The readme file on github also contains the install instructions. (install via hacs using a custom repository)
Adding/removing manually configured entities
When you select an input/output resource in the IHC project, the propertis view at the bottom wil show something like this:
Depending on the type of resource you have selected some buttons will show. Here : “Binary sensor”, “Light” and “Switch”. Bye clicking on of the button you will make a manual setup for the resource id you have selected. As an example the binary sensor:
You can now enter a name and optionally set the other parameters. When you click the “ok” button the entity will be added to the ihc_manaul_setup.yaml file.
After you have made change you will need to restart Home Assistant before the changes will be used. (A flashing “restart required” will blink at the top, so you don’t forget).
If you select a resource that has already been setup as a manual entity, a “Remove manual setup” button is shown. Clicking the button will remove the entity from the ihc_manaul_setup.yaml file. Again a restart is required. (You can of cause make multiple changes before you restart)
Note the “Light” has not “dimmable” option – this is because it is not needed. If you have selected a light level resource the light will be dimmable, if you have selected a boolean on/off resource the light will not be dimmable.
The light and switch can be configured to have seperate id’s to pulse for on and off. If you want to do this you hold down “shift” while selected the 2 additional resources. The selection will show “on_id” and “off_if” on the 2. and 3. resource.
Changing boolean resources on the IHC controller
As you can see from the above image – the value has 3 small buttons “on” “off” and “toggle”. Using these you can change the boolean value on the controller. This can also be used on reource ids that is not currently connected to Home Assistant. It is a nice feature when testing/troubleshooting your Home Assistant or IHC setup. (For the lazy ones – so you don’t actually have to move your ass and press a pyhsical button 😉
Multiple controller support
If you have more than one IHC controller – a combobox will show in the upper right corner. Here you can select which controller you want the view.
Note that if you make changes to the number of controllers while IHC viewer is running – you will have the restart Home Assistant for IHC Viewer to update.
Misc other changes/improvements
When a resource has an assotiated HA entity a small icon will be added to the resource. Selecting the resource will show the HA entity name in the properties at the bottom. (This is not actually a new feature in 2.0, but it was not the the original 1.0)
Previously there was and issue when the authentication token expired, and you had to refresh the browser to make the IHC viewer work again. The token should now be automatiacally refreshed so you don’t have to do the refresh.
“Dark” mode should now be better supported, and IHC Viewer will use the colors define by Home Assistant.
And then there are probably also some other stuff that I forgot about.
Comments/bug reporting
If you find bugs please report in github issues. (This makes it easier to track)
Notice that sometimes you need to clear your browser cache after installing – so please do this before you create a bug report.
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Hi Jens. Do you have any plans regarding when this new integration will be included in the official home assistant release?The New Beta IHC integration is going to be included when I think it is ready. I can't put a time on it. The last Pull request I did for Home assistant was just before christmas it was merged about a week ago and will be included int HA 2020.3. Since the HA relase cycle is longer now - it can take up to 2 months from I make a PR to you actually see in the HA release. This is also why I made this custom "beta" version, so more people can try it and I can make changes faster.
The IHC viewer it is not going to be included in the official home assistant.Great job! work very wellHi !
This is awesome :-) Great job!
I have tried to update to IHC Viewer 2.0.3 via HACS, but I get an error. See below.
I have installed the IHC BetaTest Integration 0.9.0 which seems to work fine. The IHC Integration as well as entities are nicely displayed as any other integration :-)
I have removed the IHC section in the configuration.yaml and has just a "ihcviewer:" directive
Can I upgrade to latest version of the viewer?
Error message
"Setup using configuration is not supported anymore"You need to remove the ihcviewer from the configuration.yaml and add it in Configuration|IntegrationsHi , I'll give this a try. Thanks!Works great, thanks !Hi!
This is not related to IHC Viewer (sorry) I am just bumping myself here.
Would it be possible to fetch a backup copy of the controller configuration somehow (that is the Visual .vis file ) so this rather important file can be automatically backed up ?You can do it using my ihc sdk for python (the HA integration is build on top of this). [Here on github](https://github.com/dingusdk/PythonIhcSdk)
I don't understaand why you would do that automatically, because there can not be any changes to the visual .vis file unless you have made them in the IHC Visual program. When ever I make changes I always save a copy on my harddisk, any append a data to the name - that way i can also go back.Thanks!
The reason is if there is a controller crash and a hard disk copy is not there. But I agree - best is to revision control it with copies of this file whenever updated.Thank you for the new IHC integration. Made it much easier to move from OpenHAB to HA.
I have a couple of Contacts(dataline inputs) that have been autodetected. I need to invert them (switch open/closed). I cannot seem to modify the autodetected entities. Is it possible to create a manual entity for these contacts?As I remember it you can overwrite the autodetected by overriding it in the manual setup (I can't verify it right now). The ihc viewer will not allow it so you will have to edit the "ihc_manual_setup.yaml" file manually.
