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Scene number?
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When a scene runs its own scene code: How do you get the number of the scene that is running that scene code?
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Embarrassing mind blank
CatmanV2C
Or course, I should be used to being blank by now. Can someone please refresh me how I can have VeraAlexa say the value of a variable? I used to have it, but have deleted it and now failing to find it in the posts TIA C
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Lua - multi-part/form submission (Paperless-ngx API)
parkercP
Hi I’ve been investing a lot of time recently trying to digitise everything I can, and my current adventure is with all my paper documents. My tool of choice is Paperless-ngx, which so far is an amazing open source solution, and highly recommended if you’re interest in such a thing… Such a move to Paperless would not be complete without some form of integration into Vera / openLuup, and thankfully it has a nice Rest API (https://paperless-ngx.readthedocs.io/en/latest/api.html) I can use. So far I’ve been able to make use the GET requests, to provide document counts etc., but it’s the mutipart/form data piece where I’m struggling.. The Curl command to upload a document, is as follows curl -H "Authorization: Basic Y2hyaXM62tgbsgjunotmeY2hyaXNob3N0aW5n" -F "title=Companies House File 10" -F "correspondent=12" -F "document=@/mnt/nas/10.pdf" http://192.168.102.134:8777/api/documents/post_document/ But, I’d like to know how to do this with Lua code, more just to help me in my Lua learning curve, and what I thought would be reasonably straight forward thing to do, has turned out to be quite the opposite Sending a multipart form data submission via http.request, is not as straight forward as I hoped. If anyone has any time to help, I’d appreciate some guidance on what I’m missing with the following, as based on the feedback, it looks like it not seeing the file (which I think I’ve confirmed by trying to sending both the curl and Lua commands to httbin.org ) … local http = require("socket.http") local ltn12 = require("ltn12") local mime = require("mime") local lfs = require("lfs") local username = "username" local password = "password" local httpendpoint = 'http://httpbin.org/post' local filepath = "/mnt/nas/10.pdf" local file = io.open(filepath, "rb") local contents = file:read( "*a" ) -- https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3508338/what-is-the-boundary-in-multipart-form-data local boundary = "-----BoundaryePkpFF7tjBAqx29L" local send = "--"..boundary.. "\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; title='Companies House File'\r\n" .."----"..boundary.. "\r\nContent-Disposition: form-data; document="..filepath.. "\r\nContent-type: application/pdf".."\r\n" ..contents.."\r\n" .."------"..boundary.."--\r\n" -- Execute request (returns response body, response code, response header) local resp = {} local body, code, headers, status = http.request { url = httpendpoint, method = 'POST', headers = { ["Authorization"] = "Basic " .. (mime.b64(username ..":" .. password)), ["Content-Length"] = lfs.attributes(filepath, 'size'), ['Content-Type'] = "multipart/form-data; boundary="..boundary, }, -- source = ltn12.source.file( io.open(filepath,"rb") ), source = ltn12.source.file( io.open(send) ), sink = ltn12.sink.table(resp) } print(body, code, headers, status) print(table.concat(resp)) if headers then for k,v in pairs(headers) do print(k,v) end end
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Lua : Downloading a file over https
parkercP
Hi, I’m sure this is not a unique question about Vera (& Lua 5.1) and I’ve seen this reference in place,, but I can’t seem to find a fix to make an https download request work.. To give you an example, the code below aims to download 2 different files, the http call works fine, returning a 200 code, but the https one doesn’t, it doesn’t return anything ? Please could some highlight what I’m missing? print("--------DOWNLOAD http---------") local http = require("socket.http") local body, code = http.request("http://pbs.twimg.com/media/CCROQ8vUEAEgFke.jpg") print(code) if not body then error(code) end local f = assert(io.open('mnt/nas/webtest1.jpg', 'wb')) -- open in "binary" mode f:write(body) f:close() print("--------DOWNLOAD https---------") local https = require "ssl.https" --luasec local body, code = https.request("https://u.cubeupload.com/jbcooper/16146313918060.jpg") print(code) if not body then error(code) end local f = assert(io.open('mnt/nas/webtest2.jpg', 'wb')) -- open in "binary" mode f:write(body) f:close()
