Disable Switch use certain times of day? Topic is solved

[Pauldc]

I have a switch that wants to make unavailable from 12am till 8 am every day but I'm not sure how to set it up, I'm thinking it can't be that hard i just can't really figure the simplest way to get it to work any suggestions would be great

[waltervl]

I never heard of such a functionality.
But perhaps you can run a script that disables/enables it but I don't know if there is an API for switching a device enabled/disabled. A quick scan returned nothing in https://www.domoticz.com/wiki/Domoticz_API/JSON_URL%27s

[waaren]

I have a switch that wants to make unavailable from 12am till 8 am every day but I'm not sure how to set it up, I'm thinking it can't be that hard i just can't really figure the simplest way to get it to work any suggestions would be great

The API to enable / disable a device is

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http://<domoticz ip:domoticz port>/json.htm?type=command&param=setdevused&idx=<device idx>&used=<true/false>&name=<device name>

You can use this in a dzVents or Lua or any other type of script.

[Pauldc]

Thanks for taking the time to help me out not 100% sure how to use the API, my scripts for the most part i have been useing blocky and haven't really used Lua.

[waaren]

Not 100% sure how to use the API, my scripts for the most part i have been using blocky

From a blockly script you can use something like

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[Pauldc]

Thanks for getting back to me

still, no luck if you have time could you really dumb it down seems I feel a bit very lost what I'm thinking,

Have one Switch IDX 2651 that controls a light which I want to disable between 12 am-8 am

Not 100% sure how to use the API, my scripts for the most part i have been using blocky

From a blockly script you can use something like

openURL.png

[waaren]

still, no luck if you have time could you really dumb it down seems I feel a bit very lost what I'm thinking,

Please share what you actually tried using the openURL in a time based Blockly script.

[sieth]

Can you discribe the setup?

What type of switch do you use?
Zwave, zigbee, shelly?

[Pauldc]

Sure

So what I've succeeded with is at the moment when a mobile phone gets close to our home it turns on a switch via an app for geofencing and within that switch on Domoticz, its plays out a sound over our Sonos speaker and that mp3 audio is triggered as a notification all of this works without any problems.

what I would like to achieve now is that the audio is not played out between 00:00 - 08:00

I was thinking of moving the audio/notification to its own switch so the geofencing switch still works but the audio/notification would only be active between said times and link the geofencing mobile switch vi blocky to the separate switch for the audio/notification playout.

Its all hosted on a pi
with zwave, rfxcom 433mhz for most part temps, and sensors most lights via Hue

Can you discribe the setup?

What type of switch do you use?
Zwave, zigbee, shelly?

[Pauldc]

Seems I'm not even sure where to start I haven't been able to set a blocky script for this i was thinking something like this but never used json before

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still, no luck if you have time could you really dumb it down seems I feel a bit very lost what I'm thinking,

Please share what you actually tried using the openURL in a time based Blockly script.

[waaren]

Seems I'm not even sure where to start I haven't been able to set a blocky script for this i was thinking something like this but never used json before

Can you try this ?

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You can import below xml in the event editor (use the +, Blockly, import button, paste below code and save as time triggered)

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<xml xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><block type="domoticzcontrols_ifelseif" id="yaJ1v4J{D{d5qvKaWL5M" x="13" y="14"><mutation elseif="1"></mutation><value name="IF0"><block type="logic_timeofday" id="P}IqP(8(ZGLRRSX*jXF$"><field name="OP">EQ</field><value name="Time"><block type="logic_timevalue" id="=k#353ET?9+gn~W=NnxE"><field name="TEXT">00:00</field></block></value></block></value><statement name="DO0"><block type="open_url" id="U=u((isL{0TE)ZVzZga="><value name="urlToOpen"><block type="url_text" id="w,mie_uNr!J*_Z.k_|K9"><field name="TEXT">192.168.1.14:8080/json.htm?type=command&amp;param=setdevused&amp;idx=2651&amp;used=false</field></block></value></block></statement><value name="IF1"><block type="logic_timeofday" id="!=/s@}gG86^sJwoedFI:"><field name="OP">EQ</field><value name="Time"><block type="logic_timevalue" id="J@.|QA?wjQJ;CH0sDCYF"><field name="TEXT">08:00</field></block></value></block></value><statement name="DO1"><block type="open_url" id="T;d`?$~(~,|?EaEt{U`s"><value name="urlToOpen"><block type="url_text" id="l1avg@Tohkn$V#fzM%kQ"><field name="TEXT">192.168.1.14:8080/json.htm?type=command&amp;param=setdevused&amp;idx=2651&amp;used=true</field></block></value></block></statement></block></xml>

