Node-RED Events/Location node and Cloud Backup Event

[rakeshg]

I want to create a notification via Node-RED when Cloud backup fails but I don't see that event being published either through the "event" node or the "location" node. I do see that event under Hub Events in the Logs tab.

Has anyone tried to do something similar or have an alternate solution? I don't use Hubitat rules so hoping that there is something that I can do with Node-RED.

EDIT: C-8 with FW 2.3.9.184

Thanks for your help

[rakeshg]

@thebearmay - in thought I had seen a driver that you had created for the Cloud Backup event but I can't find it any longer. Is that something that you still have?

[thebearmay]

Are you looking for the code to check the backup event?

[rakeshg]

I think that was it. I was hoping that I could simply grab that event in Node-RED but neither of the nodes see it. What I’m hoping now is something that sets a state (success/fail and maybe the text) in a virtual device that I could then get in NR.

[rakeshg]

In one of the threads on the Z-Wave crash/backup issue, you had posted some code that I thought did that. But I can't find it now☹️

[thebearmay]

I'll have to look for it, but do recall that it was looking at the location event cloudBackup ≠ success

[rakeshg]

Yes! That was it....

[rakeshg]

Found it!!!

Cloud backup failure causes Z-Wave radio to go offline

There is a cloudbackup event that, while it is actually a location event, is displayed in the Hub Events tab. It will show success or failure of the cloud back up, and if it failed what areas failed. Don’t think it is available in RM yet, but I wrote a small notification app to trap it and kick out a notification. Edit: included the code below for those not in the Beta group. Would be an easy add to set a switch or similar activity if desired.

Cloud Backup Notification

definition ( name: …

[rakeshg]

Aargh - looks like it won't work as it requires a notification device to be set up in HE . Let me look around and see if I can find another solution. Thanks again for your quick response.

[ritchierich]

@rakeshg

Aargh - looks like it won't work as it requires a notification device to be set up in HE

If it helps I have a Virtual Notification Device driver you can use. It basically does a log.trace for the message which you could look for in NodeRed
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mlritchie/Hubitat/refs/heads/master/Drivers/Virtual_Notification_Device.groovy

I use it for testing of a few of my apps that send notifications.

[thebearmay]

Wouldn't be too hard to have a virtual notification device push the event to an attribute.

[thebearmay]

Try this:

Dirver Code

/*
* Notify to Attribute Device
*
*  Licensed Virtual the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except
*  in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at:
*
*      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
*
*  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License is distributed
*  on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License
*  for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License.
*
*  Change History:
*
*    Date        Who            What
*    ----        ---            ----
*   
*/

static String version()	{  return '0.0.0'  }


metadata {
	definition (
			name: "Notification Attribute", 
			namespace: "thebearmay", 
			description: "Simple driver to act as a destination for notifications, and set an attribute to the value",
			author: "Jean P. May, Jr.",
			importUrl:"https://raw.githubusercontent.com/thebearmay/hubitat/main/xxx.groovy",
            singleThreaded: true
		) {
			capability "Notification"
            capability "Actuator"

			attribute "notification", "STRING"


			}   
		}

preferences {
		input("debugEnable", "bool", title: "Enable debug logging?")

}

void installed() {

}

void updated(){
        if (debugEnable) log.trace "updated()"
		if(debugEnable) runIn(1800,logsOff)

	}

void configure() {
}

void deviceNotification(notification){			
    sendEvent(name:"notification", value: "$notification")
}    

void logsOff(){
    device.updateSetting("debugEnable",[value:"false",type:"bool"])
}

[rakeshg]

@thebearmay @ritchierich - thanks so much for the sample code. I was able to use the notification drivers along with the Cloud Backup Attribute app and see the event in Node-RED.

Then it turned out that I could ALSO see the original backup event in both the event and location nodes! Not sure why it did not work the first time I tried it but it does appear to be working now.