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Do you guys have a recommendation on how I can start some data logging ?

I could potentially go with the InfluxDB / Grafana setup, but it seems that is not stable and I would rather not bring my hub down due to logging.

I am fine with logging to the cloud, if the internet goes down then this is not the end of the world. But, I cannot seem to find any way to establish some logging.

I would also be interested in an app approach that could log to a USB stick (or hdd). I assume I could just use a USB hub (both USBs are in use for Z-Wave and Zigbee.

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@joshua - I have made a tweak to the InfluxDB Logger App that I'd like you to help review/test. The only thing I changed was to use an Asynchronous Http Post call to send data to InfluxDB instead of a synchronous call. I am hoping that this will eliminate an issue I sometime see with HE hub performance. It seems to be working fine in my testing, but I just made this change this morning. I was hoping you could take a look and let me know if you think this new version should replace the one in the GitHub repository.

/*****************************************************************************************************************
 *  Source: https://github.com/HubitatCommunity/InfluxDB-Logger
 *
 *  Raw Source: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/HubitatCommunity/InfluxDB-Logger/master/influxdb-logger.groovy
 *
 *  Forked from: https://github.com/codersaur/SmartThings/tree/master/smartapps/influxdb-logger
 *  Original Author: David Lomas (codersaur)
 *  Hubitat Elevation version maintained by Joshua Marker (@tooluser)
 *
 *  Description: A SmartApp to log Hubitat device states to an InfluxDB database.
 *  See Codersaur's github repo for more information.
 *
 *  NOTE: Hubitat does not currently support group names.
 *
 *  License:
 *   Licensed under 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.
 *
 *   Modifcation History
 *   Date       Name		Change 
 *   2019-02-02 Dan Ogorchock	Use asynchttpPost() instead of httpPost() call
 *****************************************************************************************************************/
definition(
    name: "InfluxDB Logger",
    namespace: "nowhereville",
    author: "Joshua Marker (tooluser)",
    description: "Log SmartThings device states to InfluxDB",
    category: "My Apps",
    iconUrl: "https://s3.amazonaws.com/smartapp-icons/Convenience/Cat-Convenience.png",
    iconX2Url: "https://s3.amazonaws.com/smartapp-icons/Convenience/Cat-Convenience@2x.png",
    iconX3Url: "https://s3.amazonaws.com/smartapp-icons/Convenience/Cat-Convenience@2x.png")

preferences {
    section("General:") {
        //input "prefDebugMode", "bool", title: "Enable debug logging?", defaultValue: true, displayDuringSetup: true
        input (
        	name: "configLoggingLevelIDE",
        	title: "IDE Live Logging Level:\nMessages with this level and higher will be logged to the IDE.",
        	type: "enum",
        	options: [
        	    "0" : "None",
        	    "1" : "Error",
        	    "2" : "Warning",
        	    "3" : "Info",
        	    "4" : "Debug",
        	    "5" : "Trace"
        	],
        	defaultValue: "3",
            displayDuringSetup: true,
        	required: false
        )
    }

    section ("InfluxDB Database:") {
        input "prefDatabaseHost", "text", title: "Host", defaultValue: "192.168.1.100", required: true
        input "prefDatabasePort", "text", title: "Port", defaultValue: "8086", required: true
        input "prefDatabaseName", "text", title: "Database Name", defaultValue: "Hubitat", required: true
        input "prefDatabaseUser", "text", title: "Username", required: false
        input "prefDatabasePass", "text", title: "Password", required: false
    }
    
    section("Polling:") {
        input "prefSoftPollingInterval", "number", title:"Soft-Polling interval (minutes)", defaultValue: 10, required: true
    }
    
    section("System Monitoring:") {
        input "prefLogModeEvents", "bool", title:"Log Mode Events?", defaultValue: true, required: true
        input "prefLogHubProperties", "bool", title:"Log Hub Properties?", defaultValue: true, required: true
        input "prefLogLocationProperties", "bool", title:"Log Location Properties?", defaultValue: true, required: true
    }
    
