Callback Functions

System Functions

DaylightEvent

DaylightEvent(day)

Called at sunrise and sunset, according to the latitude and longitude values set in hsyco.ini, and the optional SunriseOffsetMinutes and SunsetOffsetMinutes parameters.

Parameters:

day: boolean - true at sunrise, false at sunset.

haActiveEvent

haActiveEvent(active)

Triggered by the change of state of an HSYCO server in a master/slave high availability configuration.

Parameters:

active: boolean - true if the server is active, false if not active.

PowerEvent

PowerEvent(power)

Triggered by a change of the current power load level, as set using the powerSet() Java API or the POWER action.

Thanks to this method it is possible to alter the power value shown in the Web interface, for example to aggregate power readings acquired from other sensors.

Parameters:

power: numeric - the power level, in Watts.

Returns:

numeric - if PowerEvent() returns -1 or doesn't return a value, HSYCO status is updated with the detected power value, the value returned by PowerEvent() is otherwise used.

The JavaScript PowerEvent function is always called, but its return value is used only when the Java PowerEvent callback is not defined or returned -1.

programTimerEvent

programTimerEvent(name)

Called when a program timer is activated.

Program timers are set using programTimerSet(), programTimerReset(), programTimerRepeat(), or using the corresponding actions in the EVENTS.

Parameters:

name: string - program timer name.

SchedulerEvent

SchedulerEvent(groupname, schedulename)

This callback blocking function allows to call user methods at configurable intervals.

You define schedules using a group name and a schedule name.

Schedules under the same group run in the same thread and are executed sequentially, based on their interval in milliseconds. Schedules in different groups run in parallel.

Parameters:

groupname: string - the scheduler’s group name
schedulename: string - the scheduler’s name.

StartupEvent

StartupEvent()

Called only once when HSYCO starts, after the initialization and HTTP server start-up, but before the execution of the different field interface threads. It is not executed in a thread, it is therefore a blocking method, that must complete its execution before all other HSYCO services can be started.

SunPositionEvent

SunPositionEvent(azimuth, elevation)

Called when the Sun changes its height with respect to the horizon or its angle from true north.

Parameters:

azimuth: numeric - the current Sun angle from true north, in decimal degrees
elevation: numeric - the current Sun elevation in decimal degrees from the horizon. Elevation is negative at night.

TimeEvent

TimeEvent(time)

Called every 60 seconds.

HSYCO tries to synchronize the execution at the beginning of the minute, executing this method at seconds 0 of every minute.

However, the execution is not guaranteed. In case of heavy load HSYCO might not be able to execute the call with accurate timing. In extreme cases, it could occasionally skip some calls.

Parameters:

time: numeric - the current time in milliseconds.

varEvent

varEvent(name, value)

Triggered by the change of value of a program variable.

Parameters:

name: string - the variable name. Names are case-insensitive
value: string - the value to be assigned to the program variable.

Cameras

CameraCommandEvent

CameraCommandEvent(function, action, camera)

Triggered by a camera control input from the Web interface.

It can be used to execute arbitrary actions when the user clicks on the active areas of the camera view, or to replace some or all of the standard PTZ commands with custom actions.

Parameters:

function: string - see the table below
action: string - see the table below
camera: string - the camera name.

Returns:

numeric - if CameraCommandEvent() returns -1 or doesn't return a value, the standard PTZ command associated to the PTZ driver is skipped, otherwise it is executed normally.

The JavaScript CameraCommandEvent function is always called, but its return value is used only when the Java CameraCommandEvent callback is not defined or returned -1.

icon	function	action
	focus	far
	focus	near
	zoom	tele
	zoom	wide
	move	left
	move	right
	move	up
	move	down
	move	stop

CameraMotionEvent

CameraMotionEvent(event, time)

Called when HSYCO starts recording video from a camera.

Recording starts when a camera notifies a recording request with the recording HTTP API call (the zone=id portion is optional):

http://192.168.0.50/x/camerarec?camera=name&zone=id

Recording can also be triggered by the CameraRecTrigger() Java call or the CAMERAREC or CAMERARECFULL actions in EVENTS.

Parameters:

event: string - the event identification string, either the camera name only or name:id if recording is triggered by a camerarec HTTP call with the optional zone=id parameter
time: numeric - the current time in milliseconds.

CameraViewEvent

CameraViewEvent(camera, active)

CameraViewEvent() is called on changes of the live view status of cameras.

When at least one web client is showing the live feed from a camera, the camera is marked as active.

When no live feed request is received for a several consecutive seconds, the camera is marked as not active.

Parameters:

camera: string - the camera name
active: boolean - true if active, false if not.

DMX

DmxEvent

DmxEvent(channel, state)

Called after changes to DMX-512 channels.

Parameters:

channel: numeric - DMX channel address, from 1 to 512 which might be preceded by the DMX gateway number, starting from 0
state: numeric - the new channel value, from 0 to 255.

DmxFilter

DmxFilter(channel, state, reverse)

This function allows to filter the value of the status of each channel on the DMX-512 buses, sending to the gateway different values from those set in HSYCO.

This way, it is possible to apply chromatic corrections, or any on the fly translation of channels values.

This is a blocking function and is called when sending commands to the DMX gateway.

It is also called after reading current channels values from the gateway. In this case the conversion function should be symmetric and return a complementary value.

Parameters:

channel: numeric - the DMX channel address, from 1 to 512 which might be preceded by the DMX gateway number, starting from 0
state: numeric - the unfiltered value of the channel, from 0 to 255
reverse: boolean - false if called when writing to the gateway; true if called when reading from the gateway.

Returns:

numeric - the channel value that will be sent to the DMX gateway.

The JavaScript DmxFilter function is called only when the Java DmxFilter callback is not defined or returned the original value.

DmxStartupEvent

DmxStartupEvent(index)

Called when starting the monitor threads for each DMX bus, once per bus at the start of the execution of HSYCO, and also after every restart of the monitor thread, for example after communication errors.

