Get data from Homewizard

[robpijpers]

Hello all,

I have a Homewizard running with several kaku devices. Because its hard to script against the homewizard I started to play arround with Domoticz.
I can get information or change a switch on the homewizard by sending a http url http://<homewizard-ip>/<password>/sensor.
Is it possible to send an http url from a (dummy) Domoticz switch or something else?

Regards,

Rob

[ThinkPad]

Yep, click on the 'Edit' button below a switch, and you see two fields, the 'on action' and the 'off action'. There you can fill in a HTTP-url.

Oh and welcome to Domoticz

[robpijpers]

That works very nice, thanks for your quick responce.
Is there a way to parse json return data from the Homewizard?

[gizmocuz]

You could write a python script, and use the domoticz json api to upload the results into domoticz (see wiki)

[yellow]

You could also use https://json-csv.com to turn the JSON data into a spreadsheet.

[herscotty]

Does someone already create a script?
Sounds very Interesting. Its my first day with Domoticz. I already have HomeWizard since 2 years now and would be great to compare them.

[Egregius]

Maybe http://www.domoticz.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=17&t=6117 is womething you can start with?
It pulls data fromo thermometers, rain and wind from Homewizard and stores it in Domoticz.

[sincze]

Maybe http://www.domoticz.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=17&t=6117 is womething you can start with?
It pulls data fromo thermometers, rain and wind from Homewizard and stores it in Domoticz.

Great, that opened an additional playground for me.
I still use Domoticz because I think it can do more for less compared to Home Wizard.
However if I have to install the system at a non programmers house I would suggest Home Wizard.

For people that want flexibility I'll pick Domoticz. Have several systems running stable Domoticz for over a year monitoring the P1.
People never complained.

[Egregius]

6 months ago I was quit entertained by homewizard, now I think it's a complete waste of my money. Domoticz is evenly simple starters, but way more flexible for advanced users.

[sincze]

6 months ago I was quit entertained by homewizard, now I think it's a complete waste of my money. Domoticz is evenly simple starters, but way more flexible for advanced users.

+1 Egregius

at least the starter has to know what a raspberry is
I can assure you not everybody I talk to knows.

[herscotty]

Maybe http://www.domoticz.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=17&t=6117 is womething you can start with?
It pulls data fromo thermometers, rain and wind from Homewizard and stores it in Domoticz.

Great! Thank you! Helped me a lot.
Now the last step is to push the data into Domoticz. For this i open the URL with the specific variables. I already found a list of the types of the sensors (http://www.domoticz.com/wiki/Domoticz_A ... ual_Sensor) but what kind of Sensor is the 'Contact'-Sensor in Domoticz?

The reason/idea is: Check the state of the magnetic contact in HomeWizard and write the state into Domitcz (Switch->Contact).

[Egregius]

Can you do anything with the Udevice function from this script?
http://www.domoticz.com/forum/viewtopic ... 344#p41353

[herscotty]

It's done! Thank you all for help!

I attach the final script. It search for Sensors and Switches in Domoticz and synchronize the state of them with HomeWizard. For that the name of the Switches and Sensors in Homewizard and Domoticz must be the same.
It was my first script so excuse me
Maybe some one can improve the script.

Code: Select all

<?php
while(true){									//opend with rc.local and sync all 5 seconds
$json = file_get_contents('http://192.168.178.25/PASSWORD/get-sensors');	//get Homewizard status
$datahw = null;
$datahw = json_decode($json,true);
$json2 = file_get_contents('http://192.168.178.46:8080/json.htm?type=devices');	//get devices from Domoticz
$datadm = null;
$datadm = json_decode($json2,true);


