Manage switch selector and using different selection on "if" [Solved]

[megamarco83]

hi, i have this part of my dzvent script (version dzvent=2.4.19)

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local function manageSwitches()
            if  heatpump.state == "Off" then
                controlVar.set("false")
                season.switchSelector("Heating")  -- from October to April put selector in Heating ; from May to September put in Cooling
                switchValves(off)
            elseif heatpump.state == "On" and (manuale.value) == 0  then          -- if PDC is ON -> switch on the valves
                controlVar.set("true")
                season.switchSelector("SUN_POWER")
                switchValves(on) 
            elseif heatpump.state == "On" and (manuale.value) == 1  and controlVar.value == "true" then
                manuale.set(0)
                season.switchSelector("SUN_POWER")
                switchValves(on)
            end 
        end

how i can set a specific level of dummy switch selector device inside code?
i mean for example this line:

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season.switchSelector("SUN_POWER")

where i need to put my selector switch at lever named "SUN_POWER"

second question at line:

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season.switchSelector("Heating")  -- from October to April put selector in Heating ; from May to September put in Cooling

i would like to set the level my switch at "Heating from October to april, and set to "Cooling" level from may to september, how i can implement that change?

thanks

[waaren]

dzVents version 2.4.19
How i can set a specific level of dummy switch selector device inside code?

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season.switchSelector("SUN_POWER")

dzVents version 2.4.19 does not support the use of levelNames in the switchSelector method. This was introduced in dzVents version 2.4.22. So if you want to use that you will need to switch to the Beta channel or wait for a next stable release. ( No I don't know when this will come)
Until then you will have to use season.switchSelector(10) or another numeric level.

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season.switchSelector("Heating")  -- from October to April put selector in Heating ; from May to September put in Cooling

i would like to set the level my switch at "Heating from October to april, and set to "Cooling" level from may to september, how i can implement that change?

code snippet could look like

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if dz.time.matchesRule('on 1/5-30/9') then
    if season.levelName ~= 'Cooling' then season.switchSelector(XX) end
else
    if season.levelName ~= 'Heating' then season.switchSelector(YY) end 
end 

(where XX is the levelnumber of the Cooling level and YY is the levelnumber of the Heating level)

[megamarco83]

hi, it works perfectoly, thanks!
i need support on another part of the code that i added:

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        local calorifero1p                  = dz.devices("Calorifero_Bagno_PT")   
        local calorifero_mans               = dz.devices("Calorifero_Bagno_Mansarda") 
        local vcm_1p                        = dz.devices("VCM_Piano_Terra")
        local vcm_mans                      = dz.devices("VCM_Mansarda")
        local PDC                           = dz.devices("PDC")
        local autoconsumo                   = dz.devices("Autoconsumo")
        local SCRIPT_PDC_VALVOLE            = dz.devices("SCRIPT_PDC_VALVOLE")
        local PDC_automation                = dz.devices("PDC automation")
        
       -- local isOffBlocked   = dz.variables("hotWaterThermostatControlled").value == "true"
        

    

        local function manageSwitches()
            if autoconsumo.value >= 2000 and calorifero1p.state == "On" and calorifero_mans.state == "On" then
                calorifero1p.swichOff()
                calorifero_mans.swichOff()
                vcm_1p.swichOff()
                vcm_mans.swichOff()
                
            
            --TURN ON PDC ( per vedere se c'è energia per accendere la pompa)
            PDC.switchOn().afterSec(10)
            SCRIPT_PDC_VALVOLE.switchOn()
            PDC_automation.switchOn()
            end
        end

the code run without errors (attached the log)
but it not works as expected: the devices: calorifero1p.state == "On" and calorifero_mans.state == "On" was ON and the dummy device "utility" power meter (instant enery+total energy) has a value > 2000 Watt
this one:

Screenshot_2020-01-19 Domoticz.png (8.31 KiB) Viewed 1571 times

but the script do not turn off:
calorifero1p.swichOff()
calorifero_mans.swichOff()
vcm_1p.swichOff()
vcm_mans.swichOff()
and also not turn on the other devices
PDC.switchOn().afterSec(10
PDC_automation.switchOn()

maybe the issue is how i try to compare the value inside dzvent about energy inside "if"?
if autoconsumo.value >= 2000

