Alarm Clock Plugin

[hamw]

Was wondering if you could include a device state that shows only the HH:MM, not full date time? I am trying to use the device state in a variable and can only get the full date time. I tried to directly insert the current set time as HH:MM into a variable using the Indigo menus but that option is not available, so I set up below:

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dev = indigo.devices[1596829398] #radio alarm clock
time = (dev.states["startTime"])

indigo.variable.updateValue(1352903259, str(time)) 

but it puts in the full date time string.

thanks!

[DaveL17]

Your script leads me to believe that the timestamp is being stored as a string in the source dev state. If that's the case, you can grab what you want by using an index. (I would also avoid using the variable name 'time' as that's a reserved word in Python). Try this:

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dev = indigo.devices[1596829398] #radio alarm clock
t = (dev.states["startTime"])

indigo.variable.updateValue(1352903259, str(t[11:16])) 

Should be pretty close.

[hamw]

Thanks very much, that worked. Sorry to ask this question in the Alarm Clock Plugin forum, but since it is an extension of the prior post, hope you will not mind....

Tried to use this in a similar way for my thermostat control page readout. The initial AS is here:

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using terms from application "IndigoServer"
tell application "IndigoServer"
 		set HomeReadout to value of variable "Home" as string
 		set value of variable "HomeReadout" to (characters 17 through -1 of HomeReadout) as text
 	end tell
end using terms from

and what I adapted from your snippet is here:

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HomeReadout = indigo.variables[306104832].value #HomeReadout

Home = indigo.variables[1596654921].value #Home

indigo.variable.updateValue(HomeReadout, str(Home[17:-1]))

Seems like it should be so simple, but it keeps throwing errors? I've tried changing "indigo.variables" to indigo.variable" etc without success, as well as deleting the .value and then substituting .str. Here are some errors. The first is with naming indigo.variable to indigo.variables:

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  Script Error                    embedded script: No module named variable_watcher
   Script Error                    Exception Traceback (most recent call shown last):

     embedded script, line 1, at top level
ImportError: No module named variable_watcher

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   Script Error                    embedded script: invalid syntax
   Script Error                    around line 31 - "pass"

My guess is that since it is text it is not a value?

[howartp]

HomeReadout = indigo.variables[306104832].value #HomeReadout

Home = indigo.variables[1596654921].value #Home

indigo.variable.updateValue(HomeReadout, str(Home[17:-1]))

Change last line to

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 indigo.variable.updateValue(306104832, str(Home[17:-1]))

You’re trying to update a variable called whatever the value of HomeReadout is, rather than the ID or name of that variable.

[hamw]

Thank you, I see the error. Much appreciated!!!

[whmoorejr]

Just now got around to tinkering with this plugin... I've got a couple questions and an error.
"Wednesday" won't toggle from "false" -> "true". When I use the toggle Wednesday command from a CP, I get this in the log... (All the other days are toggling just fine)

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EPS - Alarm Clock Error         Error in plugin execution ExecuteAction:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "plugin.py", line 114, in deviceActions
KeyError: key not found in database

Primarily I plan to use this plugin to replace some schedules that I like to adjust on the fly (from a control page).... like my evening thermostat setting, or monitoring the kids tvs, in addition to standard use as an alarm clock.... so the question is,
Is a "Toggle device" a required item? Can alarm default duration be 0 and still activate the "Alarm on action"
If alarm duration is 0, will the Alarm on and off action run at the same time, neither or just the on?

Sidenote: On Devices.xml, there are two "startTime" Line 185 & line 213

[hamw]

I don't think you can turn off all days. It's not just Wednesday, it's the last one you try to turn off.

[whmoorejr]

I don't think you can turn off all days. It's not just Wednesday, it's the last one you try to turn off.

That's a different error...

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EPS - Alarm Clock Error         Control page attempted to turn off every day of the week, this isn't possible.  It's easier to just turn off the alarm!

I'm trying to toggle "Wednesday" to "on" (true). ....

Some more testing... I created another alarm clock, identical in design and this one has a working "Wednesday". It looks like when the first device was created, the device state didn't save right giving it a "key not found" error.... but I can't re-create it and I don't know if there is a way to fix it (outside of just recreating the alarm clock device).

forgive the ugliness of the testing control page... in the below examples.... "Temp Change" is the nightly drop of the AC set point." I will create another alarm device for the morning version that raises the AC set point. The 2nd one is for a light in the fishtank. The on time can fluctuate, but it should stay on for about 8 hours. So Alarm On action will turn the light on. 8 hours later (480 minutes) Alarm Off action will turn the light off.

For my use, I still have some tinkering to do... like add another set of up/down arrows to manipulate the AC set point that it's going to change to (basically modifying the "On" action from the same page).

Python ?: I'm also trying to figure out a way to change duration by endTime. Use a HH:MM saved as a variable or something, untested and can guarantee won't work because my python time math sucks....

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from datetime import datetime
alarmClock = indigo.devices[402185762]
newTime = "05:30" # replace later with a variable or something
oldDelta = alarmClock.durationMinutes
newDelta = newTime - alarmClock.startTime  # will need to convert newTime to a datetime object
diference = newDelta - oldDelta
	if diference > 0:  # add time to duration

		pluginId = "com.eps.indigoplugin.alarm-clock"
		alarmClockPlugin = indigo.server.getPlugin(pluginId)
		if alarmClockPlugin.isEnabled():
			alarmClockPlugin.executeAction("increaseDuration", deviceId=402185762, props={'stepIncrement':diference})
	
	else: # difference is a negative number, so subtract from current duration
		pluginId = "com.eps.indigoplugin.alarm-clock"
		alarmClockPlugin = indigo.server.getPlugin(pluginId)
		if alarmClockPlugin.isEnabled():
			alarmClockPlugin.executeAction("decreaseDuration", deviceId=402185762, props={'stepIncrement':diference})