Welcome to the BLBackup Plug-In for HomeSeer

Overview

The BLBackup Plugin for HomeSeer allows the user to back-up their folders on their system. This plugin is written in VB .Net 4.0 and requires HomeSeer Version 3 or later.

There is a web interface with this plugin that can be accessed through the HomeSeer Web Server.

General Information

Th BLBackup is a nice way of integrating your system backups into HomeSeer.

Features:

• Create backups of multiple backup directories using one zip file or maintin the folder tree structure.
• User can configure a device code for each backup directory to keep track of the status of the backup for the directory. The device values are as follows:
  
  • 0 - Fail
  • 1 - Success
  • 2 - In Progress
• The number of backups to keep can be specified for each backup directory.
• User can specify whether to include the sub directories for each backup directory.
• The user can select the frequency of each backup directory (Daily, Weekly, Monthly or Once Only).
• The user can also assign a global backup device code to the plug-in that will keep track of the entire backup process.
• The user can assign the backup folder where all backups will be stored.
• The user can specify the process priority of the backup process.
• The user can also specify whether to create a backup log for the process.
• All backup logs can be accessed through the plug-in web pages (if activated by the user).
• User can specify the zip compression level for the backups.
• User can specify the zip password for the zip archives.

Web Interface

The BLBackup plug-in uses web pages as its main interface. The main web page looks like this:

Options

This is the Options web page where various configuration settings can be modified.

Backup Directories

This is the maintain backup directories web page where you can maintain the directories to be backed up in the plug-in.

Event Actions

The BLBackup Plug-In allows the user to add media player actions to their HomeSeer events.

In the Actions dropdown in HomeSeer, you will see BLBackup Actions in the list. Select it and then select the desired backup action for your event.

Public Action Methods

Here is a list of the action methods that can be utilized with this plug-in.

StartBackup Method

This method starts a backup with the specified backup type.

Code Example

hs.PluginFunction("BLBackup", "", "StartBackup", {"One Zip File"})

AbortBackup Method

This method aborts a backup in progress.

Code Example

hs.PluginFunction("BLBackup", "", "AbortBackup", Nothing)

Support

For support, please use the HomeSeer Message Board