TP-Link WiFi Switches

When I try to run the script from where it is now (a location from which I can run the script fine in Terminal), I get the following error:

Action Collection Error Script file doesn't exist: /usr/local/bin/gkmain_info.sh

And BTW, when I copy gkmain_info.sh to /users/chopomatic/ and try to run it from there, the script generates an error that it can't call tplink_smartplug.py. (Which is in /usr/local/bin/

And BTW, when I copy gkmain_info.sh to /users/chopomatic/ and try to run it from there, the script generates an error that it can't call tplink_smartplug.py. (Which is in /usr/local/bin/

In the shell script, change the path to the python script to

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/usr/local/bin/tplink_smartplug.py ...

Focusing first on getting 'grep' and 'cut' working right...

The code as suggested

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 | grep relay_state | cut -c25

is returning the 25th character of the entire results string, ie. "e"

Focusing first on getting 'grep' and 'cut' working right...

The code as suggested

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 | grep relay_state | cut -c25

is returning the 25th character of the entire results string, ie. "e"

Hmm. Worked ok here using your output posted below. In any case, just remove the “[ cut -c25” and you should have the full line with relay_state. Then count the columns (characters, including spaces) to the 0 or 1. Then add back the cut command and adjust the column (-c) until it is right.

Perhaps the actual output from tplink_smartplug.py is not exactly as you posted. I am guessing there are actually an additional 4 spaces at the start of each line. I put together the following file (called tmpfil) . I cut the relevant (relay_state) line from your example and pasted it in twice, once as posted and a second time with 4 leading spaces. I also added column numbers at the top of the file.

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         111111111122222222223
123456789012345678901234567890
         "relay_state": 0,
             "relay_state": 0,

Then. I ran

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berkinet$ !cut -c25 <tmpfil
2
5
0
e


and voila, it looks like you really want column 29.

By the way, you can probably simplify things a tiny bit by changing the first line of tplink_smartplug.py from

#!/usr/bin/env python2
to
#!/usr/bin/env python

and making sure the program is executable: chmod 755 /usr/local/bin/ tplink_smartplug.py
Then the shell script can directly call tplink_smartplug.py

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/usr/local./bin/tplink_smartplug.py -t 10.0.0.26 -c info | grep relay_state | cut -c29

You're exactly right. When I first posted the output here, it ran way off the right side of the browser page. I cleaned it up in a JSON formatter and reposted it.

Here's the output exactly as it appears:

Received: {"system":{"get_sysinfo":{"err_code":0,"sw_ver":"1.2.5 Build 171206 Rel.085954","hw_ver":"1.0","type":"IOT.SMARTPLUGSWITCH","model":"HS110(US)","mac":"50:C7:BF:00:40:51","deviceId":"8006E9DC881A5D7A3227882E4D3B0B7616C73011","hwId":"60FF6B258734EA6880E186F8C96DDC61","fwId":"00000000000000000000000000000000","oemId":"FFF22CFF774A0B89F7624BFC6F50D5DE","alias":"GK","dev_name":"Wi-Fi Smart Plug With Energy Monitoring","icon_hash":"","relay_state":0,"on_time":0,"active_mode":"none","feature":"TIM:ENE","updating":0,"rssi":-69,"led_off":0,"latitude":30.157556,"longitude":-95.501769}}}

When I run the shell script with your latest code it returns a "y".

Latest: I edited the tplink_smartplug.py script to get rid of the SENT/RECEIVED stuff. Now it returns exactly this:

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{"system":{"get_sysinfo":{"err_code":0,"sw_ver":"1.2.5 Build 171206 Rel.085954","hw_ver":"1.0","type":"IOT.SMARTPLUGSWITCH","model":"HS110(US)","mac":"50:C7:BF:00:40:51","deviceId":"8006E9DC881A5D7A3227882E4D3B0B7616C73011","hwId":"60FF6B258734EA6880E186F8C96DDC61","fwId":"00000000000000000000000000000000","oemId":"FFF22CFF774A0B89F7624BFC6F50D5DE","alias":"GK","dev_name":"Wi-Fi Smart Plug With Energy Monitoring","icon_hash":"","relay_state":0,"on_time":0,"active_mode":"none","feature":"TIM:ENE","updating":0,"rssi":-69,"led_off":0,"latitude":30.157556,"longitude":-95.501769}}}

BTW, sure would be nice if the switch supported a simple query for "relay_state." SIGH.

Latest: I edited the tplink_smartplug.py script to get rid of the SENT/RECEIVED stuff. Now it returns exactly this:

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{"system":{"get_sysinfo":{"err_code":0,"sw_ver":"1.2.5 Build 171206 ...

Ok. we are getting somewhere. I have added a json pretty printer to the commands (pipeline) to make the output easier to parse (I.e. make it like the output you originally posted). I also added a bit (tr) at the end to remove the line-ending character so Indigo will correctly interpret the 0 or 1 as a boolean. Note the spacing around the pipe characters "|" is just for readability and is not required.

This should work with your modified script:

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/usr/local./bin/tplink_smartplug.py -t 10.0.0.26 -c info | json_pp | grep relay_state | cut -c26 | tr -d "\n"

and this will work with the original, unmodified script:

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/usr/local./bin/tplink_smartplug.py -t 10.0.0.26 -c info | sed -e "s/Received..//" | json_pp | grep relay_state | cut -c26 | tr -d "\n"

First, huge thanks for all the help, you and Joe and everyone else. It's much appreciated.

I think we're almost there. The script now properly returns the state. Yay! It looks a little funky in Terminal but that's okay.

My last remaining problem can be seen in this screenshot. Not sure why Indigo is claiming the shell script doesn't exist.

...My last remaining problem can be seen in this screenshot. Not sure why Indigo is claiming the shell script doesn't exist.

Well, it is odd the Run Shell Script dialog box does not error on save if it can't find there file? Are you on the same machine as the Indigo server. In other words, are you using screen-sharing to access the Indigo machine?
Can you do ls -l /usr/local/bin/gkmain_info.sh and post that here.
and
post the contents of gkmain_info.sh

Same machine.

Ahh. Probably permissions:
try chmod 755 /usr/local/bin/gkmain_info.sh