How to get started in scripting?

[Bugman1400]

is there a tutorial on how to get started in scripting with HS3 or HS4? Would like to know how to make calls to the script from HS and where to place the files.

[AllHailJ]

The files are placed in ........../HomeSeer/scripts. The scripts are called from events in HomeSeer as shown in the snippet below:


You are not just limited to VB/C# etc scripts. You can also run command line scripts or different processes. There is documentation on scripting in tools->setup ... Homeseer help file. This will give you basics on scripting (function calls, simple syntax etc). The forum has a lot of information on scripting and many examples. Look in the howto section.

Hope this helps

[Uncle Michael]

Ed Tenholder has developed some useful tools to help with vb.net scripting.

[Bugman1400]

Perfect.....mucho thanks!

[Bugman1400]

Can a script be run after a device is polled?

[sparkman]

Can a script be run after a device is polled?

A z-wave device? You could poll in a script and then do subsequent script actions.

[Bugman1400]

Can a script be run without an Event? The Manual and Scheduled Events aren’t working well for me.

[sparkman]

Can a script be run without an Event? The Manual and Scheduled Events aren’t working well for me.

It will help if you explain what you are attempting to do.

[Bugman1400]

I have an HS-WD200+ that turns on/off my outside lights. Sometimes the lights are turned on via a Scheduled Event and sometimes when I manually press the paddle. I would like the LEDs to turn Red when the lights are ON and Green when the lights are OFF. I don't want the LEDs manipulated from the Scheduled Event or from the Manual paddle press; I want the LEDs to follow the "Switch Multilevel" status of ON/OFF. I do not use the dimmer.

[sparkman]

Simple really. I have an HS-WD200+ that turns on/off my outside lights. Sometimes the lights are turned on via a Scheduled Event and sometimes when I manually press the paddle. I would like the LEDs to turn Red when the lights are ON and Green when the lights are OFF. I don't want the LEDs manipulated from the Scheduled Event or from the Manual paddle press; I want the LEDs to follow the "Switch Multilevel" status of ON/OFF. I do not use the dimmer.

So why the questions about polling and running the script outside of an event?

[Bugman1400]

Perhaps you were offended by the wording of my reply. I’ve edited it in an effort to be less distracting from the main point. Any help is sincerely appreciated.

[sparkman]

Perhaps you were offended by the wording of my reply. I’ve edited it in an effort to be less distracting from the main point. Any help is sincerely appreciated.

There was no offense taken. I simply don’t understand why you were asking about running a script after polling and running it outside of an event. What you want to accomplish should be relatively straightforward based on an event triggering on your multilevel device.

[Bugman1400]

I’d rather change the color of the LEDs based on the status of the multilevel device and not the external triggers. This because the external triggers don’t always get noticed. However, a polling of the device would notice the change of the status and change the LED color.

[Uncle Michael]

I’d rather change the color of the LEDs based on the status of the multilevel device and not the external triggers. This because the external triggers don’t always get noticed.

Can you provide an example of the external triggers that you are referring to and how you have attempted to use them?

[sparkman]

I’d rather change the color of the LEDs based on the status of the multilevel device and not the external triggers. This because the external triggers don’t always get noticed. However, a polling of the device would notice the change of the status and change the LED color.

So you're thinking of triggering the script something like once a minute, then polling the multilevel device and then setting the LED color?