if($datahw) {
        foreach($datahw['response']['kakusensors'] as $tmp) {			//for every Sensor; write new Array
                $namehw = null;
                $statushw = null;
                $idhw = null;
                $namehw=($tmp['name']);
                $statushw=($tmp['status']);
                $idhw=($tmp['id']);
                if("$statushw"=="no") $statushw=0;				//to compare the state with Domoticz
                if("$statushw"=="yes") $statushw=1;
                if("$namehw"=="HelligkeitSenso"){
                if("$statushw"=="0") $statushw="Off";
                if("$statushw"=="1") $statushw="On";
                }

                foreach ($datadm['result'] as $domotic) {			//for every Domoticz Sensor
                        $namedm = null;
                        $idxdm = null;						//idx for the idx number; dm stand for Domoticz
                        $hwiddm = null;
                        $statusdm = null;
                        $namedm=($domotic['Name']);
                        if($namedm=="Garage rechts") $namedm="GTorRechts";	//example if the Domoticz Name is different then
                        if($namedm=="Garage linkss") $namedm="GTorLinks";	//the name in Homewizard 
                        $idxdm=($domotic['idx']);
                        $hwiddm=($domotic['HardwareID']);
                        $statusdm=($domotic['Status']);
                        if("$statusdm"=="Closed")$statusdm=0;			//to set status for the URL
                        if("$statusdm"=="Open")$statusdm=1;
                        if("$namehw"=="$namedm" && "$hwiddm"=="6"){		//select Hardware ID of Virtual HomeWizard Switch
                                $URL="http://192.168.178.46:8080/json.htm?type=command&param=udevice&idx=$idxdm&nvalue=$statushw";
                                if("$statushw"!="$statusdm")file_get_contents($URL); //send the URL to change the state
                        }
                }
        }

        foreach($datahw['response']['switches'] as $tmp) {			//for every Switch
                $namehw = null;
                $statushw = null;
                $idhw = null;
                $namehw=($tmp['name']);
                $statushw=($tmp['status']);
                $idhw=($tmp['id']);
                if("$statushw"=="on") $statushw="1";
                if("$statushw"=="off") $statushw="0";

                foreach ($datadm['result'] as $domotic) {
                        $namedm = null;
                        $idxdm = null;
                        $hwiddm = null;
                        $statusdm = null;
                        $namedm=($domotic['Name']);
                        if($namedm=="Küche Decke") $namedm="Kueche Decke";	//different Names in HW and DM
                        $idxdm=($domotic['idx']);
                        $hwiddm=($domotic['HardwareID']);
                        $statusdm=($domotic['Status']);
                        if("$statusdm"=="On")$statusdm=1;
                        if("$statusdm"=="Off")$statusdm=0;
                        if("$namehw"=="$namedm" && "$hwiddm"=="6"){
                                $URL="http://192.168.178.46:8080/json.htm?type=command&param=udevice&idx=$idxdm&nvalue=$statushw";
                                if("$statushw"!="$statusdm")file_get_contents($URL) ;
                        }
                }
        }
}

sleep (5);									//Sync every 5 Seconds
}

[Egregius]

Looks nice
Just watch out with to many connections to homewizard, I had many timeouts when requesting more than every 20 seconds.

[herscotty]

I changed the time now to 10 seconds. Since yesterday evening it checks every 5 seconds and i had no problem. I watched at same time with the HomeWizard App at the iPhone and it doesn't had a disconnection.
Do you have any other hint or good idea to improve it? As i already told, i haven't much experience so far.

[Egregius]

You could consider to only repeat the while loop for one minute (like 5 times or so) and start the script every minute by cron.
That way you avoid that the script would stop in case something went wrong.

There's nothing in your script that warns you in case something went wrong.
Whit a if(!$datahw) mail... you could be warned about that. (That's how I saw all the connection errors from HW)

[rfvdboom]

Hi there,

i'm trying to use this script (swtiches), but i keep getting an error on line 65: $statusdm=($domotic['Status']);

I changed line in my onw specifications:
3: $json
6: $json2
62: "if($namedm==
69: $URL

Can somebody tell me what 'm doing wrong?

Thx