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 2020-01-19 12:08:00.428 Status: dzVents: Info: OTTIMIZZAZIONE INVERNO: ------ Start internal script: OTTIMIZZAZIONE INVERNO:, trigger: every 1 minutes at 11:00-14:30
2020-01-19 12:08:00.431 Status: dzVents: Debug: OTTIMIZZAZIONE INVERNO: Processing device-adapter for Calorifero_Bagno_PT: Switch device adapter
2020-01-19 12:08:00.433 Status: dzVents: Debug: OTTIMIZZAZIONE INVERNO: Processing device-adapter for Calorifero_Bagno_Mansarda: Switch device adapter
2020-01-19 12:08:00.435 Status: dzVents: Debug: OTTIMIZZAZIONE INVERNO: Processing device-adapter for VCM_Piano_Terra: Switch device adapter
2020-01-19 12:08:00.437 Status: dzVents: Debug: OTTIMIZZAZIONE INVERNO: Processing device-adapter for VCM_Mansarda: Switch device adapter
2020-01-19 12:08:00.439 Status: dzVents: Debug: OTTIMIZZAZIONE INVERNO: Processing device-adapter for PDC: Switch device adapter
2020-01-19 12:08:00.442 Status: dzVents: Debug: OTTIMIZZAZIONE INVERNO: Processing device-adapter for Autoconsumo: kWh device adapter
2020-01-19 12:08:00.444 Status: dzVents: Debug: OTTIMIZZAZIONE INVERNO: Processing device-adapter for PDC automation: Switch device adapter
2020-01-19 12:08:00.444 Status: dzVents: Info: OTTIMIZZAZIONE INVERNO: ------ Finished OTTIMIZZAZIONE INVERNO 

[waaren]

i need support on another part of the code that i added. The code run without errors (attached the log)

First add a couple of relevant debug log statements to help you see what happens and why in your code.
If that does not help you to solve the issue yourself then please share the complete code and the complete log (including these added debug log lines)

[megamarco83]

hi, and thanks again for support.
the code is really simple:

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-- script for winter opttimization

return {
       -- active = function(domoticz)
		--return domoticz.devices('OTTIMIZZA_INVERNO').state == 'On' -- Change this to your control switch name or id 
    --end,
    
    on          =   {   
                              
                        timer           =   { 'every 1 minutes at 11:00-14:30 '  }, --from 1 october to 1 april on 1/10-31/12,1/1-1/4
                    },
                     
    logging     =   { 
                        level   =  domoticz.LOG_DEBUG,   
                        marker  =  "OTTIMIZZAZIONE INVERNO"  
                    },    

    execute = function(dz, item)
  
        local function logWrite(str,level)
            dz.log(tostring(str),level or dz.LOG_DEBUG)
        end
        
        
        local calorifero1p                  = dz.devices("Calorifero_Bagno_PT")   
        local calorifero_mans               = dz.devices("Calorifero_Bagno_Mansarda") 
        local vcm_1p                        = dz.devices("VCM_Piano_Terra")
        local vcm_mans                      = dz.devices("VCM_Mansarda")
        local PDC                           = dz.devices("PDC")
        local autoconsumo                   = dz.devices("Autoconsumo")
        local SCRIPT_PDC_VALVOLE            = dz.devices("SCRIPT_PDC_VALVOLE")
        local PDC_automation                = dz.devices("PDC automation")
        
       -- local isOffBlocked   = dz.variables("hotWaterThermostatControlled").value == "true"
        

    

        local function manageSwitches()
            if autoconsumo.value >= 2000 and calorifero1p.state == "On" and calorifero_mans.state == "On" then
                calorifero1p.swichOff()
                calorifero_mans.swichOff()
                vcm_1p.swichOff()
                vcm_mans.swichOff()
                
            
            --TURN ON PDC ( per vedere se c'è energia per accendere la pompa)
            PDC.switchOn().afterSec(10)
            SCRIPT_PDC_VALVOLE.switchOn()
            PDC_automation.switchOn()
            end
        end
        
        
    end
}

i do not understand here where i can put log statements to help me on underline why the code do not work as I expected.

I want that the code if find that the Selfconsumption energy is > 2000Watt and two devices are "On" (calorifero1p and alorifero_mans)
turn off a series of device:
calorifero1p.swichOff()
calorifero_mans.swichOff()
vcm_1p.swichOff()
vcm_mans.swichOff()
and turn on another couple of device:
PDC.switchOn().afterSec(10)
SCRIPT_PDC_VALVOLE.switchOn()
PDC_automation.switchOn()

thanks again for patience

[waaren]

i do not understand here where i can put log statements to help me on underline why the code do not work as I expected.

