Sending variable to external program

[wswartz]

Is it possible, using the Network Module, to send the value of a variable to an external resource? For example, if I had a variable called "$myVar", could I somehow use that in the Path line, something like this:

 

 

 

Thanks.

[MWareman]

No - or at least not yet. Rumor is once the Z-Wave changes are stabilized that this is the next feature in the pipeline.

[jwagner010]

If there aren't too many possible values for the variable you could define a separate network resource for each value hard coded in each network resource. Then write programs to call a particular network resource once a variable equals a certain value. A long work around that may work for you.

[Michel Kohanim]

Hi Michael,

 

Yes, indeed they are !

 

With kind regards,

Michel

[fba]

How do we go about putting in requests for variables we would like to see?

 

I've been hacking on my own little notification app for Android (both because I am cheap, and because I have some ideas I want to implement that don't exist in the current options), and adding certain values would make adding notifications easier.

 

As an example, I want to know when any window in my basement is opened or closed. As long as I am fine with a generic message saying "A window is open" or "A window is closed", I can do it with two network resources. However, what I would really like is the ability to set the message to indicate which device triggered the network resource, and what state it is in. Then, I could have a single message along the lines of "Windows $triggering_device is $state." and use that for all of the different notifications I need.

 

Is something like that in the plans?

[Michel Kohanim]

Hi fba,

 

Yes, it is in plans.

 

With kind regards,

Michel