JulesT
January 19, 2019, 11:12am
1
Hey gang.
Can somebody who uses Message Central give me a clue or two?
I'm trying to do the relatively straightforward (in principle) power monitoring to work out when the washing machine has finished. It's triggering early, but for the life of me I can't work out why.
First up, then... can I just check that it does what I think it does?
So... in the image above... I THINK I've said:
'If the power goes above 400W, then arm, and then trigger the notification , if the power goes BELOW 10W, and STAYS below 10W for more than 10 mins'.
If so... then I'm lost... I've got a log file saying it spoke at 11:02:59... but at 11:02:39, for example, it's reporting power at 17.8W.
Or have I completely missed the point?
Best Regards,
Jules
Cobra
January 19, 2019, 12:05pm
2
Jules
What is happening when the power goes below 10 watts for ten minutes?
Or is it being sent before going above the threshold of 400 watts?
Andy
JulesT
January 19, 2019, 12:36pm
3
Hi Cobra.
If I'm reading the log right... it's firing when the power goes low... but very much sooner than 10 mins after it went below the threshold.
See below for an extract:
app:2382019-01-19 11:02:59.042 am debugNOTIFY_ON_WASHING_MACHINE_FINISHING (App Version: 13.8.0) - Power - PushOver Message - Sending Message: the washing machine has finished it's cycle.
Cheers for your help, by the way, and for the app in the first place
-- Jules
Cobra
January 19, 2019, 12:48pm
4
I think I may have left something in that I shouldn't
Would you like to try something for me?
Have a look at line 1662 in the 'child' code
It says:
runIn(mydelay, checkApplianceAgain1, [overwrite: false])
Try changing it to:
runIn(mydelay, checkApplianceAgain1)
(remove the comma "," and "[overwrite: false]"
I think the overwrite is causing the problem as it's triggering off the previous event
Please let me know how you get on.
If this is the fix then I'll update github and credit you for finding the problem
Andy
JulesT
January 19, 2019, 2:06pm
5
Righto.
I'll do exactly as you suggest. Think another load is about to go in upstairs as we speak
Changed the device... and I've edited and saved both the washer and dryer configuration just on the offchance. I'll let you know how I get on.
Thanks again for your efforts
-- Jules
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JulesT
January 19, 2019, 8:03pm
6
That’s looking much more promising, Cobra
Thank you again.
— Jules
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