{"id":2369,"date":"2012-11-06T14:19:00","date_gmt":"2012-11-06T21:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.serialporttool.com\/sptblog\/?p=2369"},"modified":"2012-11-06T14:19:00","modified_gmt":"2012-11-06T21:19:00","slug":"how-to-create-relay-status-widget","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.serialporttool.com\/GK\/2012\/11\/how-to-create-relay-status-widget\/","title":{"rendered":"How to create Relay Status Widget"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.serialporttool.com\/NButtonInfo.htm\">N-Button Pro<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.serialporttool.com\/NButtonLiteInfo.htm\">N-Button Lite<\/a> make it possible to control relay controller boards of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.controlanything.com\">National Control Devices<\/a> and K8090\/VM8090 relay card of Velleman without any programming! You can create a button to control relays with a few clicks in N-Button Pro\/Lite. You also can create Relay Status widget to display the status of the relay.<\/p>\n<p>Here are the steps to create Relay Status widget.<\/p>\n<p>1. Download <a href=\"http:\/\/www.serialporttool.com\/NButtonInfo.htm\">N-Button Pro <\/a>or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.serialporttool.com\/NButtonLiteInfo.htm\">N-Button Lite<\/a> and install it. Double click the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.serialporttool.com\/NButtonInfo.htm\">N-Button<\/a> Pro\/Lite icon to run it. <strong>N-Button Pro\/Lite Manager<\/strong> will be shown on your screen.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.serialporttool.com\/sptblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/image2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"N-Button Pro Manager\" src=\"http:\/\/www.serialporttool.com\/sptblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/image_thumb2.png\" alt=\"N-Button Pro Manager\" width=\"632\" height=\"499\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>2. Click Setting button to select the Manufactory for your relay, National Control Devices or Velleman. Select connection method between relay board and computer, Serial Port\/USB or Network.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.serialporttool.com\/sptblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/image3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"N-Button Pro Manager -Connection Setting\" src=\"http:\/\/www.serialporttool.com\/sptblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/image_thumb3.png\" alt=\"N-Button Pro Manager -Connection Setting\" width=\"633\" height=\"291\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>3. Click &#8220;Relay Status&#8221; on N-Button Pro\/Lite Manager to show <strong>Properties \u2013 Relay Button <\/strong>dialog to set relay channel and appearance for Relay Status widget.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.serialporttool.com\/sptblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/SNAGHTML10fe88b8.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"N-Button Pro - Relay Status\" src=\"http:\/\/www.serialporttool.com\/sptblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/SNAGHTML10fe88b8_thumb.png\" alt=\"N-Button Pro - Relay Status\" width=\"634\" height=\"456\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>4. Click OK button to return to N-Button Pro\/Lite Manager. Click \u201dRelay Status\u201d to add more widgets. Click OK button on N-Button Pro\/Lite Manager, you will see the Relay Status widgets floating on your desktop.<\/p>\n<p>When the status of relay is changed, the color of Relay Status widget will also be changed.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.serialporttool.com\/sptblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/image4.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-top: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"Created Relay Status\" src=\"http:\/\/www.serialporttool.com\/sptblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/image_thumb4.png\" alt=\"Created Relay Status\" width=\"414\" height=\"113\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.serialporttool.com\/NButtonInfo.htm\">Back to N-Button Pro webpage<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>N-Button Pro and N-Button Lite make it possible to control relay controller boards of National Control Devices and K8090\/VM8090 relay card of Velleman without any programming! 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