How to run custom device command

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Maybe Iā€™ve missed something, but I canā€™t find how to execute a custom device command from RM.

Iā€™m pretty sure that I saw and used it before but the only reference I can find is the RM documentation that refera to ā€œexpertā€ section at RM main page but I canā€™t find it.

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Thanks in advance!

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I think you are reading a thread about an old version of rule machine.

Custom commands donā€™t exist anymore in newer versions of rule machine, but you can run a custom action in any rule.

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Do you mean if you wrote your own device driver and have a non-standard attribute or command in that driver, the RM doesn't offer you access to that?

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My understanding is that if a device includes a command in the device edit page, and has a capability that makes it available to select in RM capability listing (Refresh or Actuator are enough), then you should be able to run a command by selecting the "Set Mode, Variables or File, Run Custom Action", including the ability to pass in parameters. See screenshot below:

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Yes - thatā€™s exactly it.

My problem - I realize now - is that Iā€™m trying to run a deviceā€™s command from a device capability (Notification) that is not exposed to RM to use to run a custom command.

Iā€™m using the ā€œNotify Plus Tile Driverā€ that exposes a command (reset) that Iā€™d like to call. Itā€™s a refinement that Iā€™d like to include in my Dashboard but I can live without it - not absolutely happy, but Iā€™ll survive!

Thanks everybody!

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Itā€™s this, as I mentioned above. Custom commands were retired at some point and replaced by custom actions.

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All you need to do is include a reference in the capability list in the driver for refresh or actuator and then you can select it in RM (bit of a hack I know...)