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Event that acts depending on last status
Posted: Monday 22 October 2018 21:10
by royson
Hi!
Im currently running an event that checks the wattage of a wall plug and uses the value to determine if the house is armed or disarmed. I know its an pretty ugly solution but its the easiest way since I cannot get status directly from my security provider =)
Anyway, the event works just fine, the problem is that it runs EVERY hour. Which means I get the same notifications over, and over, and over both when I'm away and at home. Im not sure why but I guess that Domoticz is somehow configured to check all events every hour??
My thought was that I could check the last status of the alarm and that way tell it NOT to send a notification if the status is unchanged. Problem is that Blockly doesnt seem to support that kind of logic. So, does anyone have any suggestions? Im sure I could do this pretty easily with a python script or LUA, but with two small children I haven't had the time to learn any advanced scripting yet.
Any help and suggestions is greatly appriciated!
Best regards,
royson
Re: Event that acts depending on last status
Posted: Tuesday 23 October 2018 20:45
by SweetPants
Take a look at dz_Ventz (
https://www.domoticz.com/wiki/DzVents:_ ... _scripting). It has a steep learning curve, but once you master it you will see the advantage over plain LUA and Blockly and the integration with Domoticz. I have converted all my LUA scripts to dz_Ventz and must say it works great.
Re: Event that acts depending on last status
Posted: Thursday 25 October 2018 22:09
by royson
SweetPants wrote: ↑Tuesday 23 October 2018 20:45
Take a look at dz_Ventz (
https://www.domoticz.com/wiki/DzVents:_ ... _scripting). It has a steep learning curve, but once you master it you will see the advantage over plain LUA and Blockly and the integration with Domoticz. I have converted all my LUA scripts to dz_Ventz and must say it works great.
Thanks for the tip, I actually had some thoughts on dzVents and after having another look it seems like a nice way to start.
Im just having some problems getting my logic right as there doesnt seems to be any "last state" command to use.
I would like my event to check if the last state of the switch is the same or not. If it is, it shouldnt do anything. The event should only continue if the state is changed, that way I wouldnt get the notifications every hour.
Maybe I could use another dummy switch that keeps track of my Alarm switches state?
Re: Event that acts depending on last status
Posted: Thursday 25 October 2018 22:18
by SweetPants
royson wrote: ↑Thursday 25 October 2018 22:09
Im just having some problems getting my logic right as there doesnt seems to be any "last state" command to use.
Take a look at the persistent data part. That can give you state info of a previous script run (
https://www.domoticz.com/wiki/DzVents:_ ... stent_data)
Re: Event that acts depending on last status
Posted: Thursday 25 October 2018 22:40
by royson
SweetPants wrote:royson wrote: ↑Thursday 25 October 2018 22:09
Im just having some problems getting my logic right as there doesnt seems to be any "last state" command to use.
Take a look at the persistent data part. That can give you state info of a previous script run (
https://www.domoticz.com/wiki/DzVents:_ ... stent_data)
Thanks. Im gonna give that a look.
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Re: Event that acts depending on last status
Posted: Friday 26 October 2018 18:40
by royson
Ok, this is what i've got:
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return {
on = {
devices = {
'vSwitch_till_Larmet'
}
},
execute = function(domoticz, vSwitch_till_Larmet)
local Larmet = domoticz.devices('vSwitch_till_Larmet')
local HomeAway = domoticz.devices('vLARM_HomeAway')
if (Larmet.state == 'On') then
HomeAway.switchOff()
domoticz.notify('Avlarmat', 'Välkommen hem!', domoticz.PRIORITY_NORMAL)
elseif (Larmet.state == 'Off') then
HomeAway.switchOn()
domoticz.notify('Larmet aktiverat', 'Huset är nu larmat', domoticz.PRIORITY_NORMAL)
else
domoticz.notify('Stop', 'Sending me the same shit every hour!!', domoticz.PRIORITY_NORMAL)
end
end
}
Last part is mostly frustration...
Re: Event that acts depending on last status
Posted: Friday 26 October 2018 18:50
by SweetPants
Do you have re-notification set? Setup->Settings->Notification->Notification Intervals (sensor) i guess 1 hour?
Re: Event that acts depending on last status
Posted: Saturday 27 October 2018 7:57
by royson
SweetPants wrote: ↑Friday 26 October 2018 18:50
Do you have re-notification set? Setup->Settings->Notification->Notification Intervals (sensor) i guess 1 hour?
