Python - getting a device state

The Phidgets devices have a device state, 'state' - see attachment.
The following code -

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season = indigo.variables[525524114].value
lrTemp = indigo.devices[883519697].state.getValue(int)
if season == "winter":
   if lrTemp < 7:
      indigo.actionGroup.execute(1011316617)
 

produces the error message, "hseHeaterON13.py, line 2, at top level
AttributeError: 'Device' object has no attribute 'state'.'

I get the same error substituting 'temperature' for 'state'. I've verified the device number.
What error am I making now?

Note: I'm attempting to use Python because Indigo's conditional logic is failing (giving true when it should be false). My guess is that Indigo is treating the integer temperature value as a string.

this should work:

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season = indigo.variables[525524114].value
dev = indigo.device[883519697]
lrTemp = int(dev.state["temperature"])
if season == "winter":
   if lrTemp < 7:
      indigo.actionGroup.execute(1011316617)

[matt (support)]

Kar'ls has a typo – needs and 's' on the end of state:

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season = indigo.variables[525524114].value
dev = indigo.device[883519697]
lrTemp = int(dev.states["temperature"])
if season == "winter":
   if lrTemp < 7:
      indigo.actionGroup.execute(1011316617)

Looks like that device has two states "temperature" and "state." In your screenshot they both have the same value so I'm not sure how or if they are different, but the 3rd line above could also be:

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lrTemp = int(dev.states["state"])

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dev = indigo.device[883519697]

Error message: 'DeviceCmds' object does not support indexing
Exception Traceback (most recent call shown last):

test hseHeaterON13.py, line 6, at top level
TypeError: 'DeviceCmds' object does not support indexing

No idea how to approach this error message.

Replace

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dev = indigo.device[883519697]

with

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dev = indigo.devices[883519697]

(another missing 's')

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season = indigo.variables[525524114].value
dev = indigo.devices[883519697]
lrTemp = int(dev.states["temperature"])
if season == "winter":
   if lrTemp > 7:
      indigo.device.turnOn(166867032) #counter light
   else:
      indigo.device.turnOff(1230957473) #doorlight

Adding the 's' fixed the error message. Now it simply doesn't do as intended.
Testing various formulations of the code, i have determined there are now 2 problems:
1) The season test passes 'false' when it is 'true',
2) the else syntax is not working

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season = indigo.variables[525524114].value
dev = indigo.devices[883519697]
lrTemp = int(dev.states["temperature"])

## add a logging statement to see what is happening:
indigo.server.log(" lrTemp: {}".format(lrTemp))
indigo.server.log(" season: {}".format(season))

if season == "winter":
   if lrTemp > 7:
      indigo.device.turnOn(166867032) #counter light
   else:
      indigo.device.turnOff(1230957473) #doorlight

Brilliant - I was struggling the the log statement, and it did the trick.
Thank you!

some times you have a blank at the end in a variable
then use:

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indigo.server.log(" season:>{}<".format(season))

you can see if there are any spaces present eg >winter <

and to get rid of spaces and if you want to ignore upper / lower case:

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if season.strip().lower()== "winter":

Karl

I meant that I was struggling with logging info to debug my little script, and suddenly, there was your snippet. Your snippet ran right out of the box.