It is safe, inside this method, to execute command methods for the same DMX gateway.

This is a blocking method. The DMX driver will start after this function returns.

Parameters:

Index: numeric - number of the DMX bus, starting from 0.

Infrared Control

IREvent

IREvent(received, irtransid, event)

This method is called when an IRTrans receives or sends an IR command from its local IR database.

Parameters:

received: boolean - true if the command has been received21 by the IRTrans, false if sent
irtransid: numeric - IRTrans number, starting from 0 for the first device, based on the listing order of the IRTrans parameter in hsyco.ini
event: string - the string of the command received or issued, formatted as: "remote_name,command"

I/O Servers

IOEvent

IOEvent(name, value)

Triggered by the value change of any data point of an I/O server.

Parameters:

id: string - the server id and the name of the data point. According to the type of server, the format changes but it generally appears as server name, as declared the ioServers parameter in hsyco.ini, followed by a specific name representing the data point within the system
value: string - the new value. For binary inputs or outputs, the returned values are “0” or “1”.

IOStartupEvent

IOStartupEvent(index)

Triggered by the start of the communication thread of each I/O server - once for each server at the beginning of the execution of HSYCO, and also after every reboot of the communication thread, for example after communication errors.

This is a blocking method. The I/O server driver will start after this function returns.

Parameters:

index: numeric - the I/O server number, starting from 0, based on the listing order of the ioServers parameter in hsyco.ini.

Modbus

ModbusEvent

ModbusEvent(name, addr, unitid, pdu)

Called by the Modbus Server I/O Server on every Modbus request received from a Modbus client.

The returned byte array is used as the Modbus response PDU (function code and data).

Parameters:

name: string - the name of the Modbus Server I/O server
addr: string - IP address of the Modbus client
unitid: numeric - the unit id set in the received Modbus request
pdu: string - the request PDU data, in hexadecimal string format.

Returns:

string - the response PDU data, in hexadecimal string format.

The JavaScript ModbusEvent function is called only when the Java ModbusEvent callback is not defined or returned a null value.

Network Services

LocationEvent

LocationEvent(mac, ip, zoneId)

Called, if the location service is active, when a variation in the association of a client to the Wi-Fi Access Points is detected.

Parameters:

mac: string - the MAC address of the client
ip: string - the IP address of the client, if available, or null (the IP address could be null if the associated device is not connected to the HSYCO Web interface)
zoneId: numeric - in case of association, it is the Access Point sequence number, according to the order defined in the LocationBases parameter in hsyco.ini; -1 if the client was de-associated from the Wi-Fi network.

PBX

PBXCallEvent

PBXCallEvent(host, caller, called)

Called when a call notification is sent to HSYCO by the PBX system.

If the method returns true, the request is recorded on the log file with the [OK] status, with [ERROR] otherwise.

Parameters:

host: string - the IP address of the PBX server
caller: string - the caller number
called: string - the called number.

Squeezebox

SlimPowerEvent

SlimPowerEvent(index, power)

Called when a Squeezebox player is turned on or off.

Parameters:

index: numeric - player number, starting from 0 for the first player, based on the listing order of the slimPlayers parameter in hsyco.ini
power - 0: OFF, 1: ON.

SlimStatusEvent

SlimStatusEvent()

Called when a Squeezebox player changes its playback mode.

Parameters:

index: numeric - player number, starting from 0 for the first player, based on the listing order of the slimPlayers parameter in hsyco.ini
status: numeric - 0: OFF, 1: ON, 2: PAUSE, 3: PLAY, -1: UNKNOWN.

SlimVolumeEvent

SlimVolumeEvent(index, volume)

Called when a Squeezebox player changes its volume level.

Parameters:

index: numeric - player number, starting from 0 for the first player, based on the listing order of the slimPlayers parameter in hsyco.ini
volume: numeric - an integer number representing the volume change (not the absolute audio level) in a scale from 0 to 100; positive numbers correspond to a volume increase, negative numbers to a decrease.

Timers and Schedulers

UserTimerEvent

UserTimerEvent(name, active)

Called when a user timer or scheduler’s rule should be activated, and before executing the associated action in EVENTS.

It is also executed at the timer or scheduler’s rule deactivation.

This method must return a true value in order to make the timer or rule actually active and the associated actions executed.

Whenever the method returns false, the timer will not be activated, and the method will be called again once a minute for the scheduled duration of the timer.

In the same way, if the method returns false when the timer or rule is deactivated, the timer or rule will not be deactivated, extending the timer activation beyond the scheduled duration.

This is a blocking method.

Parameters:

name: string - timer name or scheduler’s rule name
active: boolean - true when activating and false when deactivating the timer or scheduler’s rule.

Returns:

boolean - true to confirm the timer event, false to block the event.

The JavaScript UserTimerEvent function is alway called, but its return value is used only when the Java UserTimerEvent callback is not defined or returned true.

User Interface

pageEvent

pageEvent(address, session, userid, project, page)

Called when a Web client initially loads a project and when navigating between pages.

There is no guarantee that the event would be fired the exact moment the page is loaded.

Network delays or errors could cause delayed triggering of this event.

Parameters:

address: string - the client’s IP address
session: string - session id string that uniquely identifies the client session
userid: string - the user id
project: string - project’s id
page: string - the page id of the current page.

uiClearEvent

uiClearEvent(session)

Called, following an explicit call of uiClear() or after the client session inactivity timeout expires, if the client session becomes active again (i.e. the client starts handshaking again with the server with the same session id).

Parameters:

session: string - session id string that uniquely identifies the client session

userCommand

userCommand(session, userid, name, param)

Called by user clicks on buttons created in the Web interface with the (user), (usermini), (usermicro), (userrgb) or (userimage) objects, by a USER action in EVENTS, or by the userCommand() Java method.

