Pushalot: Use of (replacement) variables

[Rutger]

Hi Stefan,

Nice plugin for Pushalot! I like it very much.
I'm wondering if you could change the plugin so (replacement) variables can be used in the Notification title and/or body. At the moment it's limited to only some text.

[stefxx]

Hi Rutger,

Nice idea, I will certainly consider this. I assume you are referring to the standard HS3 replacement variables? Or do you have any special replacement variables in mind?

[Rutger]

The standard replacement variables and ofcourse the HS devices itself.
I looked into the manual from the Pushover plugin, which is or look similair to this plugin.
The following ones should fit:
$TIME - short time format
$DATE - long date format
$FROM - last email from address
$$DVA:address - gets a device value by its address
$$DVC:code - gets a device value by its code e.g. A1
$$DVR:reference - gets a device value by its numeric device reference ID
$$DSA:address - gets a device status by its address
$$DSC:code - gets a device status by its code e.g. B2
$$DSR:reference - gets a device status by its numeric device reference ID

Or get the devicevalue/status/string from a certain deviceref should even be better.

[dcdelong]

Global as well?

Being able to leverage the global variables would be nice as well. WeatherXML uses them heavily.

$$GLOBALVARname): Replacement is the value of the named global variable.

Chris

[stefxx]

Ok, I see what I can do. Shouldn't be to difficult.

Or get the devicevalue/status/string from a certain deviceref should even be better.

Isn't that what $$DVR:reference and $$DSR:reference are suppose to do?

[Rutger]

You are right. My idea when writing that sentence was to get the devicestring from some device. If I'm right thats not possible with the replacement variables

[stefxx]

http://board.homeseer.com/showpost.p...8&postcount=11

[stefxx]

Support for Replacement Variables has been added. Please install version 3.0.0.4 from the downloader.

[Rutger]

Very nice, that's all what I want. Thank you very much.

[Moskus]

Wow, I didn't know there was a Plushalot plugin! Excellent!

But I can't get replacement variables to work. Here's my Event Action:


.. but here's what I get:

[stefxx]

You need to close the replacement variable with another colon, like this:

$$DVR:727:

[Moskus]

Woah, I've been using HomeSeer for years, but didn't know that!

Thanks, it's working now.


Very, very good plugin, by the way!

[stefxx]

Well, it isn't very clear in the documentation.

And thanks for the compliment.

[xtremesteve]

For the record, I just found this plugin and I love it!!! Way better than having to rely on txt messages from AT&T to come thru, so this works like a charm!

Ok, one more question in the mix to see how would I do this.

How do I do a carriage return or <br> in order to start with another line in the body of the message?

Here is why I am trying to do it... I will be sending battery statuses to myself on an occasional basis/when certain batteries become low and I would love to do it in a list view. For example:

Battery Status
30% - Living Room Motion
90% - Garage Motion
70% - Front Door Lock
05% - Hallway Motion
50% - Outdoor Temp Sensor

I hope this makes sense...

Thanks!
Stephen

[stefxx]

HTML codes are not supported by Pushalot... so "br" doesn't work. I found nothing in the API to implement a carriage return or linefeed, so I start testing a bit. I can insert a line break manually but it will only show up in the Pushalot app when you select the message (and it looks like a double line break for some reason!). The overview of messages in the app and in the Windows Phone notification center both ignore the line breaks.

If you want, I can send you a test version that supports line breaks by inserting either "\r" or "\n" in the message body. Just send me a PM with your email address...

This is all I can do from my little plugin. Perhaps you can send a message to the author of the Pushalot website/app maker to (better) support line breaks or even HTML codes?

And thanks for the compliment!