Schedule in LUA (or shell/python)?

[JustME125]

I have been playing around with domoticz for a while now and have a lot of lights, switches, heating and ventilation running through domoticz (my girlfriend actually likes it ) but I am wondering how it is possible to create schedule functionality that is available in lua (for example). I know I can make a dummy switch and attach a schedule to it through the timer functionality but I am looking for a more elegant solution.

I could off course hardcode the scheduling in lua but that prevents me from easily editing the schedule by phone for example and drastically reduces the WAF.

I am looking for a way to create more elaborate scheduling which allows for a broader use instead of only being able to schedule 1 device through 1 timer.

Anyone any idea how to create such schedule that is not linked to 1 particular device and is easily editable (WAF), available in lua and elegant in use (not additional dummy switches)?

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[gizmocuz]

If you want to control multiple lights at once, place them in a 'group' and add a timer on this group.
it is probably the same you do with lua/blockly/python right ?
And besides the 'dummy switch and elegant stuff', how often are you going to create new timers ?

[annieoroberts00]

very useful thread.

[JustME125]

Unfortunately no replies so for.

[jannl]

I think the reply of gizmocuz is not bad. Besides, I basically never change my schedules. Running mostly for 2 years almost. Only added hardware needs updates to a schedule.

[paulD]

Hi,

You may define your schedule in googlecalendar. Search the forum and wiki to interact with google calendar in your lua script.

[JustME125]

Thanks for that angle Paul, never thought of that. One example of what I would like to accomplish is heating. Normally you tend to time the moment that your heating has to switch on or off, but I have pretty much defined how fast I can heat the house based on environment temperature etc so I don't need to know when I need to switch on (which can be achieved perfectly with the build in timers) but when a temperature should be reached. So instead of reacting on a schedule I want to anticipate when to switch on to achieve the desired state described in the schedule, the moment to switch depends on variables.

I hope this kind of clarifies why I asked my question.

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[georgesattali]

Hello,
Your question is quite straightforward and easy to understand, but a bit difficult to implement, as it's a prediction in the future.

it seems that curl 'http://127.0.0.1:8080/json.htm?type=sch ... ter=device' returns the list of timers planned for the next 24 hours ("ScheduleDate"). You may decode this result using JSON.lua (google).

So, you could create a Schedule for the moment you aim being warm plus a "time" script (called every minutes), that computes the time needed to heat and starts heating if

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now < ScheduleDate <= now+"time needed"

and "not already started".

if you know that time needed is less than 2 hours, then you dont need to compute if now+"2 hours" < ScheduleDate.

Hope this helps, see you,
GD

[JustME125]

Hi GD,

That sounds damn good and pretty easy. I am absolutely no coder but I think I can figure out how to do it. My main concerns is getting the timer stuff in lua, not find some time to start working on this solution.

Thanks so far!

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[JustME125]

Hello,
it seems that curl 'http://127.0.0.1:8080/json.htm?type=sch ... ter=device' returns the list of timers planned for the next 24 hours ("ScheduleDate"). You may decode this result using JSON.lua (google).

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now < ScheduleDate <= now+"time needed"

and "not already started".
Hope this helps, see you,
GD

I found out that:
curl 'http://127.0.0.1:8080/json.htm?type=sch ... thermostat' returns only thermostat type schedules. One step further, I have my holidays in a few weeks so I hope to finish this by the end of my holidays.

BR