This function can optionally return a string. Any returned string causes the log of an [OK] status. If you want to prevent logging, for example to avoid sensitive information to be written in the log file, you should return the string “!”.

If you want to force the Web interface to show a specific page after the button is pressed (it would be like pressing a (link) object), return a string starting with “page:” followed by the page name; in this case, userCommand() will be called again when that popup or page is closed, with "/close" appended to param.

Parameters:

session: string - a session id string that uniquely identifies the client session
userid: string - the user id
name: string - the name field of the (user) object
param: string - the param of the (user) object.

Returns:

string - log or go to page, see text above. If this function doesn't return a value, an [ERROR] status is logged in the log file, while any other string causes the log of an [OK] status.

The JavaScript userCommand function is alway called, but its return value is used only when the Java userCommand callback is not defined or returned null or an empty string.

userSubmit

userSubmit(session, userid, name, fields)

This function is similar to userCommand(session, userid, name, param).

When userSubmit() is defined, it will be called when a (submit!id), (submitmini!id) or (submitmicro!id) button is pressed, while userCommand() will continue to be called on (user) buttons.

userSubmit() provides a more convenient access to the values of multiple input fields in a form.

This function can optionally return a string. Any returned string causes the log of an [OK] status. If you want to prevent logging, for example to avoid sensitive information to be written in the log file, you should return the string “!”.

If you want to force the Web interface to show a specific page after the button is pressed (it would be like pressing a (link) object), return a string starting with “page:” followed by the page name; in this case, userCommand() will be called when that popup or page is closed, with "/close" appended to param.

Parameters:

session: string - a session id string that uniquely identifies the client session
userid: string - the user id
name: string - the id of the (submit!id) object
fields: array - the array of all input fields in the container where the (submit) object is located.

Returns:

string - log or go to page, see text above. If this function doesn't return a value, an [ERROR] status is logged in the log file, while any other string causes the log of an [OK] status.

The JavaScript userSubmit function is alway called, but its return value is used only when the Java userCommand or userSubmit callback are not defined or returned null or an empty string.

Examples:

The following code shows how to retrieve all field names and values of a submitted form.

 function userSubmit(session, user, name, values) : {
 	if (session.length > 0) {
 		messageLog(user + ', ' + name + '=' + values);
 		var keys = values.keySet().toArray();
 		for (var i = 0; i < keys.length; i++) {
 			messageLog(user + ', ' + keys[i] +  ' = ' + values.get(keys[i]));
 		}
 		return "";
 	}
 }

Create a project with a form and a few input fields in a container. Pressing the submit button should return something like this in the log file:

2014.01.31 13:54:32.034 - staff, submit1={keypad1=344, date1=20140131, input1=this is a text field} 
2014.01.31 13:54:32.038 - staff, keypad1 = 344 
2014.01.31 13:54:32.039 - staff, date1 = 20140131 
2014.01.31 13:54:32.042 - staff, input1 = this is a text field 
2014.01.31 13:54:32.043 - WEB USER COMMAND [submit1]: input1@this is a text field@date1@20140131@keypad1@344 [OK]

WebRootRequestEvent

WebRootRequestEvent(addr, secure, useragent)

This method is called when the Web server receives a root URL request. It can return a string to redirect the browser to a valid URL, or null to prevent redirection.

Parameters:

addr: string - the HTTP client’s address
secure: boolean - true if this is an HTTPS request
useragent: string - the Web browser’s user agent information.

Returns:

string - optional return string containing a valid absolute or relative URL

Examples:

The following code redirects any root HTTP request received by the HSYCO server to the manager page.

 function WebRootRequestEvent(addr, secure, useragent) : {
 	return "hsycoserver/manager";
 }

Command and Utility Functions

System Functions

dateSet

dateSet(year, month, day, hour, minute, second)

Sets the HSYCO Server operating system’s clock and hardware clock, in the local time zone.

Parameters:

year: numeric - the year, greater than 1900
month: numeric - the month, between 1-12
day: numeric - the day, between 1-31
hour: numeric - the hour, between 0-23
minute: numeric - the minute, between 0-59
second: numeric - the second, between 0-59.

Returns:

boolean - true if successful, false if not.

getNextSunrise

getNextSunrise(now, withoffset)

Computes the time of the next sunrise after the time set in the now parameter.

The sunrise time is returned in milliseconds since midnight, January 1, 1970 UTC.

Parameters:

now: numeric - the reference time in milliseconds
withoffset: boolean - true to take the sunrise offset into account, as defined with the SunriseOffsetMinutes in hsyco.ini, false to ignore the offset and return the actual sunrise time (Based on civil dawn, begins when the geometric center of the sun is 6° below the horizon).

Returns:

numeric - the next sunrise time in milliseconds since midnight, January 1, 1970 UTC.

getNextSunset

getNextSunset(now, withoffset)

Computes the time of the next sunset after the time set in the now parameter.

The sunset time is returned in milliseconds since midnight, January 1, 1970 UTC.

Parameters:

now: numeric - the reference time in milliseconds
withoffset: boolean - true to take the sunset offset into account, as defined with the SunriseOffsetMinutes in hsyco.ini, false to ignore the offset and return the actual sunrise time (Based on civil dusk, ends when the geometric center of the sun reaches 6° below the horizon).

Returns:

numeric - the next sunset time in milliseconds since midnight, January 1, 1970 UTC.

haActiveState

haActiveState()

When HSYCO is installed in a high availability configuration, this method returns true if the system (master or slave) is active, false if it is not active.

If high availability is not configured, the method returns true.

Returns:

boolean - high availability current state.

haActive

haActive(active)

Force a master HSYCO server to become inactive, or return to the active state.

This method should be called on the master only, and has no effect on the slave server.

Parameters:

active: boolean - set to true to force a master to become inactive, or false to return it to the active state after the master was forced to become inactive.

isDaylight

isDaylight()

Returns the day or night status at present time.

The result is based on the latitude and longitude data set in hsyco.ini and the SunriseOffsetMinutes and SunsetOffsetMinutes parameters.

