Script example for simple switch missing in doc

[muchcodesuchwow]

Hello, i am trying to add a switch to a esp8266 which has no rules but scripts enabled. (i also want to use SML on this esp, which requiers scripts).

The documentation is missing a simple example of a switch and i am struggeling hard to get this working. There is no real intro into the scripts. Please add a example script to read a switch, which also shows up in Home Assistant and give an easy introduction, how to get scripts working. I.e. i just discovered, that i need to write "Weblog 2" into the console, to see print output of the script after long struggle to understand the scripts.

My not working switch script is:

>D
>B
>S
switchmode 1
switchtopic 0

>E
print event happened

sw=sw[1]
if chg[sw]>0
then
  if sw==1
  then
    publish stat/%topic%/PIR1 ON
    print motion
  else
    publish stat/%topic%/PIR1 OFF
    print no motion
  endif
endif

In the doc one can find this, but this does not help me:

; check if switch changed state
sw=sw[1]
if chg[sw]>0
then =>power1 %sw%
endif

Thank you very much

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[pkkrusty]

Try this:

>D
sw=0
>B
=>switchmode 1
=>switchtopic 0
>S

>E

sw=sw[0]
if chg[sw]>0 {
    =>publish stat/%topic%/PIR1 %sw%
}

need to declare sw in the >D section. Switch1 as configured in GUI is sw[0], not sw[1]. Need to preface console commands with =>. switchmode 1 and switchtopic 0 can be entered into the console one time, not necessary to do every time in the script.