Vera Alerts to tablet to wake screen

Plugins & Plugin Development VeraAlerts
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Hi all,

I have a wall mounted tablet that is near a motion sensor I have in Vera.
My goal is if the motion sensor is armed (tripped) wake the tablet screen up.

Based on what I have read I can use Vera Alerts for this.
I have seen this thread:
http://forum.micasaverde.com/index.php/topic,26958.0.html

I am getting a little confused at what needs to do what and in testing been unsuccessful in everything I have tried.
So my first questions would be…

  1. Does this seem doable? With tasker it seems possible.
  2. Do I need AutoRemote or will Vera Alerts Vera and Android app suffice?

Just using vera alerts android and vera app I have configured the profile vera-alerts-lan.
I entered my tablet IP and the same port I configured on the app.
When I send a message this is what I see in my Lua log:

08 09/08/14 19:48:36.616 JobHandler_LuaUPnP::HandleActionRequest device: 25 service: urn:richardgreen:serviceId:VeraAlert1 action: SendAlert <0x2d567680> 08 09/08/14 19:48:36.617 JobHandler_LuaUPnP::HandleActionRequest argument DeviceNum=25 <0x2d567680> 08 09/08/14 19:48:36.617 JobHandler_LuaUPnP::HandleActionRequest argument serviceId=urn:richardgreen:serviceId:VeraAlert1 <0x2d567680> 08 09/08/14 19:48:36.617 JobHandler_LuaUPnP::HandleActionRequest argument action=SendAlert <0x2d567680> 08 09/08/14 19:48:36.618 JobHandler_LuaUPnP::HandleActionRequest argument Message=test <0x2d567680> 08 09/08/14 19:48:36.618 JobHandler_LuaUPnP::HandleActionRequest argument Recipients=Vera-Alerts-LAN <0x2d567680> 08 09/08/14 19:48:36.618 JobHandler_LuaUPnP::HandleActionRequest argument rand=0.7085274471901357 <0x2d567680> 50 09/08/14 19:48:36.620 luup_log:25: VeraAlert:25:SendAlert:Msg:test <0x2ae34000> 50 09/08/14 19:48:36.621 luup_log:25: VeraAlert:25:ExpandRecipients:Checking:Vera-Alerts-LAN <0x2ae34000> 50 09/08/14 19:48:36.621 luup_log:25: VeraAlert:25:ExpandRecipients:Adding Requested Profile <0x2ae34000> 50 09/08/14 19:48:36.622 luup_log:25: VeraAlert:25:SendAlert:Sending to:Vera-Alerts-LAN <0x2ae34000> 50 09/08/14 19:48:36.622 luup_log:25: VeraAlert:25:VeraAlertsLANSend:To:10.90.200.107:2048 <0x2ae34000> 50 09/08/14 19:48:36.698 luup_log:25: VeraAlert:25:VeraAlertsLANSend:LAN: Error Connection Target:10.90.200.107:2048 Msg:test <0x2ae34000>

2

Ok so I removed all of the auto* pluggins.
I was able to send a test message to my tablet and saw it!

So now it sounds like I need too:

  1. Create a new notification user (done)
  2. Configure a notification and profile within the Vera Alerts vera app.

I am stuck here. I create the new user.
Login as the new user. Within Vera AND the VeraAlerts app I dont see my new user.
I created the user with a fake email if that matters. I thought it was local so it didnt.

3

Well I didnt figure out the user thing but I was able to create the new Profile and use that in a scene from the motion detector.
It works great. I will add some LUA to add some conditions but so far great. I will trial this for a few days than you will have my money!

Like anything Vera it seems like the potentials are unlimited it you have enough time to play.

4

Great, and when you get this working, please share the details with us the real newbies :slight_smile:

5

Thanks I will.
I spoke to soon.
Vera Alerts in Vera to Vera Alerts in Android is happening as expected.
Tasker has chosen to not do anything with them.
I got frustrated last night but tonight I will see if I can work it out in tasker.

6

Well I have found an issue with tasker\vera_alerts.
When you use tasker ‘state’ context to select the alert message from vera alerts it stays active.
I haven’t found a ‘good’ way to clear the state from tasker.

My complete setup:

In vera:
In a scene I want to run a vera alert I add luup:
luup.call_action(“urn:richardgreen:serviceId:VeraAlert1”, “SendAlert”, {Message=“TabletOn”, Recipients = “KitTab”}, 25)

I have vera alerts and tasker running on my tablet.
My tasker profile is:
Profile “TabletOn”: State → Vera Alerts → TabletOn; Run Task “Wake Screen”
Task “Wake Screen”:

  1. Popup → Alert → Popup → “The current time is %TIME”
  2. Wait → Task → Wait 1 minute
  3. Profile Status → Tasker → Profile Status → “TabletOn” → Turn Off
  4. Profile Status → Tasker → Profile Status → “TabletOn” → Turn On

I found that waiting > 30 seconds and cycling the tasker profile allows the state to turn back off. It does cause 1 extra popup which is mildly annoying.