dzVents noob question

[freijn]

Guys,

I am trying to step in the wonderfull world of dzVents and doing my first baby steps..

If I open de script editor the get the following example. Saving and activate for "device" don't do anyting.
I have changed the 'myDevice' into 'spare_grey' which is a test switch I play with. Nothing again.

Can you please help me understand what is the on = function for? ( I do see it with 1 min timer and understand it )
The goal is to have something happening ( a log entry in this case ) on a status change of my spare_grey switch.

next level question. same event but now for a text device.

Any help is welcome ! THanks Frank

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return {
	on = {
		devices = {
			'myDevice'
		}
	},
	execute = function(domoticz, device)
		domoticz.log('Device ' .. device.name .. ' was changed', domoticz.LOG_INFO)
	end
}

[waaren]

If I open de script editor the get the following example. Saving and activate for "device" don't do anyting.
I have changed the 'myDevice' into 'spare_grey' which is a test switch I play with. Nothing again.

The script looks ok. Try with changing LOG_INFO to LOG_FORCE. If you switch the 'myDevice' switch to On or Off you should see a message in the log like

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2019-01-11 17:38:58.197 Status: dzVents: !Info: Device myDevice was changed

Can you please help me understand what is the on = function for? ( I do see it with 1 min timer and understand it )
The goal is to have something happening ( a log entry in this case ) on a status change of my spare_grey switch.

As described here

• on = { ... }
  The on section tells dzVents when the execute function has to be executed. It holds all the events/triggers that are monitored by dzVents. If any of the events or triggers match with the current event coming from Domoticz, then the execute part of the script is executed by dzVents.

next level question. same event but now for a text device.

Nope. domoticz does not trigger an event for a text device.

[freijn]

Many thanks for the fast response !