Sending Notifications

[lukesav1]

Hi,
Im not sure if this is already possible but it would be great if you could configure the module to send notifications to other modules (such as MMM-ProfileSwitcher).

Ive seen a module that does this but it conflicts with this one and this one is way more useful!
Any feedback would be great.

Luke

[ottopaulsen]

Hi Luke

Thanks for using the module, and thanks for the suggestion.
I think we need some kind of notification functionality, yes.
There are many alternatives here, so I am wondering what is required.

1. Configure notification sent with values for a specific topic. Send every time it changes.

2. Configure a notification sent when a topic is =, < or > a specific value. Send every time the value is received, or send only once (more complicated)?

3. Are there any special requirements to the formatting of the payload, or is a JSON with topic and value ok?

4. Other ideas?

Please, anyone, feel free to discuss.

[lukesav1]

Hi ottopaulsen

I see this function as a simple notification sender based on MQTT topic, every time the received topic = declared topic then the payload is sent with the declared notification key.

I have no special requirements in terms of formatting/post processing etc and i cant think of any that couldnt be handled in the destination modue...... but if anyone has different ideas??

Exactly like splattner's module "MMM-MQTT-Notification":

topic: 'Topic1', // Topic to look for
notificationKey: 'CUSTOM_NOTIFICATION' // Key of the Notification to be Send

What do you think?

Luke

[cowboysdude]

Simply tell this module to broadcast it's payload and any module can get the info.
IE:

socketNotificationReceived: function(notification, payload) {
if (notification === "WEATHER_RESULT") {
this.sendNotification('WEATHER_RESULT', payload); // this broadcasts your payload so other modules can get it.
this.processWeather(payload); // this processes your payload for use in the current module
}
this.updateDom();
},``