Update device without triggering further events

[leejoow]

I'm using a script to poll my Daikin airco unit to retrieve the settings from it. Those values are sent to the different target setpoint and selector switches. Those in turn trigger a device event which will send the values to the airco unit. This gives some undesired side effects.

Is there a way to update a device and not trigger any further events?

The devices in question are a selector switch, thermostat and light switch.

I set the values the following way:

Setting light switch:
commandArray[deviceName] = '' .. targetValue

Setting selector switch:
commandArray[deviceName] = 'Set Level: ' .. targetPercentage

Setting thermostat:
commandArray['UpdateDevice'] = '' .. deviceIdx .. '|0|' .. targetValue


The script which sends the settings to the airco unit starts with:

if (devicechanged['Slaapkamer Mode']) or (devicechanged['Slaapkamer Target']) or (devicechanged['Slaapkamer FRate'])
... do stuff ....
send settings to airco using curl
end

To summarize: I want the last event script not to trigger or a way to detect the settings have been changed from outside (not from the UI). Is this possible?

[lonebaggie]

does this help ?

viewtopic.php?f=28&t=15822

or

viewtopic.php?f=6&t=16899

You could trigger your final event to run on the value of a user variable. i use one master event script that updates a user variable . This then trigger another event that only runs when the user variable has changed to a certain value. Care has be taken not to cause loopback and endlessly running script