Hello,

I am trying to create a MultiGauge but when I click the Add Image Definition or Add Text Definition nothing happens.  I have a StreamDeck profile that I downloaded and they have created a MultiGauge with the Image and Text.  I can click on the drop down and see what definitions they have created but I can't seem to open them or look at them.

I tried looking at the manual but could not find the answer.  Can someone please help me understand the MultiGauge and how to create/edit the Text and Image definitions?


Thanks@

Nothing obvious will happen when you click "Add ..." (apart from the fields being cleared out).

1. Click on "Add new image definition"
2. Enter a Header below the button (!!! this is a must)
3. Edit all the fields as required
4. Press "Save" for this image definition. The "Save" button is in the same section, right above the next one "Text definintions" (= this is not the "Submit" button at the bottom of the page.

When you select a defintion (image or text) from the drop down control, it will populate the fields below with whatever has been defined in this layer.

Edited February 22, 20251 yr by Lorby_SI

Hello,

I am still struggling getting a Multi Tile Gauge to work.  As an excercise I am trying to get what I thought was a very simple Multi Tile Gauge.

Grid Size: 2 x 1

Variable to Display:  ATC RUNWAY AIRPORT NAME, String (split between the 2 buttons - 2x1)

Here are the settings that I have now but I have tried many things already, I even read the instructions.

I just want to display text, no images are needed.  However, nothing is displayed in either button

TILE:  1,1

TILING
Title:  blank
Tilepos X: 1
Tilepos Y: 1
   Grid X: 2
   Grid y: 1
Bezel:  Checked - corrected for the gaps

IMAGE DEFINITIONS
Set Image Def:  blank
Header:  blank
Layer: 0
Visibility Variable: blank
Visibility Value:  blank
Visibility Variable:  blank
Rotation Variable:  A:  blank
Multiplier:  1.0
Turn Offset Deg:  0
Center Shift X:  0
Center Shift Y:  0
X Shift Variable:  A:  blank
Multiplier:  1.0
X Offset:  0
Y Shift Variable:  A  blank
Multiplier:  1.0
Y Offset:  0
Resize:  Stretch to Fit - checked
File:  blank

TEXT DEFINITIONS
Header:  text_left_button
     Clicked Add new text definition
     text_left_button disappears the Header field
     Select Text Definition:  there are no options to select
Visibility Variable:  A:  blank
Visibility Value:  blank
Text Variable:  A:  ATC RUNWAY AIRPORT NAME, String
     Note:  I also tried ATC RUNWAY AIRPORT NAME
Offset:  0
Multiplier:  1
Decimals:  0
Leading 0s:  0
Shift X:  0
Shift Y:  40
Font:  Tahoma
Font Size:  25
Style:  bold - unchecked     italic - unchecked
Split Text:  No
Minimum Width:  10
Stretch Split:  No

BACKGROUND/IMAGE
Nothing uploaded or used in this section

BUTTON SETTINGS
Nothing used in this section

TILE 2,1
Tile pos X:  2
Tile pos Y:  1
Grid X:  2
Grid Y:  1

Everything else is the same for button 2,1 as 1,1.

If I use the variable ATC RUNWAY AIRPORT NAME, String on a Text Gauge it displays the information correctly, but tiny as there is too much text.

Thanks for your assistance.  If you know of any YouTube videos or other documentation other than the Lorby “Axis And Ohs”
StreamDeck Plugin Documentation, which is more descriptive than instructional.

Thanks,

Joe

12 hours ago, IrwinMFletcher said:

Header:  text_left_button
     Clicked Add new text definition

It is the other way round. 

FIRST click "Add new text definition"
THEN enter the header and the other parameters
FINALLY: make sure to "Save" the definition with the separate button.
Only then will it appear in the drop down.

Same for image definitions.

For MultiTile, create one working action button. When you are satisfied with it, copy&paste it on the other position and adjust the grid parameters accordingly.

