feature request: SwitchOnifOff/SwitchOffifOn [Solved]

[SweetPants]

Hi,
Sometimes you only want to switch states if the switch has the opposite state, is this possible to implement?

like:

if (domoticz.devices('Camera Woonkamer').state == 'Off') then
domoticz.devices('Camera Woonkamer').switchOn()
end

When using 'timed' scripts, this prevents unnecessary triggering if switch already has the right state

Or is there another way to do this?

Regards, Harry

[candrea77]

Hi SweetPants, you've read in my mind ... I'm searching in the forum for the same functinality!!!!!

Due to the fact that sometimes I I need to switch off a very amount of devices , and I don't want to fill the zwave queue with a lot of unnecessary command, I need to use this code :

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if domoticz.devices(DISPOSITIVO).state ~= 'Off' then domoticz.devices(DISPOSITIVO).switchOff();end

As you, I wonder if there is a function that send zwave On / Off commands only if they are needed!!!

[dannybloe]

How about

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mySwitch.toggleSwitch()

Perhaps read the doc?

[candrea77]

I'm on mobile phone and can't read the docs right now.... but this function ( due to the naming convention) seems a fuction to turn switch on if is off and viceversa ( this night I promise to read the docs) .... I need a function that when you ask for turn a device off , before call zwave stack check if the device is already off ( and in that case do nothig).

Inviato dal mio SM-G920F utilizzando Tapatalk

[dannybloe]

Ah okay. Guess I didn't read it well myself
It's not that hard to add this I just want it to be elegant. Perhaps something like this:

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mywitch.switchOff().forMin(5).check()

Will only switch it off for 5 minutes when it is not already Off.

[SweetPants]

Or just mywitch.switchOff().check() or a mix

[dannybloe]

That's what I was saying actually.

[candrea77]

I've tried to find out the documentation about the .check() instruction but I was not able to find it.

Also, I've tried to put this code in my dzVents script :

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domoticz.devices('DEVICE NAME').switchOn().check()

But it give me this error :

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Error: dzVents: Error: ...domoticz/scripts/dzVents/generated_scripts/AAA_CHECK.lua:32: attempt to call field 'check' (a nil value)

Can someone help me ?

[dannybloe]

Dude.. it was only a suggestion for implementation

[candrea77]

Dude.. it was only a suggestion for implementation

Ops ..... as in sign .... Sorry for any spelling mistake, English is not my native language

[wizzard72]

Is it possible that dzVents checks the state of a device before it send a switchOn(), switchOff(), dimTo(), etc. command? Now I have to check the state of a device before I send a command.

Example:

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if (domoticz.devices("Switch A").state == "On" and domoticz.devices("Switch B").state == "On") then
     -- Armed Home
     if (domoticz.devices("Switch A").lastUpdate.minutesAgo <= 5) then
          domoticz.devices("Security Panel").disarm()
     else
          domoticz.devices("Security Panel").armHome()
     end
end

This script runs every minute. And every minute the Security Panel gets the command Armed Home.

It could be nice if dzVents checks the state, in this example, the Security Panel and if it has already has the state "Armed Home", it does nothing and if it has another state, it will send the command.

Is this possible?

[candrea77]

Maybe you want something like this :

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 if domoticz.devices('Domoticz Security Panel').state == 'Armed Away' then

or

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 if domoticz.devices('Domoticz Security Panel').state == 'Armed Home' then

It is ok ?