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Author: RexBeckett
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MultiString provides the facility to save five string variables each with a customized name. The variables are displayed on the device's UI. The name and value of each variable may be set from the device Control tab, by scene and PLEG actions or by using luup.variable_set(...) calls. MultiString uses the same device-type and serviceID pioneered by VariableContainer.
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melsman | 12.12.2015 Rating:
Thanks to Rex for resurrecting an essential tool!
This app (and the original Variable Container) was surprisingly useful for storing data and using it at another time and place later. For example, I use a weather app to look at the forecast to determine what heat and cooling set points to use. I then load these set points into the variable container to be fed to the HVAC Thermostat when the HVAC is triggered for wake-up/occupancy. It is also useful for debugging LUA scenes by having the LUA code write variable values as the LUA executes, so errors can be more easily traced.