Wall plug and power reporting - LUA

[FredrikN 0]

Hi,

what's the properties to use to implement actions in LUA that act

on current power output on a wall plug?

I want to turn on a RGBW dimmer based on power use of my TV, to turn on the lights when the TV is on and shut them off when the TV is off.

I can do it using the standard scene blocks, but how do I do it using LUA?

I can't find any info on this on docs.fibaro.com.

/Fredrik

[A.Socha 133]

here you will find all data

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[Alex57 0]

FredrikN,

Here sample to do anything when wall plug meters more than 5 watts:

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where 25 - device ID of wall plug, and 5 - watts.

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Or create scene in blocks and convert it to LUA using interface.

[FredrikN 0]

Ahh, valueSensor! I'll have a try on this tonight.

Is there a documentation that shows this or is it just word-of-mouth?

[Alex57 0]

FredrikN,

when you edit scene in LUA mode, then on the left panel you have all variables and devices, and you can "hover" over them and see all properties. When you click on that - code pasted in current cursor position.

Try

Sorry, no picture - I am behind firewall.

[FredrikN 0]

That's very useful!

I'm a bit ashamed I missed that, but I have mostly edited my LUA scripts offline.

[Daniel W 0]

FredrikN, another simple trick - as you mention you could almost do what you wanted to do with blocks just start of with that and then convert it over to LUA. Very simple and quick way to learn the commands.

[FredrikN 0]

All very useful. Wrote the test code yesterday and it was solved quickly.

Thanks all!

[ Added: 2014-01-23, 19:26 ]

And here is my final code:

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[petergebruers 1,268]

For all who find this thread via search or link:

For V 3.X use valueSensor

For V 4.X use power