Beginner Warning-Stuck at first base with send to log

[paul402]

Spent a day trying to figure this out now and I watched the video 6 times.
All I want to do is put some data in the log file. I used a variant of the example.

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 return {
	active = true, 
	on = {
		devices = {
		    'GetAbHum'
		},
	},	
	execute = function(domoticz, device)
	    domoticz.log('Msg 1 Start Ab Hum switched')
	    if (switch.state=='On' ) then
	        domoticz.log('Hey I am ON')
	    else
	        domoticz.log('Hey OFF')
	    end
	end
}  

I see messages about this in the log file but not my messages. Logging is set to the recommended Errors + Minimal + Generic

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date+time User: Admin initiated a switch command (1197/StartAbNum/On
date+time (GetAbHum) Light/Switch (StartAbHum)

Hardware device info is in the attached graphic.

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Would appreciate any tips before giving up! I can't spend all day in front of a computer achieving nothing. It is soul destroying.

[Doler]

You should replace (switch.state=='On' ) with (device.state=='On')

[dannybloe]

You rename the second parameter in your execute function to 'switch':

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execute = function(domoticz, switch)
	...
end

[paul402]

Thanks for the suggestions but they did not affect the output at all. I wonder if my installation is corrupt!
Still life is too short. I will find another way to do what I need.

[dannybloe]

Maybe dzVents isn't enabled or you've put the script in the wrong folder? Or did you write it with the internal GUI editor in Domoticz? (and was the active switch set for the script)?

[paul402]

Network is set to 127.0.0.1
dzVents 2.2.0 is not disabled
Event is active
Active = true in script
Scripting is from the Domoticz editor

How can I identify if dzVents is actually live on the system? Is there a dzVents script to return the installed version or some debug status?

[dannybloe]

if you have loglevel to debug mode then you must see all kind of dzVents logging information in Domoticz' log. Can you verify that? And I'd suggest to switch to the beta which uses dzVents 2.3. Maybe you can try that.

[paul402]

Yes with debug on I got this in the log file

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 2017-11-24 11:20:20.185 User: Admin initiated a switch command (1197/StartAbHum/On)
2017-11-24 11:20:20.234 dzVents: Debug: Dumping domoticz data to /home/pi/domoticz/scripts/dzVents//domoticzData.lua
2017-11-24 11:20:20.269 dzVents: Debug: Event trigger type: device
2017-11-24 11:20:20.301 dzVents: Debug: Found module in /home/pi/domoticz/scripts/dzVents/generated_scripts folder: testdz
2017-11-24 11:20:20.325 dzVents: Debug: Device-adapter found for StartAbHum: Switch device adapter
2017-11-24 11:20:20.334 dzVents: Debug: Processing device-adapter for StartAbHum: Switch device adapter
2017-11-24 11:20:20.334 dzVents: Debug: Device-event for: StartAbHum value: On
2017-11-24 11:20:20.334 dzVents: Debug: Searching for scripts for changed item: StartAbHum
2017-11-24 11:20:20.344 (GetAbhum) Light/Switch (StartAbHum) 

But none of my messages to the log file.

At least I know that the dzVents subsystem is working. I will try the beta soon.
And thanks again for the feedback.

[dannybloe]

And where did you put your script?

[paul402]

Its where the system put it, "/home/pi/domoticz/scripts/dzVents/generated_scripts".
If I create a deliberate error and run the script I get an error message in the log so I think that it is in the correct place.

[paul402]

So I deleted my script and wrote it again and it worked! Thank you for all the help. Some how I had either corruption or had entered a hidden character somehow, but everything is working fine now....
I guess a wetware error.