nope, they are not new 
in the api they were there all along as possibility to set from the config.
They were in the 1.0 release IIRC.
cool, didn’t notice them in the documentation before, I only remember seeing the ones on the listeners. Learn something new every day. Like today I also learned that Python gives really strange errors sometimes.
Is there a way to make the self.turn_on or turn_off an argument Item?
I made a little App to work with a MySensors 4 Button scene controller (very simple) but I want to flip the status of each button to be an on or off from arguments.
[office_4_button]
module = mys_4_button
class = Mys4Button
sensor = sensor.scene_controller_1_95
entity_1 = group.office
stat1 = self.turn_on
entity_2 = switch.office_switch
import appdaemon.appapi as appapi
class Mys4Button(appapi.AppDaemon):
def initialize(self):
self.handle = None
# Check some Params
# Subscribe to sensors
if "sensor" in self.args:
self.listen_state(self.motion, self.args["sensor"])
else:
self.log("No sensor specified, doing nothing")
def motion(self, entity, attribute, old, new, kwargs):
if new == "1":
if "entity_1" in self.args:
self.log("Button 1 Pressed: turning {} on".format(self.args["entity_1"]))
self.turn_on(self.args["entity_1"])
if new == "2":
if "entity_2" in self.args:
self.log("Button 2 Pressed: turning {} on".format(self.args["entity_2"]))
self.turn_off(self.args["entity_2"])
if new == "3":
if "entity_3" in self.args:
self.log("Button 3 Pressed: turning {} on".format(self.args["entity_3"]))
self.turn_on(self.args["entity_3"])
if new == "4":
if "entity_4" in self.args:
self.log("Button 4 Pressed: turning {} on".format(self.args["entity_4"]))
self.turn_on(self.args["entity_4"])
Also the scene controller/4 button does actually 8 button actions 4 short press and 4 long press but the long press are seen by HA as same sensor ID but suffixed with “_2” I will try to fix that in the arduino code so the all come over as 1 ID/Device.
I do in a few apps, and the code looks the same as yours as far as I can see. I assume the log messages are getting printed out?
@gpbenton
No what I want is to define the turn_on inside the config not the python
like stat1 = turn_on and stat2 = turn_off
Ahh, sorry I should have read more carefully.
I don’t think know of any way of defining a function to call from the config.
The only way I know is to have some branching or constraints to pick what function you want from the arguments like
def switch(self, entity):
if self.args["stat1"]:
self.turn_on(entity)
else:
self.turn_off(entity)
Or perhaps:
def switch(self, entity):
if "stat1" in self.args:
if self.args["stat1"] == "turn_on":
self.turn_on(entity)
else:
self.turn_off(entity)
Yes, that looks better although I think
if "stat1" in self.args:
will cause the code to do nothing silently? If its going to fail, I’d like it to say what was wrong.
I suppose an else with an error would do the same thing, but I can’t see any advantage in adding the line in the first place. Or maybe I’m missing something.
you know you can use any cheap remote, dont you?
i use this one
for a lot of things those kind of remotes are not really usefull, but i use this one to turn of our bedheating.
that functions better then a tablet on the wall or a mobile in bed.
It’s how I usually code things - if an arg isn’t present, just ignore all of the logic, makes it more versatile. That may not be what you want of course 
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could you pass in the service through an arg and use the self.call_service function?
in config use
stat1 = light/turn_on for example
entity1 = group.office
and in your code use
self.call_service(stat1, entity_id = entity_1)
or something like that
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Yep, that would work.
Yes, thanks guys this was what I was looking for!
I’m missing something obvious here what?
self.call_service(stat1, entity_id = entity_1) NameError: name 'stat1' is not defined
in config I set
stat1 = switch/turn_on
What do I need?
Try
self.call_service(self.args["stat1"], entity_id = entity_1)
but then it gives the next error
self.call_service(self.args["stat1"], entity_id = self.args["entity1"])
if entity is also set in the config (which i suspect from reading all before)
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Yep, Just did this : self.call_service(self.args["stat1"], entity_id = self.args["entity_1"])
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