Driver Object

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Overview

Methods

Hubitat Provided Methods

sendHubCommand

Use this method to send a HubAction immediately.
Signature
void sendHubCommand(HubAction hubAction)
Parameters
hubAction - The HubAction object to send.
Returns
none

addChildDevice

Creates a new child device and returns that device from the method call.
Signature
ChildDeviceWrapper addChildDevice(String namespace, String typeName, String deviceNetworkId, Map properties = [:])
ChildDeviceWrapper addChildDevice(String typeName, String deviceNetworkId, Map properties = [:])
Parameters
namespace - The namespace of the child driver to add as a child device (optional, if not specified it will default the the namespace of the parent)
typeName - The name of the child driver to add as a child device
deviceNetworkId - unique identifier for this device
properties - optional parameters for this child device. Possible values listed below
Properties
boolean isComponent - true or false, if true, device will still show up in device list but will not be able to be deleted or edited in the UI. If false, device can be modified/deleted on the UI.
String name - name of child device, if not specified, driver name is used.
String label - label of child device, if not specified it is left blank.
Returns
ChildDeviceWrapper

getChildDevices

Gets a list of all child devices for this device.
Signature
List<ChildDeviceWrapper> getChildDevices()
Parameters
None
Returns
List<ChildDeviceWrapper>

getChildDevice

Gets a specific child device with the device network id specified.
Signature
ChildDeviceWrapper getChildDevice(String deviceNetworkId)
Parameters
deviceNetworkId - The unique identifier for the device
Returns
ChildDeviceWrapper

deleteChildDevice

Deletes a specific child device with the device network id sepcified.
Signature
void deleteChildDevice(String deviceNetworkId)
Parameters
deviceNetworkId - The unique identifier for the device
Returns
None

getParent

Returns the parent Device (ParentDeviceWrapper) or App (InstalledAppWrapper) when called from a child device.
Signature
Object getParent()

Returns: The ParentDeviceWrapper or InstalledAppWrapper

getDataValue

Get a data value that was set for this device.
Signature
String getDataValue(String name)
Parameters
name - The String value of the data item.
Returns
String - The value of the data.

updateDataValue

Update or create a data value for this device.
Signature
void updateDataValue(String name, String value)
Parameters
name - The name of the data item to store.
value - The value of the data item to store.
Returns
None.



User defined methods

installed

This method is called when the device is first created.
Signature
void installed()

updated

This method is called when the preferences of a device are updated.
Signature
void updated()

Additional to be documented

Map getState()
Zwave getZwave()
Zigbee getZigbee()
void updateDataValue(String name, String value)
String getDeviceDataByName(String name)
HubAction response(String cmd)
HubAction response(hubitat.zwave.Command cmd)
HubMultiAction response(List cmds)
Short getZwaveHubNodeId()
void sendEvent(Map properties)
List<Event> eventsSince(Date startDate, Map options = null)
void telnetConnect(Map options, String ip, int port, String username, String password)
void telnetConnect(String ip, int port, String username, String password)
void telnetClose()
Map createEvent(Map options)
List<String> delayBetween(List<String> cmds, Long delay)
List<String> delayBetween(List<String> cmds)