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Luup : Fitbit API
parkercP
Hi I’m trying out the Fitbit api, not only to extract some activity data for a potential plugin, but also to learn more about OAuth 2.0. More details can be found here.. https://dev.fitbit.com/build/reference/web-api/developer-guide/getting-started/ In addition to having a fitbit account, to get going with any integration, you need to register your app, via here.. https://dev.fitbit.com/apps With an app registered, I’ve called mine “VERA” , I’ve written chunks of Lua code to support the various steps, (completed manually) my goal now is to try and put them all together into functions to be called in sequence on my Vera and/or OpenLuup. Where I’m getting stuck is with the authorisation code step, which Fitbit provides appended to the domain name I registered with them when registered my app .. Here’s an example of a redirect URL that Fitbit will redirect the user too, with their associated authorisation code, which I need in the process later on to obtain the required access token. (More specific details are here - https://dev.fitbit.com/build/reference/web-api/developer-guide/authorization/ ) https://myapp.com/callback?code=d62d6f5bdc13df79d9a5f#_=_ And it’s the d62d6f5bdc13df79d9a5f part of that new page/URL which I need.. How best do i capture/process the URL call Fitbit issues? I assume this is where a luup.register_handler would come in, and I could register my Vera handle (using https ?, as that’s required by Fitbit) as the redirect domain/url e.g. https://veraip:3480/data_request?id=lr_fitbit& So Fitbit would redirect to.. https://veraip:3480/data_request?id=lr_fitbit&/?code=d62d6f5bdc13df79d9a5f#_=_ But that doesn’t seem to work.. Any suggestions on how to do this would be appreciated.. function FitbitRequestHandler(lul_request, lul_parameters, lul_outputformat) for k,v in pairs(lul_parameters) do luup.log ('fitbit_Handler: parameters are: '..tostring(k)..'='..tostring(v)) end if next(lul_parameters) == nil then luup.log("lul_parameters Table is empty") end local html = "</html><head>" .. "</head>" .. "<body>" .. "PRINTING" .. "\n" .. " lul_request: " .. tostring(lul_request) .. "\n" .. " lul_parameters: " .. tostring(lul_parameters) .. "\n" .. " lul_outputformat: " .. tostring(lul_outputformat) .. "\n" .. "</body></html>" return html, "text/html" end luup.register_handler("FitbitRequestHandler", "fitbit") Thanks is advance…
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Luup : Error Handling
parkercP
Hi, Please could people share how they are presenting and handling errors in their Vera / OpenLuup plugins, I’ve tried to look through various Implementation files, but very few seem to have anything, other than perhaps a luup.task (which for some reason doesn’t work for me) ? Below is the startup and check/validation functions for a plugin I’m working on.. function checkIPPowerSetUp(lul_device) log("Checking if parent device is configured correctly...") ipAddress = luup.devices[lul_device].ip -- check if parent device has an ip address assigned if ipAddress == nil or ipAddress == "" then -- if not stop and present error message luup.task('ERROR: IP Address is missing',2,'IPPower',-1) debug("ERROR: IP Address is missing " ..ipAddress.. " unable to progress") return false else -- if one is provided, present success message luup.task('IP Address for IPPower 9258 present, setup continues',4,'IPPower',-1) debug("IPPower StartUp activated - Device #" .. lul_device .. " now creating children") createChildIPPowerOutlets(lul_device) luup.call_delay("IPPowerPoller", 5) return true end end function IPPowerStartup(lul_device) -- set attributes for parent device luup.attr_set( "name", "IPPower 9258", lul_device) luup.attr_set( "category_num", "3", lul_device) luup.attr_set( "subcategory_num", "1", lul_device) luup.variable_set("urn:nodecentral-net:serviceId:IPPower1", "Icon", 1, lul_device) luup.variable_set("urn:nodecentral-net:serviceId:IPPower1", "PluginVersion", PV, lul_device) checkIPPowerSetUp(lul_device) log("Start up, Parent device created...") end </functions> <startup>IPPowerStartup</startup> What’s the best way to present errors to the user, and make iot clear what they need to do ?