    section("Devices To Monitor:") {
        input "accelerometers", "capability.accelerationSensor", title: "Accelerometers", multiple: true, required: false
        input "alarms", "capability.alarm", title: "Alarms", multiple: true, required: false
        input "batteries", "capability.battery", title: "Batteries", multiple: true, required: false
        input "beacons", "capability.beacon", title: "Beacons", multiple: true, required: false
        input "buttons", "capability.button", title: "Buttons", multiple: true, required: false
        input "cos", "capability.carbonMonoxideDetector", title: "Carbon Monoxide Detectors", multiple: true, required: false
        input "co2s", "capability.carbonDioxideMeasurement", title: "Carbon Dioxide Detectors", multiple: true, required: false
        input "colors", "capability.colorControl", title: "Color Controllers", multiple: true, required: false
        input "consumables", "capability.consumable", title: "Consumables", multiple: true, required: false
        input "contacts", "capability.contactSensor", title: "Contact Sensors", multiple: true, required: false
        input "doorsControllers", "capability.doorControl", title: "Door Controllers", multiple: true, required: false
        input "energyMeters", "capability.energyMeter", title: "Energy Meters", multiple: true, required: false
        input "humidities", "capability.relativeHumidityMeasurement", title: "Humidity Meters", multiple: true, required: false
        input "illuminances", "capability.illuminanceMeasurement", title: "Illuminance Meters", multiple: true, required: false
        input "locks", "capability.lock", title: "Locks", multiple: true, required: false
        input "motions", "capability.motionSensor", title: "Motion Sensors", multiple: true, required: false
        input "musicPlayers", "capability.musicPlayer", title: "Music Players", multiple: true, required: false
        input "peds", "capability.stepSensor", title: "Pedometers", multiple: true, required: false
        input "phMeters", "capability.pHMeasurement", title: "pH Meters", multiple: true, required: false
        input "powerMeters", "capability.powerMeter", title: "Power Meters", multiple: true, required: false
        input "presences", "capability.presenceSensor", title: "Presence Sensors", multiple: true, required: false
        input "pressures", "capability.sensor", title: "Pressure Sensors", multiple: true, required: false
        input "shockSensors", "capability.shockSensor", title: "Shock Sensors", multiple: true, required: false
        input "signalStrengthMeters", "capability.signalStrength", title: "Signal Strength Meters", multiple: true, required: false
        input "sleepSensors", "capability.sleepSensor", title: "Sleep Sensors", multiple: true, required: false
        input "smokeDetectors", "capability.smokeDetector", title: "Smoke Detectors", multiple: true, required: false
        input "soundSensors", "capability.soundSensor", title: "Sound Sensors", multiple: true, required: false
		input "spls", "capability.soundPressureLevel", title: "Sound Pressure Level Sensors", multiple: true, required: false
		input "switches", "capability.switch", title: "Switches", multiple: true, required: false
        input "switchLevels", "capability.switchLevel", title: "Switch Levels", multiple: true, required: false
        input "tamperAlerts", "capability.tamperAlert", title: "Tamper Alerts", multiple: true, required: false
        input "temperatures", "capability.temperatureMeasurement", title: "Temperature Sensors", multiple: true, required: false
        input "thermostats", "capability.thermostat", title: "Thermostats", multiple: true, required: false
        input "threeAxis", "capability.threeAxis", title: "Three-axis (Orientation) Sensors", multiple: true, required: false
        input "touchs", "capability.touchSensor", title: "Touch Sensors", multiple: true, required: false
        input "uvs", "capability.ultravioletIndex", title: "UV Sensors", multiple: true, required: false
        input "valves", "capability.valve", title: "Valves", multiple: true, required: false
        input "volts", "capability.voltageMeasurement", title: "Voltage Meters", multiple: true, required: false
        input "waterSensors", "capability.waterSensor", title: "Water Sensors", multiple: true, required: false
        input "windowShades", "capability.windowShade", title: "Window Shades", multiple: true, required: false
    }

}


/*****************************************************************************************************************
 *  SmartThings System Commands:
 *****************************************************************************************************************/

/**
 *  installed()
 *
 *  Runs when the app is first installed.
 **/
def installed() {
    state.installedAt = now()
    state.loggingLevelIDE = 5
    log.debug "${app.label}: Installed with settings: ${settings}" 
}

/**
 *  uninstalled()
 *
 *  Runs when the app is uninstalled.
 **/
def uninstalled() {
    logger("uninstalled()","trace")
}

/**
 *  updated()
 * 
 *  Runs when app settings are changed.
 * 
 *  Updates device.state with input values and other hard-coded values.
 *  Builds state.deviceAttributes which describes the attributes that will be monitored for each device collection 
 *  (used by manageSubscriptions() and softPoll()).
 *  Refreshes scheduling and subscriptions.
 **/
def updated() {
    logger("updated()","trace")

    // Update internal state:
    state.loggingLevelIDE = (settings.configLoggingLevelIDE) ? settings.configLoggingLevelIDE.toInteger() : 3
    
    // Database config:
    state.databaseHost = settings.prefDatabaseHost
    state.databasePort = settings.prefDatabasePort
    state.databaseName = settings.prefDatabaseName
    state.databaseUser = settings.prefDatabaseUser
    state.databasePass = settings.prefDatabasePass 
    
    state.path = "/write?db=${state.databaseName}"
    state.headers = [:] 
    state.headers.put("HOST", "${state.databaseHost}:${state.databasePort}")
    //state.headers.put("Content-Type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded")
    if (state.databaseUser && state.databasePass) {
        state.headers.put("Authorization", encodeCredentialsBasic(state.databaseUser, state.databasePass))
    }

