Trigger shell scripts

[shermaniiv]

Is there a way to have an event trigger a shell script? I have a script that turns on a relay, waits 5 seconds and then turns it off. I'm not too familiar with python or if it can be done there.

[kevin]

We do not provide the ability to execute shell scripts.

That said, you do have a few options - the alarmdecoder python library with a SocketDevice can listen to the stream and do specific things on events - there are examples on the github repository

You can also utilize a webserver and do a custom notification and point it to a URL that parses the data and executes things based on that.

Also, depending on panel, you can have the panel toggle the relay with a relay module on event (can be emulated with alarmdecoder).

[shermaniiv]

Thanks. Sadly I have no Python experience, but I guess this is as good a time as any to learn something new.