get StateOnServer

Hello

if there a Way to get the State of a plugin Device???

I try to write a plugin to control my Nuvo Essentia.
I need to get the State "zoneOnOff" of my Device to Toggle Power On and Off
or if there another way to do toggle my deviceState "zoneOnOff

my Problem --->
---> if StateOnServer((key="zoneOnOff") = True):
MESSAGE = MESSAGEZoneStart + zone + "OFF" + MESSAGEEnd
self.sendUDP(MESSAGE, dev, logMessage)
dev.updateStateOnServer(key="zoneOnOff", value=False)
else:
MESSAGE = MESSAGEZoneStart + zone + "ON" + MESSAGEEnd
self.sendUDP(MESSAGE, dev, logMessage)
dev.updateStateOnServer(key="zoneOnOff", value=True)

pleas help me, i use indigo a long time but plugin programming and Python is new for me...
English is not my native language --> sorry

[jay (support)]

You get the states when you get the device object from the server:

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# Get the opposite boolean value of zoneOnOff's current value
newValue = not dev.states["zoneOnOff"]
# Create the appropriate message - ON if true OFF if false
if newValue:
    MESSAGE = MESSAGEZoneStart + zone + "ON" + MESSAGEEnd
else:
    MESSAGE = MESSAGEZoneStart + zone + "OFF" + MESSAGEEnd
# Send the message
self.sendUDP(MESSAGE, dev, logMessage)
# Update the state
dev.updateStateOnServer(key="zoneOnOff", value=newValue)

If the dev object is old and may not contain up-to-date values, use dev.refreshFromServer() to get it updated.

woooow thx for very fast Answer

why i try a lot of hour before i write here for Help

next problem--

is it possible to updateStateOnServer(key='zoneMute', value=True) in all my devices from same plugin

thx for help

[jay (support)]

Sure - something like this:

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for dev in indigo.devices.iter("self"):
    dev.updateStateOnServer(key='zoneMute', value=True)


The docs about built-in objects describe iterators.