Module help for variable

[rts58]

Thank you @sdetweil ! So that helps me to create the module level variable. Sorry for dumb question, but how to I read/write it from within my process data function? I thought using this.oldAwayState would be the module level.

[sdetweil]

@rts58 this should work w your code as is

[rts58]

That’s what I thought. But it still fires off every two minutes, there must be an error in the logic.

[rts58]

Is there something wrong with this:

if (!(this.oldAwayState === awayState) && (this.awayState === 'home')) 

maybe they are both not strings or something?

[sdetweil]

@rts58 you can use the dev console and put stops in the code and look at the variables

[rts58]

@sdetweil thanks, I’ll give that a try. I’ve been writing the variables to the consol log but it’s not quite as helpful.

[sdetweil]

@rts58 the dev light is only for the module just file ( where getDom() is located)

Debugging the node helper or included scripts needs the console.log. sorry for confusion

[rts58]

@sdetweil Thanks, I got it. I needed to get rid of “this”. So the correct test was:

if (!(oldAwayState === awayState) && (awayState === 'home'))