Returns:

boolean - true during the day, false at night.

powerSet

powerSet(power)

Sets the electric power state variable.

The power value is shown in the navigation or status bar of the Web interface.

Besides setting the power value, this method also triggers the execution of the powerEvent() callback and the POWER event in EVENTS.

Parameters:

power: numeric - the power in Watt units.

programTimerClear

programTimerClear(name)

Cancels a program timer.

Parameters:

name: string - the program timer name.

programTimerRepeat

programTimerRepeat(name, seconds)

Sets a program timer that is executed repeatedly with an interval equal to the specified number of seconds.

If a program timer with the same name has already been set, the number of seconds to the timer’s execution is reset to the new value.

Parameters:

name: string - the program timer name
seconds: numeric - the interval in seconds of the timer’s execution.

programTimerReset

programTimerReset(name, seconds)

Sets a program timer to be executed after the specified number of seconds.

If a program timer with the same name has already been set, the number of seconds to the timer’s execution is reset to the new value.

Parameters:

name: string - the program timer name
seconds: numeric - the number of seconds to the timer’s execution.

programTimerSet

programTimerSet(name, seconds)

Sets a program timer to be executed after the specified number of seconds. If a program timer with the same name has already been set, the action will be ignored.

Parameters:

name: string - the program timer name
seconds: numeric - the number of seconds to the timer’s execution.

schedulerRegister

schedulerRegister(groupname, schedulename, interval)

This function registers a new scheduled callback.

Parameters:

groupname: string - the group name
schedulename: string - the schedule name
interval: numeric - interval in milliseconds.

schedulerRemove

schedulerRemove(groupname, schedulename)

Deletes a schedule.

Parameters:

groupname: string - the group name
schedulename: string - the schedule name.

sleep

sleep(millis)

Causes the currently executing thread to sleep (temporarily cease execution) for the specified number of milliseconds.

Parameters:

millis: numeric - the length of time to sleep in milliseconds.

varGet

varGet(name)

Returns the value of a program variable, or null if no variable with the given name has been defined.

Program variables can be set using varSet() in user.java or in the EVENTS programming environment.

To access a variable used in EVENTS, the name used in varGet() should start with the $ character.

Variables names ending with ! are considered persistent and their values are preserved when HSYCO restarts; normal variables are deleted when HSYCO starts.

Parameters:

name: string - the variable name. Names are case-insensitive.

Returns:

string - the current value of the program variable.

varSet

varSet(name, value)

Sets a program variable to the value parameter.

Variables set with varSet() can be read using varGet() and are also available in the EVENTS programming environment, if the variable name starts with $.

If you need to use variables in Java or JavaScript but don’t want these variables to be available in EVENTS, just use names that don’t start with the $ character.

Variables names ending with ! are considered persistent and their values are preserved when HSYCO restarts; normal variables are deleted when HSYCO starts.

Parameters:

name: string - the variable name. Names are case-insensitive
value: string - the value to be assigned to the program variable.

Cameras

cameraCommand

cameraCommand(func, action, camera)

Sends PTZ and focus commands to cameras.

Parameters:

function: string - see the table below
action: string - see the table below
camera: string - the camera name.

icon	function	action
	focus	far
	focus	near
	zoom	tele
	zoom	wide
	move	left
	move	right
	move	up
	move	down
	move	stop

cameraMode

cameraMode(cameraName, enabled)

Disables or enables a camera. When the live view is disabled, recording is also disabled.

Parameters:

camera: string - the camera name
enabled: boolean - true to enable the camera, false to disable.

cameraRecMode

cameraRecMode(cameraName, enabled)

Disables or enables recording from a camera, not affecting live view.

Parameters:

camera: string - the camera name
enabled: boolean - true to enable the recording, false to disable.

cameraRecTrigger

cameraRecTrigger(cameraName, source, seconds)

Records video from a camera.

Parameters:

camera: string - the camera name
source: string - a string used to generate a log message, to identify the source that triggered the recording
seconds: numeric - recording time in seconds. If set on 0, stops the current recording.

cameraRecTriggerFull

cameraRecTriggerFull(cameraName, source, seconds)

Records video from a camera, like cameraRecTrigger(), but ignores the DroppedFrames parameter in hsyco.ini, so that all frames captured from the camera during the recording period are recorded with no skips.

Parameters:

camera: string - the camera name
source: string - a string used to generate a log message, to identify the source that triggered the recording
seconds: numeric - recording time in seconds. If set on 0, stops the current recording.

Data Logger

dataLoggerClear

dataLoggerClear(name)

Permanently deletes all historical data of the specified data logger.

Parameters:

name: string - data logger name.

Returns:

boolean - true if successful, false if not.

dataLoggerOptions

dataLoggerOptions(name, param, value)

Sets a specific option for the specified data logger.

So far the only available option is “origin” which sets the x-bar of all the charts linked to the data logger to the passed value.

Parameters:

name: string - data logger name
param: string - option to be set (“origin” is the only option you can currently set with this method)
value: string - value for the specified option.

Returns:

boolean - true if successful, false if not.

dataLoggerSave

dataLoggerSave(type, names, path, timestamp)

Creates or updates a CSV file containing the data processed by the specified data loggers.

The possible types are:

log: append the last acquired value by the data logger to the specified file
stat: updates the specified file with the currently gathered data by the specified data logger.

Parameters:

type: string - log type (log or stat)
names: string array - data logger names
path: string - path of the file to be created
timestamp: boolean - if true and the type is log adds a timestamp column in the CSV file for the logged values.

Returns:

boolean - true if successful, false if not.

Examples:

The following code appends a new line every minute to the userdata/log.csv file with the most recent values of three data loggers, "a", "b" and "c".

 time : { dataLoggerSave('log', ['a','b','c'], 'userdata/log.csv', true); }

dataLoggerUpdate

dataLoggerUpdate(name, value)

Supplies the specified data logger with a new value to be processed.