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Help with luup.chdev.sync
therealdbT
I'm struggling to fix the code attached here https://github.com/dbochicchio/vera/blob/master/OpenSprinkler/L_VeraOpenSprinkler1.lua#L270,L429 Under certain circumstances (thanks @DesT!) I see that it's causing a luup reload infinite cycle, because child devices are being created, then deleted. Specifically, I see this in the logs: 2020-06-01 19:35:30.482 luup.chdev.sync:: [102] Open Sprinkler Test, syncing children 2020-06-01 19:35:30.482 openLuup.chdev:: deleting [413] Daily Garden 2020-06-01 19:35:30.482 openLuup.chdev:: deleting [414] Water Level 2020-06-01 19:35:30.482 openLuup.chdev:: deleting [411] Daily Cedars 2020-06-01 19:35:30.482 openLuup.chdev:: deleting [412] St-Eustache Rules AM 2020-06-01 19:35:30.482 openLuup.luup:: device 102 'Open Sprinkler Test' requesting reload The devices are created (look at line 357/410), but when I call luup.chdev.sync, they got deleted. Any hints? Thanks
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Vera StaticJSON Help - Showing a button’s status/selection (in/out) in the UI ?
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URL - /data_request?id=lu_action&serviceId=urn:micasaverde-com:serviceId:HomeAutomationGateway1&action=RunLua&Code=
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Lua : http(s) request, works on some URLs, but not all ? But all work via the browser..
parkercP
I have a couple of calendar URLs I’m trying to call, and both work when i enter the URL into the browser, however when I try to call them via Lua and http(s).request, only one of them works ? Please could someone help me understand why, and what needs to be done differently to make the other one work ? local socket = require 'socket' local http = require "socket.http" local ssl = require 'ssl' local https = require 'ssl.https' local calendarUria = "https://ics.fixtur.es/v2/ipswich-town.ics" local calendarUrib = "https://calendar.google.com/calendar/ical/en-gb.uk%23holiday%40group.v.calendar.google.com/public/basic.ics" print("Fixtur.es Football (URL A) returns the following?") local responseBodya, responseCodea, responseHeadersa = https.request(calendarUria) print(responseBodya, responseCodea, responseHeadersa) print("Google UK Holidays (URL B) returns the following?") local responseBodyb, responseCodeb, responseHeadersb = https.request(calendarUrib) print(responseBodyb, responseCodeb, responseHeadersb) If you run the code above, only the second Google (URL `B) returns anything..
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Add-on - Aviosys IPPower 9258
parkercP
Hi Picking up from another thread this is to focus on the creation of the 4 key elements of a new Plugin for my Aviosys IPPower 9258, which are quite old, and I don’t believe are made anymore, but they seem to have a simple http api interface to cut my teeth on with a plugin. First the device file, which is to support the creation/set up of the device, and here I explain what it is, tell Vera what the implementation file and .json file is, and also leverage the pre-existing Switch and HA capabilities.. Device File - D_IPPower.xml <?xml version="1.0"?