rtttl play on mqtt message?

[rene9900]

im playing around with the PLUGIN_BUILD_TESTING version and made it play starwars theme when i push a button <3
thats awsome, i know
but i wanted to make a doorbell so the button is located on a esp8266 at the front door, and when pushed it send a mqtt topic so the unit
with the buzzer play the tune, but i can not wrap my head around it and figure out how to send the RTTTL command like that?

i tried
on systemboot do
rtttl,14:d=4,o=5,b=180:8f,8f,8f,2a#.,2f.6,8d#6,8d6,8c6,2a#.6,f.6,8d#6,8d6,8c6,2a#.6,f.6,8d#6,8d6,8d#6,2c6,p,8f,8f,8f,2a#.,2f.6,8d#6,8d6,8c6,2a#.6,f.6,8d#6,8d6,8c6,2a#.6,f.6,8d#6,8d6,8d#6,2c6

and it works, locally on the buzzer unit, but i still can't make it pickup a mqtt,
i also tried the http command and it play only a few beeps then it stops again

any ideas?

[toffel969]

im playing around with the PLUGIN_BUILD_TESTING version and made it play starwars theme when i push a button <3
thats awsome, i know
but i wanted to make a doorbell so the button is located on a esp8266 at the front door, and when pushed it send a mqtt topic so the unit
with the buzzer play the tune, but i can not wrap my head around it and figure out how to send the RTTTL command like that?

i tried
on systemboot do
rtttl,14:d=4,o=5,b=180:8f,8f,8f,2a#.,2f.6,8d#6,8d6,8c6,2a#.6,f.6,8d#6,8d6,8c6,2a#.6,f.6,8d#6,8d6,8d#6,2c6,p,8f,8f,8f,2a#.,2f.6,8d#6,8d6,8c6,2a#.6,f.6,8d#6,8d6,8c6,2a#.6,f.6,8d#6,8d6,8d#6,2c6

and it works, locally on the buzzer unit, but i still can't make it pickup a mqtt,
i also tried the http command and it play only a few beeps then it stops again

any ideas?

Make an event in rules that contains the rttl sequence, then trigger that event by http/mqtt

On music do
Rttl,.........your sequence
Endon

To trigger
http://<espeasyip>/control?cmd=event,Music

Not sure if mqtt also works,

[rene9900]

cool your rule works perfect, so does the trigger, then i just need to make another esp send a trigger when doorbell is pushed
i tried via node-red to "translate" a message to the http trigger, but it wont work.
seems odd to me if a rule cant be triggered by mqtt?

[toffel969]

I don't use mqtt, and know little to nothing about it..

[grovkillen]

How do you send the mqtt command? Please give us the topic and payload.

[rene9900]

How do you send the mqtt command? Please give us the topic and payload.

i didnt because i couldnt make it work

i used toffels969's advice and
by a switch button and some rules, its HTTP cmd, i dont know if thats why it has like 1 sec delay on press??

//Doorbell
//Sender esp
On Switch#Switch=1 do
SendToHTTP 192.168.1.100,/control?cmd=event,Music
Endon

//Reciever ESP
On Music do
rtttl,14:d=4,o=5,b=180:8f,8f,8f,2a#.,2f.6,8d#6,8d6,8c6,2a#.6,f.6,8d#6,8d6,8c6,2a#.6,f.6,8d#6,8d6,8d#6,2c6,p,8f,8f,8f,2a#.,2f.6,8d#6,8d6,8c6,2a#.6,f.6,8d#6,8d6,8c6,2a#.6,f.6,8d#6,8d6,8d#6,2c6
Endon

[grovkillen]

I'm not asking for help. I want to help you. The syntax of mqtt cmd is this:

Topic

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<MQTT subscribe template>/cmd

Payload

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event,<eventName>

As stated here: https://www.letscontrolit.com/wiki/inde ... _Reference

Regarding the delay, what's your setting for "message delay" found in the advanced page? Default is 1000ms, but for devices with switch input its recommended to set this to 100ms.

[rene9900]

I have set it to 250ms same delay, but its bearable

987BB6FC-C8E0-4425-BDA8-C97015434847.png

[grovkillen]

NTP enabled but no host?

