Repeat on and off commands every 10 minutes Topic is solved

[mpx2]

Hello

I have a simple AC whitch which uses 433,92 MHz and uses one way communication. I need a LUA script which will repeat on or off command every 10 minutes untill on or off is pressed.

- A switch in Domoticz is switched on => repeat on command every 10 minutes untill the switch in Domoticz is turned off.
- The switch in Domoticz is switched off => repeat off command every 10 minutes untill the switch in Domoticz is turned on.

This would solve problems like
- there's a transmission error and the first command doesn't come through
- power goes down and the actual AC switch will turn off and won't remember the last state.

[waaren]

I have a simple AC switch which uses 433,92 MHz and uses one way communication. I need a LUA script which will repeat on or off command every 10 minutes until on or off is pressed.

Using dzVents it would look like below.

When not yet familiar with dzVents please start with reading Get started Before implementing (~ 5 minutes). 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."

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return 
{
    on = 
    {
        timer = 
        {
            'every 10 minutes',
        },
    },

    execute = function(dz)
        weakDevices = 
        {
            'device-1', -- Change to name of your device(s) 
            'device-2',
            'device-3',
        }
        
        for _, name in ipairs(weakDevices) do
            local device = dz.devices(name)
            dz.log('Resending  ' .. device.state .. ' state to ' .. name, dz.LOG_INFO)
            if device.state == 'Off' then 
                device.switchOff()
            else
                device.switchOn()
            end
        end
    end
}

[mpx2]

I have a simple AC switch which uses 433,92 MHz and uses one way communication. I need a LUA script which will repeat on or off command every 10 minutes until on or off is pressed.

Using dzVents it would look like below.

Thanks. I'll try that.

If I would like to repeat command eg. 2 times should I change the line device.switchOff()
to device.switchOff().repeatAfterMin(1, 2])
and move weakDevices where the timer is?

[waaren]

If I would like to repeat command eg. 2 times should I change the line device.switchOff()
and move weakDevices where the timer is?

no need to do anything different with table weakDevices
just this

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return 
{
    on = 
    {
        timer = 
        {
            'every 10 minutes',
        },
    },

    execute = function(dz)
        weakDevices = 
        {
            'device-1', -- Change to name of your device(s) 
            'device-2',
            'device-3',
        }
        
        for _, name in ipairs(weakDevices) do
            local device = dz.devices(name)
            dz.log('Resending  ' .. device.state .. ' state to ' .. name, dz.LOG_INFO)
            if device.state == 'Off' then 
                device.switchOff().repeatAfterSec(30, 2) -- again after 30 and after 60 seconds
            else
                device.switchOn().repeatAfterSec(30, 2)
            end
        end
    end
}

[mpx2]

If I would like to repeat command eg. 2 times should I change the line device.switchOff()
and move weakDevices where the timer is?

no need to do anything different with table weakDevices
just this

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return 
{
    on = 
    {
        timer = 
        {
            'every 10 minutes',
        },
    },

    execute = function(dz)
        weakDevices = 
        {
            'device-1', -- Change to name of your device(s) 
            'device-2',
            'device-3',
        }
        
        for _, name in ipairs(weakDevices) do
            local device = dz.devices(name)
            dz.log('Resending  ' .. device.state .. ' state to ' .. name, dz.LOG_INFO)
            if device.state == 'Off' then 
                device.switchOff().repeatAfterSec(30, 2) -- again after 30 and after 60 seconds
            else
                device.switchOn().repeatAfterSec(30, 2)
            end
        end
    end
}

I mean that if I don't want to run the script every 10 minutes but just when the state changes.

[waaren]

I mean that if I don't want to run the script every 10 minutes but just when the state changes.

It could then look like below

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local weakDevices = 
      {
            'device-1', -- Change to name of your device(s) 
            'device-2',
            'device-3',
      }

return 
{
    on = 
    {
        devices = weakDevices, 
    },

    execute = function(dz, item)
        local delay = 30
        local repeats = 5
        
        for repeater = 1, repeats do
            local calculatedDelay = delay * repeater
            dz.log('Resending  ' .. item.state .. ' state to ' .. item.name .. ' after ' .. calculatedDelay .. ' seconds. ', dz.LOG_INFO)
            if item.state == 'Off' then 
                item.switchOff().silent().afterSec(calculatedDelay) 
            else
                item.switchOn().silent().afterSec(calculatedDelay)
            end
       end
    end
}

[mpx2]

I have a simple AC switch which uses 433,92 MHz and uses one way communication. I need a LUA script which will repeat on or off command every 10 minutes until on or off is pressed.

