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Question about the heating example script
Posted: Saturday 12 November 2016 1:23
by elmortero
Hi Danny,
I have been using dzvents from the beginning but I have limited coding skills.
Now winter is about to start I am implementing a heating script, based on the example you provided (simple room heating with hysteresis control).
I want to add a condition to the script: no heating when a window is open (dt5)
Simple enough, or so I thought. Because if the window is open when the switchOnTemp is reached the heating does not start. But I also want the heater to turn if the window is openend while the heater was already started.
Can you tell me where to put the window-open-check to achieve this?
Re: Question about the heating example script [Solved]
Posted: Monday 14 November 2016 1:17
by jkimmel
Assuming there is a device 'Window' you could trigger that device and also question state of this device, something like this:
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-- assumptions:
-- the setpoint is set by a selector dummy device where the values are numeric temperatures
-- but you can easily change it to a setpoint device
local BOILER_DEVICE = 'Boiler' -- switch device
local SETPOINT_DEVICE = 'Setpoint' -- selector dummy device
local TEMPERATURE_SENSOR = 'Temperature'
local HYSTERESIS = 0.5 -- temp has to drop this value below setpoint before boiler is on again
local SMOOTH_FACTOR = 3
local LOGGING = true
local WINDOW_DEVICE = 'Window' -- !!!
return {
on = {
['timer'] = 'every minute',
TEMPERATURE_SENSOR,
SETPOINT_DEVICE,
WINDOW_DEVICE -- Triggers Window state
},
data = {
temperatureReadings = { history = true, maxItems = SMOOTH_FACTOR }
},
active = true,
execute = function(domoticz, device, triggerInfo)
local avgTemp
local temperatureReadings = domoticz.data.temperatureReadings
-- first check if the sensor got a new reading or the setpoint was changed:
if (triggerInfo.type == domoticz.EVENT_TYPE_DEVICE) then
local sensor = domoticz.devices[TEMPERATURE_SENSOR]
if (sensor.changed and sensor.attributeChanged('temperature')) then
-- sensor just reported a new reading
-- add it to the readings table
local current = sensor.temperature
if (current ~= 0 and current ~= nil) then
temperatureReadings.add(current)
else
-- no need to be here, weird state detected
domoticz.log('Strange sensor reading.. skiping', domoticz.LOG_ERROR)
return
end
elseif (domoticz.devices[SETPOINT_DEVICE].changed) then
-- a new setpoint was set
if LOGGING then domoticz.log('Setpoint was set to ' .. device.state) end
else
-- no business here, bail out...
return
end
end
-- now determine what to do
local boiler = domoticz.devices[BOILER_DEVICE]
local setpoint = domoticz.devices[SETPOINT_DEVICE]
if (setpoint.state == nil or setpoint.state == 'Off') then
boiler.switchOff()
return -- we're done here
end
local setpointValue = tonumber(setpoint.state)
-- determine at which temperature the boiler should be
-- switched on
local switchOnTemp = setpointValue - HYSTERESIS
-- don't use the current reading but average it out over
-- the past <SMOOTH_FACTOR> readings (data smoothing) to get rid of noise, wrong readings etc
local avgTemp = temperatureReadings.avg(1, SMOOTH_FACTOR)
if LOGGING then
domoticz.log('Average: ' .. avgTemp, domoticz.LOG_INFO)
domoticz.log('Setpoint: ' .. setpointValue, domoticz.LOG_INFO)
domoticz.log('Current boiler state: ' .. boiler.state, domoticz.LOG_INFO)
domoticz.log('Switch-on temperature: ' .. switchOnTemp, domoticz.LOG_INFO)
end
if (avgTemp >= setpointValue and boiler.state == 'On') then
if LOGGING then domoticz.log('Target temperature reached, boiler off') end
boiler.switchOff()
end
if (avgTemp < setpointValue and boiler.state == 'Off') then
if (avgTemp < switchOnTemp) then
if LOGGING then domoticz.log('Heating is required, boiler switched on') end
boiler.switchOn()
else
if LOGGING then domoticz.log('Average temperature below setpoint but within hysteresis range, waiting for temperature to drop to ' .. switchOnTemp) end
if WINDOW_DEVICE.state == 'Open' then boiler.switchOff() end -- !!!
end
end
end
}
You could refine by inserting something like only if 'window is open longer then x min'
Re: Question about the heating example script
Posted: Wednesday 04 January 2017 22:43
by elmortero
Thanks, did just that.
Only if the window stays open for more than 3 minutes (or in case of the bathroom, the door) the heating will be switched off because of that.
Sorry for the late reply.