> <root xmlns="urn:schemas-upnp-org:device-1-0"> <specVersion> <major>1</major> <minor>0</minor> </specVersion> <device> <deviceType>urn:nodecentral-net:device:IPPower:1</deviceType> <staticJson>D_IPPower1.json</staticJson> <manufacturer>Aviosys</manufacturer> <modelDescription>IPPowerSwitch</modelDescription> <modelName>IPPower9258</modelName> <handleChildren>1</handleChildren> <implementationList> <implementationFile>I_IPPower1.xml</implementationFile> </implementationList> <serviceList> <service> <serviceType>urn:schemas-upnp-org:service:SwitchPower:1</serviceType> <serviceId>urn:upnp-org:serviceId:SwitchPower1</serviceId> <SCPDURL>S_SwitchPower1.xml</SCPDURL> </service> <service> <serviceType>urn:schemas-micasaverde-com:service:HaDevice:1</serviceType> <serviceId>urn:micasaverde-com:serviceId:HaDevice1</serviceId> <SCPDURL>S_HaDevice1.xml</SCPDURL> </service> </serviceList> </device> </root> Next it is the Implementation file, which thanks to the feedback on this forum, will focus on a specific Lua file, where all the code will be, the only thing I need to add here are the Actions (what do I want it to be able to do etc.) Implementation file - I_IPPower.xml <?xml version="1.0"?> <!-- I_IPPower.xml; Vera/openLuup "IPPower 9258" Plug-in V1.1 Nov 2021 --> <implementation> <settings> <protocol>crlf</protocol> </settings> <files>L_IPPower1.lua</files> <startup>IPPowerStartup</startup> <actionList> <action> <serviceId>urn:upnp-org:serviceId:SwitchPower1</serviceId> <name>SetTarget</name> <job> local url = "http://" .. ipAddress .. "/set.cmd?user=admin+pass=12345678+cmd=setpower+" .. luup.devices[lul_device].id .. "=" .. lul_settings.newTargetValue luup.log("Sending command " .. url) local status, data = luup.inet.wget(url) if (data) then debug("Data received = " .. data) else log("No Data received !! ") end local value = string.match(data, luup.devices[lul_device].id.."=(%d)") if (value) then luup.variable_set("urn:upnp-org:serviceId:SwitchPower1", "Status", value, lul_device) else log("Value returned is empty") end </job> </action> </actionList> </implementation> The other two files D_IPPower.json, and L_IPPower.lua are still being worked on so i will add later … If anyone notices any improvement
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Lua : storage.set , storage.get
parkercP
Hi I’ve seen storage.set and storage.get used in some Lua code posted on the internet, where they need to store/retrieve somethings, e.g. iv = encdec.base64dec(challenge_Key)     storage.set('IV', iv) and then later on within another function I see.. iv = storage.get('IV') It makes sense how this is meant to work, and it seems such a simple/elegant feature - hence I was wondering, is there an equivalent in Vera/OpenLuup? As I’d naturally go to use luup.variable_set and luup.variable_get - but that requires a device to be used etc.
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Get your Alexa replies to the device you've asked them to with VeraAlexa plug-in
therealdbT
So, I was messing with my Alexa routines and ha bridge, and I want to share something very cool you could do with the ability to get the last Alexa that heard your command. I mentioned it a couple of times on the old place, but Vera's OS is missing the jq package, but openLuup could have it installed. Basically, just execute -lastalexa with my VeraAlexa plug-in: local lastAlexa = luup.call_action("urn:bochicchio-com:serviceId:VeraAlexa1", "RunCommand", {Command="-lastalexa"}, 666) Then use it in your scene, to dynamically generate your TTS response with the device you've asked your question seconds before! local temperature = 25 -- get it from your sensor luup.call_action("urn:bochicchio-com:serviceId:VeraAlexa1", "Say", {Text="Ok, outise temperature is " .. temperature .. " degree", Volume=50, GroupZones= lastAlexa, Repeat = 2}, 666 Very cool indeed
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Luup : Hue Energy (watts) Calculator
parkercP
Hi all I’ve been trying to use the Hue api and some of my Lua knowledge to create an energy calculator based on the brightness and wattage of specific models of hue bulb registered on the hub I’ve pretty much got there, the only stumbling block I have is how I total up all the individual bulb wattages. Can anyone help ? It’s likely an easy thing for someone more experienced to see, but as I only dip in and dip out now and then, the correct code/syntax does not always come to mind. Note : as I’ve tried various routes, I’ve commented some things out, but you should be able to get the idea of what I’m trying to do.. Create device json from Hue Hub Decode JSON and extract key values to a table Calculate approx watts based on bulb model