Haiku Custom Push Notification

[evanlifetv]

Hey all, trying to figure out how to send a push notification on a specific day of the week at sunset, essentially like a reminder. (Feed Fish, Feed Dog, Take Out Trash, Test Smoke Alarms, Change Airfilters, Happy Anniversary! , etc...) Anyways, first off I would assume this is possible as I can do notifications based on zones etc, so I think I'm close, I just don't spend much time in code and am trying to give myself the lighting crash-course. Here is my code:

// Trash Day

function TrashDay(zone) {
if(dateDescription == Thursday && isDark == True) {
helper.sendNotification(controller, 'Take out Trash');
}
}
// End Trash Day

Any pointers, what am I missing? I would think this would be a common want or ask, but didn't see anything really like this in the past posts.

Thanks in advance.

 

[lupinglade]

The reason your code isn't working is because TrashDay() would never get called. You are trying to use it like a "callback", but there is no such callback.

Instead you can use something like this:

function onSyncStart(forced, timestamp) {
    var date = new Date(timestamp);
    var sunsetDate = new Date(controller.sunsetDate);

    if(date.getDay() == 1 && date.getHours() == sunsetDate.getHours() && date.getMinutes() == sunsetDate.getMinutes()) {
        helper.sendPushNotification(controller, 'Take out Trash');
    }
}

This will work because onSyncStart gets called every minute, otherwise you can also use a JavaScript timer or similar. You can change the comparison to getDay() to whatever day of the week you want (1 is Monday).

Also, keep in mind there may be a better way to do this: set up a message on your controller that is scheduled and displayed with a beep and HaikuHelper will automatically forward the message to your push devices, this way you will get the notification system wide, including touch panels and keypads.

 

[evanlifetv]

lupinglade you are a rockstar, responses and answers to my questions in less than 15 minutes, awesome. Thanks a ton. I'll take a look at setting up a message on the controller, and decide the best way for me. I currently don't have any touchscreens, only 2 keypads, and I never use those, always the device in my pocket. I do however want to setup a nice high resolution screen in the wall for a wallboard of data though. Up until this point I had just considered using an ipad recessed in the wall, running Haiku all the time, but I still have a lot of research to do on what I want for that.