It should not be that hard.

Everywhere in your code where you take a decision based on a state, level, temperature or any other attribute of a device, variable, group, etc..
you put a log line to let you see what the attribute's value is. Something like
dz.log('temperature of sensor is now ' .. sensorX.temperature, dz.LOG_DEBUG)
Then within a block you put something like dz.log('Hey I am now in if block 7', dz.LOG_DEBUG) or dz.log('Hey I am in the for loop at line XX', dz.LOG_DEBUG)

And just try with a test system or f you you don't have one try with dummy virtual sensors. You can set them to any value with the JSON/API calls described here
Remember. This is about home automation ! We are not controlling a nuclear power plant with domoticz so if it fails you learned something, you have not started worldwar III

[megamarco83]

i think that the problem could be how i menage to extract with dzvent the value about the enery utility devices:

this part:
if autoconsumo.value >= 200

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-- script for winter opttimization

return {
       -- active = function(domoticz)
		--return domoticz.devices('OTTIMIZZA_INVERNO').state == 'On' -- Change this to your control switch name or id 
    --end,
    
    on          =   {   
                              
                        timer           =   { 'every 1 minutes at 11:00-15:30 '  }, --from 1 october to 1 april on 1/10-31/12,1/1-1/4
                    },
                     
    logging     =   { 
                        level   =  domoticz.LOG_DEBUG,   
                        marker  =  "OTTIMIZZAZIONE INVERNO"  
                    },    

    execute = function(dz, item)
  
        local function logWrite(str,level)
            dz.log(tostring(str),level or dz.LOG_DEBUG)
        end
        
        
        local calorifero1p                  = dz.devices("Calorifero_Bagno_PT")   
        local calorifero_mans               = dz.devices("Calorifero_Bagno_Mansarda") 
        local vcm_1p                        = dz.devices("VCM_Piano_Terra")
        local vcm_mans                      = dz.devices("VCM_Mansarda")
        local PDC                           = dz.devices("PDC")
        local autoconsumo                   = dz.devices("Autoconsumo")
        local SCRIPT_PDC_VALVOLE            = dz.devices("SCRIPT_PDC_VALVOLE")
        local PDC_automation                = dz.devices("PDC automation")
        
dz.log('AUTOCONSUMO = ' ..autoconsumo.value , dz.LOG_DEBUG)

        local function manageSwitches()
            if autoconsumo.value >= 200  and calorifero_mans.state == "On" then --and calorifero1p.state == "On"
                dz.log('AUTOCONSUMO = ' ..autoconsumo.value , dz.LOG_DEBUG) 
                dz.log('INSIDE IF', dz.LOG_DEBUG) 
                calorifero1p.swichOff()
                calorifero_mans.swichOff()
                dz.log('SWITCH OFF MANS', dz.LOG_DEBUG) 
                vcm_1p.swichOff()
                vcm_mans.swichOff()
                
            
            --TURN ON PDC ( per vedere se c'è energia per accendere la pompa)
            --PDC.switchOn().afterSec(10)
            SCRIPT_PDC_VALVOLE.switchOn()
            PDC_automation.switchOn()
            end
        end
        