and/or watts function Total up watts of all bulbs that are switch on. Code below... local hueBridgeIP = '192.168.1.29' local hueBridgeAPI = "80uCoXjnn2LNLhxEJ9PW6nmt-G5KWQ2uP3oONAvcm0j" function getHueLight() local http = require('socket.http') local ltn12 = require('ltn12') local json = require('dkjson') t = {} local url = string.format("http://%s/api/%s/lights", hueBridgeIP, hueBridgeAPI) b, c, h = http.request{url=url, sink = ltn12.sink.table(t), method='GET'} huestring = tostring(table.concat(t)) local hue, pos, err = json.decode(huestring, 1, nil) huelights = {} for k, v in pairs(hue) do local modelno = string.gsub(hue[k]['modelid'], "%s+", "") table.insert(huelights, {k, hue[k]['state']['on'], hue[k]['name'], hue[k]['state']['bri'], modelno, hue[k]['state']['reachable']}) print(k, hue[k]['state']['on'], hue[k]['name'], hue[k]['state']['bri'], modelno, hue[k]['state']['reachable']) end end local fourpointeightwattTable = { [ 1 ] = 0.6 , [ 2 ] = 0.7 , [ 3 ] = 0.8 , [ 4 ] = 0.9 , [ 5 ] = 1.2 , [ 6 ] = 1.4 , [ 7 ] = 1.7 , [ 8 ] = 2.0 , [ 9 ] = 2.3 , [ 10 ] = 2.6 , [ 11 ] = 2.9 , [ 12 ] = 3.1 , [ 13 ] = 3.5 , [ 14 ] = 4.0 , } local sevenwattTable = { [ 1 ] = 1.6 , [ 2 ] = 1.7 , [ 3 ] = 1.8 , [ 4 ] = 1.9 , [ 5 ] = 2.2 , [ 6 ] = 2.4 , [ 7 ] = 2.7 , [ 8 ] = 3.0 , [ 9 ] = 3.5 , [ 10 ] = 3.9 , [ 11 ] = 4.5 , [ 12 ] = 5.1 , [ 13 ] = 5.5 , [ 14 ] = 6.4 , } local ninewattTable = { [ 1 ] = 1.6 , [ 2 ] = 1.7 , [ 3 ] = 1.8 , [ 4 ] = 1.9 , [ 5 ] = 2.2 , [ 6 ] = 2.5 , [ 7 ] = 2.9 , [ 8 ] = 3.5 , [ 9 ] = 3.8 , [ 10 ] = 4.6 , [ 11 ] = 5.5 , [ 12 ] = 6.5 , [ 13 ] = 7.7 , [ 14 ] = 8.5 , } function fourpointeightgetWattage(hue) local index = math.floor(hue / 16.5) if index <= 0 then return 0.2 elseif index >= 15 then return 4.8 else return fourpointeightwattTable[index] end end function sevengetWattage(hue) local index = math.floor(hue / 16.5) if index <= 0 then return 0.4 elseif index >= 15 then return 7.0 else return sevenwattTable[index] end end function ninegetWattage(hue) local index = math.floor(hue / 16.5) if index <= 0 then return 0.4 elseif index >= 15 then return 9.0 else return ninewattTable[index] end end local total = 0 local Value = 0 local huewatts = {} for k,v in pairs(huelights) do if v[2] == true and v[5] == "RS125" and v[6] == true then local watts = fourpointeightgetWattage(v[4]) local Value = tonumber(watts) local total = total + Value print("four point eight watts") print(v[5], v[4], v[2], v[3], watts) table.insert(huewatts, {v[5], v[4], v[2], v[3], watts}) --print(watts) --print(total) elseif v[2] == true and v[5] == "LWA004" and v[6] == true then local watts = sevengetWattage(v[4]) local Value = tonumber(watts) local total = total + watts print("seven watts") print(v[5], v[4], v[2], v[3], watts) table.insert(huewatts, {v[5], v[4], v[2], v[3], watts}) --print(watts) --print(total) elseif v[2] == true and v[6] == true then local watts = ninegetWattage(v[4]) local Value = tonumber(watts) local total = total + Value print("nine watts") print(v[5], v[4], v[2], v[3], watts) table.insert(huewatts, {v[5], v[4], v[2], v[3], watts}) --print(watts) --print(total) end end print(total) print(huewatts) -- confirm if table it there (TBC)
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UDP Datagrams
therealdbT
I've implemented this: https://smarthome.community/topic/20/openluup-version-log/18 into my own MQTT Server and that's cool, since I'm now pushing every variable via MQTT, originating from the Vera. Just a couple of questions for @akbooer do I need to check that sock is connected, from time to time? is there anything specifically to retry the command? I'm running it in the latest hour, and everything seems OK, but I want to code it for the worst situations. Thanks, always inspiring!
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Luup : Whole house energy usage.
parkercP
