Timer trigger over midnight (and some other script problems)

[AllesVanZelf]

From Blockly I know that if you want to have a time span over midnight, you have to do this as:
> sunset OR < sunrise.
How would I do this in DzVents?
Can I do this as:
Between sunset and sunrise?

[waaren]

> sunset OR < sunrise.
How would I do this in DzVents?
Can I do this as:
Between sunset and sunrise?

From the wiki chapter on timer trigger rules

'between aa and bb' -- aa/bb can be sunrise/sunset

and

'at nighttime', -- between sunset and sunrise

[AllesVanZelf]

Yes I've read that, but it was not clear to me that this would also work over midnight. (i missed that comments )
at nighttime is a good one!
Thanks again!

[AllesVanZelf]

These are some of my first steps in DzVents. A few scripts are working well and a little better then blockly's.
But this one gives me (almost) headache.

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return
{
    on =
    {
        timer = 
        {
            'at nighttime',
        },
        devices =
        {
            'MS-Buiten',
        },
    },

    logging =
    {
        level = domoticz.LOG_DEBUG,
    },
    
    execute = function(dz)
        local voordeurlamp = dz.devices('Lamp Voordeur Schakelaar')
        local keukenlamp = dz.devices('Lamp-Keuken-Sier-433')
        local voorhuis = dz.devices('Lamp Voorhuis Powerplug')
        local motion = dz.devices('MS-Buiten').state
        
        if  dz.time.matchesRule('at daytime') and voordeurlamp == 'Off' and motion == 'On' then

            voordeurlamp.switchOn().silent().afterSec(20)
            keukenlamp.switchOn().silent().afterSec(40)
            voorhuis.switchOn().silent().afterSec(60)
            voorhuis.switchOff().afterSec(250)
            keukenlamp.switchOff().afterSec(300)
            voordeurlamp.switchOff().afterSec(400)

            dz.utils.osExecute('/home/pi/bin/sendsnapshot-nacht.sh')

        end
    end
}

This script should turn on some light in a special order and then turn them off after some time. In the same time the sh script should send me a snapshot. This snapshot works from commandline in raspberry os.
But nothing happens. No light, no message. (I tested with daytime.)

Log does not help me a lot:

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2020-06-08 15:40:34.018 Status: dzVents: Info: ------ Start internal script: Beweging buiten Licht DzVents: Device: "MS-Buiten (Virtuele schakelaarrs)", Index: 7
2020-06-08 15:40:34.019 Status: dzVents: Debug: Processing device-adapter for Lamp Voordeur Schakelaar: Switch device adapter
2020-06-08 15:40:34.021 Status: dzVents: Debug: Processing device-adapter for Lamp-Keuken-Sier-433: Switch device adapter
2020-06-08 15:40:34.023 Status: dzVents: Debug: Processing device-adapter for Lamp Voorhuis Powerplug: Switch device adapter
2020-06-08 15:40:34.023 Status: dzVents: Info: ------ Finished Beweging Licht DzVents 

There is something wrong in the code. but what?

[waaren]

But this one gives me (almost) headache.
There is something wrong in the code. but what?

First some remarks / questions.

this script will be triggered every minute at nighttime and every time MS-Buiten is updated. Is that your intention or do you only want it to be triggered when MS-Buiten is updated during nighttime?
You check if voordeurlamp is 'Off' but voordeurlamp is a device object. You probably want to check it's state like you do for motion.


it then would be something like below

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return
{
    on =
    {
        devices = 
		{
			['MS-Buiten'] = 
			{
				'at nighttime'
			},
		},
    },

    logging =
    {
        level = domoticz.LOG_DEBUG,
    },
    
    execute = function(dz)
        local voordeurlamp = dz.devices('Lamp Voordeur Schakelaar')
        local keukenlamp = dz.devices('Lamp-Keuken-Sier-433')
        local voorhuis = dz.devices('Lamp Voorhuis Powerplug')
        local motion = dz.devices('MS-Buiten').state
        
        if voordeurlamp.state == 'Off' and motion == 'On' then

            voordeurlamp.switchOn().silent().afterSec(20)
            keukenlamp.switchOn().silent().afterSec(40)
            voorhuis.switchOn().silent().afterSec(60)
            voorhuis.switchOff().afterSec(250)
            keukenlamp.switchOff().afterSec(300)
            voordeurlamp.switchOff().afterSec(400)

            os.execute('/home/pi/bin/sendsnapshot-nacht.sh')

        end
    end
}

[waaren]

Log does not help me a lot:

If you need more logging, add some lines at relevant places in your script like

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dz.log('State of voordeurlamp is '  .. voordeurlamp.state, dz.LOG_DEBUG )

[AllesVanZelf]

this script will be triggered every minute at nighttime and every time MS-Buiten is updated. Is that your intention or do you only want it to be triggered when MS-Buiten is updated during nighttime?

Yes the latter. When MS Buiten is triggered at nighttime.
What do the brackets [] arround MS-Buiten mean in this case?

You check if voordeurlamp is 'Off' but voordeurlamp is a device object. You probably want to check it's state like you do for motion.

That is true. That means that I forgot the .state part. isn't it?

I did not find the os.execute part in wiki. I did see something about osExecute(cmd) and read about it in some other posts. But I find it hard to use in code.
If the code works well do I change the log line:

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dz.log('State of voordeurlamp is '  .. voordeurlamp.state, dz.LOG_DEBUG )

to dz.LOG_INFO or just dz.LOG? Or just rmeove the line?

and what about this part:

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 logging =
    {
        level = domoticz.LOG_DEBUG,
    },

[waaren]

[Yes the latter. When MS Buiten is triggered at nighttime.
What do the brackets [] arround MS-Buiten mean in this case?

it means that MS-Buiten is to be considered as a key in a Lua table.

That is true. That means that I forgot the .state part. isn't it?

Yes

I did not find the os.execute part in wiki. I did see something about osExecute(cmd) and read about it in some other posts. But I find it hard to use in code.

os.execute is standard Lua. dzVents is 100% Lua
In the dzVents wiki you will see the specific dzVents API (functions, attributes, structures) Guides on all standard Lua commands and structures are freely and in large amounts available on the web. As a start you can look here

If the code works well do I change the log line:

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dz.log('State of voordeurlamp is '  .. voordeurlamp.state, dz.LOG_DEBUG )

to dz.LOG_INFO or just dz.LOG? Or just rmeove the line?

Just leave it as it is

and what about this part:

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 logging =
    {
        level = domoticz.LOG_DEBUG,
    },

change that to

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 logging =
    {
        level = domoticz.LOG_ERROR,
    },

[AllesVanZelf]

Ok Thanks for these explanations!!