PLEG Example - Detect Door Left Open with Repeated Notifications

Plugins & Plugin Development Program Logic (PLEG)
#41

Thanks for the prompt response. Is it possible to comment on other queries ? Regards,
sre.

#42

You can add as many Inputs, Conditions, and actions into a PLEG device … that only counts as 1 device for License counting.

Licenses are based on the number of PLEG (or PLTS) Vera devices that your create.

The only time I count inputs and conditions is when you have NO licenses.

#43

Thanks @RTS. It is clear now. However, in terms of efficiency is it better to have under one or under different PLEGS ? Regards,

#44

Just want to say thank you for this plug-in and tutorial. After a couple of hours I just got it working. The hardest part was understanding the “;” significance in the logical expressions. That wasn’t particularily clear in the PLEG basics pdf.

Thank you

#45

I’m hoping someone can take a look at my Garage Door Left Open with Repeated Notifications PLEG.

Trigger:
tGarageDoorOpen Garage Door Sensor armed is tripped

Conditions:
cGarageDoorLeftOpen tGarageDoorOpen AND (tGarageDoorOpen; NOW > 20:00)
cGarageDoorLeftOpenRepeat cGarageDoorLeftOpen AND ((cGarageDoorLeftOpenRepeat; tGarageDoorOpen) OR (cGarageDoorLeftOpenRepeat; NOW > 20:00))

Actions:
cGarageDoorLeftOpen Prowl notification
cGarageDoorLeftOpenRepeat Prowl notification

The repeat notifications work perfectly every 20 minutes. But I’m also getting a notification when I first open the garage door which I do not want. My first condition, cGarageDoorLeftOpen, should prevent this but it’s not. Can you guys see what I’m doing wrong here?

#46

Post a STATUS report at the time when it sends a message and should not have.

#47

Sorry RTS for such a basic question. I can’t seem to find out how to generate this STATUS report. I’ve searched this forum up and down and I would be so embarrassed if it was buried in a sticky some where.

I’m running UI5 and an old PLEG ver 2.8. I’ve left “auto update” off as I understand that the current 8.xx ver does not work with UI5.

Can someone point me to a link? Thanks!

#48

See attached picture.

#49

This is what I see for my PLEG. Looks like my older ver 2.8 does not have these additional reporting options. Is there a way to upgrade to ver 7.xx without going to ver 8.xx so I can continue to use UI5?

#50

Will the instructions below allow me to update to Ver 7.47 so that I can keep UI5?

http://forum.micasaverde.com/index.php/topic,14446.0.html

Plugin Name Plugin # Version #
PLEG 3066 28004
PLTS 3018 28001
PLC 3086 27991

#51

Yes that should provided the latest UI5 version.

But do a backup of your Vera before you do the upgrade so you can recover if anything goes wrong.

#52

Thank you @RichardTSchaefer!!

Updating the PLC and PLEG to ver 7.47 did the trick. I unchecked “auto update” and will continue to use UI5.

The “Garage Door Left Open with Repeated Notifications PLEG” now works like it should…firing the notification only after the garage door is open for a certain time period and repeating the notification after a certain time period until it is closed.

I must have messed up something when I was on ver 2.8 because this specific PLEG was running fine for the past 3+ years. Anyway, thanks again for your help. I’ll know to send a STATUS report when I’m having any troubles in the future.

#53

I have tried using the example here to create a PLEG that between the hours of 9pm and 6am, when the back door is closed and unlocked for more than 5 minutes, the door will automatically relock. The door will lock at 9pm if it is closed. If you try to open it using vera or the app, the lock will open and then instantly relock. If you manually unlock the door, it will not relock. I have attached a PDF of the status output. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks
Travis

#54

I had issues with a schedule spanning days. I went with the opposite (sUnlock_Hours) to ensure PLEG would not be confused.

#55

Thanks for the suggestion. That seems to have done the trick. I switched the start/stop times and used the (!) expression. Any idea why it has to be done this way?

#56

I think it is because the logic crossed days. 21:00 to 06:00 would not make sense (negative time), and since you control days, it must be limited from 0:00 to 24:00.

#57

So, I thought everything was working and I duplicated the triggers, the conditions and actions for two other doors. I now have a front door, a garage door and a back door. All three doors will lock at 9 pm. The garage door and the front door will not re-lock if opened after 9 pm. The back door will re-lock as soon as it is opened. I have attached the logic report in PDF. Any help is greatly appreciated.

#58

Hey all, sorry bit of a noob with VERA and PLEG but I am really struggling with trying to setup my vera plus to send me a notification if the garage door has been left open for xx mins.

My problem is that I believe that I have setup PLEG exactly as per RichardTSchaefer original post but once setup I get an error message at the top of the VERA home page that says “Garage Door Open[9] : LeftOpenRepeat = DoorLeftOpen AND ((LeftOpenRepeat; DoorOpen) OR (LeftOpenRepeat; NOW > 5:00)): Invalid Expression Operator: = in:LeftOpenRepeat = DoorLeftOpen AND TMP_4” and I have no idea what that actually means! PLEG does look quite a bit different to the example images that Richard created 5 years ago so I can’t be certain that it’s configured exactly as it should be, but it does appear to be correct.

I’m wondering what has changed with VERA and PLEG since this post was originally created and if that might be why the PLEG doesn’t work for me?

I’m also wondering if it is possible now to setup delayed notifications without using PLEG? I can set a simple notification through Scenes but this only seems to send the notification immediately even when there is a 20 min delay set, unless there is a different way to set this up?

I’m sure I’m not alone in trying to configure a door left open notification, would it be possible to create an updated guide on how to do this with the latest versions of VERA and PLEG if this is still the best way to do it?

I have also attached a few screenshots if anybody notices why it’s not working?

Thanks in advance!

#59

I may be stupid, but where can i find settings for Notifications? I have done the triggers and COnditions, but i cannot find where to set up notifications? Is another plugin/app a must have for that?

Regards, Jonas

#60

If you come out of the editing interface, and then in the device, Notifications in is the green banner at the top.

Does that help?

C