    // Build array of device collections and the attributes we want to report on for that collection:
    //  Note, the collection names are stored as strings. Adding references to the actual collection 
    //  objects causes major issues (possibly memory issues?).
    state.deviceAttributes = []
    state.deviceAttributes << [ devices: 'accelerometers', attributes: ['acceleration']]
    state.deviceAttributes << [ devices: 'alarms', attributes: ['alarm']]
    state.deviceAttributes << [ devices: 'batteries', attributes: ['battery']]
    state.deviceAttributes << [ devices: 'beacons', attributes: ['presence']]
    state.deviceAttributes << [ devices: 'buttons', attributes: ['button']]
    state.deviceAttributes << [ devices: 'cos', attributes: ['carbonMonoxide']]
    state.deviceAttributes << [ devices: 'co2s', attributes: ['carbonDioxide']]
    state.deviceAttributes << [ devices: 'colors', attributes: ['hue','saturation','color']]
    state.deviceAttributes << [ devices: 'consumables', attributes: ['consumableStatus']]
    state.deviceAttributes << [ devices: 'contacts', attributes: ['contact']]
    state.deviceAttributes << [ devices: 'doorsControllers', attributes: ['door']]
    state.deviceAttributes << [ devices: 'energyMeters', attributes: ['energy']]
    state.deviceAttributes << [ devices: 'humidities', attributes: ['humidity']]
    state.deviceAttributes << [ devices: 'illuminances', attributes: ['illuminance']]
    state.deviceAttributes << [ devices: 'locks', attributes: ['lock']]
    state.deviceAttributes << [ devices: 'motions', attributes: ['motion']]
    state.deviceAttributes << [ devices: 'musicPlayers', attributes: ['status','level','trackDescription','trackData','mute']]
    state.deviceAttributes << [ devices: 'peds', attributes: ['steps','goal']]
    state.deviceAttributes << [ devices: 'phMeters', attributes: ['pH']]
    state.deviceAttributes << [ devices: 'powerMeters', attributes: ['power','voltage','current','powerFactor']]
    state.deviceAttributes << [ devices: 'presences', attributes: ['presence']]
    state.deviceAttributes << [ devices: 'pressures', attributes: ['pressure']]
    state.deviceAttributes << [ devices: 'shockSensors', attributes: ['shock']]
    state.deviceAttributes << [ devices: 'signalStrengthMeters', attributes: ['lqi','rssi']]
    state.deviceAttributes << [ devices: 'sleepSensors', attributes: ['sleeping']]
    state.deviceAttributes << [ devices: 'smokeDetectors', attributes: ['smoke']]
    state.deviceAttributes << [ devices: 'soundSensors', attributes: ['sound']]
	state.deviceAttributes << [ devices: 'spls', attributes: ['soundPressureLevel']]
	state.deviceAttributes << [ devices: 'switches', attributes: ['switch']]
    state.deviceAttributes << [ devices: 'switchLevels', attributes: ['level']]
    state.deviceAttributes << [ devices: 'tamperAlerts', attributes: ['tamper']]
    state.deviceAttributes << [ devices: 'temperatures', attributes: ['temperature']]
    state.deviceAttributes << [ devices: 'thermostats', attributes: ['temperature','heatingSetpoint','coolingSetpoint','thermostatSetpoint','thermostatMode','thermostatFanMode','thermostatOperatingState','thermostatSetpointMode','scheduledSetpoint','optimisation','windowFunction']]
    state.deviceAttributes << [ devices: 'threeAxis', attributes: ['threeAxis']]
    state.deviceAttributes << [ devices: 'touchs', attributes: ['touch']]
    state.deviceAttributes << [ devices: 'uvs', attributes: ['ultravioletIndex']]
    state.deviceAttributes << [ devices: 'valves', attributes: ['contact']]
    state.deviceAttributes << [ devices: 'volts', attributes: ['voltage']]
    state.deviceAttributes << [ devices: 'waterSensors', attributes: ['water']]
    state.deviceAttributes << [ devices: 'windowShades', attributes: ['windowShade']]

    // Configure Scheduling:
    state.softPollingInterval = settings.prefSoftPollingInterval.toInteger()
    manageSchedules()
    
    // Configure Subscriptions:
    manageSubscriptions()
}

/*****************************************************************************************************************
 *  Event Handlers:
 *****************************************************************************************************************/

/**
 *  handleAppTouch(evt)
 * 
 *  Used for testing.
 **/
def handleAppTouch(evt) {
    logger("handleAppTouch()","trace")
    
    softPoll()
}

/**
 *  handleModeEvent(evt)
 * 
 *  Log Mode changes.
 **/
def handleModeEvent(evt) {
    logger("handleModeEvent(): Mode changed to: ${evt.value}","info")

    def locationId = escapeStringForInfluxDB(location.id.toString())
    def locationName = escapeStringForInfluxDB(location.name)
    def mode = '"' + escapeStringForInfluxDB(evt.value) + '"'
	def data = "_stMode,locationId=${locationId},locationName=${locationName} mode=${mode}"
    postToInfluxDB(data)
}

/**
 *  handleEvent(evt)
 *
 *  Builds data to send to InfluxDB.
 *   - Escapes and quotes string values.
 *   - Calculates logical binary values where string values can be 
 *     represented as binary values (e.g. contact: closed = 1, open = 0)
 * 
 *  Useful references: 
 *   - http://docs.smartthings.com/en/latest/capabilities-reference.html
 *   - https://docs.influxdata.com/influxdb/v0.10/guides/writing_data/
 **/
def handleEvent(evt) {
    //logger("handleEvent(): $evt.unit","info")
    logger("handleEvent(): $evt.displayName($evt.name:$evt.unit) $evt.value","info")
    
    // Build data string to send to InfluxDB:
    //  Format: <measurement>[,<tag_name>=<tag_value>] field=<field_value>
    //    If value is an integer, it must have a trailing "i"
    //    If value is a string, it must be enclosed in double quotes.
    def measurement = evt.name
    // tags:
    def deviceId = escapeStringForInfluxDB(evt.deviceId.toString())
    def deviceName = escapeStringForInfluxDB(evt.displayName)
    def groupId = escapeStringForInfluxDB(evt?.device.device.groupId)
    def groupName = escapeStringForInfluxDB(getGroupName(evt?.device.device.groupId))
    def hubId = escapeStringForInfluxDB(evt?.device.device.hubId.toString())
    def hubName = escapeStringForInfluxDB(evt?.device.device.hub.name.toString())
    // Don't pull these from the evt.device as the app itself will be associated with one location.
    def locationId = escapeStringForInfluxDB(location.id.toString())
    def locationName = escapeStringForInfluxDB(location.name)

    def unit = escapeStringForInfluxDB(evt.unit)
    def value = escapeStringForInfluxDB(evt.value)
    def valueBinary = ''
    
    def data = "${measurement},deviceId=${deviceId},deviceName=${deviceName},groupId=${groupId},groupName=${groupName},hubId=${hubId},hubName=${hubName},locationId=${locationId},locationName=${locationName}"
    
