Notify When Folder Active?

[johnmsch]

In my ISY  console I have a folder that has two conditions for the folder to be active.  So far, so good, its working fine.

I'm looking for a way to get a notification via Pushover when that folder becomes active (i.e., those two conditions have been met).  Setting up the Pushover notification is not a problem, as I have multiple ones already setup and working fine.  The issue is that with folders, you can only add conditions to the IF statement.  There doesn't appear to be a way to add any "THEN" logic in that statement.

What am I missing here?  I've been programming in the console for years, but am completely stumped by this one.  No doubt, I'm missing something obvious!!!!?

[kclenden]

Haven't tried it, but couldn't you just create a program within the folder that has exactly the same two conditions as the folder and put commands in the THEN of that program?

Edited April 1, 2019 by kclenden

[johnmsch]

Thanks for the quick reply.  I had thought of that, or even creating a program not in the folder with the same conditions.  My concern there was if I ever change the folder condition, I can guarantee you I'll forget to change the other program!  Especially since I hardly ever change any programs once they're up and running.

[kclenden]

On 4/1/2019 at 3:34 PM, johnmsch said:

My concern there was if I ever change the folder condition, I can guarantee you I'll forget to change the other program! 

That makes sense.  So I did a little exploring in the Admin Console and found, at least in v5 of the firmware, that you can directly check the status of a folder.  Simply choose the "Program" option and scroll down until you find the folders.  Here's a screenshot:

So make that the condition for your email program which then can be inside, or outside, your folder.

Edited April 3, 2019 by kclenden

[johnmsch]

Very cool.  Thanks for the effort!

That does look to be the perfect solution and is a good reason I should upgrade to v5.  I've been putting it off for the old reason "If it ain't broke, don't fix it".  I've been on the v4 versions for a long time and haven't seen the need to upgrade.  How long have you been on v5?  Run into any issues?  Does it seem stable?

Thanks again for the replies.

[larryllix]

4 hours ago, johnmsch said:

Very cool.  Thanks for the effort!

That does look to be the perfect solution and is a good reason I should upgrade to v5.  I've been putting it off for the old reason "If it ain't broke, don't fix it".  I've been on the v4 versions for a long time and haven't seen the need to upgrade.  How long have you been on v5?  Run into any issues?  Does it seem stable?

Thanks again for the replies.

V5 since it started (2015?). Always been stable. Only some ZWave quirks are being worked out. The new features have always worked from v5.0.1

Edited April 8, 2019 by larryllix

[johnmsch]

Thanks Guys.

Just went hunting for a "stable" version of v5, but all I'm seeing is everything suffixed with (beta).  It would seem that the 4.7.3 version I'm running is the most current GA version.

What flavor of v5 would you recommend?  ZWave is about the only toy I don't use in my system and I sure don't want to lose any of my X10 antiques.

Thanks again for your time and responses.

[larryllix]

15 minutes ago, johnmsch said:

Thanks Guys.

Just went hunting for a "stable" version of v5, but all I'm seeing is everything suffixed with (beta).  It would seem that the 4.7.3 version I'm running is the most current GA version.

What flavor of v5 would you recommend?  ZWave is about the only toy I don't use in my system and I sure don't want to lose any of my X10 antiques.

Thanks again for your time and responses.

V5.0.15 The latest. In this case beta does not mean unstable.

[johnmsch]

Ok, understood.  Having retired from 35+ years of software development, I'm still a bit skiddish when I see the word "beta".

One more question please before I take the jump.  In the Prerequisites section, I see this:

You must use the 5.0.9 Admin Console or greater to upgrade to this release (5.0.15).

Coming from 4.7.3, do I really have to install 5.0.9 before upgrading to .15?

 

[paulbates]

5 hours ago, johnmsch said:

Ok, understood.  Having retired from 35+ years of software development, I'm still a bit skiddish when I see the word "beta".

One more question please before I take the jump.  In the Prerequisites section, I see this:

You must use the 5.0.9 Admin Console or greater to upgrade to this release (5.0.15).

Coming from 4.7.3, do I really have to install 5.0.9 before upgrading to .15?

 

No. There’s features starting in 5.0.9 admin console that facilitate the upgrade. Download the latest version of admin console and use it to upgrade 4.7.3

Paul

[johnmsch]

Thanks everyone.  Just did the upgrade and it went smoothly.  There are a few programs that lost their Disabled status, but that was easy enough to correct.

@kclenden: Using the new folder status logic works perfectly!