Using LUUP to roll through and check for tripped sensors

Developer's Corner Scene Scripting
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I have an Elk alarm system and I’m using the plugin. Right now, I have a notification on Partiion/Area 1 that sends me an email if it goes into alarm mode. But, that notification doesn’t tell me what was tripped.

What I want to do is to use the SMTP plugin to craft a custom email/SMS, and some Luup code that will run when the system alarms. I want it to either tell me what sensor tripped it, or give me a list of tripped sensors.

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There is no direct access to Notifications from Luup.
However a notification is triggered by changes in the uPnP variables for a device.
These are available from Luup, you need the devices, variable names, and of course the uPnP serviceid for each variable. If you had a list of these … you could iterate the loop.
Even the LastTrip time will be available. (You can find the serviceid for a uPnPvariable by going to the Advanced page for a device. Hover you mouse over the variable name.

I have a mod to Vera Alerts that should be available soon that will use Vera Alerts as a notification agent. (Device Notifications, Scene Trigger Notifications). No luup code needed. Has better information content then MCV email notification and you can customize the message.

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Yep, this is why I was going to use the smtp plugin and call it directly with luup. So, there is no way to iterate through all security sensors without defining a list of them first?

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Are all your security sensors used by the Elk system listed as individual devices in the UI?

And if one is tripped, will it be visible? (with the “tripped” variable changed to ‘1’ as the red running man icon for example?

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[quote=“parkerc, post:4, topic:173360”]Are all your security sensors used by the Elk system listed as individual devices in the UI?

And if one is tripped, will it be visible? (with the “tripped” variable changed to ‘1’ as the red running man icon for example?[/quote]

Yes, and Yes.