Disable Use of Switch or Group [Solved]

[djdevil]

hi to all, I have a problem in practice I have 6 roller shutter fibaro that control the shutters and I have created a group where I control through controlicz for alexa command the opening and the closing. Now I would like to understand how to disable the voice command or the use of this group when I activate the alarm mode or when I am away from home. my concern is that if any neighbor even from outside the entrance door pronounces alex open house the command starts.

if you could kindly tell me some solution like some command to disable the use of the switch based on my presence or when I arm the domoticz panel. but I didn't understand how to proceed thanks

[waaren]

controlicz for alexa command the opening and the closing. Now I would like to understand how to disable the voice command or the use of this group when I activate the alarm mode or when I am away from home

if you could kindly tell me some solution like some command to disable the use of the switch based on my presence or when I arm the domoticz panel.

[EDIT] added switchTrigger_*

My solution is to have Alexa switch a virtual switch switchTrigger_<switchName>, groupTrigger_<groupName> / sceneTrigger_<sceneName> and use this dzvents script to conditional process the state of this triggerswitch based on the current security state.

See script below

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--Secure Switch / Group / Scene Trigger

return 
{
    on = 
    {   devices = 
        { 
            'groupTrigger_*',
            'sceneTrigger_*',
            'switchTrigger_*',
        }
    },

    logging = 
    {
        level = domoticz.LOG_DEBUG,    -- Set to error when script is OK
        marker = 'Secure trigger'
    },

    execute = function(dz, item)
        if dz.security == dz.SECURITY_DISARMED then
            local target = (item.name):gsub('groupTrigger_',''):gsub('sceneTrigger_',''):gsub('switchTrigger_','') -- remove sub strings
            if (item.name):sub(1,2) == 'sw' then -- Switches can be switched On or Off
                if item.active then
                    dz.log('Switch ' .. target .. ' will be switched On',dz.LOG_DEBUG)
                    dz.devices(target).switchOn()
                else
                    dz.log('Switch ' .. target .. ' will be switched Off',dz.LOG_DEBUG)
                    dz.devices(target).switchOff()
                end
            elseif (item.name):sub(1,1) == 'g' then -- Groups (can be switched On or Off)
                if item.active then
                    dz.log('Group ' .. target .. ' will be switched On',dz.LOG_DEBUG)
                    dz.groups(target).switchOn()
                else
                    dz.log('Group ' .. target .. ' will be switched Off',dz.LOG_DEBUG)
                    dz.groups(target).switchOff()
                end
            elseif item.active then  -- scenes (can only be switched On)
                dz.log('Scene ' .. target .. ' will be switched On',dz.LOG_DEBUG)
                dz.scenes(target).switchOn()
                item.switchOff().silent()
            end
        else
            dz.log('No triggering allowed while security is set to !! ' .. dz.security .. " !!" , dz.LOG_ERROR)
        end
	end
}

When not yet familiar with dzVents please start with reading Get started Before implementing. Special attention please for
"In Domoticz go to Setup > Settings > Other and in the section EventSystem make sure the checkbox 'dzVents disabled' is not checked. Also make sure that in the Security section in the settings you allow 127.0.0.1 to not need a password. dzVents uses that port to send certain commands to Domoticz. Finally make sure you have set your current location in Setup > Settings > System > Location, otherwise there is no way to determine nighttime/daytime state."

Please feel free to ask if anything is not clear yet.

[djdevil]

Thanks a lot for the answer
more or less I understood the concept for I don't know how to put it into practice you could tell me where should I change the code? do i have to do it for each buckle and switch?

[waaren]

Thanks a lot for the answer
more or less I understood the concept for I don't know how to put it into practice you could tell me where should I change the code? do i have to do it for each buckle and switch?

No dzVents code change needed because it is generic. You have to add a virtual switch for every switch / group and scene you want to protect.

If that is too much of a pain you could also look for a solution that disables controlicz / Alexa completely when security is armed. Happy to help with that if you can tell me what is needed at the OS level / controlicz API to do that.

[waaren]

more or less I understood the concept

Different approach based on the comment @madgeni made about protect API

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-- Secure devices using protect API
-- Add device IDX to protect to deviceList table

return 
{
    on = 
    {   security = 
        { 
            domoticz.SECURITY_ARMEDAWAY,
            domoticz.SECURITY_ARMEDHOME,
            domoticz.SECURITY_DISARMED,
        },
        
        devices = 
        {
            'atHome switch', -- if active and security disarmed then devices are unprotected
        },
    },

    logging = 
    {
        level = domoticz.LOG_DEBUG,    -- Set to error when script is OK
        marker = 'Secure trigger2'
    },

    execute = function(dz, item)
        local deviceList = {    35,  -- Replace /  Add your device IDX numbers here
                                2228, 
                                2277,
                           }

        local protectMe = true
        if item.isSecurity or ( item.isDevice and item.active ) then 
            protectMe = ( dz.security ~= dz.SECURITY_DISARMED ) -- Only when at home and disarmed are devices unprotectd 
        end    
        
        local function protect(idx)
            local url = dz.settings['Domoticz url'] ..  '/json.htm?type=setused&used=true' ..
                                                        '&protected=' .. tostring(protectMe) ..
                                                        '&idx=' .. idx
            dz.openURL(url)
        end

        for _, idx in ipairs(deviceList)  do
            protect(idx)
        end
    end
}

[djdevil]

I don't know how to thank , function and perfect now when I arm the system and the presence switch is off the shutter buckles are password protected!

