How do I pull the states accessible through an Indigo device

Hi All,

I'm trying to pull "actual_state" from an HA sensor text device...how do I script 1st a python script method to know which states are accessible and then how would I reference this state in my device reference in the script. issues I'm running into is that this is displayed as a date text field in indigo device with some help from a beta release from FlyingDiver, but the state that is actually used by the device is the defualt value of just 0, and referencing the device states comes up with errors, and if I don't include a .state reference I get:
Script Error action group "Update days till Havdalah" script error in file days till havdalah.py:
Script Error strptime() argument 1 must be str, not SensorDevice
Script Error Exception Traceback (most recent call shown last):

days till havdalah.py, line 16, at top level
TypeError: strptime() argument 1 must be str, not SensorDevice

2nd is there a method to list all states available when I try this code I get no response in event log, even with logging enabled through script from this forum section:
dev = indigo.devices[1169704765]
# print(dev.states[actual_state])
print(dev.states)

Thank you,
Daniel

Hi All,

I'm trying to pull "actual_state" from an HA sensor text device...how do I script 1st a python script method to know which states are accessible and then how would I reference this state in my device reference in the script. issues I'm running into is that this is displayed as a date text field in indigo device with some help from a beta release from FlyingDiver, but the state that is actually used by the device is the defualt value of just 0, and referencing the device states comes up with errors, and if I don't include a .state reference I get:
Script Error action group "Update days till Havdalah" script error in file days till havdalah.py:
Script Error strptime() argument 1 must be str, not SensorDevice
Script Error Exception Traceback (most recent call shown last):

days till havdalah.py, line 16, at top level
TypeError: strptime() argument 1 must be str, not SensorDevice

2nd is there a method to list all states available when I try this code I get no response in event log, even with logging enabled through script from this forum section:
dev = indigo.devices[1169704765]
# print(dev.states[actual_state])
print(dev.states)

Thank you,
Daniel

Any idea @Jay

Use the right click (context) menu on a device, select "Print Device Details to Log". You'll get an output like the following. Look at the "states" near the bottom.

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address : sensor.4_in_1_sensor_node_status
allowOnStateChange : False
allowSensorValueChange : False
batteryLevel : None
buttonGroupCount : 0
configured : True
description :
deviceTypeId : HAsensor
displayStateId : sensorValue
displayStateImageSel : NoImage
displayStateValRaw : 0.0
displayStateValUi : asleep
enabled : True
energyAccumBaseTime : None
energyAccumTimeDelta : None
energyAccumTotal : None
energyCurLevel : None
errorState :
folderId : 1484589292
globalProps : MetaProps : (dict)
     no.homeassistant.plugin : (dict)
          SupportsOnState : false (bool)
          SupportsSensorValue : true (bool)
          SupportsStatusRequest : false (bool)
          address : sensor.4_in_1_sensor_node_status (string)
          states_list : (list)
               Item : icon (string)
               Item : friendly_name (string)
id : 1304685517
lastChanged : 2023-10-27 17:47:58
lastSuccessfulComm : 2023-10-27 17:47:58
model : Home Assistant Value Sensor
name : Node Status
onState : None
ownerProps : no.homeassistant.plugin : (dict)
     SupportsOnState : false (bool)
     SupportsSensorValue : true (bool)
     SupportsStatusRequest : false (bool)
     address : sensor.4_in_1_sensor_node_status (string)
     states_list : (list)
          Item : icon (string)
          Item : friendly_name (string)
pluginId : no.homeassistant.plugin
pluginProps : emptyDict : (dict)
protocol : Plugin
remoteDisplay : True
sensorValue : 0.0
sharedProps : com.indigodomo.indigoserver : (dict)
states : States : (dict)
     actual_state : asleep (string)
     friendly_name : 4-in-1 Sensor Node status (string)
     icon : mdi:sleep (string)
     lastUpdated : 2023-10-26T14:49:46.469824+00:00 (string)
     sensorValue : 0.000000 (real)
     sensorValue.ui : asleep (string)
subModel :
subType :
supportsAllLightsOnOff : False
supportsAllOff : False
supportsOnState : False
supportsSensorValue : True
supportsStatusRequest : False
version : None


Thanks, Joe!!

Much appreciated,
-Daniel

You can also see the custom states in the Indigo UI. This doesn't have the sensorValue or sensorValue.ui values, since those are not "custom states". Those always exist for a sensor device.

I found this to work to pull the right date:

dateString = indigo.devices[1169704765].displayStateValUi