Device Status in Custom Notifications

[belias]

It would be extremely helpful to be able to put the current status of a device (ON, OFF, etc.) in custom notifications.

 

Here are a few examples of how this would be useful:

 

- I have 8 Insteon 2420 motion sensors around the house, and I'd like to be able to have a single email that gets sent out when one of them goes into low battery mode. I can do this now, but there's no way to tell which 2420 is in low battery from the email. The only current possibility would be to create 8 variables and 8 programs (if KitchenMotion Low Battery is ON, then set $KitchenMotionLowBattery = 1), and put a list of variables in the email...

 

- Same situation, but for leak sensors that are alarming. It would be nice to have a single email showing which leak sensor was showing WET = ON.

 

- Troubleshooting to take a "snapshot" of a group of devices

 

 

 

Thanks for the consideration.

 

- Brian

[jmesberg]

+1

[Michel Kohanim]

Hi Guys,

 

Would this work:

http://wiki.universal-devices.com/index ... _Variables

 

With kind regards,

Michel

[Xathros]

Michel-

 

Am I missing it or is there no way to capture the current temperature from my Venstar with those variables? I see humidity, mode, set points, fan but but not the current temp.

 

-Xathros

[LeeG]

Current temp is ST (Status). For devices like a SwitchLinc, Current State (Status - ST) would be On/Off/% On. For a thermostat Current State (Status - ST) is temp.

[Xathros]

LeeG-

 

That makes perfect sense. Thank you!

 

-Xath

[belias]

Michel,

 

Thank you - this is perfect! I had no idea about the custom variable list. This saves SO much aggravation...

 

 

 

- Brian

[MikeD]

This is great information! I have already started to incorporate it into my programs.

Thank you Brian for presenting the question.

~Mike