Send heartbeat message from Vera

[Lior Rubin]

is there anyway to send this message ?

I'm not so Luup script expert but i think it should be able, anyone ?

[Lior Rubin]

anyone ?

[sundberg84]

No clue... dont have vera but is this something?
https://forum.mysensors.org/topic/80/getting-numbers-from-vera-to-a-sensor/6

[Lior Rubin]

I found that the following luup command send the variable V_VAR5 with payload (value=2):

luup.call_action("urn:upnp-arduino-cc:serviceId:arduino1", "SendCommand", {radioId="1;255", variableId="VAR_5", value=2}, 98)

is there any way to send the subtype message I_HEARTBEAT ?

[BartE]

@Lior-Rubin What you can do is on your Vera (UI5 but should work on UI7):

• Create a "Hearthbeat" scene
• Add a scene "Schedule" on the heartbeat interval you like say: "Interval based: Every 1 hour"
• On the Luup-tab fill in this command

luup.call_action("urn:upnp-arduino-cc:serviceId:arduino1", "SendCommand", {radioId="2;255", variableId="VAR_5", value=2}, 98)

• Confirm the new scene
• Save changes to let restart your Luup engine

There is no such thing as a I_HEARTBEAT (nor a V_HEARTBEAT) look on this page for the available sub-types (skip the V_ in your variableId-string)

Your MySensors node (in the example with ID 2) should handle the incoming message with sub-type V_VAR5
ID 1 (radioID 1) will not work this is reserved for the gateway

[hek]

The vera plugin hasn't been updated with the most recent additions (like the I_HEARTBEAT) yet. But as @barte says, you can basically send anything to the node.

[Lior Rubin]

@hek I'm aware of all you says.
Is there any roadmap for the Vera Plugin ?

I think that the plugin need to get attention...

[hek]

No roadmap for the Vera plugin at the moment. I_HEARTBEAT will be documented on the main site when 2.0 is released.

@BartE has done a great job implementing new sensor types on Vera. Creating a new sensor type is a fun and pretty isolated development task. Additional maintainers is always welcome.