Send HS4 log to separate file

[devanb]

I think its working. I have had the syslog populated for the past 12h.

sudo journalctl -u homeseer

Jan 17 23:00:01 HS4-closter HomeSeer HS4[1232]: 11:00:01:4126:[Z-Wave]->Device: <font color='#000080'>Upstairs Master bedroom Thermostat Heating Setpoint</font> Set to <font color='#008000'>60</font>
Jan 17 23:00:01 HS4-closter HomeSeer HS4[1232]: 11:00:01:3100:[Z-Wave]->Device: <font color='#000080'>Upstairs Priya's Bedroom Heating Setpoint</font> Set to <font color='#008000'>60</font>
Jan 17 23:00:00 HS4-closter HomeSeer HS4[1232]: 11:00:00:2734:[Device Control]->Device: Main Office Thermostat Heating Setpoint to 60 F (60)
Jan 17 23:00:00 HS4-closter HomeSeer HS4[1232]: 11:00:00:2714:[Event]->Event Trigger "Office Heat off 11pm nightly"
Jan 17 23:00:00 HS4-closter HomeSeer HS4[1232]: 11:00:00:0219:[Device Control]->Device: Upstairs Master bedroom Thermostat Heating Setpoint to 60 F (60)

[jon00]

The HS log is stored in HomeSeerLog.hsd (database). The file you have redirected just looks like the startup log which is only written when HS4 loads.

[devanb]

Figured out one way:

I'm using systemd so I changed my homeseer.service file:

[Unit]
Description=HomeSeer HS4 Home Automation
Documentation=https://homeseer.com/support-home/
After=network-online.target remote-fs.target
Before=multi-user.target

[Service]
WorkingDirectory=/opt/HomeSeer
#ExecStart=/usr/bin/mono HSConsole.exe --log > /home/pi/hs4.log 2>&1
ExecStart=/usr/bin/mono HSConsole.exe --log
SyslogIdentifier=HomeSeer HS4
StandardOutput=syslog
StandardError=syslog
Restart=on-failure
RestartSec=30
KillMode=none
TimeoutStopSec=300
ExecStop=/opt/HomeSeer/hs3stop.sh

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

I added the StandardOutput and StandardError lines

Now if I type:
# journalctl

Jan 17 01:28:01 HS4-closter HomeSeer HS4[1232]: 01:28:01:4963:[Z-Wave]->SmartStick+: The Z-Wave API Execution Thread was Started or Restarted.
Jan 17 01:28:01 HS4-closter HomeSeer HS4[1232]: 01:28:01:4228:[Z-Wave]->SmartStick+: The Z-Wave Command Execution Thread was Started or Restarted.
Jan 17 01:28:01 HS4-closter HomeSeer HS4[1232]: 01:28:01:4132:[Z-Wave]->SmartStick+: ----------------------------------------------------------------------
Jan 17 01:28:01 HS4-closter HomeSeer HS4[1232]: 01:28:01:4093:[Z-Wave]->Initializing Z-Wave interface SmartStick+ (HomeSeer SmartStick +) on /dev/ttyACM0
Jan 17 01:28:01 HS4-closter HomeSeer HS4[1232]: 01:28:01:4041:[Z-Wave]->SmartStick+: ----------------------------------------------------------------------
Jan 17 01:28:01 HS4-closter HomeSeer HS4[1232]: 01:28:01:4010:[Z-Wave]->SmartStick+: ============================================================ ==========
Jan 17 01:28:01 HS4-closter HomeSeer HS4[1232]: 01:28:01:3765:[Z-Wave]->465 Simple AV Control Command Class Control Commands have been loaded successfully.
Jan 17 01:28:01 HS4-closter HomeSeer HS4[1232]: 01:28:01:3636:[Plug-In]->Finished initializing plug-in Z-Wave

It has all of the Homeseer log entries!

Sweet.

-Devan

[devanb]

Calling to all linux users, is there a way to send the HS4 log to another file? I want to try and parse the log and run events from it but I can't seem to pipe it to another file. Maybe in the startup mono call?

I can't find any information about switches for HSConsole.exe

Thanks,

Devan