How can I get dzVents 2.3 in domoticz?

[Timmiej93]

Hi,

So I'm completely new to dzVents, have been messing with it for a little bit, and seems to be exactly what I need. Unfortunately, I want to run a script based on state changes of a scene, so I need dzVents 2.3 (if I understood correctly).
Now, I've seen some posts from October / November saying that you need the beta version for that, but also posts saying that updating to the beta version isn't working, etc.
I tried updating to the beta (running updatebeta in the domoticz folder on my Pi), which is at v3.8798 at the moment. For some reason though, I'm not getting the beta UI (which I have had before when I was messing with switching between the beta and stable versions), and dzVents still seems to be at 2.2 (I'm basing this on the version number shown in Setup > Settings > Other > dzVents (2.2.0)).

What I'd like to know:
What do I need to do to get dzVents 2.3 running in domoticz? If it comes down to building from source from github, I'd really appreciate some more detailed instructions, since I'm completely unaware of how to do such a thing.

Tim

[emme]

3.8798 brings dzVents 2.3

I do not see any version number under Setup/Settings/Other/dzVents

[Timmiej93]

Well that's odd. Any suggestions on forcing a reinstall of the latest beta version?

[McMelloW]

Here http://www.domoticz.com/wiki/DzVents:_n ... _scripting and here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5JB8Vgz4fI you can find everythig to get started. Watch the video and have a lot of fun with dzVents

[Timmiej93]

Thanks for the reply McMelloW, but I think you may have misunderstood my question. I'm asking what I need to do to get dzVents 2.3 into domoticz, since the stable version currently has v2.2, and (for me) the beta version also seems to have v2.2. I require version v2.3 for what I'm trying to do.

[McMelloW]

In that case you have to go to the Domoticz beta version or wait until it is in the next stable version. I understood that's the only way, correct me if I am wrong

[emme]

I remember I had a version problem once...
I had to manual copy the dzVents folder from the github repository

...make a backup of your /domoticz folder, then download from github and overwrite the /domoticz/dzvents folder, restart your server and have a try
ciao
M

[Timmiej93]

Is there any way I can do this from the commandline emme? Software like WinSCP have been giving me grief with permissions unfortunately.

[emme]

first MAKE A BACKUP of you domoticz folder.. I'm not strongly familiar with command line so I could make an error and would not to mess up your installation!!

these instruction should works on a raspberry system:

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sudo systemctl stop domoticz
cd /home/pi
mkdir dzTemp
cd dzTemp
git clone https://github.com/domoticz/domoticz.git domoticz
cd domoticz
cp -ar ./dzVents/. /home/pi/domoticz/dzVents
sudo systemctl start domoticz

this should work

[Timmiej93]

Well, Setup > Settings > Other still shows dzVents 2.2.0, but scenes and groups now work as a trigger, which is all I needed, thanks guys!

[Doler]

For version info on dzVents you should look in Domoticz Settings -> About.

[Timmiej93]

In Setup > About, I can only find version info about Domoticz itself, not about dzVents, or anything else.

[dannybloe]

Then you have stable. Only in the beta version there is 2.3 and in the beta the version info is moved from the setup page to the about page. You cannot use 2.3 with the Domoticz stable (3.8153) unfortunately.

[Timmiej93]

Do you mean that the beta version should contain 2.3? So calling updatebeta should install 2.3? If so, I don't know why I had to manually put 2.3 in after updating to the beta.

[dannybloe]

You surely should not move folders around when you install the latest beta. In stable there is no dzVents folder inside the root of the install dir (dzVents 2.2 can be found in /path/to/domoticz/script/dzVents) but in beta there is. And if you start beta it will remove the 2.2 runtime files from /path/to/domoticz/scripts/dzVents.