveal them... But yeah, nah.

(And even then it probably takes an array of parameters, like grp.create() does.)

Code:

function getargs(func)
    local args = {}
    for i = 1, debug.getinfo(func).nparams, 1 do
        table.insert(args, debug.getlocal(func, i));
    end
    return args;
end

for k, v in pairs(getargs(grp.createcbustag)) do
  print(k, v)
end