Getting Trigger's Device via Applescript

I want to be able to write a single "status" Applescript to rule them all, so that when something is triggered (for example, a lamp gets turned on), I can take that "unknown" devices that changed status, and use the name in an Applescript (to send an iMessage).

I have everything working, except how to detect the name of the device. How can I reference this name without hard coding the device reference into the script?

[jay (support)]

How is the AppleScript being run? Not sure I'm following the flow.

I'm running it as an action of a trigger (Applescript currently embedded, but I'd like to move it to an external script). Is there any way to pass the trigger's device name to the script? In this example, the type is Device State Changed, so I wanted to grab whatever device is selected that the trigger is watching.

Current code:

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set targetMessage to "The lamp is on!" # here's where I'd like that variable to be able to go
tell application "Messages"
   set targetService to 1st service whose service type = iMessage
   set targetBuddy to buddy "+15558675309" of targetService
   send targetMessage to targetBuddy
end tell

[jay (support)]

No, that's not possible. If your triggering event is just a single device however then you already know what the device is, right?

I do, but I'd rather be able to point to a single "master" script and let it plug in the appropriate device name, but I guess that's not possible.

Here is how I address it: each device has a mini action set variable x to devname and calls the main action. The main action then can pick up the devname from the variable x


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[jay (support)]

You can also make your script an AppleScript handler to which you pass the name of the device. So, create an Attachment script with your handler:

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on doMyNotification(deviceName)
   tell application "Messages"
      set targetService to 1st service whose service type = iMessage
      set targetBuddy to buddy "+15558675309" of targetService
      send deviceName & " is on!" to targetBuddy
   end tell
end doMyNotification


Then, in the embedded script for each trigger:

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doMyNotification("Device Name Here")

I think this will work. Thanks!