Parameters:

name: string - data logger name
value: numeric - value to be processed. Setting value to null, with counter data loggers only, resets the internal delta baseline.

Returns:

boolean - true if successful, false if not.

DMX

dmxGet

dmxGet(channel)

Returns the current status of a channel on the DMX-512 bus.

Parameters:

channel: numeric - when using one DMX gateway, address will be a standard DMX-512 address between 1 and 512. If there is more than one gateway, 1000 must be added to the DMX address for the second gateway, 2000 for the third one and so on.

Returns:

numeric - channel current status, between 0 and 255, or UNKNOWN (-1) if the status is unknown.

dmxOff

dmxOff(channel)

Sets a channel on the DMX-512 bus to 0. It also saves the previous value, so it can be restored with dmxOn().

Parameters:

channel: numeric - when using one DMX gateway, address will be a standard DMX-512 address between 1 and 512. If there is more than one gateway, 1000 must be added to the DMX address for the second gateway, 2000 for the third one and so on.

Returns:

numeric - 1 if successful, 0 if not.

dmxOn

dmxOn(channel)

Sets a DMX-512 channel to the value preceding the last call to dmxOff().

Parameters:

channel: numeric - when using one DMX gateway, address will be a standard DMX-512 address between 1 and 512. If there is more than one gateway, 1000 must be added to the DMX address for the second gateway, 2000 for the third one and so on.

Returns:

numeric - 1 if successful, 0 if not.

dmxMerge

dmxMerge(fromchannel, tochannel, merge)

Sets all DMX-512 channels between the parameters from and to to merge mode or normal mode. In merge mode, the channels on the DMX OUT bus of the gateway follow the values of the channels of the DMX IN bus.

Parameters:

fromchannel: numeric - first address of the range. When using one DMX gateway, address will be a standard DMX-512 address between 1 and 512. If there is more than one gateway, 1000 must be added to the DMX address for the second gateway, 2000 for the third one and so on
tochannel: numeric - last address of the range
merge: boolean - true to enable merge mode, false to return to normal mode.

Returns:

numeric - 1 if successful, -1 if to < from, 0 for other errors.

dmxSet

dmxSet(channel, state)

Sets the value of a single DMX-512 channel.

Parameters:

channel: numeric - when using one DMX gateway, address will be a standard DMX-512 address between 1 and 512. If there is more than one gateway, 1000 must be added to the DMX address for the second gateway, 2000 for the third one and so on.

Returns:

numeric - 1 if successful, 0 if not.

Infrared Control

irtransCommand

irtransCommand(irid, command)

Sends a command to an IRTrans.

An infrared command is composed by the name that identifies the commands database, followed by a comma and the name of the command in the database.

More commands in a sequence can be separated by “;”.

It is possible to insert the special command @N, which introduces a wait time of N milliseconds before sending the next command.

This command:

denon1036,on;@4000;denon1036,tv

sends the “on” command of the “denon-1036” remote, then waits 4 seconds before sending the “tv” command.

Moreover, the special command @0 allows to send IR commands without wait times before sending the next command.

When the @N delay before an IR command is not specified, there will be a default 500ms pause between commands; with @0 this pause will be reduced to 1ms.

For example:

denon,on;@0;nad,on

sends the “on” command of the “denon” remote, immediately followed by the “on” command of the “nad” remote.

Every IRTrans can contain a database of several remote controls, and each database stores the list of the distinct IR commands. If the hsyco/ir directory contains a .ccfhex file corresponding to the database name, then the CCF string in the file is used instead of sending the command stored in the IRTrans internal database.

Parameters:

irid: string - identifies the IRTrans, as defined with the IRTrans parameter in hsyco.ini
command: string - the sequence of IR commands to be sent.

Returns:

numeric - 1 if successful, 0 if not.

I/O Servers

ioGet

ioGet(id)

Retrieves the current status of an I/O data point.

Parameters:

id: string - the full data point name, including the I/O server id prefix.

Returns:

string - the data point value.

ioServersRestart

ioServersRestart(name)

Restarts an I/O server that was previously stopped.

This command has no effect on a running I/O server.

Note that this command will return before the I/O server is actually restarted.

Parameters:

name: string - the I/O server name.

Returns:

numeric - 1 if successful, -1 if the server name is not defined.

ioServersStop

ioServersStop(name)

Stops the execution of an I/O server.

Note that this command will return before the I/O server is actually stopped.

Parameters:

name: string - the I/O server name.

Returns:

numeric - 1 if successful, -1 if the server name is not defined.

ioSet

ioSet(id, value)

Writes to I/O servers variables or data points.

Parameters:

id: string - the full data point name, including the I/O server id prefix
value: string - the new value.

Leak Detector

The Intelligent Leak Detector is used to generate warning for potential water or other quantities leaks by analyzing any generic flow counter.

The detector should be called at regular intervals, possibly faster than the minimum time needed for the counter to increment its value by one.

It will generate a leak warning when the measured flow remains relatively constant over a certain amount of time.

Use this function at your own risk!

The Intelligent Leak Detector uses a correlation algorithm to distinguish between a constant flow and an irregular flow. A relatively constant flow over a certain amount of time is considered as a potential leak and generates a leak event.

In some conditions, also depending on the type of flow counter used, this algorithm could fail from properly and timely recognizing a real leak, or it could generate false leak warnings.

Use different names to implement multiple independent leak detectors.

leakDetectorClear

leakDetectorClear(name)

Clears the detector’s internal state.

In normal applications, there is no need to call this method, as the detector automatically clears its state from old data.

Parameters:

name: string - leak detector name.

leakDetectorOptions

leakDetectorOptions(name, param, value)

The detector’s logic uses two parameters to set its sensitivity and time base. You can change the defaults to adapt to your specific conditions.

The “period” parameter changes the time base, expressed in seconds. The default is 1200 seconds. The detector generates a warning if the flow deviation constantly remains below the deviation threshold for the time period.

