Howto: LUA setting EvoTouch status

[bertoost]

Hi all,

I am trying several things to set the status over my Evohome EvoTouch device. Would like to set the status from Auto to Away or from Away to Auto. What I tried in LUA script was this;

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commandArray['EvoTouch'] = 'Auto'
 //...
commandArray['EvoTouch'] = 'Away'

And also tried to use the "evo-setmode.sh" script like

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script:///home/pi/evohome-client/evohomeclient2/evo-setmode.sh {status}
//...
commandArray['EvoTouch'] = 'On'

But non of these seems to work. At least; Domoticz did not get updated and the Evohome phone app doesn't change either.

Anyone some experience with this?

Thanks in advance.

Regards, Bert

[bertoost]

Anyone knows how to set that {status} via LUA script?
Tried multiple things, but don't know how.

Should be something like;

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commandArray['EvoTouch'] = 'On#Auto'

But dont know how to pass {status} via LUA.

[bertoost]

I have the latest version, currently v3.5051

[bertoost]

Hm will try that manually..
But how can u update EvoTouch switch in Domoticz right after I change de mode?

My LUA script is now checking the state of my iphone and the EvoTouch. I want to avoid a panic attack on my EvoTouch

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if (otherdevices['iPhone Home'] == 'On' and otherdevices['EvoTouch'] ~= 'Auto') then
    commandArray['EvoTouch'] = 'Auto'
    print('EvoTouch should be set to AUTO now...')
end

[edit]
And yes; it's working via the Domoticz interface and also via command line calling the setmode script

[bertoost]

I now fixed it by running os.execute and tracking 2 minutes of time in a user variable (for a wait on the update command). Like this;

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if (otherdevices['OnMyWayHome'] == 'On' and otherdevices['EvoTouch'] ~= 'Auto' and (timeFull - uservariables['EvoTouchChanged']) >= 120) then
    os.execute('sudo ./home/pi/evohome-client/evohomeclient2/evo-setmode.sh Auto');
    commandArray['Variable:EvoTouchChanged'] = timeFull
--    commandArray['SendNotification'] = 'Evohome#aangezet!'
--    print('EvoTouch should be AUTO now...')
end

Note; the "on my way home" is a dummy switch which I use with the Pilot app to set to ON when I am at some (one-way-traffic) point on my way home . Reaching this "checkpoint" means I am at home in 10 minutes

[bertoost]

And that is?
Now getting "lua script is running for 10 seconds" error in the log.

[narfight]

for the time out, change your os.execute like this :

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os.execute('sudo ./home/pi/evohome-client/evohomeclient2/evo-setmode.sh Auto &');

(add & to the end for "send and no wait")

[bertoost]

Ah of course. Good one. Added it.
Any suggestions for the normal commandArray method?

[bertoost]

Right..
Sounds very difficult to me

I will try out and finetune the os.execute approach.. Only used to get my evotouch out away mode when I drive home and put back in when leaving.

[JuanUil]

Hi all,

any progress on this lua scripting to change the state of evohome?

Jan

[DanM]

Take a look at https://www.domoticz.com/wiki/Evohome - there is a part titled automation about 2/3rds of the way down the page.

In my case evohome is device IDX 161 so I use the following to set eco mode when Im way from home:

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os.execute('curl "127.0.0.1:8080/json.htm?type=command&param=switchmodal&idx=161&status=AutoWithEco&action=1&ooc=1"')

[JuanUil]

Thanx,

I will go working with the json commands.

jan

[bertoost]

Any updates on this? It was still not working from LUA script...

As I have a for loop at the end of my LUA script, since I have some backup groups/scenes (for when some lights did not turned on), I have extended this loop with this piece;

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if (key == 'EvoTouch') then
    EvoTouchIdx = otherdevices_idx['EvoTouch']
    
    os.execute('curl "127.0.0.1:8080/json.htm?type=command&param=switchmodal&idx=' .. EvoTouchIdx .. '&status=' .. value .. '&action=1&ooc=1"')
end

From here I can do this anyway

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commandArray['EvoTouch'] = 'Auto'