Send group command from Python?

Hi everyone, my first post here. I want to do some Python/Indigo hacking and I have a question please... is it possible to make Indigo send Insteon group commands using Python+XML? (Like you can from AppleScript with "send insteon group instnTurnOn using name "foo""?) I looked through the Database methods in IndigoWebServer/indigopy/indigodb.py, but didn't see anything that exactly fit the bill. There's GroupExecute but I'd prefer not to have to make several action groups for each Insteon group. Any suggestions?

Thanks in advance,
-Greg.

Hi everyone, my first post here. I want to do some Python/Indigo hacking and I have a question please... is it possible to make Indigo send Insteon group commands using Python+XML? (Like you can from AppleScript with "send insteon group instnTurnOn using name "foo""?) I looked through the Database methods in IndigoWebServer/indigopy/indigodb.py, but didn't see anything that exactly fit the bill. There's GroupExecute but I'd prefer not to have to make several action groups for each Insteon group. Any suggestions?

I will have to check. Matt sent me the API, and I do recall there being support for it, but I don't remember if it was included in the pythondb code...

I have a enhanced version that should work out of the box, but as I mentioned, I'll have to check if the Group commands are included...

[matt (support)]

Hi Greg,

I just added it to indigodb.py for you. It will be included in the next release. In the mean time you can copy/paste it into your version of indigodb.py:

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   def InsteonGroupOnCommand(self, indigoConn, groupNum, doFast, requestOrigin = None):
      if not self._allowControlPages:
         raise ControlDisabled
      indigoConn.CheckConnection()

      logStr = "request to send insteon group \"" + groupNum + "\" on command"
      if requestOrigin:
         logStr += " from " + requestOrigin
      self._Log(logStr)

      dataNode = ic.XmlNode()
      dataNode.AddStringNode(u"GroupNumber", groupNum)
      if doFast:
         dataNode.AddStringNode(u"GroupAction", u"1")
      else:
         dataNode.AddStringNode(u"GroupAction", u"0")
      indigoConn._SendPacket(ic.Packet(ic._kCommandType, u"InsteonGroupCommand", packetDataNode=dataNode))

   def InsteonGroupOffCommand(self, indigoConn, groupNum, doFast, requestOrigin = None):
      if not self._allowControlPages:
         raise ControlDisabled
      indigoConn.CheckConnection()

      logStr = "request to send insteon group \"" + groupNum + "\" off command"
      if requestOrigin:
         logStr += " from " + requestOrigin
      self._Log(logStr)

      dataNode = ic.XmlNode()
      dataNode.AddStringNode(u"GroupNumber", groupNum)
      if doFast:
         dataNode.AddStringNode(u"GroupAction", u"3")
      else:
         dataNode.AddStringNode(u"GroupAction", u"2")
      indigoConn._SendPacket(ic.Packet(ic._kCommandType, u"InsteonGroupCommand", packetDataNode=dataNode))


Regards,
Matt