[SOLVED] Advise on what this error means - 'unrecognized arguments'

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Hi,

I am fairly new to AppDaemon but trying to get it to execute a simple py script that relies on a python package (Anki Vector SDK) that I have installed via configuration tab - I have also confirmed it is working: If I use Portainer to access the AppDaemon container after it has installed the package, I can run a simple py script (see below) via the console that sends Hello World to Vector.

import anki_vector


def main():
    args = anki_vector.util.parse_command_args()
    with anki_vector.Robot(args.serial) as robot:
        print("Say 'Hello World'...")
        robot.behavior.say_text("Hello World")


if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()

Now if I try to do the same via AppDaemon with a modified py script for when I fire an event called

VECTOR_EVENT

It will crash and go in a loop.

import appdaemon.plugins.hass.hassapi as hass
import anki_vector

class VectorWorld(hass.Hass):
  def initialize(self):
      self.listen_event(self.vector_event, "VECTOR_EVENT")
      
  
  def vector_event(self, event_name, data, kwargs):
      self.log("Vector SDK...")
      args = anki_vector.util.parse_command_args()
      with anki_vector.Robot(args.serial) as robot:
          robot.behavior.say_text("Hello World")

This is an extract from the logs:
2022-02-20 16:22:42.180979 INFO vector_test: Vector SDK…
usage: appdaemon [-h] [-s [SERIAL]]
appdaemon: error: unrecognized arguments: -c /config/appdaemon -D INFO
2022-02-20 16:22:42.714415 CRITICAL AppDaemon: Thread thread-0 has died
2022-02-20 16:22:42.721532 CRITICAL AppDaemon: Pinned apps were: [‘vector_test’]
2022-02-20 16:22:42.722532 CRITICAL AppDaemon: Thread will be restarted

What does the above in bold mean

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I’ve been informed on the github page that AppDaemon cant handle when the SDK listens for arguments in command line.

Error message in AppDaemon · Issue #1481 · AppDaemon/appdaemon (github.com)

So removing this line which parses the serial number in util.py of the SDK python package.

args = anki_vector.util.parse_command_args()

Then manually entering the serial# like below has rectified the original error for ‘unrecognized arguments’.

import appdaemon.plugins.hass.hassapi as hass
import anki_vector

class VectorWorld(hass.Hass):
  def initialize(self):
      self.listen_event(self.vector_event, "VECTOR_EVENT")
      
  
  def vector_event(self, event_name, data, kwargs):
      self.log("Vector say Hello World...")
      serial_number = "00000000" #Your Serial Number here
      with anki_vector.Robot(serial_number) as robot:
          robot.behavior.say_text("Hello World")
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