    // Unit tag and fields depend on the event type:
    //  Most string-valued attributes can be translated to a binary value too.
    if ('acceleration' == evt.name) { // acceleration: Calculate a binary value (active = 1, inactive = 0)
        unit = 'acceleration'
        value = '"' + value + '"'
        valueBinary = ('active' == evt.value) ? '1i' : '0i'
        data += ",unit=${unit} value=${value},valueBinary=${valueBinary}"
    }
    else if ('alarm' == evt.name) { // alarm: Calculate a binary value (strobe/siren/both = 1, off = 0)
        unit = 'alarm'
        value = '"' + value + '"'
        valueBinary = ('off' == evt.value) ? '0i' : '1i'
        data += ",unit=${unit} value=${value},valueBinary=${valueBinary}"
    }
    else if ('button' == evt.name) { // button: Calculate a binary value (held = 1, pushed = 0)
        unit = 'button'
        value = '"' + value + '"'
        valueBinary = ('pushed' == evt.value) ? '0i' : '1i'
        data += ",unit=${unit} value=${value},valueBinary=${valueBinary}"
    }
    else if ('carbonMonoxide' == evt.name) { // carbonMonoxide: Calculate a binary value (detected = 1, clear/tested = 0)
        unit = 'carbonMonoxide'
        value = '"' + value + '"'
        valueBinary = ('detected' == evt.value) ? '1i' : '0i'
        data += ",unit=${unit} value=${value},valueBinary=${valueBinary}"
    }
    else if ('consumableStatus' == evt.name) { // consumableStatus: Calculate a binary value ("good" = 1, "missing"/"replace"/"maintenance_required"/"order" = 0)
        unit = 'consumableStatus'
        value = '"' + value + '"'
        valueBinary = ('good' == evt.value) ? '1i' : '0i'
        data += ",unit=${unit} value=${value},valueBinary=${valueBinary}"
    }
    else if ('contact' == evt.name) { // contact: Calculate a binary value (closed = 1, open = 0)
        unit = 'contact'
        value = '"' + value + '"'
        valueBinary = ('closed' == evt.value) ? '1i' : '0i'
        data += ",unit=${unit} value=${value},valueBinary=${valueBinary}"
    }
    else if ('door' == evt.name) { // door: Calculate a binary value (closed = 1, open/opening/closing/unknown = 0)
        unit = 'door'
        value = '"' + value + '"'
        valueBinary = ('closed' == evt.value) ? '1i' : '0i'
        data += ",unit=${unit} value=${value},valueBinary=${valueBinary}"
    }
    else if ('lock' == evt.name) { // door: Calculate a binary value (locked = 1, unlocked = 0)
        unit = 'lock'
        value = '"' + value + '"'
        valueBinary = ('locked' == evt.value) ? '1i' : '0i'
        data += ",unit=${unit} value=${value},valueBinary=${valueBinary}"
    }
    else if ('motion' == evt.name) { // Motion: Calculate a binary value (active = 1, inactive = 0)
        unit = 'motion'
        value = '"' + value + '"'
        valueBinary = ('active' == evt.value) ? '1i' : '0i'
        data += ",unit=${unit} value=${value},valueBinary=${valueBinary}"
    }
    else if ('mute' == evt.name) { // mute: Calculate a binary value (muted = 1, unmuted = 0)
        unit = 'mute'
        value = '"' + value + '"'
        valueBinary = ('muted' == evt.value) ? '1i' : '0i'
        data += ",unit=${unit} value=${value},valueBinary=${valueBinary}"
    }
    else if ('presence' == evt.name) { // presence: Calculate a binary value (present = 1, not present = 0)
        unit = 'presence'
        value = '"' + value + '"'
        valueBinary = ('present' == evt.value) ? '1i' : '0i'
        data += ",unit=${unit} value=${value},valueBinary=${valueBinary}"
    }
    else if ('shock' == evt.name) { // shock: Calculate a binary value (detected = 1, clear = 0)
        unit = 'shock'
        value = '"' + value + '"'
        valueBinary = ('detected' == evt.value) ? '1i' : '0i'
        data += ",unit=${unit} value=${value},valueBinary=${valueBinary}"
    }
    else if ('sleeping' == evt.name) { // sleeping: Calculate a binary value (sleeping = 1, not sleeping = 0)
        unit = 'sleeping'
        value = '"' + value + '"'
        valueBinary = ('sleeping' == evt.value) ? '1i' : '0i'
        data += ",unit=${unit} value=${value},valueBinary=${valueBinary}"
    }
    else if ('smoke' == evt.name) { // smoke: Calculate a binary value (detected = 1, clear/tested = 0)
        unit = 'smoke'
        value = '"' + value + '"'
        valueBinary = ('detected' == evt.value) ? '1i' : '0i'
        data += ",unit=${unit} value=${value},valueBinary=${valueBinary}"
    }
    else if ('sound' == evt.name) { // sound: Calculate a binary value (detected = 1, not detected = 0)
        unit = 'sound'
        value = '"' + value + '"'
        valueBinary = ('detected' == evt.value) ? '1i' : '0i'
        data += ",unit=${unit} value=${value},valueBinary=${valueBinary}"
    }