The “deviation” parameter changes the deviation percentage, and should be a number between 1 and 100. The default is 50. Set the period or deviation to 0 to temporarily disable the detector.

Small deviation values cause the algorithm to activate leak warnings only when the flow is very constant in time, becoming less susceptible to false alarms, but a value that is too low could miss actual leaks. Larger values could easily generate false alarms.

Both period and deviation parameters can be changed anytime, even when the detector is already processing data.

Parameters:

name: string - leak detector name
param: string - set to “period” or “deviation”
value: numeric - the period or deviation value.

leakDetectorUpdate

leakDetectorUpdate(name, value)

Calls the leak detector passing the current liters counter value.

Parameters:

name: string - leak detector name
value: numeric - the flow counter value.

Returns:

numeric - -1 if the detector status is not changed, 0 if the status has changed to a reset condition, and 1 if the status has changed to a leak condition.

Log

errorLog

errorLog(message)

Generates an error message in the daily log file.

Parameters:

message: string - the text of the error message.

fileLog

fileLog(pathname, message)

Appends a generic text message at the end of a file.

Parameters:

pathname: string - the file name. You can specify any path, starting from HSYCO’s base directory. If the file or parent directories don’t exist, they will be created automatically
message: string - the message that will be appended at the last line of the text file.

messageLog

messageLog(message)

Generates an information message in the daily log file.

Parameters:

message: string - the text of the error message.

Mail

sendMail

sendMail(to, from, subject, body)

Sends a multipart email message, mixing text and multiple images from cameras, live or recorded.

HSYCO SERVER sends the mail either directly to the recipient’s domain mail server if the SmtpName parameter is not defined in hsyco.ini, or using a specific email account with user authentication and traffic encryption if the SMTP server and account parameters are set.

If the email message is sent directly to the recipient’s domain mail server, you need to ensure that the mail server accepts mail to the destination address being sent with the from address and the public IP of the HSYCO SERVER.

HSYCO does not automatically retry sending the message if the destination mail server is not available when the send mail function is called.

Parameters:

to: string - a valid email address of the intended recipient. You can optionally specify the destination SMTP server name or IP address by appending :<server name or address to the recipient's email address, for example: john@example.com:192.168.1.1
from: string - a valid email address to be used as the sender address
subject: string - the message subject
body: string array - the message body. To send an ordinary text, just fill the vector with the desired text strings. To send an image, add a string to the vector with the following format: “cam:<cameraname>[:<seconds_back>]”. For example, “cam:door” sends a live frame from the camera called “door”; “cam:door:2” sends a frame that was recorded two seconds before the last recorded frame; “cam:door:0” sends the last recorded frame. To send files as attachments, use the following format: “file:<file name>”. The file path is relative to the HSYCO root directory.

Returns:

numeric - 1: message sent; 0: message not sent; -1: other errors, including address errors.

Examples:

... : { sendMail('ulde@hsyco.com', 'test@hsyco.net', 'this is a test', ['Door camera','cam:door:2']); }

sends an email message with body containing a short text and a camera snapshot.

Modbus

modbusReadCoils

modbusReadCoils(name, unit, address, quantity)

Reads the content of a contiguous block of coils in a MODBUS device, using function code 0x01.

Returns a standard response PDU.

If there is a correct response from the device, the first byte is set to 0x01, the second to the byte count of the data part, and the data starts from the third byte.

If there is an error, the first byte is set to 0x81 and the second byte to the error code.

This function can be invoked passing a name parameter that represents either a predefined I/O Server, or the host name or IP address of the MODBUS gateway.

When using the gateways’s IP address or name, you can call this function to access gateways that are not defined as I/O servers.

Parameters:

name: string - the id of the I/O Server as defined in hsyco.ini, or the host name or IP address of the MODBUS gateway
unit: numeric - the MODBUS slave unit identifier (1 to 247)
address: numeric - the starting address of the block of coils
quantity: numeric - the quantity of coils you are reading (1 to 2000).

Returns:

numeric array - response PDU.

modbusReadDiscreteInputs

modbusReadDiscreteInputs(name, unit, address, quantity)

Reads the content of a contiguous block of discrete inputs in a MODBUS device, using function code 0x02.

Returns a standard response PDU.

If there is a correct response from the device, the first byte is set to 0x02, the second to the byte count of the data part, and the data starts from the third byte.

If there is an error, the first byte is set to 0x82 and the second byte to the error code.

This function can be invoked passing a name parameter that represents either a predefined I/O Server, or the host name or IP address of the MODBUS gateway.

When using the gateways’s IP address or name, you can call this function to access gateways that are not defined as I/O servers.

Parameters:

name: string - the id of the I/O Server as defined in hsyco.ini, or the host name or IP address of the MODBUS gateway
unit: numeric - the MODBUS slave unit identifier (1 to 247)
address: numeric - the starting address of the block of discrete inputs
quantity: numeric - the quantity of discrete inputs you are reading (1 to 2000).

Returns:

numeric array - response PDU.

modbusReadHoldingRegisters

modbusReadHoldingRegisters(name, unit, address, quantity)

Reads the content of a contiguous block of holding registers in a MODBUS device, using function code 0x03.

Returns a standard response PDU.

If there is a correct response from the device, the first byte is set to 0x03, the second to the byte count of the data part, and the data starts from the third byte.

If there is an error, the first byte is set to 0x83 and the second byte to the error code.

This function can be invoked passing a name parameter that represents either a predefined I/O Server, or the host name or IP address of the MODBUS gateway.

When using the gateways’s IP address or name, you can call this function to access gateways that are not defined as I/O servers.

Parameters:

name: string - the id of the I/O Server as defined in hsyco.ini, or the host name or IP address of the MODBUS gateway
unit: numeric - the MODBUS slave unit identifier (1 to 247)
address: numeric - the starting address of the block of registers
quantity: numeric - the quantity of registers you are reading (1 to 125).