        
    end
}

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 2020-01-19 14:44:00.612 Status: dzVents: Info: OTTIMIZZAZIONE INVERNO: ------ Start internal script: OTTIMIZZAZIONE INVERNO:, trigger: every 1 minutes at 11:00-15:30
2020-01-19 14:44:00.614 Status: dzVents: Debug: OTTIMIZZAZIONE INVERNO: Processing device-adapter for Calorifero_Bagno_PT: Switch device adapter
2020-01-19 14:44:00.617 Status: dzVents: Debug: OTTIMIZZAZIONE INVERNO: Processing device-adapter for Calorifero_Bagno_Mansarda: Switch device adapter
2020-01-19 14:44:00.621 Status: dzVents: Debug: OTTIMIZZAZIONE INVERNO: Processing device-adapter for VCM_Piano_Terra: Switch device adapter
2020-01-19 14:44:00.624 Status: dzVents: Debug: OTTIMIZZAZIONE INVERNO: Processing device-adapter for VCM_Mansarda: Switch device adapter
2020-01-19 14:44:00.626 Status: dzVents: Debug: OTTIMIZZAZIONE INVERNO: Processing device-adapter for PDC: Switch device adapter
2020-01-19 14:44:00.629 Status: dzVents: Debug: OTTIMIZZAZIONE INVERNO: Processing device-adapter for Autoconsumo: kWh device adapter
2020-01-19 14:44:00.633 Status: dzVents: Debug: OTTIMIZZAZIONE INVERNO: Processing device-adapter for PDC automation: Switch device adapter
2020-01-19 14:44:00.633 Status: dzVents: Error (2.4.19): OTTIMIZZAZIONE INVERNO: An error occured when calling event handler OTTIMIZZAZIONE INVERNO
2020-01-19 14:44:00.633 Status: dzVents: Error (2.4.19): OTTIMIZZAZIONE INVERNO: ...pts/dzVents/generated_scripts/OTTIMIZZAZIONE INVERNO.lua:34: attempt to concatenate field 'value' (a nil value)
2020-01-19 14:44:00.633 Status: dzVents: Info: OTTIMIZZAZIONE INVERNO: ------ Finished OTTIMIZZAZIONE INVERNO

if i understand correctly the log, the error is at line 34
that's the line where i placed my info :
dz.log('AUTOCONSUMO = ' ..autoconsumo.value , dz.LOG_DEBUG)
i search inside wiki or google how i have to take the instant value (3388) Watt about this device:

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but i do not find, could be here the error?

[waaren]

i think that the problem could be how i menage to extract with dzvent the value about the enery utility devices:
but i do not find, could be here the error?

value is not an attribute of a kWh device.
Available attributes for this type device are counterToday, usage, WhToday, WhTotal and WhActual

[megamarco83]

value is not an attribute of a kWh device.
Available attributes for this type device are counterToday, usage, WhToday, WhTotal and WhActual

thanks, i use usage and now i get the value.
but where i can find for every type of dummy devices whats the correct attribute that i can use inside dzvents?
if i'm not wrong i not find inside the wiki.

come back to my script, now i introduce the some log before if i verify the energy usage and the state of my device that are the checking part of my "iF"

it seams that the condition are true, but the script do not enter inside the "if"

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dz.log('AUTOCONSUMO = ' ..autoconsumo.usage , dz.LOG_DEBUG)
dz.log('state of calorifero_mans = ' ..calorifero_mans.state) 

        local function manageSwitches()
            if autoconsumo.usage >= 200  and calorifero_mans.state == "On" then --and calorifero1p.state == "On"
                dz.log('AUTOCONSUMO = ' ..autoconsumo.usage , dz.LOG_DEBUG) 
                dz.log('INSIDE IF', dz.LOG_DEBUG)

and if i look at the log:

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2020-01-20 09:54:00.475 Status: dzVents: Debug: OTTIMIZZAZIONE INVERNO: Processing device-adapter for PDC automation: Switch device adapter
2020-01-20 09:54:00.475 Status: dzVents: Debug: OTTIMIZZAZIONE INVERNO: AUTOCONSUMO = 2242
2020-01-20 09:54:00.475 Status: dzVents: Info: OTTIMIZZAZIONE INVERNO: state of calorifero_mans = On
2020-01-20 09:54:00.475 Status: dzVents: Info: OTTIMIZZAZIONE INVERNO: ------ Finished OTTIMIZZAZIONE INVERNO

it show correct extraction of parameter "autoconsumo" and device state is On
but the script do no enter inside "if" otherwise i expect to read inside log the line: 'INSIDE IF'

here complete script and log

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-- script for winter opttimization

return {
       -- active = function(domoticz)
		--return domoticz.devices('OTTIMIZZA_INVERNO').state == 'On' -- Change this to your control switch name or id 
    --end,
    
    on          =   {   
                              
                        timer           =   { 'every 1 minutes at 9:00-15:30 '  }, --from 1 october to 1 april on 1/10-31/12,1/1-1/4
                    },
                     
    logging     =   { 
                        level   =  domoticz.LOG_DEBUG,   
                        marker  =  "OTTIMIZZAZIONE INVERNO"  
                    },    

    execute = function(dz, item)
  