    else if ('switch' == evt.name) { // switch: Calculate a binary value (on = 1, off = 0)
        unit = 'switch'
        value = '"' + value + '"'
        valueBinary = ('on' == evt.value) ? '1i' : '0i'
        data += ",unit=${unit} value=${value},valueBinary=${valueBinary}"
    }
    else if ('tamper' == evt.name) { // tamper: Calculate a binary value (detected = 1, clear = 0)
        unit = 'tamper'
        value = '"' + value + '"'
        valueBinary = ('detected' == evt.value) ? '1i' : '0i'
        data += ",unit=${unit} value=${value},valueBinary=${valueBinary}"
    }
    else if ('thermostatMode' == evt.name) { // thermostatMode: Calculate a binary value (<any other value> = 1, off = 0)
        unit = 'thermostatMode'
        value = '"' + value + '"'
        valueBinary = ('off' == evt.value) ? '0i' : '1i'
        data += ",unit=${unit} value=${value},valueBinary=${valueBinary}"
    }
    else if ('thermostatFanMode' == evt.name) { // thermostatFanMode: Calculate a binary value (<any other value> = 1, off = 0)
        unit = 'thermostatFanMode'
        value = '"' + value + '"'
        valueBinary = ('off' == evt.value) ? '0i' : '1i'
        data += ",unit=${unit} value=${value},valueBinary=${valueBinary}"
    }
    else if ('thermostatOperatingState' == evt.name) { // thermostatOperatingState: Calculate a binary value (heating = 1, <any other value> = 0)
        unit = 'thermostatOperatingState'
        value = '"' + value + '"'
        valueBinary = ('heating' == evt.value) ? '1i' : '0i'
        data += ",unit=${unit} value=${value},valueBinary=${valueBinary}"
    }
    else if ('thermostatSetpointMode' == evt.name) { // thermostatSetpointMode: Calculate a binary value (followSchedule = 0, <any other value> = 1)
        unit = 'thermostatSetpointMode'
        value = '"' + value + '"'
        valueBinary = ('followSchedule' == evt.value) ? '0i' : '1i'
        data += ",unit=${unit} value=${value},valueBinary=${valueBinary}"
    }
    else if ('threeAxis' == evt.name) { // threeAxis: Format to x,y,z values.
        unit = 'threeAxis'
        def valueXYZ = evt.value.split(",")
        def valueX = valueXYZ[0]
        def valueY = valueXYZ[1]
        def valueZ = valueXYZ[2]
        data += ",unit=${unit} valueX=${valueX}i,valueY=${valueY}i,valueZ=${valueZ}i" // values are integers.
    }
    else if ('touch' == evt.name) { // touch: Calculate a binary value (touched = 1, "" = 0)
        unit = 'touch'
        value = '"' + value + '"'
        valueBinary = ('touched' == evt.value) ? '1i' : '0i'
        data += ",unit=${unit} value=${value},valueBinary=${valueBinary}"
    }
    else if ('optimisation' == evt.name) { // optimisation: Calculate a binary value (active = 1, inactive = 0)
        unit = 'optimisation'
        value = '"' + value + '"'
        valueBinary = ('active' == evt.value) ? '1i' : '0i'
        data += ",unit=${unit} value=${value},valueBinary=${valueBinary}"
    }
    else if ('windowFunction' == evt.name) { // windowFunction: Calculate a binary value (active = 1, inactive = 0)
        unit = 'windowFunction'
        value = '"' + value + '"'
        valueBinary = ('active' == evt.value) ? '1i' : '0i'
        data += ",unit=${unit} value=${value},valueBinary=${valueBinary}"
    }
    else if ('touch' == evt.name) { // touch: Calculate a binary value (touched = 1, <any other value> = 0)
        unit = 'touch'
        value = '"' + value + '"'
        valueBinary = ('touched' == evt.value) ? '1i' : '0i'
        data += ",unit=${unit} value=${value},valueBinary=${valueBinary}"
    }
    else if ('water' == evt.name) { // water: Calculate a binary value (wet = 1, dry = 0)
        unit = 'water'
        value = '"' + value + '"'
        valueBinary = ('wet' == evt.value) ? '1i' : '0i'
        data += ",unit=${unit} value=${value},valueBinary=${valueBinary}"
    }
    else if ('windowShade' == evt.name) { // windowShade: Calculate a binary value (closed = 1, <any other value> = 0)
        unit = 'windowShade'
        value = '"' + value + '"'
        valueBinary = ('closed' == evt.value) ? '1i' : '0i'
        data += ",unit=${unit} value=${value},valueBinary=${valueBinary}"
    }
    // Catch any other event with a string value that hasn't been handled:
    else if (evt.value ==~ /.*[^0-9\.,-].*/) { // match if any characters are not digits, period, comma, or hyphen.
		logger("handleEvent(): Found a string value that's not explicitly handled: Device Name: ${deviceName}, Event Name: ${evt.name}, Value: ${evt.value}","warn")
        value = '"' + value + '"'
        data += ",unit=${unit} value=${value}"
    }
    // Catch any other general numerical event (carbonDioxide, power, energy, humidity, level, temperature, ultravioletIndex, voltage, etc).
    else {
        data += ",unit=${unit} value=${value}"
    }
    