[djdevil]

I'm still here asking for help, I wanted to know if instead I want to protect the devices only based on the activation of the presence switch as I have to change the code thanks

[waaren]

I'm still here asking for help, I wanted to know if instead I want to protect the devices only based on the activation of the presence switch as I have to change the code thanks

For this the code should look like

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-- Secure devices using protect API
-- Add device IDX to protect to deviceList table

return 
{
    on = 
    {  -- security = 
       --  { 
       --      domoticz.SECURITY_ARMEDAWAY,
       --      domoticz.SECURITY_ARMEDHOME,
       --      domoticz.SECURITY_DISARMED,
       --  },
        
        devices = 
        {
            'atHome switch', -- if active then devices are unprotected
        },
    },

    logging = 
    {
        level = domoticz.LOG_DEBUG,    -- Set to error when script is OK
        marker = 'Secure trigger2'
    },

    execute = function(dz, item)
        local deviceList = {    35,  -- Replace /  Add your device IDX numbers here
                                2228, 
                                2277,
                           }

        local protectMe = not(item.active) 
        -- if item.isSecurity or ( item.isDevice and item.active ) then 
        --    protectMe = ( dz.security ~= dz.SECURITY_DISARMED ) -- Only when at home and disarmed are devices unprotectd 
		-- end    
        
        local function protect(idx)
            local url = dz.settings['Domoticz url'] ..  '/json.htm?type=setused&used=true' ..
                                                        '&protected=' .. tostring(protectMe) ..
                                                        '&idx=' .. idx
            dz.openURL(url)
        end

        for _, idx in ipairs(deviceList)  do
            protect(idx)
        end
    end
}

[djdevil]

thanks for the reply, I meant to exclude the alarm system in the code and use only the presence switch as a condition. type if the presence swtich is on protect and off does not protect.

thank you so much

[djdevil]

Any news please help me thx

[waaren]

Any news please help me thx

did you check the latest script. The security system parts are commented so no longer active in this script.

[djdevil]

Any news please help me thx

did you check the latest script. The security system parts are commented so no longer active in this script.

thx for reply i try the code but have this error

EventSystem: in Script #2: [string "-- Secure devices using protect API..."]:22: attempt to index global 'domoticz' (a nil value)

[waaren]

[thx for reply i try the code but have this error

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EventSystem: in Script #2: [string "-- Secure devices using protect API..."]:22: attempt to index global 'domoticz' (a nil value)

This is not a dzVents error but one from the domoticz EventSystem. Most likely you tried to save the script as a Lua type. You should save it as a dzVents type.

[djdevil]

hello yes in fact I had the wrong section and I entered as a script lua. but inserting it correctly still does not work! does not protect my switches! what's the problem?

Thx

[waaren]

hello yes in fact I had the wrong section and I entered as a script lua. but inserting it correctly still does not work! does not protect my switches! what's the problem?

Thx

"It does not work" is almost never a good starting point for finding the reason .
It 's about as meaningless as my reply "It does for me"

- What do you see in the log ?
- Which domoticz / dzVents version do you use.
- Did you read the Using dzVents with Domoticz section of the dzVents wiki and did you apply the required setting in the domoticz security settings as described there ?

[djdevil]

hello waaren thx for reply,

Yes i see log no error but the code not work when switch "at home" is off not protect,
While the old code work perfect with condition of security arm.

[waaren]

Yes i see log no error but the code not work when switch "at home" is off not protect,
While the old code work perfect with condition of security arm.

Please show the log when you switch the "at home" switch.

[djdevil]

i see but thereisnt nothing

[waaren]

i see but thereisnt nothing

Is dzVents and logging enabled and is the name of the switch exactly as in the script ?

[djdevil]

The name of switch is "Presenza"


2019-08-05 23:04:06.997 (Posizione) Lighting 1 (Presenza)
2019-08-05 23:04:06.992 Status: User: davide initiated a switch command (253/Presenza/Off)
2019-08-05 23:04:07.110 Status: dzVents: Debug: Processing device-adapter for Presenza: Switch device adapter
2019-08-05 23:04:07.111 Status: dzVents: Debug: - Device: Presenza

this debug when on

2019-08-05 23:05:07.077 Status: Notification: Presenza >> ON
2019-08-05 23:05:07.176 Status: dzVents: Debug: Processing device-adapter for Presenza: Switch device adapter
2019-08-05 23:05:07.176 Status: dzVents: Debug: - Device: Presenza