As an alternative you can modify the auto setup: [Customizing Home Assistent IHC auto setup](https://www.dingus.dk/customizing-home-assistent-ihc-auto-setup/)Hej Jens,
Er der mulighed for at "overstyre" de autodetekterede værdier ? Jeg har nogle alarm pir som gerne skal være inverterede. Hvis jeg tilføjer dem manuelt i "ihc_manual_setup.yaml", får jeg en fejl i loggen at: "Platform ihc does not generate unique IDs. ID 011826xxxxxx-xxxxxxxx already exists - ignoring binary_sensor.bevaegelsessensor_alarm_stue"Today i updated to the new beta integration (to get IHCviewer up running again)
IHCviewer doesen't show up in the list of integrations. Tried to uninstall IHCviewer in HACS, reinstalled IHCviewer, but still nothing in integrations. What did i miss?Maybe you have the older 1.x version, Currently the newset version is 2.0.3 - it is marked a prerelease (because it requires the new IHC integration not yet in HA). And you need to remove ihcviewer from configuration.yaml and add in the the HA integrations UIYes, it is the 1.2.5, i have, but in HACS i can only choose 1.2.5 or older versions. ("Show Betas" is checked)
Should I copy the v.2 filet to custom_components folder manualy instead?Solved:
Needed to clear cache on the browser.Hi !
I am getting a weird error since a few days. I just do not know where to start to look for errors... Any clue?
"Setup failed for ihcviewer: Unable to import component: No module named 'ruamel'"Hi
Digging into this and I solved this by going into the homeassistant container and manually installing ruamel.yaml
pip install --upgrade pip setuptools && pip install ruamel.yaml
I got a lots of errors, but installation worked and ihcviewer now starts.
Is this maybe something with HACS?It is because the ruamel.yaml module has been removed from the latest HA. I have made a version 2.0.4 of IHCviewer that should fix it.Thank you !
Awesome :-)
///GudmundHi Jens,
I tried the new IHC integration with a new fresh HA installation and my IHC 6.2 controller was discovered, but not the "input/outputs".
With the old IHC integration I needed to manually configure them using the resourceID.
I was thinking that now with the autosetup of the new IHC integration all the resources configured in the controller will appear in HA automatically.
RegardsA few new products has been added, but you still need to manually configure some resources. It is not possible to add everything, because there is no way of know what all input/outputs actuallly is.
You can use the IHC viewer to add the manually resources or you can edit/add to the ihc_manual_setup.yaml yourself.
[See the new documentation here](https://github.com/dingusdk/home-assistant.io/blob/ihcconfigflow/source/_integrations/ihc.markdown)Yes, the new IHC Viewer was the missing piece. After adding it to HA, I can see all the input/output/functions from the IHC controller, and I was able to add an output as a light to the lovelace (may be as an inprovement you can have a direct link to restart the IHC service after adding an element)
I was also thinking that with the new IHC Viewer you were able to switch on/off/toggle directly inputs/outputs not configured in the IHC controller project, e.g. to test some input/outputs without configuring them in the IHC Visual and send a new project to the controller.
On the other hand I want to have some inputs used to raise/lower a blind in HA. As you know, between the input and output there is a function in IHC with some logic. For blinds you have some kind of control so you can't raise and lower a blind at the same time, or there is some time the blind is raised or lowered after a single pulse.
So which is the best object to map a input into HA? As a binary sensor? A switch? Do you have some examples on how to have them in HA?
Thanks!The best way to map a input is like a binary sensor. There are some examples [here](https://www.dingus.dk/ihc-and-home-assistant-tips/)Har lige et par spørgsmål. burde mine ihc tryk ikke komme frem når man laver en auto opsætning af hele ihc systemet, for alt andet kommer ind mine tryk. når så jeg tager ihc viwer og laver dem manuelt kommer de i min mappe /config/ihc_manual_setup.yaml men jeg kan ikke få dem frem når jeg går ind og vil tilføje nyt kort. hva kan der være galt?Dine IHC tryk skal ikke vises automatisk i HA. HA har ikke noget det svarer til tryk. Knapper (Switch) i HA er toggle knapper - så det vil svare til at du trykker og holder IHC knappen nede til du trykker igen. Hvis du vil tænde noget i HA via et IHC tryk brug en binary_sensor [se eksempel her](https://www.dingus.dk/ihc-and-home-assistant-tips/)Hej Jens
jeg sider med en kæmpe udfordring. jer er ikke den stærkeste i det her programmering,
vil gerne have mine ihc rum termostater ind i et termostat kort så jeg kan se temperaturen og skifte den men mine føler er ikke climate type så det kan gøres. hvordan lykkes dette??
icon will be added to the resource. Selecting the resource will show the HA entity name in the properties at the bottom. (This is not actually a new feature in 2.0, but it was not the the original 1.0)