2021 Oct 14, 08:29 AM
Hi Dan,
The combine_stations plugin uses the final set of 8 stations as virtual (combo) stations.
A complication arises when this plugin is used in conjunction with the mqtt_slave plugin.
The latter plugin requires adding n (=1,2,...) extension boards depending on how many equivalent boards the slave controller has.
For example, n=3 if slave has 16 physical channels and 8 virtual channels.
This number n is added to the master controller's "options/station handling/station extensions" setting.
To be concrete, in my setup, my master controller has 16 physical stations and 8 virtual stations.
V17-24 are for setting up virtual stations in the master controller.
If the slave_controller is introduced, the master controller has reassigned the virtual stations to V41-48.
So a user has to re-program the virtual channels every time a new slave controller is added.
Is it possible to automatically copy over the virtual stations assignment so that the content of V41 is copied from V17?
V17 >> V41
V18 >> V42
...
And to remove the original virtual assignments since they are no longer effective?
V17 --> S17
V18 --> S18
...
And also to repeat the process every time a new stations are added?
The combine_stations plugin uses the final set of 8 stations as virtual (combo) stations.
A complication arises when this plugin is used in conjunction with the mqtt_slave plugin.
The latter plugin requires adding n (=1,2,...) extension boards depending on how many equivalent boards the slave controller has.
For example, n=3 if slave has 16 physical channels and 8 virtual channels.
This number n is added to the master controller's "options/station handling/station extensions" setting.
To be concrete, in my setup, my master controller has 16 physical stations and 8 virtual stations.
V17-24 are for setting up virtual stations in the master controller.
If the slave_controller is introduced, the master controller has reassigned the virtual stations to V41-48.
So a user has to re-program the virtual channels every time a new slave controller is added.
Is it possible to automatically copy over the virtual stations assignment so that the content of V41 is copied from V17?
V17 >> V41
V18 >> V42
...
And to remove the original virtual assignments since they are no longer effective?
V17 --> S17
V18 --> S18
...
And also to repeat the process every time a new stations are added?