    //logger("$data","info")
    
    // Post data to InfluxDB:
    postToInfluxDB(data)

}


/*****************************************************************************************************************
 *  Main Commands:
 *****************************************************************************************************************/

/**
 *  softPoll()
 *
 *  Executed by schedule.
 * 
 *  Forces data to be posted to InfluxDB (even if an event has not been triggered).
 *  Doesn't poll devices, just builds a fake event to pass to handleEvent().
 *
 *  Also calls LogSystemProperties().
 **/
def softPoll() {
    logger("softPoll()","trace")
    
    logSystemProperties()
    
    // Iterate over each attribute for each device, in each device collection in deviceAttributes:
    def devs // temp variable to hold device collection.
    state.deviceAttributes.each { da ->
        devs = settings."${da.devices}"
        if (devs && (da.attributes)) {
            devs.each { d ->
                da.attributes.each { attr ->
                    if (d.hasAttribute(attr) && d.latestState(attr)?.value != null) {
                        logger("softPoll(): Softpolling device ${d} for attribute: ${attr}","info")
                        // Send fake event to handleEvent():
                        handleEvent([
                            name: attr, 
                            value: d.latestState(attr)?.value,
                            unit: d.latestState(attr)?.unit,
                            device: d,
                            deviceId: d.id,
                            displayName: d.displayName
                        ])
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }

}

/**
 *  logSystemProperties()
 *
 *  Generates measurements for SmartThings system (hubs and locations) properties.
 **/
def logSystemProperties() {
    logger("logSystemProperties()","trace")

    def locationId = '"' + escapeStringForInfluxDB(location.id.toString()) + '"'
    def locationName = '"' + escapeStringForInfluxDB(location.name) + '"'

	// Location Properties:
    if (prefLogLocationProperties) {
        try {
            def tz = '"' + escapeStringForInfluxDB(location.timeZone.ID.toString()) + '"'
            def mode = '"' + escapeStringForInfluxDB(location.mode) + '"'
            def hubCount = location.hubs.size()
            def times = getSunriseAndSunset()
            def srt = '"' + times.sunrise.format("HH:mm", location.timeZone) + '"'
            def sst = '"' + times.sunset.format("HH:mm", location.timeZone) + '"'

            def data = "_heLocation,locationId=${locationId},locationName=${locationName},latitude=${location.latitude},longitude=${location.longitude},timeZone=${tz} mode=${mode},hubCount=${hubCount}i,sunriseTime=${srt},sunsetTime=${sst}"
            postToInfluxDB(data)
            //log.debug("LocationData = ${data}")
        } catch (e) {
		    logger("logSystemProperties(): Unable to log Location properties: ${e}","error")
        }
	}

	// Hub Properties:
    if (prefLogHubProperties) {
       	location.hubs.each { h ->
        	try {
                def hubId = '"' + escapeStringForInfluxDB(h.id.toString()) + '"'
                def hubName = '"' + escapeStringForInfluxDB(h.name.toString()) + '"'
                def hubIP = '"' + escapeStringForInfluxDB(h.localIP.toString()) + '"'
                //def hubStatus = '"' + escapeStringForInfluxDB(h.status) + '"'
                //def batteryInUse = ("false" == h.hub.getDataValue("batteryInUse")) ? "0i" : "1i"
                // See fix here for null time returned: https://github.com/codersaur/SmartThings/pull/33/files
                //def hubUptime = h.hub.getDataValue("uptime") + 'i'
                //def hubLastBootUnixTS = h.hub.uptime + 'i'
                //def zigbeePowerLevel = h.hub.getDataValue("zigbeePowerLevel") + 'i'
                //def zwavePowerLevel =  '"' + escapeStringForInfluxDB(h.hub.getDataValue("zwavePowerLevel")) + '"'
                def firmwareVersion =  '"' + escapeStringForInfluxDB(h.firmwareVersionString) + '"'
                
                def data = "_heHub,locationId=${locationId},locationName=${locationName},hubId=${hubId},hubName=${hubName},hubIP=${hubIP} "
                data += "firmwareVersion=${firmwareVersion}"
                // See fix here for null time returned: https://github.com/codersaur/SmartThings/pull/33/files
                //data += "status=${hubStatus},batteryInUse=${batteryInUse},uptime=${hubUptime},zigbeePowerLevel=${zigbeePowerLevel},zwavePowerLevel=${zwavePowerLevel},firmwareVersion=${firmwareVersion}"
                //data += "status=${hubStatus},batteryInUse=${batteryInUse},uptime=${hubLastBootUnixTS},zigbeePowerLevel=${zigbeePowerLevel},zwavePowerLevel=${zwavePowerLevel},firmwareVersion=${firmwareVersion}"
                postToInfluxDB(data)
                //log.debug("HubData = ${data}")
            } catch (e) {
				logger("logSystemProperties(): Unable to log Hub properties: ${e}","error")
        	}
       	}