Returns:

numeric array - response PDU.

modbusReadInputRegisters

modbusReadInputRegisters(name, unit, address, quantity)

Reads the content of a contiguous block of input registers in a MODBUS device, using function code 0x04.

Returns a standard response PDU.

If there is a correct response from the device, the first byte is set to 0x04, the second to the byte count of the data part, and the data starts from the third byte.

If there is an error, the first byte is set to 0x84 and the second byte to the error code.

This function can be invoked passing a name parameter that represents either a predefined I/O Server, or the host name or IP address of the MODBUS gateway.

When using the gateways’s IP address or name, you can call this function to access gateways that are not defined as I/O servers.

Parameters:

name: string - the id of the I/O Server as defined in hsyco.ini, or the host name or IP address of the MODBUS gateway
unit: numeric - the MODBUS slave unit identifier (1 to 247)
address: numeric - the starting address of the block of registers
quantity: numeric - the quantity of registers you are reading (1 to 125).

Returns:

numeric array - response PDU.

modbusWriteMaskRegister

modbusWriteMaskRegister(name, unit, address, mask, bytes)

Writes a register with a bit mask in a MODBUS device, using function code 0x16.

Returns a standard response PDU.

If there is a correct response from the device, the first byte is set to 0x16, the next two bytes to the mask and the last two to register value.

If there is an error, the first byte is set to 0x96 and the second byte to the error code.

This function can be invoked passing a name parameter that represents either a predefined I/O Server, or the host name or IP address of the MODBUS gateway.

When using the gateways’s IP address or name, you can call this function to access gateways that are not defined as I/O servers.

Parameters:

name: string - the id of the I/O Server as defined in hsyco.ini, or the host name or IP address of the MODBUS gateway
unit: numeric - the MODBUS slave unit identifier (1 to 247)
mask: numeric - the AND mask to be applied to the register
bytes: numeric array - data to be written in the register, using big-endian encoding (the most significant byte is sent first).

Returns:

numeric array - response PDU.

modbusWriteMultipleCoils

modbusWriteMultipleCoils(name, unit, address, coils, bytes)

Writes multiple coils in a MODBUS device, using function code 0x0F.

Returns a standard response PDU.

If there is a correct response from the device, the first byte is set to 0x0F, the next two to the data address of the first coil, and the last two to the number of coils written.

If there is an error, the first byte is set to 0x8F and the second byte to the error code.

This function can be invoked passing a name parameter that represents either a predefined I/O Server, or the host name or IP address of the MODBUS gateway.

When using the gateways’s IP address or name, you can call this function to access gateways that are not defined as I/O servers.

Parameters:

name: string - the id of the I/O Server as defined in hsyco.ini, or the host name or IP address of the MODBUS gateway
unit: numeric - the MODBUS slave unit identifier (1 to 247)
address: numeric - the coil’s address
coils: numeric - the number of coils to be written
bytes: numeric array - The requested ON/OFF states are specified by contents of the request data field, following the same data format defined in the Modbus specification for function 0x0F. A logical '1' in a bit position of the field requests the corresponding output to be ON. A logical '0' requests it to be OFF. The first byte represents coils with the lowest address, with the least significant bit addressing the lowest address coil.

Returns:

numeric array - response PDU.

modbusWriteMultipleRegisters

modbusWriteMultipleRegisters(name, unit, address, bytes)

Writes a block of contiguous registers in a MODBUS device, using function code 0x10.

Returns a standard response PDU.

If there is a correct response from the device, the first byte is set to 0x10, the next two bytes to the starting address and the last two to the quantity of registers.

If there is an error, the first byte is set to 0x90 and the second byte to the error code.

This function can be invoked passing a name parameter that represents either a predefined I/O Server, or the host name or IP address of the MODBUS gateway.

When using the gateways’s IP address or name, you can call this function to access gateways that are not defined as I/O servers.

Parameters:

name: string - the id of the I/O Server as defined in hsyco.ini, or the host name or IP address of the MODBUS gateway
unit: numeric - the MODBUS slave unit identifier (1 to 247)
address: numeric - the starting address of the block of registers
bytes: numeric array - data to be written in the registers, using big-endian encoding (the most significant byte is sent first).

Returns:

numeric array - response PDU.

modbusWriteSingleCoil

modbusWriteSingleCoil(name, unit, address, value)

Writes a single coil in a MODBUS device, using function code 0x05.

Returns a standard response PDU.

If there is a correct response from the device, the first byte is set to 0x05 and the last two to 0xFF00 if the coil is on, and 0x0000 if the coil is off.

If there is an error, the first byte is set to 0x85 and the second byte to the error code.

This function can be invoked passing a name parameter that represents either a predefined I/O Server, or the host name or IP address of the MODBUS gateway.

When using the gateways’s IP address or name, you can call this function to access gateways that are not defined as I/O servers.

Parameters:

name: string - the id of the I/O Server as defined in hsyco.ini, or the host name or IP address of the MODBUS gateway
unit: numeric - the MODBUS slave unit identifier (1 to 247)
address: numeric - the coil’s address
value: boolean - true to turn the coil on, false to turn it off.

Returns:

numeric array - response PDU.

modbusWriteSingleRegister

modbusWriteSingleRegister(name, unit, address, bytes)

Writes a single register in a MODBUS device, using function code 0x06.

Returns a standard response PDU.

If there is a correct response from the device, the first byte is set to 0x06 and the last two to register value.

If there is an error, the first byte is set to 0x86 and the second byte to the error code.

This function can be invoked passing a name parameter that represents either a predefined I/O Server, or the host name or IP address of the MODBUS gateway.

When using the gateways’s IP address or name, you can call this function to access gateways that are not defined as I/O servers.

