Jon00 Cumulative Uptime Monitor for Homeseer 3 & Homeseer 4

[jon00]

This script enables you to monitor the cumulative on times for devices monitored by Homeseer. This includes lighting, HVAC, network devices etc depending on your setup and plug-ins installed. The timer for each device will only increment when it is on and stop when it is off. This will continue until it is reset.

Features:

» Allows monitoring of cumulative uptimes for devices monitored by Homeseer
» Allows up to 3 different triggers when the cumulative uptime has been reached
» On/off times can be set directly or using a device value with definable on and off ranges
» Uptimes can be reset globally or individually as required
» Virtually unlimited number of devices can be defined from a single ini file
» Virtual devices are automatically created showing the on/off status of the monitored device and current uptime
» The uptimes in the virtual device can be shown in numerous day/hour/minute/second formats
» Additional virtual devices can also optionally show up to 3 trigger values which are then used to trigger events etc
» Additional virtual devices can also optionally show an up counter to display the number of changes from off to on

Applications:

» Monitoring and controlling the amount of time the kids have been watching the TV or using games consoles.
» Tracking on times for equipment, lighting, HVAC, filter changes etc
» Tracking how long temperatures go above and/or below preset values.

This script was written as the request of a Homeseer user who wanted to limit his kids TV and/or Playstation usage times per day.

You can download it from my site (Click on my banner below).

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Any problems, please let me know.

[Rotech]

That's cool!!! Monitoring AC is a great idea!!

[travisdh]

This is great Jon, no doubt you have already seen me jump to get it and install it on my system , so many things I can monitor, no where near enough time to set everything up to monitor lol.

I tried to install it with a Jon00RCCNM device (which is monitoring my ISP's gateway IP address), and have set it in the event log so if the device has its value set or changed it triggers the script with the "Main" sub, and "1V" parms but I get the following error:

Aug-11 11:07:21 AM Jon00_Uptime Error: Unrecognised or no device number specified in optional parameters - script terminated

My INI file's Device1 section is as follows, note I have also tried setting the Device to either the device address "Jon00-NM-N045" or the Device referenceID (298) and have tried DeviceOnRange to 1 but it still errored:

[Device1]
Title=Internet
TextBeforeValue=Internet Uptime
TextAfterValue=
TimeStringFormat=1
ShowCounter=1
TriggerValueUnit=3
DeviceValueUnit=3
TriggerValue1=
TriggerValue2=
TriggerValue3=
Device=
DeviceOnRange=
 = 

Thanks Jon!

[jon00]

Hi Travis,

Rather than 1:DV, you need to use 1;DV

Then put the following in the Ini:

Device=Jon00-NM-N045
DeviceRange=1

[travisdh]

Thanks Jon, worked a treat,

Just an FYI, on page 4 of your documentation it references 3V (i think) Murphy's law said I jumped to that page and didn't read the one before it properly lol,

Thanks again for another great addition to homeseer!

[jon00]

Thanks,

Yes, that is a typo...I'll correct that later tonight.

[ESSCHENK]

Hello Jon,

Is there a way to copy the Value from a device to a Virtual device
I like to copy the Value from the counter value from the uptime counter to another device.



Thanks Ed

[jon00]

Ed,

The counter value is stored as a device value so that can be used. I really need more detail about the other device.

[ESSCHENK]

[jon00]

Ed,

Create a new device and then find the reference ID from the Advanced tab.

Then run this script.

Change the 1234 to your Reference ID number
Also change (if necessary) the "Jon00-UM-001D" to the correct uptime counter.

Sub Main (ByVal Parm As Object)

Dim Newdvref As Integer = 1234
Dim Counter As Integer = hs.DeviceValue(hs.DeviceExistsAddress("Jon00-UM-001D", False))
hs.SetDeviceValueByRef(Newdvref, Counter, True)
hs.SetDeviceString(Newdvref, Counter.ToString, True)

End Sub 

[ESSCHENK]

Hello Jon,

Thanks very much this is working perfect.


Ed

[Rotech]

John, I have a doubt in adding the images to the HTML folder, do I copy the whole folder or just the images to the HTML folder?

I already have a folder in the html called "images" from another plugin.

[Rotech]

Bump

[Rotech]

Jon, I am experimenting with this script to monitor uptime for my AC. questions is how does the script knows what device should it be monitoring and how does it know when its on or off? here is the INI that I filled in for testing but do not get any info to the device created?

[Device1]
Title=HVAC
TextBeforeValue=Running Time
TextAfterValue=
TimeStringFormat=16
ShowCounter=1
TriggerValueUnit=3
DeviceValueUnit=3
TriggerValue1=
TriggerValue2=
TriggerValue3=
Device=
DeviceOnRange=

I have the event for any device change and the paremeter are:

Main
1;DV

I know I am missing something

[ESSCHENK]

Hello,


you must fil in the device and the device value

[Device5]
Title=Voordeur
TextBeforeValue=
TextAfterValue=
TimeStringFormat=1
ShowCounter=1
TriggerValueUnit=3
DeviceValueUnit=3
TriggerValue1=
TriggerValue2=
TriggerValue3=
Device=361
DeviceOnRange=255


My front door is device 361

and when he is open the value is 255


The explanation is in the doc


Ed