	}

}

/**
 *  postToInfluxDB()
 *
 *  Posts data to InfluxDB.
 *
 *  Uses hubAction instead of httpPost() in case InfluxDB server is on the same LAN as the Smartthings Hub.
 **/
def postToInfluxDB(data) {
    logger("postToInfluxDB(): Posting data to InfluxDB: Host: ${state.databaseHost}, Port: ${state.databasePort}, Database: ${state.databaseName}, Data: [${data}]","info")
    //logger("$state", "info")
    //try {
    //    //def hubAction = new physicalgraph.device.HubAction(
    //    def hubAction = new hubitat.device.HubAction(
    //    	[
    //            method: "POST",
    //            path: state.path,
    //            body: data,
    //            headers: state.headers
    //        ],
    //        null,
    //        [ callback: handleInfluxResponse ]
    //    )
	//	
    //    sendHubCommand(hubAction)
    //    //logger("hubAction command sent", "info")
    //}
    //catch (Exception e) {
	//	logger("postToInfluxDB(): Exception ${e} on ${hubAction}","error")
    //}

    // Hubitat Async http Post
     
	try {
		def postParams = [
			uri: "http://${state.databaseHost}:${state.databasePort}/write?db=${state.databaseName}" ,
			requestContentType: 'application/json',
			contentType: 'application/json',
			body : data
			]
		asynchttpPost('handleInfluxResponse', postParams) 
	} catch (e) {	
		logger("postToInfluxDB(): Something went wrong when posting: ${e}","error")
	}

}

/**
 *  handleInfluxResponse()
 *
 *  Handles response from post made in postToInfluxDB().
 **/
def handleInfluxResponse(hubResponse, data) {
    //logger("postToInfluxDB(): status of post call is: ${hubResponse.status}", "info")
    if(hubResponse.status >= 400) {
		logger("postToInfluxDB(): Something went wrong! Response from InfluxDB: Status: ${hubResponse.status}, Headers: ${hubResponse.headers}, Data: ${data}","error")
    }
}


/*****************************************************************************************************************
 *  Private Helper Functions:
 *****************************************************************************************************************/

/**
 *  manageSchedules()
 * 
 *  Configures/restarts scheduled tasks: 
 *   softPoll() - Run every {state.softPollingInterval} minutes.
 **/
private manageSchedules() {
	logger("manageSchedules()","trace")

    // Generate a random offset (1-60):
    Random rand = new Random(now())
    def randomOffset = 0
    
    // softPoll:
    try {
        unschedule(softPoll)
    }
    catch(e) {
        // logger("manageSchedules(): Unschedule failed!","error")
    }

    if (state.softPollingInterval > 0) {
        randomOffset = rand.nextInt(60)
        logger("manageSchedules(): Scheduling softpoll to run every ${state.softPollingInterval} minutes (offset of ${randomOffset} seconds).","trace")
        schedule("${randomOffset} 0/${state.softPollingInterval} * * * ?", "softPoll")
    }
    
}

/**
 *  manageSubscriptions()
 * 
 *  Configures subscriptions.
 **/
private manageSubscriptions() {
	logger("manageSubscriptions()","trace")

    // Unsubscribe:
    unsubscribe()
    
    // Subscribe to App Touch events:
    subscribe(app,handleAppTouch)
    
    // Subscribe to mode events:
    if (prefLogModeEvents) subscribe(location, "mode", handleModeEvent)
    
    // Subscribe to device attributes (iterate over each attribute for each device collection in state.deviceAttributes):
    def devs // dynamic variable holding device collection.
    state.deviceAttributes.each { da ->
        devs = settings."${da.devices}"
        if (devs && (da.attributes)) {
            da.attributes.each { attr ->
                logger("manageSubscriptions(): Subscribing to attribute: ${attr}, for devices: ${da.devices}","info")
                // There is no need to check if all devices in the collection have the attribute.
                subscribe(devs, attr, handleEvent)
            }
        }
    }
}

/**
 *  logger()
 *
 *  Wrapper function for all logging.
 **/
private logger(msg, level = "debug") {

    switch(level) {
        case "error":
            if (state.loggingLevelIDE >= 1) log.error msg
            break

        case "warn":
            if (state.loggingLevelIDE >= 2) log.warn msg
            break

        case "info":
            if (state.loggingLevelIDE >= 3) log.info msg
            break

        case "debug":
            if (state.loggingLevelIDE >= 4) log.debug msg
            break

        case "trace":
            if (state.loggingLevelIDE >= 5) log.trace msg
            break

        default:
            log.debug msg
            break
    }
}

/**
 *  encodeCredentialsBasic()
 *
 *  Encode credentials for HTTP Basic authentication.
 **/
private encodeCredentialsBasic(username, password) {
	def rawString = "Basic " + "${username}:${password}"
    return rawString.bytes.encodeBase64().toString()
}

/**
 *  escapeStringForInfluxDB()
 *
 *  Escape values to InfluxDB.
 *  
 *  If a tag key, tag value, or field key contains a space, comma, or an equals sign = it must 
 *  be escaped using the backslash character \. Backslash characters do not need to be escaped. 
 *  Commas and spaces will also need to be escaped for measurements, though equals signs = do not.
 *
 *  Further info: https://docs.influxdata.com/influxdb/v0.10/write_protocols/write_syntax/
 **/
private escapeStringForInfluxDB(str) {
    //logger("$str", "info")
    if (str) {
        str = str.replaceAll(" ", "\\\\ ") // Escape spaces.
        str = str.replaceAll(",", "\\\\,") // Escape commas.
        str = str.replaceAll("=", "\\\\=") // Escape equal signs.
        str = str.replaceAll("\"", "\\\\\"") // Escape double quotes.
        //str = str.replaceAll("'", "_")  // Replace apostrophes with underscores.
    }
    else {
        str = 'null'
    }
    return str
}

/**
 *  getGroupName()
 *
 *  Get the name of a 'Group' (i.e. Room) from its ID.
 *  
 *  This is done manually as there does not appear to be a way to enumerate
 *  groups from a SmartApp currently.
 * 
 *  GroupIds can be obtained from the SmartThings IDE under 'My Locations'.
 *
 *  See: https://community.smartthings.com/t/accessing-group-within-a-smartapp/6830
 **/
private getGroupName(id) {

    if (id == null) {return 'Home'}
    //else if (id == 'XXXXXXXXXXXXX') {return 'Group'}
    else {return 'Unknown'}    
}
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Hmmm. I've had just the one unexplained piece of hub behaviour since I stuck the old version of the logger on. No real reason to believe the logger caused it, but async trumps sync for this kind of application anyway... so I've stuck your version on to see if that stops any other oddness.

