Domoticz

I have python script that works fine at the command line.

However I call it in Domoticz (either ON|OFF on a dummy switch, or calling from a shell script or from a Lua script) it will not work and returns an error 256.

I suspect that it's because the script is loading a non-standard module that can't be found. I have tried appending the module path to sys.path (in the .py), but this makes no difference.

Apart from telling me the solution can anyone help with these questions please:

1. Does Domoticz run only a certain version of Python?
2. Does Domoticz need to use a special location for script modules to load successfully?

@Lorccan,

Did you correctly specify the script in the on and off action fields?

It should be something like:

script:///home/pi/domoticz/scripts/script.py param1 param2 param3

Notice the three /// if you specify the full path. I've seen others reporting it should be two, but this probably depends on wheter you specify a full or relave path.

Kind regards,

Jorg

Lorccan wrote:1. Does Domoticz run only a certain version of Python?

To my understanding the Domoticz internal Python uses Python2, the new plugin manager Python3
I have read somewhere that this is going to be changed to Python3 only.

@ Lorccan,

Are you running Domoticz on *nix or windows?

Scripts run from on/off-actions should not be dependent on the internal python interpreter. If running on some kind of linux, have you tried the following hashbang?

#!/usr/bin/env python3

or

#!/usr/bin/env python

It should give your script the same runtime environment as from the command-line.

M

Sorry for slow response - I didn't get notification of replies.

I am running on an RPi under Raspbian - so, yes *nix - and I did already have the hashbangs in place.

I have managed to get it working now. I needed to do a couple of things:

Explicitly point to an external module:
and, most importantly:
This is to ensure that when the script is run by Domoticz it is elevated to root privileges and overcomes any permissions issues.

I spoke too soon:

A short while after I posted my 'solution' - when I was quite happily calling the python scripts directly from the dummy switch on|off action - I started to see the error:
I have tried once more wrapping the start of this script in a shell script, but this makes no difference:
The only thing that I can get to work is to make the on|off action touch a file in a directory that's being monitored by inotifywait, this then kicks-off the python script - but it's obviously slower than the direct link that I had working earlier on today.

NB: I have not changed anything in the environment - no OS or Domoticz updates - that could have caused the behaviour to change.

@Lorccan,

would you mind posting your script?

M

This is it. As you can see it loads the energenie module (which is available at https://github.com/whaleygeek/pyenergenie) and this drives a dedicated transceiver hat on the RPi. (ENER314-RT)

jorgh wrote:@Lorccan,

Did you correctly specify the script in the on and off action fields?

It should be something like:

script:///home/pi/domoticz/scripts/script.py param1 param2 param3

Notice the three /// if you specify the full path. I've seen others reporting it should be two, but this probably depends on wheter you specify a full or relave path.

Kind regards,

Jorg

Sorry Jorg, I overlooked your post. Yes, I have the three slashes and a fully qualified path. The only difference is that I have the .py's in a subfolder of scripts named 'python', so: `script:///home/pi/domoticz/scripts/python/ceiling_on.py`

@Lorccan,

I'll take a closer look at your script, but in the meantime:

If the script lives in the scripts/python-subdirectory under domoticz, try calling it with relative path, for example:

script://python/tradfri.py 0 on

The script should be owned by the same user as domoticz runs as, and have the execute-bit set!

M

I believe I have finally solved the problem - not so that the script runs as it should, but it will do for now:-

The script reads a file named registry.kv which supplies a dictionary of device names and addresses. I tried calling the .py from Lua and diverting stdout to a file. There I found that the name 'ceiling' was not recognised - because the reading of the registry is not working. (I did not write the python/c modules, so I am waiting for an answer from the owner about where the file needs to be located.)

I was able to fix it by forgetting the registry for now and hard-coding an address to turn on. (As I only have the one device of this type it's not a hardship!)

I'll post back with updates if I manage to get any further, but thanks for your suggestions.

Hi Everyone, any news on that. I'm struggling with exactly the same problem. I would like to use TP-Link HS100 from domoticz and the same thing happens, script runs fine from SSH but when added to dummy, no go. Thanks for any advice.