Button Datapoint Action

1. Navigate to HSYCO Manager

2. Create a new project or open an existing one

3. Click "add"

4. Add a "Button". This button will control a single dummy light

5. Go back to "edit" mode

6. Change the "Label" to "Dummy Light 1"

7. Change the "Action" to "datapoint"

8. Change the "Datapoint" to "dummy.light.1"

9. Change the size of the button so that the "Label" is clearly visible

10. You can align the button by clicking "Align" and then "Center Vertically" and moving it to the left or right

11. Click "add"

12. Add another "Button". This will control a dummy dimmer light

13. Go back to "edit" panel

14. Change the "Label" to "Dummy Dimmer 1"

15. Change the "Action" to "datapoint"

16. Change the "Datapoint" to "dummy.dimmer.1"

17. Change the size like before

18. Align this button next to the other

19. The page should look like this:

20. Click "Save" to save the project

Tip: Done! This two buttons now control two different datapoints, a light ("dummy.light.1") and a dimmer ("dummy.dimmer.1") Now let's try them

21. Click "Run" and then "Default"

22. The page should be the same as the "Project Editor"

23. Click the "Dummy Light 1" button

24. As you can see, the "dummy.light.1" datapoint is now "On"

25. Click the button again

26. Now the light is back to "Off"

27. Click and press the "Dummy Dimmer 1" button to open the little menu and change the intensity of the dimmer

28. By changing the intensity the button shows that the dimmer is now "On" at 52%

29. We can also turn the dimmer "Off" by setting the intensity to 0%