Parameters:

name: string - the id of the I/O Server as defined in hsyco.ini, or the host name or IP address of the MODBUS gateway
unit: numeric - the MODBUS slave unit identifier (1 to 247)
address: numeric - the register’s address
bytes: numeric array - data to be written in the register, using big-endian encoding (the most significant byte is sent first).

Returns:

numeric array - response PDU.

Network Services

ping

ping(host, timeout)

Sends an IP network ping command to the host specified.

Parameters:

host: string - the hostname or IP address
timeout: numeric - timeout in milliseconds.

Returns:

boolean - true if the host is reachable, false otherwise.

wakeOnLan

wakeOnLan(broadcast, address)

Sends a Wake on LAN command to the LAN specified in the broadcast.

Parameters:

broadcast: string - the LAN broadcast address. For example “192.168.0.255”
address: string - the IP or MAC address of the network interface. For example, IP address “192.168.0.1” or MAC address “45-ab-44-00-00-ba”.

If the IP address is used to identify the destination interface, HSYCO will try to automatically determine the corresponding MAC address, permanently saving this association27. So, when using the IP address, and only the first time this method is called, the device with have to be on to allow HSYCO to determine the MAC address.

Returns:

numeric - 1 if successful, -1 if not.

Public Announcement

The audioPlayFile() and audioPlayText() functions are used to play recorded audio files or text-to-speech messages.

Audio can be sent to the Web browser, the server’s audio line out connector, the internal speaker or audio out line of Axis cameras, and the speaker of SNOM phones or PA devices.

See the Public Announcement Appendix for additional information.

Audio Destination	Description
speaker	the server’s audio line out connector
web	the Web browser’s audio output this feature is supported only on Firefox and Chrome browsers
axis@camera id	audio sent to an Axis camera, using the camera id defined in the Cameras parameter in hsyco.ini
snom@ip:port	audio sent to SNOM phones and public announcement devices, to the multicast IP address and port specified (the IP address and port should be configured as multicast addresses on each phone)

audioPlayFile

audioPlayFile(where, file)

Plays a pre-recorded audio file.

Parameters:

where: string - the audio destination; see the table above
file: string - the audio file name pathname, relative to HSYCO's root directory.

Returns:

numeric - the index of this message in the play back queue if successful, -1 in case of errors.

audioPlayText

audioPlayText(where, voice, text)

Converts a text message to audio using the installed text-to-speech engine, and plays the audio.

Parameters:

where: string - the audio destination; see the table above
voice: string - the voice name for the text-to-speech engine; see the Public Announcement Appendix for additional information
text: string - the text message for text-to-speech conversion.

Returns:

numeric - the index of this message in the play back queue if successful, -1 in case of errors.

Serial Communication Ports

closeComm

closeComm(portname)

Closes a serial port connection when the serial port is defined ad a “server” type, and is ignored otherwise.

When used with serial servers having a fail-over configuration, this method forces a reconnect at the next call of readComm() or writeComm(), so that a switch between the fail-over IPs would happen if the current IP is not responding.

Parameters:

portname: string - the name of the communications port, as defined in the CommPorts parameter in hsyco.ini.

readComm

readComm(portname, len)

Reads a sequence of bytes from a communication port.

The number of bytes read depends on the availability of data in the buffer of the communication port, until the maximum number specified in the len parameter.

There is a 2 seconds default time-out on reads. If the buffer is empty, this function will wait until the time-out expires before returning.

If len is set to 0, the function doesn’t return data, but it empties the communication port’s buffer from older data.

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Parameters:

portname: string - the name of the communications port, as defined in the CommPorts parameter in hsyco.ini
len: numeric - maximum number of bytes to be read from the port, or 0 to empty the buffer without reading data.

Returns:

string - null in case of errors, a string with the hexadecimal representation of the received byte sequence, or an empty string if the buffer of the incoming data is empty. For example “45AB4400BA”.

writeComm

writeComm(portname, data)

Sends a sequence of bytes to a communication port.

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Parameters:

portname: string - the name of the communications port, as defined in the CommPorts parameter in hsyco.ini
data: string - a string with the hexadecimal representation of the sequence of bytes to be sent. For example “45AB4400BA”.

Returns:

numeric - the number of bytes sent if successful, or 0 in case of errors.

Squeezebox

slimButton

slimButton(player, button)

slimCommand

slimCommand(player, command)

User Interface

uiClear

uiClear(session)

uiGet

uiGet(id, attr)

uiSessionGet

uiSessionGet(session, id, attr)

uiSessionSet

uiSessionSet(session, id, attr, value)

uiSet

uiSet(id, attr, value)

user

user(name, param)

JavaScript Callback Functions API

Contents

Callback Functions

System Functions

DaylightEvent

haActiveEvent

PowerEvent

programTimerEvent

SchedulerEvent

StartupEvent

SunPositionEvent

TimeEvent

varEvent

Cameras

CameraCommandEvent

CameraMotionEvent

CameraViewEvent

DMX

DmxEvent

DmxFilter

DmxStartupEvent

Infrared Control

IREvent

I/O Servers

IOEvent

IOStartupEvent

Modbus

ModbusEvent

Network Services

LocationEvent

PBX

PBXCallEvent

Squeezebox

SlimPowerEvent

SlimStatusEvent

SlimVolumeEvent

Timers and Schedulers

UserTimerEvent

User Interface

pageEvent

uiClearEvent

userCommand

userSubmit

WebRootRequestEvent

Command and Utility Functions

System Functions

dateSet

getNextSunrise

getNextSunset

haActiveState

haActive

isDaylight

powerSet

programTimerClear

programTimerRepeat

programTimerReset

programTimerSet

schedulerRegister

schedulerRemove

sleep

varGet

varSet

Cameras

cameraCommand

cameraMode

cameraRecMode

cameraRecTrigger

cameraRecTriggerFull

Data Logger

dataLoggerClear

dataLoggerOptions

dataLoggerSave

dataLoggerUpdate

DMX

dmxGet

dmxOff

dmxOn

dmxMerge

dmxSet

Infrared Control