Cheers!

-- Jules

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@joshua - My new version has been running well for about a week with no obvious issues. I have therefore updated the code in the community GitHub repository. I thought it best for users to have easy access to the latest and greatest version.

This has been working for me over the same period without issue as well.

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The system works!

Thank you @ogiewon! I'll be upgrading as well.

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How many devices do you guys have enabled? I just tried this again today and my zigbee radio went offline. Could be incidentally but it happened shortly after adding lots of devices to Influxdb app.

Maybe consider adding a switch to disable the app to quickly troubleshoot if the app is causing problem without having to uninstall/reinstall everytime.

I've got in the region of 150 datapoints heading to it. I've had the hub lock up a couple of times, but not frequently, and I've no way of knowing if the logger is related.

-- Jules

You can disable any app in HE from the App page (click the gear icon in upper right)... They added that in 2.0.3 or 2.0.4.

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crap.. forgot about that .. thanks..

I have about 20 devices reporting data to InfluxDB from my Prod hub, and another 20 on my Dev hub.. I am trying to only send the data I truly want to visualize. I have 2 Hubitat hubs, both running the InfluxDB Logger App. Both are sending data to the same InfluxDB database. I haven't had any issues since deploying the async version, but it is really too early to tell if InfluxDB is even the cause of my very infrequent Hub lockups.

I am not sure if it's related to influxdb or now. My hub is seeing some weird things going on right now as illustrated by my other thread.

As an aside to this... My guess is that memory exhaustion (of some variety - don't know enough about how the hubitat innards work to know more) is probably what's killing these environments, as the linux oom-killer that kicks in when there's not enough memory for the platform is pretty indiscriminate in terms of which app it stands on.

So we then get into user-apps and whether they're causing the problem or not. I've written a few bits and pieces, and released them, but I'm entirely ignorant of exactly what practices are likely to cause excessive memory usage (barring deliberately trying to allocate enormous objects, I guess), or, to be honest, how it's possible to profile code or similar to work out if you're a bad actor.

Hubitat staff - is there any guidance you can provide on the subject? I presume you've got instrumentation for your own code that helps you to track this stuff down - is any of that something you could make available to us mere mortals? It's one of the challenges for developing for this platform that you start out in an incredibly bad place - for most of us, our development, test, staging, and production platforms are all the same thing - if you were developing in any sort of professional setting, you'd be out on your ear for even SUGGESTING such a thing.

I do accept that I could simply purchase a second hub... but to be honest... without better instrumentation and probably a good simulator and test rig, it doesn't really solve the problem, either.

-- Jules

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Is it possible that one of you could share an instructions set on how to setup the Data Logging and Visual setup for Hubitat please?

-Installation and setup of InfluxDB . Operating System requirement?
-Installation and setup of Grafana. Operating System requirement?

Thank you.

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Hi CurtisZM.

I'm sure the internet has various bits of requirements, but given that there's a few components to this, and somebody has already gone to the effort of packaging it, I'd recommend the docker container for it:

https://hub.docker.com/r/samuelebistoletti/docker-statsd-influxdb-grafana/

Any environment that'll run docker will do, and this seems like the perfect application for it, to be honest.

-- Jules

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Thanks JulesT.

Sorry for the questions. Not really up on all this. It looks to me that I will need install Docker on my PC to make this work?

Hi @CurtisZM

There were some great links above - did you try them and have issues?

They're both very popular platforms, and a web search for the OS you prefer plus 'how to' or 'tutorial' will get you very detailed instructions.

I'd say - try that, and see how it goes.

It's a bit intimidating for a non-programmer perhaps but these are definitely within reach for anyone who's wiling to mess about with home automation.

Briefy, I installed both on MacOSX in about 15 minutes. I don't remember a single issue at any point. They can be run with docker, but that's not necessary. I didn't bother, figuring it'll be easy to do it over if I need to. But docker can also be the easy route, because someone has probably prepared a docker container all set up with all of the above for you, too.

Above all, be willing to give it a try and see. You can't really hurt anything and it gets easier every time you screw it up and have to start over! :wink:

Thanks Josh.

Since I do not have a MAC. I will try either Docker or Raspberry Pi.

No problem, Curt! :wink:

I believe it'll install on Windows, too, but Docker is an easy way for sure. If you're not into Linux already, RaspPi could be an additional learning curve to avoid - and frankly, Windows is frequently a speed bump, too. There are scads of docker tutorials - some in this thread!

Another option is just to try it in a Virtual Machine with something like VirtualBox. A bit more resource intensive but would allow you to get comfortable and test it.

If it’s not for you, it’s simple to uninstall both the virtual machine and VirtualBox.