Edited March 3, 20251 yr by Lorby_SI

Thanks for the help.  I am still missing something fundamental.

I followed your instruction above and am now able to create the text definitions.  However my 2x1 multi tile gauge displays the same information both buttons.  


I copied the first button as you instructed, then the only thing I changed was the position from 1,1 to 2,1.

How do I get the text to strect from 1,1 to 2,1?

27 minutes ago, IrwinMFletcher said:

Thanks for the help.  I am still missing something fundamental.

I followed your instruction above and am now able to create the text definitions.  However my 2x1 multi tile gauge displays the same information both buttons.  


I copied the first button as you instructed, then the only thing I changed was the position from 1,1 to 2,1.

How do I get the text to strect from 1,1 to 2,1?

Grid X,Y both set to 2,1?
On the first tile, set Shift X to 144 in the text definition, so the "Center" point is between the two tiles

Ok, I'm getting the hang of this a little bit.

I want to create a multi tile gauge using the variable:  ATC RUNWAY AIRPORT NAME, String

The gauge is 4x1.

I created 1,1 and all of the text is there.  I copy 1,1 and change the tiling from 1,1 to2,1 and so forth with 3,1 and 4,1

However, as you can see in the first image the text is cutoff after ARMSTRO then in 2,1 the text NEW is just a bit too far to the left.

What happened to the rest of the word ARMSTRONG?

Can you please explain how Split Text, Min Width, Stretch Split work?

What am I missing to get the text to spread over the 4x1 multi tile gauge.

As always, thanks for your detailed answers, I am learning still.


Joe

1.  https://drive.google.com/file/d/1anOCGkkDGT-oDj0exGR6DpzI531v1iWq/view?usp=drivesdk

2.  https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_Zwa-OxLgKVO8GwaY1ygY8KvqRvHgJaX/view?usp=drivesdk

3. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1VROQTRdzg2LNpjZOfCwFG0Sf3YQsVDEm/view?usp=drivesdk

4. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1qbOyxpVKFRNByi6VDndFaHn9nNO5rGT-/view?usp=drivesdk

5. https://drive.google.com/file/d/140rLBH6M6IYNqCVclQKW26kgkKh7dwzG/view?usp=drivesdk

42 minutes ago, IrwinMFletcher said:

What am I missing to get the text to spread over the 4x1 multi tile gauge.

Your issue is the "centered" display. The action doesn't know where the center is, you have to tell it. On the first tile (the 1,1), you have to set the "center" of the entire pixel size of the tiles., which is the Shift X parameter. 4 tiles = 4x144 pixels, so Shift X must be set to 288.

(normally you would have to set it on all of them, but I am pretty sure that setting it on the first tile is enough)

When the gauges don't show it right away, jump to another profile and come back again, so they are reloaded from scratch.

42 minutes ago, IrwinMFletcher said:

However, as you can see in the first image the text is cutoff after ARMSTRO then in 2,1 the text NEW is just a bit too far to the left.

At the top there is a setting "correct for the gaps". Maybe that makes it look better for you. Matter of taste.

Edited March 4, 20251 yr by Lorby_SI

46 minutes ago, IrwinMFletcher said:

Can you please explain how Split Text, Min Width, Stretch Split work?

Sorry, don't really remember those in detail. Those options are for very long texts, like on that example profile that displays the ATC messages. It will cut the long text into lines when they are longer than the min size, and stretches the text over the available space by adjusting the font size. I think. You will have to experiment with them to see if they do something useful for you.

Edited March 4, 20251 yr by Lorby_SI

20 hours ago, Lorby_SI said:

Sorry, don't really remember those in detail. Those options are for very long texts, like on that example profile that displays the ATC messages. It will cut the long text into lines when they are longer than the min size, and stretches the text over the available space by adjusting the font size. I think. You will have to experiment with them to see if they do something useful for you.

THANK YOU!