Hi all Here’s another snippet of code I like to use, to see what’s going on. If anyone has any variations on this, I’d love to see it. local variables = {"Watts"} local NRG_SER = "urn:micasaverde-com:serviceId:EnergyMetering1" local total = 0 for lul_device in pairs(luup.devices) do local readings = {} -- create empty array called readings for _, variable in ipairs(variables) do -- using the id and value in variables table above local value = luup.variable_get(NRG_SER, variable, lul_device) local name = luup.attr_get ('name', lul_device) table.insert( readings, { variable, tonumber(value), name}) -- populate readings table end for _, reading in ipairs(readings) do local Variable = reading[1] local Value = reading[2] or 0 local Name = reading[3] or "Unknown" total = total + Value if Value ~= 0 then print(Name, Variable.. " - ".. Value) end end end print("Total watts = " ..total)
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Luup : Foscam API
parkercP
Sharing the love... As I have a number of foscam cameras around the house, using their API I created the following bit of code to set to retrieve any settings across all of them, to keep them in sync. This one gets the device name from each of them. If anyone has any variations or ways to improve the bit of code please let me know.. local url = require("socket.url") local URL = "http://" local username = "admin" local password = "password" local cmd = "getDevName" -- /cgi-bin/CGIProxy.fcgi?cmd=getDevName&usr=admin&pwd= local foscamsIPs = { { NO=1, IP="192.168.102.165:88", LOCATION="conservatory"}, { NO=2, IP="192.168.102.38:80", LOCATION="boiler room"}, { NO=3, IP="192.168.102.223:88", LOCATION="Living room"}, { NO=4, IP="192.168.102.245:88", LOCATION="front room"}, { NO=5, IP="192.168.102.104:88", LOCATION="kitchen"}, } for k,v in pairs(foscamsIPs) do -- Read each value. local update = URL .. v["IP"] .. "/cgi-bin/CGIProxy.fcgi?cmd="..cmd.."&usr="..username.."&pwd="..password -- do this for each reading. local status, result = luup.inet.wget(update) print(v["LOCATION"].. " status is " ..status.. " : result is " ..result) end````
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Help with luup.call_delay()
T
I have this block of lua and I am using luup.call_delay to delay the sending of IR codes. it works as intended but I am trying to eliminate the use of luup.sleep for the delay before the tcp:close() as well. i cant figure out how to implement luup.call_delay() for the tcp:close() and keep the luup.call_delay intact for the delay between the IR codes. Thanks in advance. function Delay1() --[[HDMI Matrix B1--]] local socket = require("socket") tcp = assert(socket.connect("192.168.255.204", 4998)) tcp:send("sendir,1:3,1,38000,1,69,341,171,22,21,22,21,22,21,22,21,22,21,22,21,22,21,22,21,22,64,22,64,22,64,22,64,22,64,22,64,22,64,22,64,22,21,22,21,22,64,22,21,22,64,22,21,22,21,22,21,22,64,22,64,22,21,22,64,22,21,22,64,22,64,22,64,22,1493,341,85,22,3669" .. "\r\n") luup.sleep(1050) tcp:close() end luup.call_delay("Delay1", 1) function Delay2() --[[HDMI Matrix B2--]] local socket = require("socket") tcp = assert(socket.connect("192.168.255.204", 4998)) tcp:send("sendir,1:3,1,38000,1,69,343,171,21,21,22,21,22,21,22,21,21,21,22,21,22,21,21,21,22,63,22,63,22,63,22,63,22,63,22,63,22,63,22,63,22,63,22,63,22,63,22,21,22,63,22,21,21,21,22,21,22,21,21,22,21,21,22,63,22,21,22,63,22,63,22,63,22,1528,342,85,22,1528" .. "\r\n") luup.sleep(1050) tcp:close() end luup.call_delay("Delay2", 5)
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io.popen: cannot allocate memory error
therealdbT
I have a script calling io.popen to get the file system partition info, running on the Vera to check for space, and it's getting "cannot allocate memory error". Any suggestions, beside doing a luup.reload?
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Something smarter than string.format for user-defined patterns?
therealdbT
In my Virtual HTTP plugin I have patterns that could be specified to dynamically compose HTTP URLs based on current values. So, if you enter http://myip/color?v=%s it gets replaced with the current color. It's very handy when having more parameters, or if your parameter is in a different position. The problem is that from time to time, there are users with legitimate % in their URLs (since it's the escape char in URLs, after all) and this is causing weird behavior or crash. So, I want to find something smarter to support both. Any hints here is appreciated.
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Roomba integration through Hass