I have set that to 12 hours..
Re: Event that acts depending on last status
Posted: Saturday 27 October 2018 8:35
by waaren
royson wrote: ↑Saturday 27 October 2018 7:57
... I would like my event to check if the last state of the switch is the same or not. If it is, it shouldnt do anything. The event should only continue if the state is changed, that way I wouldnt get the notifications every hour....
A possible solution using dzVents persistent data (as suggested by Sweetpants)
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return {
on = { devices = { "vSwitch_till_Larmet" }},
data = { lastState = { initial = "init" }},
execute = function(domoticz, item) -- item is vSwitch_till_Larmet (the script trigger)
local HomeAway = domoticz.devices('vLARM_HomeAway')
if item.state ~= domoticz.data.lastState then -- lastState different than current state ?
domoticz.data.lastState = item.state -- Store current state in domoticzVents persistent data
if item.state == 'On' then
HomeAway.switchOff()
domoticz.notify('Avlarmat', 'Välkommen hem!', domoticz.PRIORITY_NORMAL)
else
HomeAway.switchOn()
domoticz.notify('Larmet aktiverat', 'Huset är nu larmat', domoticz.PRIORITY_NORMAL)
end
end
end
}
Re: Event that acts depending on last status
Posted: Saturday 27 October 2018 10:36
by SweetPants
royson wrote: ↑Saturday 27 October 2018 7:57
SweetPants wrote: ↑Friday 26 October 2018 18:50
Do you have re-notification set? Setup->Settings->Notification->Notification Intervals (sensor) i guess 1 hour?
I have set that to 12 hours..
Hmm weird, where is the 1 hour (re)notification coming from then!!!
Waaren already send you a script that uses 'persistent data', maybe you can build from there
Re: Event that acts depending on last status
Posted: Saturday 27 October 2018 10:37
by royson
SweetPants wrote:royson wrote: ↑Saturday 27 October 2018 7:57
SweetPants wrote: ↑Friday 26 October 2018 18:50
Do you have re-notification set? Setup->Settings->Notification->Notification Intervals (sensor) i guess 1 hour?
I have set that to 12 hours..
Hmm weird, where is the 1 hour (re)notification coming from then!!!
Waaren already send you a script that uses 'persistent data', maybe you can build from there
Not sure. Maybe Domoticz haven't registered my change to 12h or something.
Yep. Gonna give waaren suggestion a go.
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Re: Event that acts depending on last status
Posted: Saturday 27 October 2018 10:39
by royson
waaren wrote:royson wrote: ↑Saturday 27 October 2018 7:57
... I would like my event to check if the last state of the switch is the same or not. If it is, it shouldnt do anything. The event should only continue if the state is changed, that way I wouldnt get the notifications every hour....
A possible solution using dzVents persistent data (as suggested by Sweetpants)
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return {
on = { devices = { "vSwitch_till_Larmet" }},
data = { lastState = { initial = "init" }},
execute = function(domoticz, item) -- item is vSwitch_till_Larmet (the script trigger)
local HomeAway = domoticz.devices('vLARM_HomeAway')
if item.state ~= domoticz.data.lastState then -- lastState different than current state ?
domoticz.data.lastState = item.state -- Store current state in domoticzVents persistent data
if item.state == 'On' then
HomeAway.switchOff()
domoticz.notify('Avlarmat', 'Välkommen hem!', domoticz.PRIORITY_NORMAL)
else
HomeAway.switchOn()
domoticz.notify('Larmet aktiverat', 'Huset är nu larmat', domoticz.PRIORITY_NORMAL)
end
end
end
}
Thank you. I'm gonna give that a try and read the guide again. With your help I might actually understand how it works
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Re: Event that acts depending on last status
Posted: Tuesday 30 October 2018 19:30
by royson
waaren wrote: ↑Saturday 27 October 2018 8:35
royson wrote: ↑Saturday 27 October 2018 7:57
... I would like my event to check if the last state of the switch is the same or not. If it is, it shouldnt do anything. The event should only continue if the state is changed, that way I wouldnt get the notifications every hour....
A possible solution using dzVents persistent data (as suggested by Sweetpants)
Thanks a lot for your help @Sweetpants and @waaren. Its seems to be working great!