Sending Email once on global variable change

[Jamie mccrostie 82]

I understand  the concept of leveraging  a action againt a varaible but how do you send a email in a VD once only on a global vairable change with out it repeating each time the VD loops?

I tried putting a second variable  condition which has to be met for the email to be sent. It changes on "email send" and then gets reset by another stage in VD but it resets every time the main loop runs again

 

if fibaro:getGlobal("tankEmpty") =="1" and

  fibaro:getGlobal("sendEmailConditon") =="1" then

 fibaro:call(2, "sendEmail", "blar blar blar")

 fibaro:setGlobal("sendEmailCondition","0")

end

 

Is this the right approach?

 

 

[AutoFrank 372]

3 hours ago, Jamie mccrostie said:

I understand  the concept of leveraging  a action againt a varaible but how do you send a email in a VD once only on a global vairable change with out it repeating each time the VD loops?

I tried putting a second variable  condition which has to be met for the email to be sent. It changes on "email send" and then gets reset by another stage in VD but it resets every time the main loop runs again

 

if fibaro:getGlobal("tankEmpty") =="1" and

  fibaro:getGlobal("sendEmailConditon") =="1" then

 fibaro:call(2, "sendEmail", "blar blar blar")

 fibaro:setGlobal("sendEmailCondition","0")

end

 

Is this the right approach?

 

 

Hi @Jamie mccrostie

 

My LAN monitor does something similar. It sends one message when s device changes state

You need a second tracking variable and flip its state when the email in sent

In the lan monitor I have both variables in the one global variable in a table but you can use a second global variable 

 

Take a look at the main loop code.

The tracking  variable is called alerttrack and at the table at the top of the code you'll see it there also 

 

Have a look and see if this approach may work ... 

 

-f

Edited April 17, 2017 by AutoFrank

[Jamie mccrostie 82]

2 hours ago, AutoFrank said:

My LAN monitor does something similar. It sends one message when s device changes state

You need a second tracking variable and flip its state when the email in sent

 

Of course I have that installed, why didnt I think to check that. 

My internet is so *abuse* it sends me 20 messages a day 

[AutoFrank 372]

14 minutes ago, Jamie mccrostie said:

 

Of course I have that installed, why didnt I think to check that. 

My internet is so *abuse* it sends me 20 messages a day 

@Jamie mccrostie

You could use the simple logger for the internet message 

It'll be in lan monitor 3.0 but you could replace the message call in 2.5 to use that instead of sendmsg 

I could send you some code if you like