Domoticz

hi
i am using domoticz 4.97 installed on windows 10.
now i am trying use a plugin (downloaded) named MQTT Discovery.
my installation directory is C:\Program Files (x86)\Domoticz\ but folder plugins does not exists.
i had make it manually. here i put a new folder "mqtt_discovery" containing file plugin.py.
on my machine is installed python 36 (64 bit).
but in domoticz (after restart), in new hardware tab i don't see my new hardware...
where am i wrong?
can someone help me?
thanks

papergion wrote: ↑Sunday 06 January 2019 17:14 hi
i am using domoticz 4.97 installed on windows 10.
on my machine is installed python 36 (64 bit).
where am i wrong?

try x86

uninstalled python 64 bit
domoticz (without new plugin) work

installed python X86

domoticz (without new plugin) don't work - it say: DOMOTICZ OFFLINE
...

strange behaviour:
- starting domoticz directly from c:\program files(x86)\domoticz il work (without new plugin) - with new plugin it works but new hardware is not present

- starting domoticz with desktop icon don't work (domoticz offline) - link parameters say: "C:\Program Files (x86)\Domoticz\domoticz.exe" -www 8080 -sslwww 443

@papergion,

Did you follow the Windows Python install instructions on the wiki? The key thing is to install it for all users.

Troubleshooting this is a two step process:

• Making sure Domoticz has picked up Python on your server.
• Seeing if the plugin loaded

Sounds like you are at step 1.

When you start Domoticz look at the log, if Domoticz found and linked to Python there will be a message from the 'PluginSystem' informing you of the version it picked up. If you don't see that then the plugin will never appear in the hardware list.

python was installed correctly, with same options as described in domoticz manual

i have now modified the properties of desktop domoticz icon (added underlined part) :
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Domoticz\domoticz.exe" -www 8080 -sslwww 443 -log D:\domoticz.log -logvevel 0 -verbose 1

startup result in "domoticz offline" message

file: d:\domoticz.log contains only:
2019-01-07 11:19:56.435 Status: RxQueue: queue worker started...
2019-01-07 11:19:57.805 Status: Incoming connection from: 127.0.0.1
2019-01-07 11:19:58.464 Status: EventSystem: reset all events...
2019-01-07 11:19:58.464 Status: EventSystem: reset all device statuses...

solved…

uninstalled python 3.7.2 x86
installed python 3.5.2 x86

work fine, plugin was loaded

conclusion: domoticz (in windows10) is NOT COMPATIBLE with python 3.7.2

thanks for your suggestions

I'm going to try this as well. Still wondering: how on earth did you get to the conclusion that the version may be the culprit?
Nope... doesn't work here...

After installing 3.7.4 I got:
2019-10-14 14:00:32.416 Status: PluginSystem: Failed dynamic library load, install the latest libpython3.x library that is available for your platform.
And after installing 3.5.2 I got:
2019-10-14 13:22:11.373 Status: PluginSystem: Failed dynamic library load, install the latest libpython3.x library that is available for your platform.

I know the time stamp for 3.5.2 is before the one from 3.7.4, but I first tried, 3.7.4...didn't work...read your comments here and then installed 3.5.2

Hi, i'm trying this as well but it won't work till today. Questions:
1.There is no plugin folder. I made a plugins dir en then a homewizzard folder and put the python file there: is that correct?
2. do I have to do anything with Python (yes i've installed it, 32bits version fore all users)
3. when I put the python file in the plugin dir: the HW hardware should excist in Domoticz? or is it a dummy hardware?
4. when I put the python file in the plugin dir: there comes a warning that i have to have admin rights. Is that a problem with domoticz?

Hope that some can help. Thanks.

regards Bako

Bako wrote: ↑Friday 22 May 2020 21:27 Hi, i'm trying this as well but it won't work till today. Questions:
1.There is no plugin folder. I made a plugins dir en then a homewizzard folder and put the python file there: is that correct?
2. do I have to do anything with Python (yes i've installed it, 32bits version fore all users)
3. when I put the python file in the plugin dir: the HW hardware should excist in Domoticz? or is it a dummy hardware?
4. when I put the python file in the plugin dir: there comes a warning that i have to have admin rights. Is that a problem with domoticz?

Hope that some can help. Thanks.

regards Bako

Are you trying to upgrade or do a first install?

Hi,

I have also run into problems.

It began trying to install deConz and conbee and get it to work with Domoticz. I was lacking 'requests' and noticed that it didn't matter what version of Python I installed (and after that - pip install requests | pip3 install requests), Domoticz was still running Python 3.5.2 (according to 'About-page'). So, even if I had a new python and 'requests' was installed, it wouldn't work. So, now I've unsinstalled 3.5.2 (the version Domoticz was using) and it reports I don't any Python version at all even though 3.9.1 is installedon the system.

I've been struggeling with this A LOT!!! What's wrong, or rather, waht am I doing wrong??? @Plantje, You seem to have gone through this before. Any suggestions?

(I am logged is as Administrator.)

Best regards,
Richard

It's really a very finniky (is that proper English?) installation. I hope your Dutch is ok as I attached my part of the Zigbee installation..... sorry, I did not as it is too large. You can find it here
It is not perfect, because there may be unnecessary steps in there. But this should work.