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    Responding to @PrincessClevage's request through a PM,

    I am posting my Roomba integration:

    First of course you will have to have Home Assistant installed and running. I will not be covering that.
    Then you will need to add and configure the roomba component which can now be done through the UI

    Home Assistant

    iRobot Roomba and Braava

    iRobot Roomba and Braava

    Instructions on how to integrate your Wi-Fi enabled Roomba and Braava within Home Assistant.

    I won't cover this either.

    Next, on Vera or openLuup, I used a sitesensor with the following configuration:

    Screen Shot 2020-07-10 at 10.15.55.png

    I also have a preset function loaded in my startup lua to directly send post commands to my home assistant instance which I posted here:
    https://smarthome.community/topic/39/lua-function-in-openluup-startup-lua-to-send-async-command-to-home-assistant-api

    which then enables me to create a variety of scenes triggered by the site sensor: For example disarming the site sensor docks the roomba by creating a variable watch on the arm status of the site sensor and then run this code:

    Screen Shot 2020-07-10 at 10.22.19.png

    Likewise I can get it to start cleaning from openLuup through a similar scene

    Screen Shot 2020-07-10 at 10.23.02.png

    And you can let wild of your creativity from there... I have an identical integration for the xiaomi robot and am tuning the vacuum noise according to whether I am on the same floor while the robot is cleaning...

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      Oh dear. This may break me. I need a Roomba.....

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      The Ex-Vera abuser know as CatmanV2.....

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        Responding to @PrincessClevage's request through a PM,

        I am posting my Roomba integration:

        First of course you will have to have Home Assistant installed and running. I will not be covering that.
        Then you will need to add and configure the roomba component which can now be done through the UI

        Home Assistant

        iRobot Roomba and Braava

        iRobot Roomba and Braava

        Instructions on how to integrate your Wi-Fi enabled Roomba and Braava within Home Assistant.

        I won't cover this either.