[Pauldc]

Ok yep imported it and have tried it by changing times just so I can test it, but seems if I goto switches and click the switch with that IDX it turns on as normal, anything I'm missing that you can think of?

once again thanks for taking your time to help me

Seems I'm not even sure where to start I haven't been able to set a blocky script for this i was thinking something like this but never used json before

Can you try this ?

Blockly 20210309 Disable device.png


You can import below xml in the event editor (use the +, Blockly, import button, paste below code and save as time triggered)

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<xml xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><block type="domoticzcontrols_ifelseif" id="yaJ1v4J{D{d5qvKaWL5M" x="13" y="14"><mutation elseif="1"></mutation><value name="IF0"><block type="logic_timeofday" id="P}IqP(8(ZGLRRSX*jXF$"><field name="OP">EQ</field><value name="Time"><block type="logic_timevalue" id="=k#353ET?9+gn~W=NnxE"><field name="TEXT">00:00</field></block></value></block></value><statement name="DO0"><block type="open_url" id="U=u((isL{0TE)ZVzZga="><value name="urlToOpen"><block type="url_text" id="w,mie_uNr!J*_Z.k_|K9"><field name="TEXT">192.168.1.14:8080/json.htm?type=command&amp;param=setdevused&amp;idx=2651&amp;used=false</field></block></value></block></statement><value name="IF1"><block type="logic_timeofday" id="!=/s@}gG86^sJwoedFI:"><field name="OP">EQ</field><value name="Time"><block type="logic_timevalue" id="J@.|QA?wjQJ;CH0sDCYF"><field name="TEXT">08:00</field></block></value></block></value><statement name="DO1"><block type="open_url" id="T;d`?$~(~,|?EaEt{U`s"><value name="urlToOpen"><block type="url_text" id="l1avg@Tohkn$V#fzM%kQ"><field name="TEXT">192.168.1.14:8080/json.htm?type=command&amp;param=setdevused&amp;idx=2651&amp;used=true</field></block></value></block></statement></block></xml>

[waltervl]

You perhaps will have to refresh the switches page to see the device disappear if disabled.
To test de link: If you copy past the url in a webbrowser it will also enable/disable the device, does it work?

[Pauldc]

Ok tested to post from web browsers but it revies an error
status "ERR"

in the log it shows as "EventSystem: Fetching URL 192.168.1.14:8080/json.htm?type=command&param=setdevused&idx=2651&used=false after 0.2 seconds..."

You perhaps will have to refresh the switches page to see the device disappear if disabled.
To test de link: If you copy past the url in a webbrowser it will also enable/disable the device, does it work?

[waltervl]

Are you sure the idx is 2651 because that seems a high number. See the idx column in menu setup - devices.

Did you try the other status too: true or false? Could perhaps giving an error if it was already that status.

[Pauldc]

Checked the IDX its correct think over the years my DB over devices has picked up a lot of stuff that not used anymore, and also tried the status check both ways like you suggested but no different reports back status error.

Are you sure the idx is 2651 because that seems a high number. See the idx column in menu setup - devices.

Did you try the other status too: true or false? Could perhaps giving an error if it was already that status.

[waltervl]

I tried it myself on a device and I get the same ERR status back.
@waaren, can you check? i am on:
Version: 2020.2 (build 12901)
Build Hash: b6dc22e8b-modified
Compile Date: 2021-02-01 17:52:08
dzVents Version: 3.1.4

[waaren]

I tried it myself on a device and I get the same ERR status back.
@waaren, can you check? i am on:

I checked on latest beta. It works ok This API was implemented in build 12921 (see the wiki page with all commit descriptions )