[rene9900]

Yes i guess it use my router time server, only Way i could make time work was 60 and no server

[Domosapiens]

@Mr Wiki Grovkillen

NTP Hostname Can be left empty as it defaults to pool.ntp.org. Can be changed here if needed.

https://www.letscontrolit.com/wiki/inde ... _interface

[grovkillen]

@Mr Wiki Grovkillen

NTP Hostname Can be left empty as it defaults to pool.ntp.org. Can be changed here if needed.

https://www.letscontrolit.com/wiki/inde ... _interface

Aaah Thanks!

[rene9900]

I'm not asking for help. I want to help you. The syntax of mqtt cmd is this:

Topic

Code: Select all

<MQTT subscribe template>/cmd

Payload

Code: Select all

event,<eventName>

As stated here: https://www.letscontrolit.com/wiki/inde ... _Reference

Regarding the delay, what's your setting for "message delay" found in the advanced page? Default is 1000ms, but for devices with switch input its recommended to set this to 100ms.

i have been trying this template, but i dont understand it i guess how do i make a esp send a mqtt cmd on button press, and then make a second esp grab the command and then execute the rule set?
am i supposed to change anything in controller setup as it is now it listen for %sysname%# in subscripe which i guess is ok?

[grovkillen]

You need to use rules and trigger "publish" on button unit.

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Publish <name of second unit >/cmd,event,<eventName>

[rene9900]

You need to use rules and trigger "publish" on button unit.

Code: Select all

Publish <name of second unit >/cmd,event,<eventName>

ah i get it...using mqtt spy to make sure its not the esp sender that makes a mess

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log goes like this
MQTT : Topic: GUL/cmd
MQTT : Payload: event,Music
EVENT: Music
ACT : rtttl,14:d=4,o=5,b=180:8f,8f,8f,2a#.,2f.6,8d#6,8d6,8c6,2a#.6,f


i guess on sender esp the rule go like this?
On Switch#Switch=1 do
Publish GUL/cmd,event,Music
Endon

i had a rule not disabled properly with 2 // but only 1 when i added the second / it worked, THANK YOU for once again saving my hair from beeing ripped out by its roots

[grovkillen]

Happy to have helped.

And the rule you posted seems all right.

[rene9900]

Happy to have helped.

And the rule you posted seems all right.

one last question
how come when i reboot my unit it plays the tune in rules that only is supposed to play on either button press on the unit or by the remote sender unit?

my ruleset looks like this:

On Switch#Switch=1 do
Publish ROSENQUIST/cmd,event,Music
gpio 12,1 //blå led
//delay 2000
gpio 12,0
Endon

On Music do
rtttl,14:d=4,o=5,b=180:8f,8f,8f,2a# //made shorter to avoid wife anger while testing
endon

[TD-er]

Maybe the pin value is somehow changed?
Either by booting (activating pull-up) or receiving the setting from an external source?

[grovkillen]

Psy0rz told me the rtttl code is not stable at all. You can even get it in a endless loop as I describe here:

https://github.com/letscontrolit/ESPEasy/issues/446

I think we need to remove the hashtag (#) from the tune code, it might trigger some rules by mistake? I mean in the command execution internally and not in your tune.

Maybe use @ instead?

[rene9900]

Psy0rz told me the rtttl code is not stable at all. You can even get it in a endless loop as I describe here:

https://github.com/letscontrolit/ESPEasy/issues/446

I think we need to remove the hashtag (#) from the tune code, it might trigger some rules by mistake? I mean in the command execution internally and not in your tune.

Maybe use @ instead?

so i should try change rtttl code replace # with @?
EDIT: if i reboot my PI that runs mosquitto server it also plays the tune

[toffel969]

Psy0rz told me the rtttl code is not stable at all. You can even get it in a endless loop as I describe here:

https://github.com/letscontrolit/ESPEasy/issues/446

I think we need to remove the hashtag (#) from the tune code, it might trigger some rules by mistake? I mean in the command execution internally and not in your tune.

Maybe use @ instead?

so i should try change rtttl code replace # with @?
EDIT: if i reboot my PI that runs mosquitto server it also plays the tune

For curiosity, try to disable the mqtt retain flag under adavanced tab and see if it still behaves the same

[grovkillen]

so i should try change rtttl code replace # with @?

No no, I'm talking about source code. You cannot do anything about it until rtttl is more stable.

[rene9900]

i gotten rid of the play on reboot by changing the event,Music to event,Music#1
now i can reboot the mqtt server or it can lose wifi, and i can reboot my esp8266 safely.

[grovkillen]

Now that is something to report to Github. Will you do it?

EDIT: I attached a link to this thread to the issue #446.