Read thé device status

[Chundo 0]

I have hue lichts on my fibaro. I would like toch make a virtual device where i make more lights go on of of whit one button.

 

How can i read thé light out if it is in or off?

 

Check if the light is on

If it's on turn it of

If it's not on turn it on.

 

How do it say that in lua code (fibaro:call(42, "turnOn"))

 

thank you Gerry lucht for thé help

[cag014 731]

The simplest way is :

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Edited November 12, 2018 by cag014

[Chundo 0]

Thank you verry much, but of thé getValue don't works when i test it

Is it compatibel whit thé Philips hue?

[cag014 731]

Do you use Hue plugin?

[Chundo 0]

Yes

And the lights are automatic found

I have a virtual device whit 2 buttons and it works

 

Sorry die my bad English

Edited November 12, 2018 by Chundo

[Sankotronic 2,370]

Hi @Chundo ,

 

From LUA scene you can use following functions to control HUE plugin lights:

to read HUE plugin light status:

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if light is turned on then above function will return 1 and if it is off then will return 0.

You can also check what brightness is set with this function:

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To turn on HUE light:

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After light is turned on you can change brightness, color (hue) and saturation:

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To turn off HUE light:

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Hope this helps!

Enjoy coding

 

Edited November 13, 2018 by Sankotronic

[cag014 731]

Thank you @Sankotronic

So @Chundo please use as following:

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[Chundo 0]

I still have a error when i debug info thé first rule?

Did you test it yourself?

Sorry i am a noob thank you for thé good response!

[Sankotronic 2,370]

1 hour ago, Chundo said:

I still have a error when i debug info thé first rule?

Did you test it yourself?

Sorry i am a noob thank you for thé good response!

 

Did you replaced pluginID with real ID number of the plugin that controls wanted light?

 

And Yes of course I tested it, many times, it is part of my Very Smart Light scene that can control HUE lights using Fibaro HUE plugin

When you  use fibaro functions bare in mind that they are almost ALWAYS returning value in STRING format. So you have to convert it to number to compare with numeric value or you have to use value that is inside quotes which then is interpreted by LUA as string. Bellow conditions are all correct:

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LUA will give you error and stop running if you compare string with numeric value. Also it is very important that you are aware that LUA is case sensitive language so using big "ABCD" and small letters "abcd" make BIG difference.

 

Enjoy coding

 

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Edited November 13, 2018 by Sankotronic

[Chundo 0]

I now, I have a virtual device whit one on and one off button and it works, it was a lot of trail and error tot make it as noob. Now I would like to have one button for on and off, just to try and get some experience to make more complicatet code.

 

Thank you for thé help, i keep trying!

this is my code

 

if fibaro:getValue(42, "on") == "0" then
  fibaro:call(42, "turnOn")
    else
    fibaro:call(42, "turnOff")
    end

 

this is the error

 

 

[ERROR] 17:56:21: line getValue(42, "on") == "0" then..."]:2

Edited November 13, 2018 by Chundo

[cag014 731]

Could you please post the entire code of yours?

 

[Chundo 0]

if fibaro:getValue(42, "on") == "0" then
  fibaro:call(42, "turnOn")
    else
    fibaro:call(42, "turnOff")
    end

3 hours ago, Sankotronic said:

 

Did you replaced pluginID with real ID number of the plugin that controls wanted light?

 

And Yes of course I tested it, many times, it is part of my Very Smart Light scene that can control HUE lights using Fibaro HUE plugin

When you  use fibaro functions bare in mind that they are almost ALWAYS returning value in STRING format. So you have to convert it to number to compare with numeric value or you have to use value that is inside quotes which then is interpreted by LUA as string. Bellow conditions are all correct:

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LUA will give you error and stop running if you compare string with numeric value. Also it is very important that you are aware that LUA is case sensitive language so using big "ABCD" and small letters "abcd" make BIG difference.

 

Enjoy coding

 

EDIT

I recommend to check this websites:

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if fibaro:getValue(42, "on") == "0" then
  fibaro:call(42, "turnOn")
    else
    fibaro:call(42, "turnOff")
    end

 

 

is thé full code

[cag014 731]

Very strange... is the error that you've posted is the full error line?

Usually it shows line number as well, in your case I don't see it.

If you could post the picture of the screen (including error of the scene) it will help to understand what is wrong with code

[Chundo 0]

Here are thé pictures.

 

Thank you forever thé Replay and solution

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[cag014 731]

OK... now I can see it....

You forgot to close "turnOn statement in fibaro:call(42, "turnOn) with double quotes...

It should be "turnON", please correct to   fibaro:call(42, "turnOn").

Hope it is understandable ...

 

Edited November 15, 2018 by cag014

[Chundo 0]

than you verry much en soory that I am a noob

it work and i am verry happy :-))