getselfid problem

[MartW 1]

This code isn't working

local selfId = fibaro:getSelfId()
fibaro:debug("SelfID")

I get "Unknown exception: /opt/fibaro/scenes/139.lua:7:attempt to call method 'getSelfId' (a nil value)"

I know almost no coding and googling has not provided a clue, nor chatgpt.

Does this code not work in your HC2? or is mine not well

[Bodyart 231]

local selfId=fibaro:getSelfId()
fibaro:debug(selfId) -- not SelfID

Edited April 9, 2023 by Bodyart

[MartW 1]

4 hours ago, Bodyart said:

local selfId=fibaro:getSelfId()
fibaro:debug(selfId) -- not SelfID

No, not even that works.

I got here because I was getting this error when trying to run something Sankotronic had provided to us. I tried pulling that bit of his code and testing it and looking elsewhere for a clean version of the above, just those two lines to simplify things.

So this is the scene in total
 

--[[
%% properties
%% events
%% globals
--]]
 

local selfId=fibaro:getSelfId()
fibaro:debug(selfId)

But I still get this error [DEBUG] (error time/date - my words) [fatal] Unknown exception: /opt/fibaro/scenes/139.lua:7:attempt to call method 'getSelfId' (a nil value)

Line 7 being -> local selfId=fibaro:getSelfId()

Edited April 10, 2023 by MartW

[Bodyart 231]

getSelfId() works for virtual devices, not for scenes. You didn't mention, that it is a scene you're using.
 

For the scenes you can use:
 

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BTW For what do you need the scene ID?

Edited April 10, 2023 by Bodyart

[MartW 1]

19 minutes ago, Bodyart said:

getSelfId() works for virtual devices, not for scenes. You didn't mention, that it is a scene you're using.
 

For the scenes you can use:
 

Please login or register to see this code.

 

BTW For what do you need the scene ID?

Ah, so in trying to problem solve, I ended up using the wrong code for the area I was using it.

I was getting an error code while following Sankotronics install instructions for a VD he had provided us, so thought copy/pasting it into a scene would help problem solve

That code does work in the main loop of a VD. I can now go and try sankotronics VD again and at least have an example of code that I know does work.

Thanks Bodyart, I may be one step closer to wherever it was I was going, lol