        local function logWrite(str,level)
            dz.log(tostring(str),level or dz.LOG_DEBUG)
        end
        
        
        local calorifero1p                  = dz.devices("Calorifero_Bagno_PT")   
        local calorifero_mans               = dz.devices("Calorifero_Bagno_Mansarda") 
        local vcm_1p                        = dz.devices("VCM_Piano_Terra")
        local vcm_mans                      = dz.devices("VCM_Mansarda")
        local PDC                           = dz.devices("PDC")
        local autoconsumo                   = dz.devices("Autoconsumo")
        local SCRIPT_PDC_VALVOLE            = dz.devices("SCRIPT_PDC_VALVOLE")
        local PDC_automation                = dz.devices("PDC automation")
        
dz.log('AUTOCONSUMO = ' ..autoconsumo.usage , dz.LOG_DEBUG)
dz.log('state of calorifero_mans = ' ..calorifero_mans.state) 

        local function manageSwitches()
            if autoconsumo.usage >= 200  and calorifero_mans.state == "On" then --and calorifero1p.state == "On"
                dz.log('AUTOCONSUMO = ' ..autoconsumo.usage , dz.LOG_DEBUG) 
                dz.log('INSIDE IF', dz.LOG_DEBUG) 
                calorifero1p.swichOff()
                calorifero_mans.swichOff()
                dz.log('SWITCH OFF MANS', dz.LOG_DEBUG) 
                vcm_1p.swichOff()
                vcm_mans.swichOff()
                
            
            --TURN ON PDC ( per vedere se c'è energia per accendere la pompa)
            --PDC.switchOn().afterSec(10)
            SCRIPT_PDC_VALVOLE.switchOn()
            PDC_automation.switchOn()
            end
        end
        
        
    end
}

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 2020-01-20 09:54:00.458 Status: dzVents: Info: OTTIMIZZAZIONE INVERNO: ------ Start internal script: OTTIMIZZAZIONE INVERNO:, trigger: every 1 minutes at 9:00-15:30
2020-01-20 09:54:00.461 Status: dzVents: Debug: OTTIMIZZAZIONE INVERNO: Processing device-adapter for Calorifero_Bagno_PT: Switch device adapter
2020-01-20 09:54:00.464 Status: dzVents: Debug: OTTIMIZZAZIONE INVERNO: Processing device-adapter for Calorifero_Bagno_Mansarda: Switch device adapter
2020-01-20 09:54:00.466 Status: dzVents: Debug: OTTIMIZZAZIONE INVERNO: Processing device-adapter for VCM_Piano_Terra: Switch device adapter
2020-01-20 09:54:00.468 Status: dzVents: Debug: OTTIMIZZAZIONE INVERNO: Processing device-adapter for VCM_Mansarda: Switch device adapter
2020-01-20 09:54:00.471 Status: dzVents: Debug: OTTIMIZZAZIONE INVERNO: Processing device-adapter for PDC: Switch device adapter
2020-01-20 09:54:00.473 Status: dzVents: Debug: OTTIMIZZAZIONE INVERNO: Processing device-adapter for Autoconsumo: kWh device adapter
2020-01-20 09:54:00.475 Status: dzVents: Debug: OTTIMIZZAZIONE INVERNO: Processing device-adapter for PDC automation: Switch device adapter
2020-01-20 09:54:00.475 Status: dzVents: Debug: OTTIMIZZAZIONE INVERNO: AUTOCONSUMO = 2242
2020-01-20 09:54:00.475 Status: dzVents: Info: OTTIMIZZAZIONE INVERNO: state of calorifero_mans = On
2020-01-20 09:54:00.475 Status: dzVents: Info: OTTIMIZZAZIONE INVERNO: ------ Finished OTTIMIZZAZIONE INVERNO 

[waaren]

Were i can find for every type of dummy devices whats the correct attribute that i can use inside dzvents?
if i'm not wrong i not find inside the wiki.

Yes it is all in the wiki. use [ctrl f] to search and you will find this

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        local function manageSwitches()

The check for these conditions is inside a function and you do not call that function anywhere in your code.
Please try to understand how functions work in Lua / dzVents first. ( small steps )
This would be a good place to start. The relevant parts for your question are in

Defining a Function

and

Calling a Function

topics

[megamarco83]

thanks so much for the help.
thanks to you now i create both my script and now they are working. I'm testing botth and till now they are working without issue