Using dzVents it would look like below.

When not yet familiar with dzVents please start with reading Get started Before implementing (~ 5 minutes). 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."

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return 
{
    on = 
    {
        timer = 
        {
            'every 10 minutes',
        },
    },

    execute = function(dz)
        weakDevices = 
        {
            'device-1', -- Change to name of your device(s) 
            'device-2',
            'device-3',
        }
        
        for _, name in ipairs(weakDevices) do
            local device = dz.devices(name)
            dz.log('Resending  ' .. device.state .. ' state to ' .. name, dz.LOG_INFO)
            if device.state == 'Off' then 
                device.switchOff()
            else
                device.switchOn()
            end
        end
    end
}

Helle

Tanks you for your script. The script has been mostly working ok but some times it fails when repeat and switch on happens at the same time.

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2020-01-01 16:00:02	On
2020-01-01 16:00:02	Off
2020-01-01 15:48:01	Off
2020-01-01 15:36:01	Off

At 2020-01-01 16:00:02 my switch turned on and immediately was turned off. The switch state is off so the next repeat is off command.

[waaren]

The script has been mostly working ok but some times it fails when repeat and switch on happens at the same time.
At 2020-01-01 16:00:02 my switch turned on and immediately was turned off. The switch state is off so the next repeat is off command.

Unfortunately there is nothing dzVents can do to prevent this from happening.

[mpx2]

The script has been mostly working ok but some times it fails when repeat and switch on happens at the same time.
At 2020-01-01 16:00:02 my switch turned on and immediately was turned off. The switch state is off so the next repeat is off command.

Unfortunately there is nothing dzVents can do to prevent this from happening.

Hi

I added a delay just before the for loop.

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        os.execute("sleep " .. math.random(5,15))

This will cause a random delay between 5 and 15 seconds. dzVentz script is not triggered at 00.

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2020-01-02 10:48:06	Off
2020-01-02 10:36:10	Off
2020-01-02 10:24:12	Off
2020-01-02 10:12:11	Off
2020-01-02 10:00:13	Off

I guess there's no way to use atomic scripts and timers.

[waaren]

I added a delay just before the for loop.

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        os.execute("sleep " .. math.random(5,15))

This will cause a random delay between 5 and 15 seconds. dzVentz script is not triggered at 00.

This will work for switches triggered by other time based scripts but ( although unlikely ) it might fail for manual switched switches.
What is worse, is that the sleep command will block the entire event system for 5-15 seconds as the event system is single threaded and therefore will not process other events until this script has finished. You will see some complaining log lines like

Warning!, lua script /home/pi/domoticz/dzVents/runtime/dzVents.lua has been running for more than 10 seconds

If that does not bather you it's OK but a more elegant approach would be to use an async approach with a openURL call or by using a dummy variable or device to re-trigger this script after some seconds.

[mpx2]

I added a delay just before the for loop.

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        os.execute("sleep " .. math.random(5,15))

This will cause a random delay between 5 and 15 seconds. dzVentz script is not triggered at 00.

This will work for switches triggered by other time based scripts but ( although unlikely ) it might fail for manual switched switches.
What is worse, is that the sleep command will block the entire event system for 5-15 seconds as the event system is single threaded and therefore will not process other events until this script has finished. You will see some complaining log lines like

Warning!, lua script /home/pi/domoticz/dzVents/runtime/dzVents.lua has been running for more than 10 seconds

If that does not bather you it's OK but a more elegant approach would be to use an async approach with a openURL call or by using a dummy variable or device to re-trigger this script after some seconds.

I'll try this

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os.execute("ping -c " .. math.random(10,25)) .. " localhost > NUL")

http://lua-users.org/wiki/SleepFunction

[waaren]

I'll try this

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os.execute("ping -c " .. math.random(10,25)) .. " localhost > NUL")

That will not make it better. It will stil pause the event System but now for 10-25 seconds (the default interval is 1 second between pings)
It will also create a file called NUL on your system.