Event that acts depending on last status

[royson]

Hi!
Im currently running an event that checks the wattage of a wall plug and uses the value to determine if the house is armed or disarmed. I know its an pretty ugly solution but its the easiest way since I cannot get status directly from my security provider =)

Anyway, the event works just fine, the problem is that it runs EVERY hour. Which means I get the same notifications over, and over, and over both when I'm away and at home. Im not sure why but I guess that Domoticz is somehow configured to check all events every hour??

My thought was that I could check the last status of the alarm and that way tell it NOT to send a notification if the status is unchanged. Problem is that Blockly doesnt seem to support that kind of logic. So, does anyone have any suggestions? Im sure I could do this pretty easily with a python script or LUA, but with two small children I haven't had the time to learn any advanced scripting yet.

Any help and suggestions is greatly appriciated!
Best regards,
royson

[SweetPants]

Take a look at dz_Ventz (https://www.domoticz.com/wiki/DzVents:_ ... _scripting). It has a steep learning curve, but once you master it you will see the advantage over plain LUA and Blockly and the integration with Domoticz. I have converted all my LUA scripts to dz_Ventz and must say it works great.

[royson]

Take a look at dz_Ventz (https://www.domoticz.com/wiki/DzVents:_ ... _scripting). It has a steep learning curve, but once you master it you will see the advantage over plain LUA and Blockly and the integration with Domoticz. I have converted all my LUA scripts to dz_Ventz and must say it works great.

Thanks for the tip, I actually had some thoughts on dzVents and after having another look it seems like a nice way to start.
Im just having some problems getting my logic right as there doesnt seems to be any "last state" command to use.
I would like my event to check if the last state of the switch is the same or not. If it is, it shouldnt do anything. The event should only continue if the state is changed, that way I wouldnt get the notifications every hour.
Maybe I could use another dummy switch that keeps track of my Alarm switches state?

[SweetPants]

Im just having some problems getting my logic right as there doesnt seems to be any "last state" command to use.

Take a look at the persistent data part. That can give you state info of a previous script run (https://www.domoticz.com/wiki/DzVents:_ ... stent_data)

[royson]

Im just having some problems getting my logic right as there doesnt seems to be any "last state" command to use.

Take a look at the persistent data part. That can give you state info of a previous script run (https://www.domoticz.com/wiki/DzVents:_ ... stent_data)

Thanks. Im gonna give that a look.

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[royson]

Ok, this is what i've got:

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return {
	on = {
		devices = {
			'vSwitch_till_Larmet'
		}
	},
	execute = function(domoticz, vSwitch_till_Larmet)
	    local Larmet = domoticz.devices('vSwitch_till_Larmet')
	    local HomeAway = domoticz.devices('vLARM_HomeAway')
	    if (Larmet.state == 'On') then
	        HomeAway.switchOff()
	        domoticz.notify('Avlarmat', 'Välkommen hem!', domoticz.PRIORITY_NORMAL)
        elseif (Larmet.state == 'Off') then
            HomeAway.switchOn()
            domoticz.notify('Larmet aktiverat', 'Huset är nu larmat', domoticz.PRIORITY_NORMAL)
        else
            domoticz.notify('Stop', 'Sending me the same shit every hour!!', domoticz.PRIORITY_NORMAL)
		end
	end
}

Last part is mostly frustration...

[SweetPants]

Do you have re-notification set? Setup->Settings->Notification->Notification Intervals (sensor) i guess 1 hour?

[royson]

Do you have re-notification set? Setup->Settings->Notification->Notification Intervals (sensor) i guess 1 hour?

I have set that to 12 hours..

[waaren]

... I would like my event to check if the last state of the switch is the same or not. If it is, it shouldnt do anything. The event should only continue if the state is changed, that way I wouldnt get the notifications every hour....

A possible solution using dzVents persistent data (as suggested by Sweetpants)

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return {
    on      = { devices     = { "vSwitch_till_Larmet" }},

    data    = { lastState   = { initial = "init" }},
    
    execute = function(domoticz, item)                        --  item is vSwitch_till_Larmet (the script trigger)
        local HomeAway = domoticz.devices('vLARM_HomeAway')
        if item.state ~= domoticz.data.lastState then          -- lastState different than current state ?
            domoticz.data.lastState = item.state               -- Store current state in domoticzVents persistent data
            if item.state == 'On' then
                HomeAway.switchOff()
                domoticz.notify('Avlarmat', 'Välkommen hem!', domoticz.PRIORITY_NORMAL)
            else
                HomeAway.switchOn()
                domoticz.notify('Larmet aktiverat', 'Huset är nu larmat', domoticz.PRIORITY_NORMAL)
            end
        end
    end
}

[SweetPants]

Do you have re-notification set? Setup->Settings->Notification->Notification Intervals (sensor) i guess 1 hour?

I have set that to 12 hours..

Hmm weird, where is the 1 hour (re)notification coming from then!!!
Waaren already send you a script that uses 'persistent data', maybe you can build from there

[royson]

Do you have re-notification set? Setup->Settings->Notification->Notification Intervals (sensor) i guess 1 hour?

I have set that to 12 hours..

Hmm weird, where is the 1 hour (re)notification coming from then!!!
Waaren already send you a script that uses 'persistent data', maybe you can build from there

Not sure. Maybe Domoticz haven't registered my change to 12h or something.

Yep. Gonna give waaren suggestion a go.

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[royson]

... I would like my event to check if the last state of the switch is the same or not. If it is, it shouldnt do anything. The event should only continue if the state is changed, that way I wouldnt get the notifications every hour....

A possible solution using dzVents persistent data (as suggested by Sweetpants)

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return {
    on      = { devices     = { "vSwitch_till_Larmet" }},

    data    = { lastState   = { initial = "init" }},
    
    execute = function(domoticz, item)                        --  item is vSwitch_till_Larmet (the script trigger)
        local HomeAway = domoticz.devices('vLARM_HomeAway')
        if item.state ~= domoticz.data.lastState then          -- lastState different than current state ?
            domoticz.data.lastState = item.state               -- Store current state in domoticzVents persistent data
            if item.state == 'On' then
                HomeAway.switchOff()
                domoticz.notify('Avlarmat', 'Välkommen hem!', domoticz.PRIORITY_NORMAL)
            else
                HomeAway.switchOn()
                domoticz.notify('Larmet aktiverat', 'Huset är nu larmat', domoticz.PRIORITY_NORMAL)
            end
        end
    end
}

Thank you. I'm gonna give that a try and read the guide again. With your help I might actually understand how it works

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[royson]

... I would like my event to check if the last state of the switch is the same or not. If it is, it shouldnt do anything. The event should only continue if the state is changed, that way I wouldnt get the notifications every hour....

A possible solution using dzVents persistent data (as suggested by Sweetpants)

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Thanks a lot for your help @Sweetpants and @waaren. Its seems to be working great!