You can get the status before updating the switch. Getting the status before update wont work reliable. In the time between button triggers the on command and the PC is up as well as between the button triggers off triggers and the PC really shuts down button state and PC state are out of sync. So ...

Hi,

I have similar problem with a switch that should control a PC. As the PC can be switched on and off manually too, I want to be able to update the state. I tried with json.htm but this on always triggers the action to. An additional status poll script would be perfect.