        Next, on Vera or openLuup, I used a sitesensor with the following configuration:

        Screen Shot 2020-07-10 at 10.15.55.png

        I also have a preset function loaded in my startup lua to directly send post commands to my home assistant instance which I posted here:
        https://smarthome.community/topic/39/lua-function-in-openluup-startup-lua-to-send-async-command-to-home-assistant-api

        which then enables me to create a variety of scenes triggered by the site sensor: For example disarming the site sensor docks the roomba by creating a variable watch on the arm status of the site sensor and then run this code:

        Screen Shot 2020-07-10 at 10.22.19.png

        Likewise I can get it to start cleaning from openLuup through a similar scene

        Screen Shot 2020-07-10 at 10.23.02.png

        And you can let wild of your creativity from there... I have an identical integration for the xiaomi robot and am tuning the vacuum noise according to whether I am on the same floor while the robot is cleaning...

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        @rafale77
        Is it possible that site sensor can also send the command to Roomba without home assistant?

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          It probably is possible but I never looked at the API itself. Home Assistant is too convenient as a bridge to many other APIs piping through its own API into openLuup... Actually I have not even found the documentation for it.

          Edit: It isn't an open API so it is not documented...

          https://homesupport.irobot.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/9840/p/4116/kw/API

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            It probably is possible but I never looked at the API itself. Home Assistant is too convenient as a bridge to many other APIs piping through its own API into openLuup... Actually I have not even found the documentation for it.

            Edit: It isn't an open API so it is not documented...

            https://homesupport.irobot.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/9840/p/4116/kw/API

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            @rafale77
            I am really trying to avoid having multiple units to manage home automation e.g this hub bridges to that device which then executed on another and I really only have time to put effort into one device. I have read this forum but what is presented here would be way past the average joe (not that it is aimed at the average joe). So far I have been able to contain all my automation in Vera and Alexa/google home and use firewalla/pihole for security / privacy which is working well but I can see the lack of the current Vera evolving a problem for the future and curious what options are out there, that also help keep as many much as possible local

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              @rafale77
              I am really trying to avoid having multiple units to manage home automation e.g this hub bridges to that device which then executed on another and I really only have time to put effort into one device. I have read this forum but what is presented here would be way past the average joe (not that it is aimed at the average joe). So far I have been able to contain all my automation in Vera and Alexa/google home and use firewalla/pihole for security / privacy which is working well but I can see the lack of the current Vera evolving a problem for the future and curious what options are out there, that also help keep as many much as possible local

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              @PrincessClevage

              Unfortunately at this point there is no commercial offering which can cover absolutely everything.
              The closest platform to doing this that I know of is actually home assistant which is open source and as I explained here:

              https://smarthome.community/topic/123/the-home-automation-controller-pyramid

              Even IT often needs to be paired with something else to be fully complete. Some people are content with some compromises they have to make with the platform they have chosen: For home assistant, it is currently a slightly lacking zwave support and a not so easy and complete automation builder which is why people are running it either with node-red or like most of us here, with openLuup and are living with their zwave support or bridging it to hubitat, homeseer or for some, with vera. It is however the fastest and most complete local API integration hub...

              All others are good at one thing and not at others. Vera was very innovative with their lua logic and plugin layer but were catastrophic at RF network management. Homeseer are very good at network management but lack zigbee and are expensive. Hubitat is very good overall for device management but lacks some cross platform and API integration...

              OpenLuup offers the advantage of being very transparent to vera. It runs all the same plugins, scenes and has the same API/logic architecture. It only lacks radio management which is brought it through bridge pluging like zway bridge or vera bridge.
              The work required to reverse engineer the home assistant plugin to roomba and make an equivalent for openLuup is possible but to me, it is a lot more work than to install home-assistant and bridge the device through it. It is a lot more efficient also because it opens the door to doing the same thing with all the home-assistant integrations which, let's be honest, we (with openLuup) won't be able to compete with given the relative size of that community and the speed at which they are going. OpenLuup+HomeAssitant+Z-way is the best approach for someone coming from Vera. That's just my opinion...
              Besides all three together are a lot less work and a lot less maintenance than vera alone... Infinitely less. That's my experience. Staying with one platform may not be the simplest way to go...

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