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Lua scene that turns off devices depending on another device state


Dacron

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I have made a lua scene that turns everything off Sky Box, TV, Light, Amp. My problem is if the sky box is already off and I send an IR off it turns Sky on again because the On Off is toggle. Is it possible to have code that sends the IR command depending on the state (on or off) of a device or virtual switch. Thanks

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You can create a global variable. When you switch on/off the sky box, you can update the global with on or off and then use that variable to define if the other scene should turn off the sky box.

If you have any questions about how to do it, let me know.

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what Pete said.

 

I use this for some lights... get & set... all you need to do is create the variable first in settings->general->variables:

mind you.. this is something I just finished today.. but it works. The variable only takes strings but that shouldn't matter here..

Are you not able to poll the skybox status for on or off?

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  • Thanks for your comments and the code. I can only control the Sky Box with IR so can’t get feedback but I’ve just purchased a HDMI signal monitor from Amazon that has a set of contacts that close and open with a HDMI signal. I’m going to use a spare smart implant on the contacts to give me real-time feedback as to the Sky box’s state. My family don’t always use Fibaro to turn the box on or off. I now need to send the IR on/off toggle code in different scenes or QA depending on the Smart Implants IN1 state. I’m very new to coding but learning fast. Symbiot78 your code looks like a good starting point thanks. Pete123 I’ve not used Glodal Variables yet but will have a look thanks.

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    On 2/25/2021 at 11:56 PM, Dacron said:

    Thanks for your comments and the code. I can only control the Sky Box with IR so can’t get feedback but I’ve just purchased a HDMI signal monitor from Amazon that has a set of contacts that close and open with a HDMI signal. I’m going to use a spare smart implant on the contacts to give me real-time feedback as to the Sky box’s state. My family don’t always use Fibaro to turn the box on or off. I now need to send the IR on/off toggle code in different scenes or QA depending on the Smart Implants IN1 state. I’m very new to coding but learning fast. Symbiot78 your code looks like a good starting point thanks. Pete123 I’ve not used Glodal Variables yet but will have a look thanks.

    @Dacron I do the same but easier (I think) by putting a wall switch between on the TV. If the power is < 20 W for more than 1 minute I switch a variable 'TV' to "OFF" and if the powerconsumption > 20 W for more than one minute the same variable is set to "ON". That way it makes no difference how the TV or anything else is switched on or off.

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  • Thanks @wienog I hadn’t thought of that, I don’t have any switches currently that I can use but I already have a couple of projects that would work brilliantly using that method.

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