CodeDevice to run local code example?

[zimmerleut]

Is there an example for how to run a system command (shell script in my case) when triggering a CodeDevice in HA-UI (running 2.0.1 rc21)?
Would that be something that has to be combined with CustomUserCodeLoader?
Grateful for any pointer ...
Jonas

[m_pete]

Did you find out how to do that?
For me it interesting too.

[zimmerleut]

nope ...

[pz1]

nope ...

Have you tried anything with CodeDevice? Haven't done this myself yet, but I would have tried first:

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system("/fullpath/your_bash.sh")

1. make your script executable with

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    sudo chmod +x /fullpath/your_bash.sh

2. Add a line with: /fullpath/your_bash.sh to file

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   /opt/z-way-server/automation/.syscommands

   NOTA BENE: After every update you have to add this line to the .syscommand file

You should make the CodeDevice as a ToggleButton, which makes you can use it as a scene in schedules rules etc.

[zimmerleut]

Thanks for your reply. Unfortunately, it does not seem to work. (The file executes just fine from command line; it calls a program with the setuid bit set, so I don't think it's a permissions issue).
The logs only say that I pressed the button:

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[2015-04-03 00:04:25.215] [I] [core] Creating device toggleButton Code_Device_toggleButton_16
[2015-04-03 00:04:29.342] [I] [core] ---  Code_Device_toggleButton_16 performCommand processing: {"0":"on","1":{}}

If I change

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 system("/fullpath/your_bash.sh")

to some non-existent function (e.g.

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os.call("...")

), there is a complaint in the logs about that.
Is there a way to find out more about what happens when

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system()

gets called?

Thanks
Jonas

[ha-dummy]

I have used the same method to run a shell script and it works.
One aspect that may not have been considered is related to absolute paths in the ".sh" script. Since z-way code is run from root, you have to specify the absolute path.

A script like:

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#!/bin/bash
date > date.txt

run from the command line will save the date and time values to the local directory where you launch the script (for example /home/pi)

with code device the script should me modified in the following way:

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#!/bin/bash
date > /home/pi/date.txt

to find the date information in /home/pi directory