Interacting with Devices
Select the Devices option in the side-menu and you will be taken to a section that allows you to interact with the devices setup on your HomeSeer server.
This view will show the devices configured in the server along with their location, status icon (and optionally status text), battery status, etc. You can tap on each device to go into the Device Details view.
Device controls
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Device Details
When you tap on any device in the Devices view you will be taken to a detailed view of the device which will include information about its status. Here you will also see the controls for the device which are exposed by the server. Currently the following control types are supported:
- Buttons and Script Buttons
- Drop-down boxes
- Dimmers
In this view you can also configure some options for each device, including:
- Add to favorites. When selected, the device will show in the Favorites tab of the Devices section.
- Show value. By default, the device list will only show the status image associated with devices if the image is associated with a single-value state. When a status image is associated to a multi-value state (e.g. dimmers) the value of the device will also show up as text in the list. You can use this setting to modify the default behavior and always or never show the status devices as text in the list.
Device history
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Device Settings
In the Settings tab of the Devices section you can configure how the devices are displayed in HSBuddy. Some of the settings available include:
- Grouping by location. You can choose either of the locations configured in your server to group devices. You can also choose to not group devices and display all of them in a single list.
- Show: Battery status. If selected, you will see a battery icon representing the remaining battery of devices shown in the **Devices **list.
- Show: Hidden devices. If selected, devices that have been marked as hidden in HomeSeer will be shown in the device list. Otherwise those devices will not show up.
- Battery devices can be hidden. Battery status will still show up for associated devices.
- Show: Location. You can choose to show along with each device the value of either location as configured in your server.
- Show: Device value. By default, the device list will only show the status image associated with devices if the image is associated with a single-value state. When a status image is associated to a multi-value state (e.g. dimmers) the value of the device will also show up as text in the list. You can use this setting to modify the default behavior and always or never show the status devices as text in the list.